Before entering Xishuangbanna, I would like to confess a few words about my admiration for Dai beauties.

In the early years, I was once obsessed with various abnormal love movies, which were the kind of sadistic movies in which students fell in love with teachers, loli fell in love with uncle, cousin fell in love with cousin, and various "ancient Greek mythology" complexes. Japanese, Korean and European art films are the majority. Of course, most of these films are not on the table, just exciting and greedy. However, four of them impressed me so deeply that I still searched for them from time to time. They are-three versions of "Wan Niang" and "Eternal".

(Stills of "Eternal")

These movies are quite famous. Although the stories are still so simple, they make "love" and "desire" with a philosophical flavor, especially "Eternal", which gives people a deep thinking that is enough to downplay the teasing of the senses. At that time, I occasionally went to the Church of Gidou to listen to the sermons of the priests. One of the highly respected priests often quoted "Eternity" to be vigilant and charming.

The reason why I love these movies is not only their philosophical temperament, but also the female lead's distinctive beautiful temperament. Perhaps it is because I feel a little tired from watching too much Europe, America, Japan and South Korea. When the young woman with a plump figure, graceful curves, elegant demeanor, and slightly dark skin color, gentle facial features undressed in front of the camera, her graceful charm is so seductive! They have a mysterious, elegant yet gentle and cordial charm. They are sexy and dignified, and they are both similar and distant, which is stunning...

Hong Kong actor Chung Liti once played the lead role in "Wan Niang". She was natural and did not contradict her. Later, after checking, I found out that she was of mixed blood between China and Vietnam (some Vietnamese people are of the same origin as Thais and are called "Thai"). No wonder Chung Liti has a unique temperament, which attracted me very much in "Zhongnanhai Bodyguard".

(Zhong Liti in Wan Niang)

After saying so much about Thai beauties, what does it have to do with the Dai people?

I believe you have noticed that there is only one single difference between "Tai" and "Dai". This is no coincidence. Now please look at the map. Xishuangbanna, located at the southern tip of Yunnan, is adjacent to Laos and Myanmar, and Thailand is sandwiched between them and is very close. In fact, the Dai people in my country are a branch of the Thai people, the main ethnic group in Thailand, and the Dai language is Thai. The Thai people are mainly distributed in Thailand and Laos, and are also distributed in neighboring countries such as China, India, Vietnam, Cambodia, and Myanmar. After World War II, governments of various countries named the Thai people in their respective territories respectively. In Thailand, Vietnam, and Cambodia they called them "Thai", in Laos they called them "Lao","Shan" in Myanmar,"Ahong" in India, and "Dai" in China.

Culturally (costumes, songs and dances, etc.), these South Asian regions are mostly similar. The first time I experienced South Asian dance in reality was at Shenzhen's Window of the World. The elegant and leisurely dances of several dancers were very moving, and I also gained a glimpse of South Asia. Unique stupas and other buildings, this time when I came to Xishuangbanna, let us walk through the streets, Buddhist temples and rainforest elephant groups to see what kind of culture it is that breeds such a charming and graceful beauty.

(Water-splashing carnival in Mengle Cultural Tourism Area)

Like names such as "Shangri-La" and "YangzhuoYongcuo","Xishuangbanna" gives people a mysterious fantasy of foreign places. In fact, the meaning of these beautiful names in their native languages may be very simple. For example,"Yangzhuoyongcuo" in Tibetan means "Jasper Lake on the Ranch", while "Xishuangbanna" in Dai means "12,000 rice fields".

Xishuangbanna was called "Mengle" in ancient times, and its ancestors were a branch of the ancient Yue people. "Meng" means "place, city state, country" in the Dai language, so in addition to the prefecture capital Jinghong, the other two counties of the autonomous prefecture are called Menghai and Mengla. The original Mengle Kingdom was composed of twelve Dai tribes. During the Southern Song Dynasty, Dai leader Payazhen unified Mengle and built large-scale construction and palaces and pagodas on Nanlian Mountain on the banks of the Lancang River. Among them is the Great Buddha Temple, built by a Dai king named Bo Long to commemorate the deceased princess Nansha Weibian. It is also called the "Jingpiao Buddhist Temple". It is said to be magnificent and has a strong incense.

Later, most of the buildings were destroyed in the war, and the glory of Mengle was drowned with the dust of the soldiers. Today, a new Mengle Cultural Tourism Area has been built on Nanlian Mountain in Xishuangbanna, recreating the culture and religion of the ancient Mengle Country. At the first stop in Xishuangbanna, we went to visit the Mengle Cultural Tourism Area.

