evening

As the sun sets, the birds return to their nests,

The red-hot clouds in the sky were like a raging fire, illuminating the whole heaven and earth.

At this time, Zhang Feng was leaning on the rattan chair and talking to the monkey on the phone, "Monkey, will you go to get married to the king of the future?"

Zhang Feng and Monkey are not only junior high school classmates, but also go to the city's key high school together in high school, the two talked and talked about their classmates in junior high school, so Zhang Feng thought of Wang Xiaohu's marriage;

"Ah, Wang Xiaohu is getting married?" The monkey didn't expect time to pass so quickly, Wang Xiaohu is a junior high school classmate of the two, he looks a little tiger-headed, the situation in junior high school still seems to be so clear, in a blink of an eye, everyone is not small, they have reached the age of talking about marriage, think about how fast time flies;

"Hehe, there are more than twenty people, are others not allowed to get married? Zhang Feng shook his head and sighed, time flew by in a blink of an eye, and the friends had already started a family.

"Hehe, of course it's not, I just think that time is like flowing water, it flies really fast, think about when we were in junior high school, we often went down to the Qingshui River to bathe and catch fish, and stole cucumbers in the mountains after going to school, that guy is always the most nimble one......" The monkey shook his head and remembered the carefree time in junior high school, and the memory at that time was so good;

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Two days passed in the blink of an eye

The National Day has finally arrived, the Moon Lake is extremely lively on this day, the village is full of people and tourists, every household has set up a small stall at the door, selling some mountain delicacies, the tourists from the city like these pure natural good things the most.

Eight o'clock in the morning

The monkeys arrived at Moon Lake

Because today is the wedding day of old classmate Wang Xiaohu, the two made an appointment to go to drink wedding wine together.

"Mom (Auntie), let's go!" Zhang Feng and the monkey said to Zhang's mother, as if walking outside the house.

"Come back early!" Zhang's mother admonished.

"Got it, Mom!"

The two came to the parking lot at the entrance of the village, Zhang Feng drove his SUV and took the monkey and galloped towards Sanjiazhai.

Sanjiazhai is located in the lower reaches of the Dabang River, next to Moon Lake, the two are only two or three kilometers apart, and it is only five or six minutes away by car.

Sanjiazhai is a village inhabited by ethnic minorities, the whole village is the Miao family, the building is also based on the traditional brick house, is the traditional Miao stilted building, and the Han house is very different, and still maintains a relatively primitive style.

The reason why Sanjiazhai is called this is said to be because the village originally had only three families, Wang, Pan and Huang, and after thousands of years of multiplication, it has become a large village with two or three hundred households and a population of thousands of people.

Sanjiazhai is the same as Moon Lake, are located at the foot of Qinglong Mountain, Dabang River, the mountains and rivers are beautiful, with the development of tourism in recent years, Sanjiazhai such a pure Miao cottage, is also more and more popular with people, every year there are a large number of tourists from inside and outside the province to travel here;

Sanjiazhai used to rely on the mountains to eat the mountains, relying on the fertile world in the village, as well as the medicinal materials and prey in Qinglong Mountain, everyone can live well.

But with the establishment of the Qinglong Mountain Nature Reserve, we have to give up the original source of income, and turn to the traditional field of development, the most prominent is the production of traditional Miao silver jewelry, as well as the weaving of embroidery, the production of beautiful Miao costumes, with the increase in the number of tourists, the village has millions of income, the average income of each family has a net income of 20,000 or 30,000, which is more than twice the income of pure planting grain.

A few minutes later

Zhang Feng and the monkey took the destination to Sanjiazhai

Looking at the neat blue brick and black tile stilted buildings in the village, a simple feeling arises spontaneously, such a primitive mountain village Miao Village is really rare, although there are many stilted buildings have traces of new repair, but can not be too demanding.

"Ah, the madman is here......" Wang Xiaohu's eyes were sharp, and as soon as the two walked into the yard, they trotted over to greet them in surprise.

"Hey, are you? Are you a monkey?" Wang Xiaohu looked at the monkey and hesitated, because he hadn't seen it for a few years, and he didn't expect the monkey to come to his wedding;

"Hehe, who am I?, this is my red envelope, I wish you and the bride an early birth of a noble son, and grow old. ”

"Hehe, Xiaohu, this is my share of money, and I wish you a happy wedding and a good 100 years together!"

"Thank you, let's go into the house and sit ......," Wang Xiaohu took the red envelope and said happily.

"Don't, you go and get busy with yours, we'll take care of ourselves......" Zhang Feng and the monkey hurriedly excused themselves, the groom has a lot of tasks today, and the two don't want to delay other people's affairs.

"Okay, you two sit by yourself, call me if you have anything......" Wang Xiaohu said and continued to greet the guests.

All morning, the two of them wandered from village to village,

Not only saw the weaving and embroidery of Miao women, but also visited the process of making silver jewelry by the villagers, watching the craftsmen knock and beat, and soon made a beautiful bracelet, which looks very simple, but most people don't know that these silversmiths have been practicing for decades in order to make such a beautiful bracelet;

Since there is a wedding in Miao Village today, this attracts more tourists to come here, in order to see the authentic Miao wedding, watch the beautiful Miao costumes,

Thousands of tourists poured into the mountain village, and the villagers were very happy, because there were only twenty or thirty individual visitors every day, so the villagers showed their housekeeping skills, so that tourists could see the best style of Miao Village.

In addition to the Miao wedding in today's foothill village, the most distinctive thing is the inheritance and forging performance of more than ten famous silversmiths.

In the open space of the village, more than a dozen wooden tables are formed in a circle, smelting, forging, hammering, drawing, molding, welding......

Dozens of silversmiths, dressed in traditional costumes, divided into groups according to the production process, used live demonstrations to bring the entire process of silversmithing out of the workshop, showing visitors this ancient and mysterious skill.

Silversmithing is a delicate job, which is extremely impairing to eyesight, and the quality of eyesight largely determines the number of years of silversmithing's work. From a young boy to an unconfused year. Silversmiths with chisel knives will eventually reluctantly put down their silver-making tools and be reduced to ordinary farmers working in the fields in the most natural way.

Wang Qingshan, who is in his early sixties, is Wang Xiaohu's uncle, and he is the old silversmith in the village. Since he was a teenager and learned from his father, he has been making silver jewelry for half a century.

There are many kinds of silver jewelry made by the Miao people, but most of them have special meanings, and almost every pattern has its specific meaning behind it.

They either represent totemic worship or symbolize wealth and status. As a nation without writing, the Miao people poured all their memories into silver, and silver jewelry is to some extent the spiritual sustenance worn by the Miao family;

Seeing the skillful craftsmanship of the silversmiths, tourists from all over the world took pictures, wanting to leave this beautiful moment;

Zhang Feng and the monkey did not bring a camera. I had to take pictures with my mobile phone, but fortunately, the two of them are not professional photographers, and I feel that the mobile phone is also good, and the most important thing is to witness the entire production process of silver jewelry, and experience it personally. I feel that this time it is worth it;

Today's Miao Village is really very lively, there are hospitable Miao families, as well as a variety of beautiful handicraft displays, so that Zhang Feng and the two feel that the trip is worthwhile, and they feel the different style of Miao Village.