Zhangjiajie is a prefecture-level city under the jurisdiction of Hunan Province, formerly known as Dayong City, one of the most important tourist cities in China, and the birthplace and central area of the Hunan-Hubei-Chongqing-Guizhou Revolutionary Base Area.

Zhangjiajie 200,000 years ago there were human beings living here, leaving many ancient cultural legends and many ancient cultural sites, has unearthed 41 pieces of national first-class cultural relics, 173 pieces of second-class cultural relics, 1222 pieces of third-class cultural relics. In 263 AD, Emperor Sun Xiu of Wu Jing ordered the establishment of Tianmen County, and the original county governance was located in the ancient city embankment of Yongding City.

During the Shang and Zhou dynasties, the land belonged to Jing Chu, and the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period were the middle land of Chu and Qian. Formerly known as Dayong, it is the location of the ancient Yong country. As early as the late primitive society, the ancestors began to multiply on both sides of the river. In the era of Yao Shun, "Shun let go of joy in Chongshan to become a southern barbarian", so there was a saying of "southern barbarian" in Chinese history.

The strata of Zhangjiajie City are complex and diverse, creating a local characteristic landscape. There are mainly mountains, karst, hills, hills and plains, etc., the mountainous area accounts for 76% of the total area, the most characteristic of which is the quartz sandstone peak forest landform, which is rare in the world. The topography of the city is high in the northwest and slopes to the southeast along the Lishui.

Another outstanding manifestation in the city is that due to the rise of the earth's crust, the downward cutting effect of the stream is increased, and it is too late to widen the river, so that the river valley forms a valley and a canyon. The valley bottom of the river is extremely linear, the two walls are steep, and the beach is many and rapid. The source of Lishui, the upper reaches of Loushui, and the section of Maoyan River in Zhangjiajie City are this kind of river valley landform.

Zhangjiajie is an area inhabited by ethnic minorities.

At the time of the fifth census, there were 33 ethnic minorities in Zhangjiajie City, mainly Tujia, Bai and Miao, with a population of 1,152,500, accounting for 77.19% of the total population. At the end of 2006, there were 1,015,600 Tujia people, 112,100 Bai people, and 26,700 Miao people, and 8 Tujia townships and 7 Bai townships had been established.

Because the minority population is the majority, the local social background is extremely complex, and the economy is not developed, and the development is relatively slow after the reform and opening up.

The location of Han Jianjian's message is not clear, we found a hotel in a nearby town before dark, thinking that we would rest for one night first, and then think about asking, Hao Minyuan also wanted to contact the local police station and ask them to help check Han Jianjian's ride information - if he had taken the train or subway in the past few days, there must have been a record.

The name of the hotel I stayed in is very interesting, called "come if you are good".

The specifications of the hotel are not bad, five floors, the third, fourth and fifth floors are housing, the second floor is a restaurant, and the first floor is a supermarket.

The price is also cheap, and the standard room is only 121 nights.

In order to reduce the trouble, we only need two rooms, one for me, Hao Minyuan, and Teacher Feng, and one for the two girls, and we are talking about tidying up a little, changing clothes, and gathering on the second floor for dinner in half an hour.

But we waited for an hour, and no one came out yet.

The servant asked for a pot of tea, knowing that it was useless to be in a hurry. The person in charge of pouring water for the guests was an old man, wearing a blue robe, and a blue turban on his head, which looked like an ancient talent.

When the old man poured us water again, Han Minyuan stopped with a smile and handed us a cigarette.

The old man didn't answer, but he still politely asked him what was the matter. The speed of speech is extremely fast, and the dialect is so strong that it can barely be heard.

"My brother shouldn't be Han, right?" Hao Minyuan asked with a smile.

The old man nodded, "Uh, it's the Tujia!" ”

"Ahh What did the dude say? ”

Hao Minyuan smiled awkwardly and asked again.