Mengle Cultural Tourism Zone is located at the southern end of Mengle Avenue in Jinghong. The brightly colored southern buildings are built against the mountains and hidden among the dense tropical trees. The central axis of the scenic area is Jingpiao Hall, Zhuangkai Grand Pagoda, Holy Bodhi Tree, Auspicious Buddha and other landscape statues, together with exquisite sculptures and murals, present the unique Nan-spread Theravada Buddhist culture. There are also water-splashing festival carnival and peacocks flying together. It is the best choice to experience the natural humanities of the Dai people in person.

Entering the main entrance and passing through Prince's Square and Hongfa Square, you can see the majestic Jingpiao Hall.

(Hongfa Square)

Jingpiao Hall is the core building of the Great Buddha Temple, also known as the "Main Hall". It is a place where monks practice intensively in the morning and evening. The Buddha statue of Sakyamuni is enshrined in the hall. The hall was rebuilt on the site of the original "Wa Jingpiao"(Jingpiao Buddhist Temple). It is 49 meters long, 29 meters wide and 35 meters high. It means that Sakyamuni became a monk at the age of 29 and silently pondered under the Bodhi tree at the age of 35. For forty-nine days, he became a Buddha. Its shape integrates traditional Dai architecture and Southeast Asian architectural styles, with overlapping cornices and red tiles in gold corridors. It is large in scale and distinctive in characteristics.

Outside the hall are Dharma sculptures unique to Southern Buddhism:

The statues of Sakyamuni and Ananda and Kasyapa beside him in the temple are solemn and solemn, but compared with the Buddha statues in the mainland, they are obviously slimmer and have a slimmer waist. This is similar to the Acuoya Guanyin statues previously seen in other places in Yunnan. The style is in the same line.

The interior wall of the hall is painted with the murals "The Life of the Buddha", which are bright, exquisite and fascinating. The story of Buddha is very different in Southern Buddhism, Tibetan Buddhism and Han Buddhism. However, the styles of Dunhuang murals, Xizang temple murals and inland temple murals are completely different. The costumes, diet, scenes, environment, etc. of the characters in the paintings reflect the natural and cultural customs of different regions.

After passing through the main hall, there is a divine stone by the roadside. According to the Paleleaf Sutra, this large stone appeared on a stormy night, and residents of nearby villages worshipped it as a divine stone that fell from the sky. The Buddha once came here at dawn to teach the Dharma. He sat on this stone while preaching. The Buddha pointed to the dam where the Lancang River and Liusha River were flooded at that time, and predicted that there would be a Paya (Dai King) to manage and prosper this place in the future. The Dharma will flourish from here, and the floods will no longer flood. From now on, this place will be called "Jinghong"(meaning "City of Dawn"), which is the origin of Jinghong's name. Indeed, later Payazhen unified the area where the Dai people lived and established Jinglong Jindian State.

On one side of the divine stone is the Hall of Longevity, in which the eighteen Arhats are enshrined. They are envoys to promote Dharma in the world after the Buddha died, cultivating virtue and longevity for all living beings.

Opposite the Changshou Hall is the Hall of the Week, which is the Hall of Buddha's daily gestures and Dharma. It mainly displays the Buddha's statement of a cycle. The hall has a day-to-day Dharma from Sunday to Saturday.

(Tuesday law)

There is a sculpture of the Earth Goddess between the two halls. The Earth Goddess is the witness to the good deeds of Sakyamuni. It is rumored that in order to prevent Sakyamuni from becoming enlightened, the demon king summoned demon generals, demon soldiers, poisonous insects and monsters, and brought poisonous thunder and poison arrows to kill Sakyamuni like bees and ants. However, when the demon king's poisonous lightning and poisonous arrows shot in front of Sakyamuni, they scattered and could not hurt him at all. Sakyamuni said to the Demon King: "The reason why I became a Bodhisattva Tao is because since the three monks have no control over the past few tribulations, I have accumulated infinite virtue and wisdom and perfected six degrees of ten thousand actions. When you came to attack me, didn't you attack the stone with an egg and seek your own destruction?" The devil king said: "You have accumulated infinite merits. What evidence is there?" At this time, the earth goddess appeared and squeezed out the water dripping from Sakyamuni's virtues and good deeds that had been deposited in her hair. The water that flowed out was like a flood, which scattered all the demon soldiers and demon generals.

