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YUNNAN
18 ODDS
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As a charming spot in motherland , Yunnan
is so rich in natural resources to be reputed as "Animal Kingdom " , "Plant
Kingdom" and "Non-ferrous Metal Kingdom ". Twenty-five kindhearted , hospitable
and plain minority nationalities have been offered favourable living conditions
by this vast red -soil highland . Its fasinating scenery , delightful
climate and culture attract a large number of visitors from home and abroad
. At present Yunnan has become a well known tourist city in China .
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Since ancient times , old generations has combined
history and culture with their wisdom , diligence , honesty and bravery
on this red -soil lan , no sooner has one fallen than another steps into
the breach .
Yunnan is situated in high and mountainous border land with a varity of
living surroundings and landshapes that gradually formed colourful customs
and culture . As strangers know little about these customs , " the Eighteen
odds " have been spread far and wide long before . However , the increasing
communication and developing economy have made "the Eighteen odds " a
past story . We collected and introduce them to you to let them detect
and understand Yunnan minority customs , history and civilization so to
arouse people to ardently love every and all mountains and waters of Yunnan
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1.Eggs
Sold in Bundles. |
People
in Longlin County of Baoshan area are used to tying egg vertically
and horizontally up into a bar with rice straw and sell them in bars
in the market.
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2.Young
Girls called " Old Lady " |
People
in Xiaguan and Chuxiong call unmarried girls (normally from fourteen
to eighteen years old )"old lady" . It is said that such address embodies
intimacy and goodwill to wish her good health , which has become a
customs . |
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3.Pies called "Ear Piece " |
Ear
piece is one of Yunnan's special -flavor foods . It is made of rice
in shape of thin pies . Apart from ear piece , rice noodle , flat
rice noodle and so forth are local favorite non-staple food . It can
be boiled or fried and the famous speciality "Teng Chong Dajiu Jia
" actually is stir-fried thick rice noodle . |
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4.Automobies Move in Clouds |
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Roads wind
up along colossal and precipitous mountains . Fog spreads all over
the top of mountains making one feel being placed upon clouds in fairyland
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5.Key Hung on Waist -belts .
The Dai women in southern Yunnan like wearing long skirts with silver
belts on which keys are hung . It is a rule that only married women
are allowed to hang keys . Because wearing a belt with keys shows
one in capable of running the household . |
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6.Trains Go Abroad not Inland
There was a narrow railway of 464.2 kilometres long from Kunming to
Hanoi in Vietnam at the end of Qing dynasty which was the first international
railway in the province . It was constructed by the French from 1903
to 1910 and cost more than 50,000 people's valuable lives . However
, by then Yunnan hadn't even a domestic railway . |
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7.Straw Hats Used as Cooker Covers . |
hardworking
and honest countrymen weave every day necessities shoes , fans , hats
, baskets , cooker covers and so on with bamboo and paddy stems . |
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8.Raining Here but Sunning There . |
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Yunnan
possesses a plateau climate like a changeable kid's face since rain
and wind come and go without one knowing . A saying goes like this
, " Weather varies within a circumference of ten lis (Li is a Chinese
unit of half a kilometer ) and winter comes once it rains " . Even
in the same area , one often sees rain here and sunshine in another
place . |
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9.Girls Wear Flowers in all Seasons . |
The weather
s like that of eternal spring " in most regions of Yunnan . As the
capital of the province , kunming city has a state of ecstasy as "
the whole year us February and March while endless flowers and twigs
are at all times " , therefore , it is named as " Spring City " in
China . Fresh flowers can be seen in any season and floral industry
becomes a main economic industry here . |
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10.Non-slanting
Walls Built with Cobbles .
People draw on local resources to build houses along river bands in
the countryside . Cobbles as a building material makes wall neat and
creates a unique local architecture . |
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12.Bamboo Used as Smoking Pipe .
Smoking bag is also called "Tobacco Tube " which is a typical local
smoking utensil used mostly in Yunnan , Guizhou and Sichuan provinces
. Its length is from a half to one meter while its diameter varies
from five to ten centimeter. People put cut tobacco on the bamboo
tube , the lower part of which in filled with water , and smoke .
Gurgling sound is heard when one smokes from bamboo tube mouth .
People said brave and struggling " Dian Army " of the past days carried
tobacco tubes on their backs to frontline to fight fro anti-Japanese
army mistook such smoking tools as a new type of weapons and were
horrified , so "Dian Army " won the name of " Army with Double Guns
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【 Related Tour Routes 】
Tour Code Tour Program
ECR0101 3-Day Tour Kunming
Eternal Spring City
ECR0102 8-Day Tour Kunming
, ,Yunyang , Hehou, Vietman
ECR0103 7-Day Tour Kunming
, Dali , Lijiang .
ECR0104 8-Day Tour Kunming
, Ljiang , Dali , Baoshan , Manshi, Rui
ECR0105 9-Day Tour Kunming
, Dali , Lijiang, Deqen
ECR0106 8-Day Tour Kunming
, Xishuangbanna , Lijiang
ECR0107 17-Days Tour Yunnan-Tibet
Land Adventure
ECR0112
11-Day Trekking On Yunnan Highland
ECR0115 08-Day Tour
Kunming ,Dali Banna, Medical Investigation
ECR0116 09-Day
Kunming ,Dali ,Baoshan , Tengchong , Manshi , Ruili
ECR0302
18-Day Bicycle Tour to Dali, Lijiang
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