Liude Lisu and Yi Ethnic Town of Yongsheng County in Lijiang

Geographical Location

Ethnic Groups and Traditional Skills

Ethnic Groups

Traditional Skills

• Lisu (傈僳族): The Lisu people are skilled in bamboo weaving, creating various tools and utensils for production and daily life. They also have unique textile skills, producing colorful and exquisitely patterned Lisu clothing.
• Talao People (他留人): Talao culture is a unique part of Chinese culture, with distinctive architectural styles, carving arts, and traditional customs.

Customs and Festivals

Clothing Customs

• Lisu (傈僳族): Men usually wear linen long shirts, short vests on the outside, long trousers, waistbands, and leg wrappings. Women wear tight short shirts, long skirts, waist aprons, and red headscarves.
• Talao People (他留人): The Talao people have their own unique clothing, typically in dark red, which is an essential ceremonial item for them.

Food Customs

• Lisu (傈僳族): The main staple foods are corn, buckwheat, and oats. They often eat baked cakes and make special dishes like pickled sour fish and rice sausage.
• Talao People (他留人): Talao cakes are made from Talao red rice by hand and are an essential ceremonial item for the Talao people. They are usually eaten fried, boiled, or roasted.

Festivals

• Baba Festival (粑粑节): Held on June 24th every year, the Baba Festival is a grand traditional festival for the Talao people. People from afar return home to participate and pay respects to their ancestors at the cemetery.
• Pear Blossom Festival (梨花节): Held when the pear blossoms bloom on Talao Mountain, the festival offers a breathtaking view of pear blossoms covering the mountains, creating a beautiful scene that seems to transcend time.

Tourist Attractions

Natural Scenery

• Langshuiping Reservoir (浪水坪水库): Located in the He Yao Village Committee (河腰村委会).
• Dongguaping Reservoir (冬瓜坪水库): Located in the village of Mushrooms in Bei Hua Village Committee (北华村委会蘑菇场村).
• Talao Mountain Primeval Forest (他留山原始森林): Located above He Yao Tan Yaozi (河腰炭窑子) to the northeast of Talao Dade Temple (他留大德寺), this 800-acre primeval forest features towering trees and dense vegetation.

Cultural Heritage

• Yingpan Village Cemetery (营盘村墓群): This open-air stone carving art “museum” is located to the northeast of Langzhe Shang Village (朗者上村) in Ying Mountain Village Committee (营山村委会). The cemetery covers an area of about 304,000 square meters, with over 16,000 tombs. There are more than 6,340 recorded tombs with inscriptions and carvings, of which over 3,000 are well-preserved. The tombs date from the Ming Dynasty’s Wanli period to the Republic of China. It was designated as a county-level cultural relic protection unit by Yongsheng County Government in 1992, a provincial-level cultural relic protection unit by Yunnan Provincial Government in 1998, and a national key cultural relic protection unit by the State Council in May 2006.
• Talao Terraced Fields (他留梯田): Built along the mountain slopes, these terraced fields stretch over hundreds of acres. Houses and trees are scattered among the fields, creating a beautiful landscape. The terraced fields wind from the foot to the top of the mountains, resembling snails or pagodas, with layers of fields rising and falling. The entire Shuanghe Village is covered with terraced fields, with crisscrossing paths and smooth lines, fully displaying the natural beauty, simplicity, and form of the terraced fields. With the changing seasons and climate, the scenery is dreamlike and enchanting. In spring, they look like layers of silver belts; in summer, they roll like waves of green; in autumn, they stack like golden pagodas; and in winter, they resemble dragons playing in the water, with each season having its own charm.
• Qiyun Cave (栖云洞): Located on a cliff about 600 meters southeast of the ancient castle, the cave is covered by a huge stone slab of over 100 square meters. The words “Qiyun Cave” are prominently written in ink inside the cave, with the inscription “Autumn of the year Xin Chou by the owner Gao Douguang,” dating back to the 18th year of the Shunzhi Emperor of the Qing Dynasty (1661).
• Ancient Pear Trees (古梨树): Talao Mountain is home to ancient pear trees with a history of thousands of years, and there are more than 2,000 pear trees over a hundred years old. When the pear blossoms bloom every year, the mountains are covered with blossoms, creating a beautiful and breathtaking scene.

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