Bawai Village of Dongbanshan Mountain in Mengku Town, Lincang
Plan your Lincang Ethnic Villages Tour to Lincang? Visit Bawai Village of Dongbanshan Mountain in Shuangjiang County, Lincang which is one of the most fascinating ethnic villages in Lincang. Explore the local folk ethnic culture including History, Food and Dining, Clothing, Customs and Traditions, Architecture, Festivals, Crafts, Religion, Language of local ethnic people in Bawai Village of Dongbanshan Mountain in Shuangjiang County, Lincang.
Chinese Name:勐库镇东半山坝歪老寨
English Name: Bawai Village of Dongbanshan Mountain in Mengku Town, Lincang
Bawai Laozhai Village(坝歪老寨)
Before 2000, there were more than 50 families in the old village of Bawai（坝歪老寨）. Because of a large village of Lahu nationality and a small village of Han nationality, in 2004, the county arranged to move all of them down the mountain. But two years later, more than 10 Lahu people returned to the old village from the new village under the mountain. There were four or five hundred acres tea gardens in the old village on the mountain. This may be the reason why the Lahu people moved back to the old village. The ancient tea gardens of more than 200 years in Bawa are almost all in Lahu stockade. Now there are no less than 100 acres left behind. There are also more than 100 acres old tea gardens around Han stockade. It seems that the tea tree is much smaller than Lahu stockade. It is a tea garden planted during the Republic of China. From the tea gardens of the two stockades, it can be seen that Lahu people planted tea earlier than Han people in Bawa.
Old village of Bawai is nearly 2000 meters above sea level and far away from Mengku dam. It is a village with very inconvenient traffic in Mengku. However, the Shuangjiang County Government still developed two or three hundred mu tea plantations in Bawai, from 1958 to 1965. It may be that there has been no primary tea production Institute in Bawai, and tea plantations have not been developed on a large scale. There are far fewer tea gardens in Bawai than in Iceland, Dahusai and other villages, but no new tea tree has been planted in Bawai since 1980. So 100% of pure Mengku large-leaved species in Bawai old village are pure Mengku large-leaved species, and the raw materials of pure Mengku large-leaved species are sold at a higher price in Shuangjiang than other varieties.
坝歪位于勐库镇北边，隶属于云南省临沧市双江县勐库镇冰岛行政村，在当地属于东半山。在临沧勐库古茶群落，以勐库大河为分界，分别为西半山和东半山。较西半山众多的名山头，东半山显得落寞，不争不抢，以独特的茶质而备受关注。但也正因为少了虚名，真实性更得以保存。
勐库东半山坝歪
坝歪老寨与冰岛老寨隔着高山深谷对望，白天山两边寨子的人种地采茶都能相互看见，走到彼此的地方却要好几个小时。从冰岛走到坝歪，需要经过南勐河。坝歪拉祜族寨，在大山上。由于交通不便等多方原因，早年间政府组织搬迁。后又陆续有人家搬回旧址。当初山上旱地多，还有四五百亩的茶园，这也是迁回老寨的主要原因吧。
勐库东半山坝歪
坝歪自然村，隶属于双江县勐库镇冰岛村委会，属于山区。距离村委会25.00公里,距离镇政府25.00公里,国土面积0.51平方公里，海拔1500.00米，年平均气温20.00℃，年降水量1800.00毫米。
坝歪老寨2000年之前有50多户人家，由于一个拉祜族大寨和一个汉族小寨组成，2004年县里安排全搬迁下山，但两年后有10多户拉祜族人又从山下新寨迀回山上老寨，山上的老寨有四五百亩茶园，这可能是拉祜人迁回老寨的原因。坝歪200年以上的古茶园几乎全在拉祜族寨，如今留下的不下100亩，汉族寨四周也有100多亩老茶园，看上去茶树比拉祜寨的小得多，那是民国年间种的茶园，从两个寨子的茶园便可看出拉祜人早于汉人在坝歪种茶。坝歪老寨海拔近2000米，又远离勐库坝子，在勐库算是交通极不方便的村寨。但双江县政府1958年至1965年间仍然在坝歪老寨发展了二三百亩茶园，可能因为坝歪一直没有茶叶初制所，茶园终究没能大规模发展起来。坝歪的茶园远远少于冰岛、懂过、大户赛等村寨，但坝歪1980年以后再也没有新种过一棵茶树，所以坝歪老寨100%的纯勐库大叶种，而纯正勐库大叶种的原料在双江售价要高于其他品种。
勐库东半山坝歪
在勐库各茶寨中，坝歪是距离勐托最近的村寨。勐托在百年前已有茶叶交易市场。坝歪山是当地唯一不通公路的茶山，所以古茶树受其他茶种的影响最少。1980年以后，坝歪就再也没有新种过一棵茶树，百分百的纯勐库大叶种。但坝歪的茶园很少，远远不及冰岛。
冰岛村委会下辖的几个茶寨，紧紧相邻，在茶质上会有相通之处。由于交通不便，加之冰岛老寨的茶早已名声在外，坝歪的茶，相对的在价位上占尽了优势。
勐库东半山坝歪
坝歪老寨的茶叶质肥厚宽大。茶汤入口润滑，涩味略重，甜度好，香气浓郁内敛，但不十分耐泡。与冰岛口感相似，留香弱些，是最接近冰岛的茶。好比新老班章茶一样，一般人很难区分。
