It doesn't seem accurate to say that it is forgotten, but it can be regarded as a small place that has been developed, and the once small hillside has now become a small production area rich in camellias, plum blossoms and cherry blossoms, and every year when the flowers bloom, they provide developers with a lot of flower resources that can be enjoyed, made into bonsai and sold to those who like it, or can be made into flower tea, or other products such as spices and essential oils.

Dali's camellia has always had the reputation of "cloud province camellia in the world, Dali camellia crown cloud province", every household raises camellia, the middle section of Tianlong Babu is even more fascinating, "scratch the beauty face", "red makeup wrap", "fall the first talent", "eighteen bachelors", "thirteen Taibao", "eight immortals across the sea", "seven fairies", "full moon" ...... I don't know if there are any of these superb camellias today.

Dali is like spring all year round, has unique natural conditions, has always been the most beautiful place for flowers to bloom, the concept of wind flowers and snow moon has been deeply rooted in the body and mind, almost all year round there are all kinds of beautiful flowers competing to open, and here, camellia, cherry blossoms and plum blossoms are a good interpretation of the concept of "flowers" in Dali.

Take a deep breath of the aroma, the vigorous vitality will make your body feel comfortable from the inside out, the red and gorgeous flowers are shy blooming their charm in the sun, and the photographers are crazy, and they don't care about the bride and groom of Jinyang and Yan'er, holding their beloved camera and slamming the flowers, and the click-click non-stop.

Fortunately, almost all of them are digital cameras nowadays, otherwise they would have to go bankrupt just by handing over the money.

Jin Yang looked at Yan'er and smiled, "Let them take pictures, let's find a place to rest for a while, it's so beautiful here, I'm sorry for sitting in the car for so long if you don't take a good look." ”

"Well, the flowers here are so beautiful, husband, I will also make a large number of flowers in the pasture in the future, it will be much bigger, more beautiful than here......" Yan'er hugged Jin Yang's arm and got crooked, completely ignoring the goosebumps behind Jin Yan who pretended to vomit there.

"I hate it, I know how to show affection in front of me all day long!" Jin Yan was a little speechless, the flowers here are very beautiful, she doesn't deny this at all, but the dream fairy valley in the Bauhinia Ranch is recognized by tourists as a fairyland on earth, and it is the back garden of the princess in the fairy tale, where the flowers are not only varied, but also many of them are extremely rare varieties, where are the camellias, cherry blossoms and plum blossoms that can be compared to the big road goods here?

She really wanted to take Yan'er's hand, point to her nose and ask: Sister-in-law, don't you feel heartache at all if you are so coquettish and crooked?

You yourself have a fairy tale princess's back garden, and you still envy the ordinary flower beds in other people's homes, are you embarrassed?

It's so bad that I follow you both to eat dog food all day......

Feeling the amazing softness coming from his arm, the smile on Jinyang's happy face was about to overflow, and he nodded without thinking and said: "Okay, well, plant flowers, you must plant flowers, and when the time comes, we will set aside a special place, at least 100 acres to start, let's also make it a sea of flowers, and bring me the little bees and little butterflies." ”

"Isn't 100 acres a bit small? And there are seasons for flowers, and many flowers like to bloom in April, May and June, so what about the other seasons? Or we can make a sea of flowers that bloom every month, and each 100 acres is 1,200 acres, and that's pretty much the same. Yan'er thought hard and added to his big garden.

"1,200 acres is 1,200 acres, isn't it land, it's a big deal to buy more when I go back to the United States, there is nothing else over there, there is more land, and it's not worth a lot of money anyway......," Jin Yang said domineeringly.

Jin Yan: "......" I have nothing to say, so I quietly watched you pretending to be forced.

Not to mention the guide uncle, they are all stupid in the back, one will be 100 acres, the other will be 1200 acres, and it will not be enough to buy it again...... I don't know how big 1,200 acres is, but just listening to it sounds like an exaggeration, it must be huge, right?

It's too hasty for you to casually decide to plant all the flowers in such a big place, right? Hehe, I know you have money, so I don't say anything, I just honestly watch you brag?

Blow, blow, my pride indulgence~~

Fortunately, the small house and the corridor are not far away, and the effort will be there after a while, the guide uncle seems to be particularly familiar with this place, and skillfully said hello to a few workers and got a big kettle and a set of tea sets from the small house, beckoning Jinyang They sit down and rest first, and he made tea on the small table next to the corridor, as if this was his home.