Continuing up the stairs, there are several small temples beside the road. They are Buddhist temples in the style of countries in South Asia, including the Sri Lanka temple, the Myanmar temple, the Laos temple and the Thai temple. They are all places where southern Buddhism thrives.

The picture below shows the temple in Sri Lanka and the Buddha statues in the temple. Sri Lanka is a small island in the south of India and the first stop for the spread of southern Buddhism from India. This may be the origin of the word "southern Buddhism", because most of the other places where southern Buddhism thrives are on the east side of India. Southern Buddhism went through many historical evolutions in Sri Lanka and almost declined. It was not until after Sri Lanka's independence in 1945 that the government regarded the revival of Buddhism as an important part of restoring national culture, established various Buddhist societies with a secular nature, and established Buddhist universities, that Buddhism was re-developed.

The picture below shows the Thai Temple. Southern Theravada Buddhism was introduced to Thailand as early as BC. Later, Brahmin and Mahayana Buddhism were introduced to southern Thailand from India. The spread of southern Buddhism was once suppressed. In the middle of the 13th century, Ramakangheng, the third king of the Sukhotai Dynasty, once welcomed the monks of Ceylon (present-day Sri Lanka) to the capital to promote the teachings, which made the Ceylon sect popular and Mahayana Buddhism relegated to secondary position. Since then, under the protection of feudal monarchs, Buddhism gradually formed the monastic and king system, which almost became a national belief and penetrated into daily life customs.

The picture below shows the Myanmar Hall and the Buddha statues in the Hall. Buddhism was introduced to Myanmar during the era of King Ashoka in India and had a great impact on Burmese society. Buddhist teachings are the norm for the social behavior and living customs of the broad masses of people in Myanmar. Monks are widely respected, enjoy judicial power and tax exemption rights, and monopolize education in Myanmar. Burmese monasteries own land, and Buddhist temples are spread across the country.

The picture below shows the Lao Hall and the Buddha statue in the Hall. Southern Buddhism was introduced to Laos from Cambodia in the mid-14th century. It was revered as the national religion and declined during the colonial era. In the 20th century, the Lao National Liberation Movement surged and Buddhism showed a revival. Laos established a unified national Buddhist organization, compiled and published Sanzang classics, and restored the Pali language education center system dominated by temples.

At the end of the stairs is the majestic Auspicious Buddha. When I went there, I was seeing the setting sun hanging on the top of the Buddha, and I felt sacred and solemn. This Buddha is forged from brass and sits south to north, facing Jinghong City, overlooking all living beings. The right hand of the Buddha statue is upward, which is a Dharma for preventing demons and exorcism, and the left hand is downward, which means that it is put down to keep a normal mind.

Behind the Buddha, there is a winding path that leads directly to the Peak Park. In the park, there is a golden pagoda and golden basin for tourists to wash their hands. There is also a supporting auspicious saying: Wash hands in the golden basin, and you will have no worries, wash your face in the golden basin, and you will add to your happiness.

Further forward, you can see the magnificent Zhuangkai Shada Pagoda (still under construction). This is a typical Southeast Asian Dai Thai building. It absorbs Southeast Asian architectural styles and has the characteristics of traditional Dai bamboo shoots towers. It consists of a main tower, eight auxiliary towers and sixteen small towers. It is 60 meters in diameter, symbolizes consummation and 80 meters high, implying the nirvana of Sakyamuni after 80 years of living in the world. All Dai villages in Xishuangbanna have stupas, each with its own characteristics, and this Zhuangkai Grand Pagoda is the largest of them.

On the way up the mountain, we passed through buildings on both sides of the central axis. On both sides of Jingpiao Hall, there were also Elder's Liao and Jie Tang.

Elder Liao, or Abbot Building, is the residence of the presiding officer. Southern Buddhism calls the chief Buddha or Grand Elder. Le Meng Dafo Temple is presided over by Hu Ba Long Zhuang Meng. Wannaxili is the first Buddhist lord of southern Buddhism in China. The stairway of Elder Liao is decorated with bright dragon sculptures. This image is very common in Buddhist temples in the south. It is called the "Naga Dragon". It is said to be a dragon that lives at the bottom of the Mekong River and controls rivers and precipitation. It is known as the patron saint of the Mekong River.

Jietang is the mandala where ordination is received, called "Bosu" in Dai language. It is a place where eminent monks discuss scriptures, recite precepts, discuss affairs, and reflect on themselves and repent. Only temples with the level of the central Buddhist temple can be established.

