Chapter 13 The original murals of the Lancang Cave

Han Zhou opened the app, and this time the treasure map was a large area with a radius of nearly 100 miles.

Check the latitude and longitude, in the southwest of our country, near the famous Xishuangbanna.

Xishuangbanna, one of the eight autonomous prefectures south of Caiyun, is on the northern edge of the tropics south of the Tropic of Capricorn. It is bordered by Pu'er City in the northeast and northwest, Laos in the southeast, and Myanmar in the southwest. The Dai nationality is the main ethnic group, in addition to the Han, Hani, Yi, Lahu, Brown, Jinuo, Yao, Miao, Hui, Wa, Zhuang, Jingpo and other 12 ethnic groups live for generations.

Xishuangbanna is a treasure house of biological resources in China, with 6 national nature reserves in the Mengyang, Mengla, Menglun, Shangyong, Manti and Nabanhe River basins, with a total of 4.02 million mu, of which 700,000 mu are well-protected primeval forests.

There are 134 species of endangered plants, such as Southwest crape myrtle, Tieli wood, Yunnan Shizi, Yunnan Dengmu, etc.

There are 762 species of vertebrates, accounting for 1/4 of the country's vertebrates.

There are more than 3,000 species of invertebrates.

There are 427 species of birds, accounting for 36% of the total number of bird species in the country.

There are 108 species of mammals, 74 species of reptile wild animals, and 100 species of fish.

There are 109 species of rare animals listed as national key protection.

It is also home to the largest wild Asian elephant population in China (about 300 individuals), with a relatively high concentration of rare animals such as bison, Indochinese tigers, green peacocks, monitor lizards, pythons, and mole deer, which are only found here.

It is a treasure land integrating ethnic customs and natural resources. It is also a famous tourist attraction.

Hanzhou takes a plane from Jiangcheng directly to Gasa Airport in Xishuangbanna, which is very convenient.

When I arrived in the local area, I first adapted to the climate for two days and bought some malaria medicine and the like. Played for two days.

Han Zhou spent a lot of money, and through the relationship of the Jiangdong Society, he found two senior local tour guides, one Han and one Wa, and took him deep into the jungle.

This time, there are only two points of light in the treasure map.

One is a silver point of light, a silver-level treasure, located in Pu'er, near Xishuangbanna, in a primeval mountain range.

There is also a light red point of light, which is a real legendary treasure, a rare treasure that is one level more precious than a gold-level treasure. It is a primeval forest located in Xishuangbanna.

Han Zhou's plan is this: first through the leadership of two senior tour guides, find silver-level treasures, and by the way, get familiar with the forest environment. If you adapt to the environment and learn the skills of survival in the wild from the guide, you can be alone and prepared to find the rare red treasures.

Silver-level treasures, although precious, but with Han Zhou's financial resources, they don't pay much attention to it. The two tour guides were hired through the Jiangdong Society, and they also knew Han Zhou's identity, so they didn't dare to have bad intentions.

But if it is a red-level treasure, if it is discovered by the tour guide, no one can say whether it will be red-eyed, and there is no law and order protection in the wild environment, in case something happens...... For the sake of being thorough, Han Zhou was reluctant to be with others.

On the fourth day to Xishuangbanna, the Han tour guide, Lao Wang, drove an off-road vehicle, with a Han boat in the car, and a Wa tour guide Dun Gelang, and drove to Pu'er, Lan C County.

Lancang, as the name suggests, is the famous Lancang River that flows through the territory. The lower reaches of the Lancang River is the Mekong River, which flows through Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, Cambodia and Vietnam in Southeast Asia. It has little impact on the country, but it is indeed the source of strategic water resources for many countries in Southeast Asia.

Lan C County is also a gathering place for the Wa people, and it is the hometown of the tour guide Dungrand.

The Wa are an interesting ethnic group, one of the 56 ethnic groups in the country, and they are also widely distributed abroad.

For example, in Myanmar, there is a famous Wa State, where food, clothing, housing and transportation are almost the same as in China, which is nothing more than a backward point. The textbooks are all in the people's education version, and everyone can speak Mandarin, watch domestic television, and listen to domestic radio.

At present, the Wa nationality in China is already a relatively modern ethnic group, thanks to the consistent ethnic policy.

In fact, until after the founding of the People's Republic of China, the Wa people still retained some of their primitive customs, the most frightening of which is "headhunting".

It is a primitive sacrificial activity carried out in order to pray for good weather and strong growth of crops.

There are certain rules for the "headhunting sacrifice valley". Generally, they only cut people they don't know from other villages, and they dare not cut acquaintances and powerful people. In terms of time, it generally occurs in the third month of the lunar calendar when the grain is sown and does not rain, or when the millet flowers are affected by insects or floods in August, which is an irresistible disaster for human beings, it is inevitable that the powerlessness and helplessness of the performance, but it is indeed a backward and superstitious behavior.

It was in 1958 that this practice was truly eradicated.

At that time, the masses of the Wa Western League had already come to their senses after the party's hard work, and the final breakthrough was at a meeting held in a Wa township. At that time, the head man sat on one side, the beheaded hero sat on the side, and the masses sat on the side. The head man said: "'Cutting off the head and sacrificing the grain' is a ritual handed down by Ah Gong and Azu, and it cannot be abolished. The beheading hero said: "If you don't cut off people's heads and sacrifice the grain, if the grain doesn't grow well, who will pay for it?" The two quoted scriptures and classics, and the masses could not say anything about them. Suddenly, a Wa boy stood up in the crowd and said, "I agree to cut off people's heads!" Everyone was stunned. He went on to say: "It's hard to cut off anyone's head, everyone is unwilling, I think if you want to cut it, you should first cut off the head of the hero and the head man, you know the 'rules' better, don't you guard the grain better?" The words won the applause of the crowd and warmly applauded. The head man panicked, and the beheading hero panicked even more, so he had to express his approval of not beheading again. It was agreed that whoever violated this rule would be sentenced to prison. Since then, this custom has been completely abolished.

When I arrived in Lancang, I drove the off-road vehicle all the way into the primeval jungle according to the map guidance.

At the foot of a mountain, you can't get in. The silver dot of light is on the mountainside.

According to Dungrand, the mountain, known as the "Old Mountain", is too far from the gathering place and is infested with ferocious beasts, and the locals do not dare to climb it.

Han Zhou bought anti-beast spray, self-defense electric shock rods, and various wilderness survival protective equipment, including body armor, and the three of them prepared them before venturing up the mountain.

The journey was smooth and there were almost no encounters with any beasts. Only the birdsong and the wind and the sun are blowing.

When we got to the mountainside, the distance was very close.

Han Zhou pointed in one direction: "Is there a hole there?" ”

Dungrand took the lead, cutting off the branches and vines in front of him with a wood knife, and sure enough, a spacious cave was revealed. It's dark and gloomy.

The trio cautiously walked in and turned on their searchlights to illuminate the cave.

On the rock wall in the cave, there are primitive pictures, perhaps painted with mineral paint, and you can vaguely distinguish the colors of red, green and blue, and the images of people, beasts, and gods in the paintings are even more lifelike.

Han Zhou and the Han tour guide Lao Wang watched silently.

Dungrand suddenly jumped up and shouted: "These murals tell the ancient legends of our Wa people! Sigangli myths! Old bear, old bear carried people out of the hole! This place is the old bear's cave! The cave of the origin of mankind!"