Actually, I didn't understand what he said - it sounded like "Tugaha"

The old man smiled and said it word by word, and only then did I hear clearly that it was the Tujia family.

"Brother of the Tujia family, ask for a place!"

"Say it! Ha place? ”

"Worm Dish Miao Gu! Any idea what this place is? "The egg hurts

The old man asked twice before he heard clearly, but he shook his head: "Mu You has heard of this place!"

Hao Minyuan didn't seem to give up, and continued to ask: "That...... There is no village with that name, or...... Or what area? ”

This time the old man thought about it for a while, but he still shook his head.

Just as Hao Minyuan showed a look of disappointment, the old man spoke again: "Uh...... Well, although I don't know, I know an old tour guide, and people nearby call him "Old Sinan". He was very familiar with the villages, towns, and urban areas within a radius of hundreds of miles, and if there was such a place, he probably knew about it! ”

The old man told us an address, coincidentally he said that the old tour guide is not far from this hotel, go out and turn left to the end, and then turn right fifty meters to arrive.

After thanking the old man, he waited for another ten minutes before he saw Wu Yuhui and Xiao He walking out of the staircase with a smile.

Ordering according to the recipe, as soon as they heard that I was in for a treat, Wu Yuhui and Xiao He were not polite directly, and ordered more than a dozen dishes in one breath.

Seeing that the girl serving the food was dressed similarly to the old man who poured the tea just now, all of them were mainly cyan fat style clothes, and we suddenly realized that this was a hotel opened by the Tujia family.

Before serving, I hurried to Baidu Tujia.

The Tujia people call themselves "Bizka", which means locals.

It has a relationship with the ancient "Wuling Man" and "Wuxi Man". It has a population of more than 2.8 million. It is distributed in Hunan, northwest China, Hubei, Enshi and other places, and lives together with Han, Miao and other ethnic groups.

The Tujia language belongs to the Tibeto-Burman language family of the Sino-Tibetan language family, and most of them speak Chinese.

Tujia cuisine is characterized by sour and spicy. Folk families have sauerkraut tanks, used to pickle sauerkraut, almost meals without sauerkraut, sour chili fried meat is regarded as delicious, chili pepper is not only a dish, but also a condiment that is inseparable from every meal. Soy products are also common, such as tofu, tempeh, bean leaf skin, tofu milk, etc.

In particular, he likes to eat the residue, that is, the soybean is finely ground, the slurry residue is not divided, boiled and clarified, and the vegetable leaves are cooked to eat.

Folks often eat bean rice, rice with grain and slag soup. The Tujia people usually eat three meals a day, and generally eat two meals in their spare time; In spring and summer, when the farm is busy and the labor intensity is high, eat four meals. For example, during the rice planting season, a meal of "too early" should be added in the morning, and most of the "too early" snacks are glutinous rice balls or mung bean flour.

It is said that eating glutinous rice balls at an "too early" meal has the meaning of abundant grains and auspiciousness.

The dish was quickly served, and the taste was a little strange, but it was delicious, and the five people ate it with their mouths full.

After dinner, Hao Minyuan asked me to go out for a walk, Mr. Feng was a little older and wanted to go back to the hotel to rest first, Wu Yuhui and Xiao He wanted to go shopping, and they didn't want to go all the way with us.

After going downstairs, Hao Minyuan did not hesitate to turn left and keep walking forward, and then I suddenly realized, hey! What is called casual walking, it is clearly purposeful.

Walk along the street to the end, turn right again, and after walking a few dozen meters, you will see a dilapidated gate.

"Could it be that this is the old Sinan's home?" Hao Minyuan muttered to himself.

"Let's go in and see!"

"That's right! Let's just ask......"

The yard was very deserted, and a mottled path paved with blue bricks led to the door, which was so old that the paint had fallen off.

"Excuse me, is there anyone at home?" Han Jianli stood in the courtyard and shouted into the house.