Head west down the mountain to the bathing Buddha water-splashing square. The famous Dai water-splashing festival is usually held in April, but many scenic spots also hold water-splashing carnival at other times to entertain tourists who come here. There are such activities on the water-splashing square in the Mengle Cultural Tourism Area, as well as Dai song and dance performances. The actors and sisters led the audience to the stage to get wet. The happiest ones were children and young people, each of whom had its own different happiness...

The Water-Splashing Festival, also known as the "Buddha Bath Festival", is a traditional festival among the Dai, Bulang, other Thai ethnic groups and Southeast Asia. The Water-Splashing Festival is also the New Year of the Dai. During the festival, a series of folk activities such as dragon boat rowing, catchering, Buddha bathing, and water splashing are held. Splashing each other means sending auspicious blessings to each other. There were few people during the epidemic. If it happened to the Water-Splashing Festival in April, there would be a larger and open Water-Splashing Square in the city, and all the people would participate. The scene would be so spectacular!

(Jinghong Water Splashing Square)

On the west side of the Bathing Buddha Splashing Square is the Peacock Cultural Park. If you want to select the two animals that best represent Xishuangbanna, there is no doubt that they are peacocks and elephants. Elephants will appear later. Let's take a look at the peacock first.

(Elephant sculptures can be seen everywhere in Jinghong streets)

The peacock is an auspicious sacred bird deeply loved by the Dai people. The Dai people's aesthetics are deeply influenced by the peacock's beautiful figure and gorgeous feathers. The traditional buildings and costumes of the Dai people have many peacock elements, and the movements of peacocks have also been imitated, thus giving birth to the graceful peacock dance, which was promoted to the world by the famous dancer Yang Liping.

In the Peacock Cultural Park, you can not only watch and feed peacocks, but also witness the spectacular scene of hundreds of peacocks flying down from the top of the mountain. The flying of hundreds of birds gives people the shock of rushing horses.

This is the end of "Mengle". Next, we moved to the city center, visited "Manting", continued to search for the gorgeous Dai buildings, and encountered the innocent elephants.

Manting Park is the oldest park in Xishuangbanna. It has a history of more than 1300 years. It used to be the royal garden of the Dai king. It is said that the Dai king named the garden after her in memory of the deceased princess."Manting" means "soul", and this nice name is also very romantic.

As the former Imperial Garden, Manting Park is one of the important carriers of Dai culture, history and religious beliefs. Today, there are National Cultural Square, Imperial Garden Cultural Area, Release Cultural Area, Buddhist Cultural Area, Yuxiang Cultural Area, etc. in the park, which displays Dai royal culture, Buddhist culture and Dai folk customs. It is one of Xishuangbanna's tourist business cards.

The first thing you see after entering the door is the sculpture of Premier Zhou. Premier Zhou has a deep connection with Xishuangbanna. The Dai people used to be called the Thai people. In 1952, Premier Zhou added a single person to "Thai", and since then, the Thai people have become the Dai people. The sculpture was built to commemorate Premier Zhou's participation in the Water-Splashing Festival in 1961.

On the east side of the Monument to Premier Zhou is the Dai King's palace. According to historical records, after Paya Zhen unified the various Dai Le tribes in 1160, he founded the Mengle Kingdom. It has a strong national strength, with a population of more than 8 million and more than 9000 war elephants. Payazhen was granted the title of King Mengle by the Emperor of the Heavenly Dynasty. He inherited 41 generations and ruled Xishuangbanna for nearly 800 years. The Dai King's Palace was a product of this period. Today it includes the Dai King's Meeting Hall, the Dai King's Bedroom, and the Water-Splashing Festival Memorial Hall, etc., showing Xishuangbanna's long history and splendid culture.

The picture below shows the elephant foot drum displayed in the palace, which is an important folk musical instrument of the Dai people. Elephant-foot drums are large and small, with different pronunciation. The big drum has a majestic and vigorous tone, the middle drum is exciting and high-spirited, and the small drum is crisp and bright. Its beating methods are also very rich. Depending on the performance mood, the fingers, palms, and fists are used together, and the drum beats are numerous and varied.

Walking southeast through a Dai-style pavilion, you will arrive at the beautiful Imperial Garden.

