"Hahaha, it's interesting!" Zhou Sen was also amused.

Thayer gave him a basket and asked him to try it, putting the basket on his head, Zhou Sen tried it and found that it was still difficult.

He smiled, "The basket is very heavy, it's still difficult, it's really not easy to put things on your head!"

Thayer smiled, and he took the basket, put it on his head, and walked freely.

"You see, I'm used to it, I'm Burmese, I've been trained like this since I was a child, I can carry very heavy things!"

"Hahaha!" Zhou Sen smiled, "This is really real kung fu, I'm not used to it, we Chinese are not used to putting things on our heads, or you are powerful!"

"Hahaha, it's just a habit, thanks for the compliment!" Thayer smiled and took the basket off his head.

"We've been in Myanmar for a while, we have some understanding of Myanmar, and we need to know more about it.

"Yes, then I'll introduce more!"

Myanmar is composed of several major ethnic groups and a series of small ethnic groups, among which the Burmese are the largest, and their descendants are the main population of today's Myanmar, these ethnic groups began to gradually migrate into the fertile land of Myanmar from southwest China, northeast India and southeast Tibet about 2000 years ago.

"Well, we've been in Bagan for a few days, and Thayer has taken us to visit a lot of places, and Bagan has left a deep impression on us!"

"Well, let me introduce you to Bagan, which is still very important to Myanmar!" Thayer said.

"Bagan in central Myanmar is one of the world's greatest archaeological sites, and its ancient history is as majestic as it is Angkor Wat. ”

Located in central Myanmar on the banks of the Irrawaddy River, which meanders through the plains of central Myanmar, Bagan is a sacred place for Buddhist art and architecture, and the site consists of 8 heritage sites with a large number of temples, stumps, ashrams, pilgrimage sites, as well as archaeological remains, murals and sculptures.

The successive kings of the Bagan Dynasty built a pagoda here, and successively built more than 10,000 pagodas, so Bagan is also known as the "City of Ten Thousand Pagodas", the Bagan Pagoda is famous for its large number, well-preserved, high architectural value, and Angkor Wat in Cambodia, Borobudur in Indonesia and is called the three major Buddhist wonders in Southeast Asia.

"One land is quite fertile, with part green plains, part plains covered with palm trees and tamarind groves, and at the bend of the slow-flowing Ayeyarwady River, the plains are surrounded by hazy silver-gray distant mountains, and from the green canopy of the trees on the plains you can see high temples, and in some angles you can see dozens, even hundreds. ”

There are a lot of stupas, historical sites have been preserved, most of them are well preserved, or restored by UNESCO, many of them contain frescoes, carvings and Buddha statues, the size of which is not clear, at first only a few people visited frequently, and later the number of tourists has increased and the attraction has increased.

Myanmar has a very good tourism environment, and it is also a big tourist country with many years of experience, but there are still many problems, the biggest problem is that the infrastructure is weak, the bus is relatively old, the taxi is also relatively old, and the transportation is not convenient.

Bagan diet Burmese Burmese people like to eat nasi lemak and glutinous rice with turmeric powder, shredded coconut, shrimp floss, every meal must eat a kind of fish and shrimp paste called "Yabi", dishes like to put curry, Burmese Kachin people like to eat animal meat, used to roast food with fire, sprinkled with salt after cooking, tear with hands, Burmese Karen people, regardless of men, women and children smoke pipes, wine is a daily necessity, any ceremony, people have to drink to cheer.

"The diet of Myanmar has been influenced by neighboring countries, the influence of Thailand, the influence of India, I like to use curry, Indian curry rice, very distinctive, almost every household will make it, Thai curry is more spicy, Myanmar also likes to eat curry. ”

"Myanmar has been influenced by these neighboring countries, and there are some Western influences, and young people also like to eat Western food, but they still retain the traditional festivals and customs of Myanmar. ”

Burmese people generally love to eat Western food in the morning, lunch and dinner like to eat Chinese food, the dining table likes to be equipped with chili oil and chili sauce and other condiments, they are used to dining with a spoon and a soup plate, they are not used to using a bowl, the dining tool is the right hand, grasp the food and take the rice dexterously and conveniently, they are happy to eat together after the dishes are served together.

Thayer said: "It is more convenient to grasp it by hand, we Burmese people like to grasp it directly with our hands, Thailand and India are also like this, it is more convenient to grasp it with our hands, you Chinese are used to using chopsticks." ”

Zhou Sen smiled, "Yes, we Chinese are used to using chopsticks, if there are no chopsticks, let me grab them with my hands, I'm really not used to it, grab it by hand, will it be too hot, and not very hygienic!"

"Hahaha, I know you're not used to it, I invite you to dinner, all of them are to let the waiter of the hotel prepare chopsticks, Chinese guests are used to using chopsticks, there are still Chinese people in Myanmar, Chinese are also used to using chopsticks, and they also opened a Chinese restaurant. ”

Meals and many countries in Southeast Asia, Burmese people to rice, rice noodles, and generally eat while hot, the way to eat is originally used to eat with hands, but the city people also generally use the spoon, Burmese dishes to sour, spicy, fresh as the characteristics, no sour and spicy, Burmese people simply can't eat, and because of the abundance of fish and shrimp, so often with shrimp floss, fish floss, shrimp cakes and so on.

"Burmese people pay a lot of attention to soup, almost every meal has soup, this is our specialty here, drink some soup, feel comfortable!"

Sometimes there is some soup between meals, Burmese people think that soup is very nutritious and not greasy and durable, in Myanmar, the most delicious is a variety of fruits, cheap and delicious.

"Our fruits from Southeast Asia are really delicious, Thailand, Myanmar, Singapore, Malaysia, and the fruits are really delicious!"

The variety of tropical fruits is still very rich, it is not delicious to eat raw, but it is boiled, the taste is much better, for example, there is a fist-sized fruit called "Abkado", which is extremely greasy to eat raw, but squeezed into juice, plus sugar and water, the taste is very beautiful, in addition to fruit juice, Burmese people also love to drink tea, especially Chinese tea, many people are prepared from morning to night with a pot of hot water, ready to make tea at any time.

RestaurantsMyanmar is full of Chinese-owned restaurants, which generally sell fast food, just like Chinese fast food restaurants, and there are also some markets for Indian and Pakistani food.