Phew, finally don't have to listen to these two guys brag anymore, and don't have to watch them show affection!

"When we Bai entertain VIPs, we usually use the 'three teas' way of drinking tea, there is a 'bitter, two sweet, three aftertaste' saying, according to our Bai dialect called 'Shao Dao Zhao', the conditions here are relatively simple, the materials are not complete, we don't pay attention to so much, come, Mr. Jin, Mrs. Jin, Miss Jin, taste the tea I made. Uncle Guide said as he poured the brewed tea into three cups one by one.

The reddish-brown tea soup looks very beautiful, and it smells very strong, but unlike clear tea, the aroma of black tea is heavier and the taste is more special.

Jin Yang took the cup and sniffed deeply, put it to his mouth and took a small sip, it was so hot, "Hiss~~ The taste is not bad, but it is a little bitter, no wonder many people like to add rock sugar when drinking black tea." ”

He complained a few words, the bitterness of black tea is not the same as clear tea, clear tea is the kind of bitter and then sweet that is a little astringent, and black tea is simply the taste of Chinese medicine many times, anyway, he is not used to drinking it yet.

Yan'er and Jin Yan also frowned and stuck out their tongues, "It's really a little bitter." ”

"Hehe, it's normal to be a little bitter, the first of our 'three teas' is this bitter taste, so that we can better feel the 'sweetness' that comes later, how about it, do you want to come to the second cup? The uncle said with a little regret.

The Bai nationality has three teas, and the Bai nationality calls it "Shao Dao Zhao". This is a way for guests and hosts to express their feelings, wish good and have a dramatic way of drinking tea. Drinking three-course tea was originally just used by the Bai people as a wish from the elders to the younger generations when studying, learning arts, doing business, and getting married. The scope of application has been expanding day by day, and it has become a tea drinking custom when the Bai people celebrate and welcome guests.

Located in the southwest corner, Nanzhao Dali is a happy land that advocates Buddhism. In the later period of Nanzhao, Buddhism was enshrined as the state religion, there were many temples, the wind of drinking tea prevailed, and tea became a necessary drink for daily drinking, Buddhist worship, and hospitality pilgrims and visitors in the temple. All of a sudden, the people rushed to follow suit, making the elegant thing of tea drinking a popular fashion in Dali.

With the passage of the moon and the vicissitudes of life, tea has gradually developed and improved in Dali, and presented in a new way, and the unique tea ceremony of "three teas" has been endowed with more cultural connotations.

The first tea of the "Three Teas" is called "the tea of clear bitterness", which means the philosophy of life: "To establish a career, you must first endure hardship". To make it, bring the water to a boil first. The tea maker then places a small clay pot on a simmer and bakes.

After the pot is roasted, then take an appropriate amount of tea and put it into the can, and keep turning the sand pot to make the tea evenly heated, and wait for the tea leaves in the pot to "pop", the leaf color turns yellow, and when the caramel fragrance is emitted, immediately inject the boiling water that has been boiled.

Less pouring, the host pours the boiling tea into the tea cup, and then holds the cup with both hands to offer to the guests. Because this kind of tea is roasted and boiled, it looks like amber, smells burnt, and tastes bitter when drunk, so it is called bitter tea, usually only half a cup, and it is drunk all at once.

The second tea is called "sweet tea".

When the guests finish drinking the first tea, the host re-uses a small clay pot to place tea, roast tea, boil tea, and put a little brown sugar, milk fan, cinnamon, etc. in the tea cup, so that the tea is sweet and delicious.

The third tea is "aftertaste tea", which is boiled in the same way, but the raw materials in the tea cup have been replaced with an appropriate amount of honey, a little fried rice, a few peppercorns, a pinch of walnut kernels, and the tea capacity is usually six or seven points full. This cup of tea tastes sweet, sour, bitter and spicy, with all tastes and endless aftertaste.

The philosophy of "three teas" implying "one bitter, two sweet, and three aftertastes" in life has now become a tea ceremony for Bai folk weddings, festivals, and hospitality. The "Three Teas" song and dance performance has also become a reserved program for Dali tourism.

Throughout the inheritance and development of the Bai people's "three teas", it is the prosperity of Buddhist activities that has played a role in fueling the flames, and the life philosophy of "one bitter, two sweet and three aftertastes" also implies the realm of Buddhism's pursuit of personality perfection.