In the garden, strange flowers compete for beauty, small bridges and flowing water show their beauty, swans and colorful fish gather to play, which is beautiful. Tropical plants that are not common in the mainland are also included here to form a Dai garden that is different from Jiangnan gardens. On the west side of the Imperial Garden, there is also the Imperial Orchid Garden. There are more than 400 species of orchid plants cultivated in the garden, mainly tropical epiphytic orchids. They are elegant and refined, and picturesque.

There is a city center tower in Yulan Garden. As the name suggests, this is the central building of the city and the central place for people of all ethnic groups in Banna to worship during specific festival times. This tower is a typical royal building of the Dai King. It is covered with gold watercolors. The eaves are stacked like mountains, and the golden roof is dazzling. There are 12 sincere pillars in the tower, symbolizing that the 12 stockades support Banna.

(Inside the City Center Tower)

Continuing south, a long and narrow lake water appears in front of you. This is the Fangsheng Lake. The lake is lush with trees, covering Dai pavilions, red boats and blue waves in the lake, rippling Dai bridges.

Shengsheng Lake was originally a backwater bay of the Lancang River. After the water level of the Lancang River rises during the annual flood season, water will flow into it to form a lake surface. Dai people believe that this lake is spiritual and has been opened by virtuous Buddhists. It is specially used for Xishuangbanna Buddhist believers to release their lives.

Walking along the lake, you can see many buildings with strong Dai style, some of which are cafes and some are pottery halls, full of exotic and romantic customs.

The song and dance performance theater on the north side of Fangsheng Lake holds Dai historical opera performances outdoors regularly every day, which is worth seeing.

Dai's slow-wheel pottery began in the Neolithic Era and has a history of six to seven thousand years. It is a living fossil of human handicraft technology and has been included in the National Intangible Cultural Heritage Protection List.

There is a white pagoda on the west of the lake, which consists of a mother pagoda and eight small towers around it. It looks like a group of bamboo shoots emerging from under a strong and straight dragon bamboo. The entire pagoda group exudes a round and gentle image, which reflects the tolerance, liberation, understanding and comprehensive Buddhist purpose of southern Buddhism and the kind, gentle, tender and beautiful character of the Dai people.

Not far from the White Tower, there is the Statue of the Earth Goddess. The goddess of the earth has already appeared in the section "Mengle". Her name is "Natorani". She is a goddess who records the Buddha's good deeds. She is regarded as a protector full of motherhood. Believers will pray to her for rain and harvest during the dry season.

Surrounding the goddess and the white tower are palm forests. Shell leaf palms are usually about 20 meters tall, tall and majestic, with a straight and round trunk, and the trunk looks like a giant umbrella. It blooms every 60 years, and as long as it blooms, it symbolizes the end of life. The Pallet Sutra, which records the history of the Dai people, is made of Pallet Palm leaves and can be preserved for hundreds of years. The Bayleaf Sutra records Dai myths, fables, proverbs, poems, medicine, astronomy, etc., and can be called an encyclopedia of Dai society, so Dai culture is also called "Bayleaf Culture".

The Xishuangbanna General Buddhist Temple is also located in this area. It was the Buddhist shrine of Zhaopanling and Tusi Head, the former supreme ruler of Xishuangbanna. It still has a strong incense and many believers.

Finally, we went to see the elephants in the garden, continued south, crossed the Dai Wind and Rain Bridge, and arrived at the Royal Elephant Cultural Park.

It was early when they arrived, and the elephant babies had to eat their stomachs before starting the performance. I tried to hand a banana to the baby elephant, but was stopped by the staff. However, after the performance started, there was a special feeding session where tourists could feed them.

The performance events can be described as exciting. Under the command of the elephant trainer, the simple elephant makes various movements to make humans laugh, and also uses the elephant trunk to massage people. During performances, tourists can ride elephants and take photos. But these actions that seem meaningful to humans may have no meaning to elephants, and some performances may violate "elephant nature". Previously in Changlong, Guangzhou, some animal performances had been cancelled because training animals to perform movements that humans understood could be a form of abuse.

At the end of the performance, the elephant bid farewell to the tourists. Last year, the elephant migration incident in Yunnan attracted much attention and heated discussion. Swarms of elephant families swaggered through human cities and villages and were regarded as a symbol of harmony and beauty. Paying attention to protecting the living environment of animals and not interfering in their lives may be the greatest respect for nature by humans. Xishuangbanna has another Wild Elephant Valley Scenic Area, where Asian elephants are more natural, healthier and more lively.

Another name that is easily misunderstood,"Gaozhuang" and "West""Double Scenery"?

No.

