205. Wind and snow

The family walked through the magnificent and intricately carved gatehouse, and what they saw was a wall in front of them, that is, the Zhaobi, on which a large cursive script "Fu" was written, and the situation in the courtyard was invisible. Walking in, I saw a square courtyard, the front is a two-story building, very delicate wood carved doors and windows, there are several east wings and south rooms.

There were many other tourist visitors, and everyone walked slowly into the south room, which looked like a newly furnished house, also in the main color of bright red, with an outer living room and an inner bedroom for couples.

The middle of the inner and outer rooms is separated by carved doors and windows, and the door is hung with the unique batik curtain of the Bai nationality, which is simple, clumsy and warm.

Walked out to the east wing, saw a beautiful girl wearing Bai costume sitting behind a log tea table, in front of a complete set of kung fu tea tea sets, blue and white tea sets plus beautiful girls and natural tea tables, forming a natural, wonderful character painting.

The Bai people advocate white, the women of the Bai nationality are called the golden flower, their clothing is also based on white, the jacket and pants are white satin hand-embroidered with exquisite patterns, all the attention is on the headdress: "Xiaguan wind, Shangguan flower, Cangshan snow, Erhai moon." "The wind, flowers, snow, and moon of Dali are all worn on the head of the golden flower girl, flowing in people's eyes, how poetic and picturesque this qiē is.

The Bai compatriots in Dali have been circulating a riddle poem for generations:

The insect enters the phoenix nest and does not see the bird (wind), and the grass (flower) grows on the head of the seven people;

The drizzle fell on Yokoyama (snow), and half of my friends were gone (month).

The girl is demonstrating the Bai nationality's famous "three teas" with one bitter, two sweet and three aftertastes:

For the first tea, select coarser and bitter tea leaves and put them into a small sand pot and bake them over a simmer, and then brew boiling water. Although this tea is fragrant, it is also very bitter, and it is called "clear and bitter tea".

The second tea, with brown sugar, milk fan, walnut kernels, and sesame seeds, is sweet and delicious, and is called "sweet tea".

The third tea is mixed with honey and 4 to 6 peppercorns, which is sweet and bitter, bitter and sweet, and has a hint of spicy taste, which is "aftertaste tea".

Shandan and Gu Haiping sat down and tasted three teas, which were fragrant, with a slight bitter taste in the mouth, and then a sweet taste, which was the so-called "sweetness".

Xiao Yu went to another room in the east wing to watch the famous "batik" works of the Yunnan ethnic minorities, and the courtyard was hung with rusty red and blue batik cloth blocks, different patterns and different shapes, no two patterns were exactly the same and there were no two identical pieces of cloth. Tama-chan is fascinated by the ever-changing batik patterns. A person delves carefully in front of the hanging cloth, attracted by the infinite patterns on it, and his little hands touch this piece and that piece, and he can't put it down.

A tour guide led a group of tour groups to arrive, and the tour guide began to talk about the process of batik: "Batik is to use a wax knife to dip the wax to paint the flowers on the cloth and then dye them with indigo, which is dyed to remove the wax, and the cloth surface presents a variety of patterns of white flowers on a blue background or blue flowers on a white background. Due to the rich batik pattern, elegant color and unique style, it is used to make zuò clothing and various practical products of life, which is simple and generous, fresh and pleasing to the eye, and rich in national characteristics. ”

Xiaoyu listened quietly and attentively to the tour guide's sister's explanation, and then ran to her mother's side, pulled her mother to see, and Xiaozui immediately learned and sold the batik knowledge she had just heard: "Mom, these patterns are to draw the patterns on the cloth with wax first, and then dye them with dye." ”

"Oh? Is it? Do you know why a waxed pattern doesn't stain the color? Shandan asked Xiaoyu.

"Well, it's just that the dye won't get on the wax, Mom, don't you know?" Xiaoyu looks strange, in her little head, her mother knows everything, and she still asks about such a simple thing?

"Hehe, I don't know very well, I want to hear what you think." Shandan looked at Xiaoyu and said with a serious look.

"Mom! You're a liar again! Xiaoyu couldn't help but smile when she saw Shandan, knowing that her mother was deliberately testing her, and said coquettishly.

"What are you working on?" Gu Haiping walked over and asked.

"Daddy, look: a drawing of batik. Isn't it pretty? Xiao Yu asked, pointing to the beautiful pattern.

"Well, it's beautiful. But what can these cloths do? Not big, not too big. Gu Haiping nodded and replied.

"That's a picture, Daddy. Nothing to do. Xiaoyu explained to her father.

"Hahaha! This is the difference between what is seen by a child and what is seen by an adult! The world is beautiful in the eyes of children, and pragmatic and practical in the eyes of adults. What Xiaoyu saw was a beautiful picture, and what Dad saw was just a patterned cloth. Shandan laughed.

"Oh, yes! We have long lost our innocence and appreciation of beauty, and have been ruthlessly sharpened into a stubborn stone by life, and often have more thoughts about how to cope with life. Gu Haiping sighed.

"This is the difference between growing up and children, the childlike world of children should be provided by us without innocence." Shandan held Gu Haiping's hand and said.

Entering the main house on the second floor, the first floor is a very spacious hall, where there are Bai song and dance performances, as well as three courses of tea for tourists. Sit back and watch it and walk out of the yard.

The family walked to the alley in the village, where there were stalls selling all kinds of snacks, and Shandan bought everything for Xiaoyu to taste, and then drove to Cangshan.