Although limited by the conditions can not drink the complete "three tea", but this place is good enough, the fragrance of flowers, open and close your eyes are red and delicate flowers, feel tired of sitting, you can walk around casually, a piece of connected into a sea of flowers, strolling in it, the mood is particularly comfortable, walking tired, just smell the fragrance of flowers, go fast, slow down to breathe free air.

Seriously, after staying in such a place for a long time, people will unconsciously calm down, as if they have reached the realm of "emptiness" as Buddhism, which Taoists say "the mind is like stopping water".

All worries and worries will be let go in an instant.

After drinking tea, it's finally time to take wedding photos again, most of the camellia planted here, the main color is red, Yan'er is wearing a pure white wedding dress, close your eyes and raise your chin, stand in the middle of the gorgeous camellia with a bouquet of flowers in both hands, quietly feel the warmth of the sun, breathe the fragrance of flowers in the air, beautiful like a fairy in the flowers.

After taking a lot of photos in a row, Jinyang even felt a little ashamed that he was a dragger, although the hand-sewn suit in the Italian private studio looked very suitable and decent to wear, and the red was also very festive when worn on the body, but this was still not comparable to the "flower fairy".

"Wife, you are so beautiful today, really, I feel like a dream, I can marry such a beautiful woman as your wife. Jin Yang said and couldn't help but kiss Yan'er on the face, chirp.

"Oh, I hate it, I wear makeup, do you know that it's poisonous?" Yan'er glanced at him shyly, and then raised his chin and said arrogantly, "Now you know how lucky you must be to marry me......, right?" (500 words omitted), it's not much, you have to be doubly good to me in the future. ”

"Of course, you are my wife, who is good for you if you are not good?"

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The love showed all morning, from camellia to cherry blossoms to plum blossoms, the photographers also tried their best to make Yan'er really become a fairy in the flower in the camera, the princess who married the prince in the fairy tale, Jin Yan and others were also fed dog food all morning.

Fortunately, the scenery here is really beautiful, the flower-like ocean makes people intoxicated, the morning time passed quickly, and I found a restaurant nearby to solve the lunch, and the group rushed to the second destination this time: Shuanglang Nanzhao Style Island.

Dali Nanzhao Style Island is one of the three islands of Erhai Lake, located in the prime area of Cang'er National Scenic Area--- in Shuanglang Township at the southeast end of Eryuan County.

The island is surrounded by water on all sides, east of the famous Buddhist holy land Jizu Mountain, north of Shibao Mountain, south of Dali, west of Cangshan Erhai Lake, because of the unique tourism resources, so known as "Dali scenery in Cang'er, Cang'er scenery in the double corridor" reputation. Dali Nanzhao Style Island is listed as one of the 25 tourism boutique projects in Yunnan Province, and is the designated reception unit of the 1999 Kunming World Horticultural Exposition.

The climate here is very pleasant, the annual temperature difference is very small, Changchun has no summer, spring and autumn are connected, and it is suitable for tourism and sightseeing all year round.

From the ferry terminal on the south side of Shuanglang Town, it takes only 5 minutes to take a ferry to the island, and you can board this famous national scenic island.

Due to the large number of people in the team and a lot of various equipment, Jinyang simply spent a lot of money to directly charter a boat to serve the whole team, and when they went to the island, the captain would wait at the pier until they returned to the dock again.

Legend has it that the ancestor of Nanzhao is a woman named "Shayi", she fishes for a living, in the process of fishing, touching the sinking wood and feeling pregnant, so she gave birth to ten sons, and then there is a couple under the mountain to give birth to ten daughters, Jiulong brothers married these women as wives, and then gradually grew up with each other, and have been multiplying. ”

This legend was given by the sculptor Professor Ye Yushan to the ten sons born to Sha Yi's mother with ten primitive meanings of life and labor, and the painting of gods and men is lifelike. Such as prayer, hunting. Drill wood to worship fire, move stones to build houses, etc. ”

The guide uncle is obviously very familiar with this place, after introducing the legends and stories of Nanzhao Island, he pointed to a group of cast bronze sculptures on the reef of the island a little farther away and said: "This pair of cast bronze sculptures is called 'Daughter of Erhai Lake', which is the image of two fisherwomen bathing in one standing and one lying, vigorous and elegant, echoing with the natural rock "Drunken Eight Immortals" on the island. ”

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