In Dai language,"Gaozhuang" is a word,"Xishuang" is a word, and "Jing" is a word, which means "nine towers and twelve villages". It sounds a bit retro, but in fact, this is the most fashionable and cutting-edge fashionable and prosperous capital in Xishuangbanna, known as the "City in Jinghong". Speaking of fashion, there are also ancient Buddhist temples, long-standing stupas, and Dai culture everywhere. Coupled with the Dai Thai and Six Kingdoms cultures in the Mekong River Basin, as well as the culture of the Great Golden Triangle, the Shuangjing West of Gaozhuang has become a must-miss tourist business card in Xishuangbanna.

Here you can taste the five flowers and eight kinds of Dai and Thai cuisine:

Here you can admire the graceful Dai beauties:

Here you can watch the wonderful songs and dances of the six countries:

You can also travel through novel buildings melted from ancient nations and contemporary styles:

This is the double view of Gaozhuang West. Any tourist city has a bustling pedestrian street or a brightly lit night market. However, it is rare to see such a city in the city with distinctive characteristics, romantic style, and integration of the market, culture and fashion.

There is a Grand Pagoda Temple in the Double Scenery of Gaozhuang West, which is the main Buddhist temple in Jinghong City. Dajinta Temple is a typical Theravada Buddhist temple spread to the south. It studies and promotes the Buddha's original teachings. The monks in the temple still pass on the original Buddhist traditions such as Buddha wearing three clothes, not holding money, asking bowls to collect food, and not eating at noon more than 2600 years ago., chanting Pali and other primitive Buddhist traditions.

The theme of Dajinta Temple is a Thai-style pagoda. The tower is 66.6 meters tall, implying that a river connects six countries (the scenic area is adjacent to the Lancang River. After leaving the country, it is called the Mekong River, and flows through China, Myanmar, Laos, Thailand, Cambodia and Vietnam). There are four small solid towers around the large tower, representing Keng Dong (Myanmar), Keng Rai (Chiang Rai, Thailand), Keng Mai (Chiang Mai, Thailand) and Keng Tong (Braang Laban, Laos), all of which are the prosperous places of Southern Buddhism. In Buddhism, the large tower is surrounded by four small towers, implying the "Four Noble Truths"-suffering, gathering, extinction, and Tao, and also implying the four worlds that make up all things in the world-earth, fire, wind, and water. Buddha relics are enshrined on the top of the tower.

The Lancang River runs through Gaozhuang West Shuangjing, and on one side of the river is the famous Liuguo Water Night Market. The Lancang River is the Mekong River. Because it flows through the turbulent Golden Triangle, the world-famous "Mekong Massacre" occurred. However, the turmoil is outside the country, and it is still peaceful within our country. The Lancang River is calm, and the flower boats and white buildings wait for the prosperity of night to fall...

As night falls, the excitement of the Liuguo Water Market has just begun.

The quiet lake is shrouded in mystery, and boating on the Mekong River is like traveling through the six countries and ancient times, enjoying the prosperity of the world.

Jinta Temple is resplendent and dazzling.

On the bank of the Sixia River, tourists and Dai families put water lanterns together to pray for happiness and beauty.

In secluded lamp chairs, young couples are rubbing each other, keeping company with the beautiful scenery.

When I went, a Dai Le lantern exhibition was being held in the scenic area. The gorgeous colorful lights showed the secret realms of rainforests, the whispers of elephants, the dancing peacocks, and the blooming of flowers. It can be said that the six countries are colorful, and everything grows, making people dizzying and lingering.

The ultimate romance of the moonlit white tower:

The tranquility and tranquility of lotus lamps floating in the water:

There is an unpredictable neon glow:

There is warm hospitality from the Dai children:

There is also the wonderful Xiangtong Divine Tree, which draws inspiration from the Life Tree of Xiangtong Temple in Laos and uses light wave drums as a medium to light up every ray of life.

As well as the Jinglan Hotel, which is as gorgeous as a peacock spreading its wings, blooms in the night sky with the unique charm of Xishuangbanna:

The above shows you the must-see attractions in Jinghong City, the capital of Xishuangbanna. In addition to the fascinating folk customs, Xishuangbanna is also the area with the most complete preservation of tropical ecosystems in China and is known as the "Plant Kingdom". Next stop, we will arrive at the Tropical Botanical Garden of the Chinese Academy of Sciences in Huludao, Menglun Town, Mengla County, to get a close look at the magical charm of the "Emerald of the Plant Kingdom".

Stay tuned!