After checking out the next day, we arrived at the parking lot and found eight off-road vehicles already parked. A row of veteran drivers were waiting at the door. The governor and singers came to see them off.
The Tourism Bureau Valley Bureau accompanied them.
He Huan said: "Today we set off to Fugong. There is only one road along the Nujiang River. Because this road is under construction of a beautiful highway, travel to the north is restricted.
We could only walk on one side, the road conditions were poor, and there were often rockfalls, so we switched to an off-road vehicle. Only an off-road vehicle could pass on the bumpy and narrow road. When the rocks fell, the car could also hide faster."
The experts covered their faces and said, "Xiao Bailong, don't scare us, okay?"
He Huan smiled and said: "Don't worry, we are hiring local experienced drivers. Moreover, it is the dry season, so the risk of landslides is much smaller than the rainy season. Because it is the dry season, we need to rush to repair the road. We are giving special permission."
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Everyone looked at him and couldn't help but tremble with fear. But even if you come, you still have to go.
Say goodbye to the singers and the governor.
He Huan shook hands with the drivers again, told them precautions, issued walkie-talkies, and entrusted the lives of the whole group to them. He Huan put the white dragon flag on the first car and got on, followed by Qin Huai.
In addition to one photographer in each car, the photographers also rode in two cars with sunroofs open, taking pictures of the road scenes one behind the other.
The convoy headed north.
Passing by the bathhouse, the villagers on the hillside stood up and waved, "Little White Dragon! Goodbye! Have a nice trip! I'll be back!"
He Huan stuck his head out of the car window and said loudly: "It's okay if you don't say it. If you say it, do we still dare to go?"
"Hahaha..." Yipo laughed.
This section of the road is relatively easy to walk. The off-road vehicle has already passed the bathhouse and entered the simple and beautiful Nujiang Grand Canyon.
There are many villages scattered on both sides of the strait.
The villages on the riverside are in close contact with the river, while the villages on the mountains are embedded in the vast mountain cliffs, which is frightening. Only the churches make each village more solemn and quiet.
Suspension bridges and ziplines tell the story of the alternation of old and new.
The engineering team and yellow warning signs appearing in front tell everyone that this virgin land is about to unveil its veil to the world.
While the road was being built, only one car could pass, so the drivers walked along the river with ease.
The river flows under the wheels, gradually becoming sparsely populated. There are stacks of mountain ridges, making it impossible to see too far away. You can only see the blue sky, with clouds floating here and there, next to Gaoligong Mountain, and next to the blue sky.
Luoxue Mountain is like a fairy teasing two mountain gods.
They were so anxious that their heads turned white, and they sighed, making the mountains shrouded in clouds and mist. Their green clothes and green robes fell straight into the green Nu River, mixed with slopes of gravel, showing their impatience.
The Nu River is not as anxious as they are. She is indeed the eldest sister among the three rivers. It has been flowing for a rainy season, and now it slows down and flows south leisurely.
The veteran drivers calmly crossed potholes one after another and skipped all the way north. The canyon became deeper and quieter.
Everyone has forgotten whether they are riding an off-road vehicle or a trampoline. They even feel that there is no regret in dying here, because it feels like this road leads to heaven.
"Look out the window, you guys!" He Huan called everyone back over the intercom, "The stone in the middle of the river is called Tiger Leaping! It's called Lamaden in Lisu! Now the water is shallow and everything is exposed. During the rainy season, a few points are exposed.
, rapids and rapids that only a tiger can roar over."
"Oh!" After all, everyone doesn't want to die and wants to see more beautiful scenery!
The drivers were engrossed and had no time to look at the scenery. They were already familiar with every grass, stone, bend and slope in the Nujiang Grand Canyon.
The ninety-kilometer journey took three hours.
Arrive at Pihe, the boundary of Fugong at noon.
Seeing a big rock on the side of the road, He Huan said on the intercom: "Everyone pull over and get out of the car to let the wind cool down."
The motorcade stopped, and everyone got down and rubbed their numb buttocks. He Huan walked back and faced the experts, "Is everything okay?"
"It's okay, it's okay! I'm a little crazy! But it's worth it for such a beautiful scenery!"
"Fortunately, there was no rockfall today."
"Then let me show you the super big rockfall!"
Everyone happily followed.
He Huan walked towards a stone staircase on the side of the road, "Look! This is a big stone. The house on the stone is called a stone house, and the stone on the stone is called a flying stone."
Walking up to the big stone, you can see a huge stone standing in the courtyard, close to the eaves of one side.
He Huan said: "This is the Feilai Stone. It flew here in the early morning of one day in 1983. Experts and scholars searched all over Biluo Snow Mountain and Gaoligong Mountain, but they did not find such a big stone missing anywhere, nor did they see any traces of rolling stones.
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Anyway, it made a loud noise in the middle of the night and landed in the courtyard, giving the teachers who lived here at that time a great experience of escaping from death."
The experts looked at the big stone next to the eaves. The people next to it were very small. You can imagine how scary it was at that time!
"Since they couldn't find where it came from, people created a beautiful story for it.
It is said that a pair of young Nu people fell in love, but their family blocked their love. They met to elope, but unfortunately they got separated. The young man stayed by the Nu River, waiting for his sweetheart to return every day, and over time, he turned into a rock.
One day, the girl trapped in the Biluo Snow Mountain saw it and turned into a huge stone and fell into the arms of her lover. Therefore, the villagers here call it the Couple Stone. Do you think it fits well?"
Everyone looked around at the upper and lower rocks. They didn't hit the house or break the rocks, but they fit together tightly. It's really amazing!
Liang Ange looked at the boulder, "This is another unsolved mystery of the Nu River after the Lisu people went up the mountain of swords and into the sea of fire! But since you are talking about the youth of the Nu people, have we arrived?"
He Huan said with a smile: "Yes! Fugong is the place where the Nu people have lived for generations. Walking a little further, you will reach Laomudeng, which is a Nu village. In Nu language, it means people like to come. We will go there today."
"Great!" Liang Ange cheered, "I like coming!"
Everyone got on the bus again, and not long after, the off-road vehicle turned to the side. It was really easy for most people to miss it.
Just as they were about to go onto the village road, two people waved their hands to stop them at the intersection, and Gu Ju and He Huan got out of the car.
"Gu Bureau, you're here too." The middle-aged man in front smiled a little reluctantly.
Gu Bureau introduced: "Director Lu from Fugong Cultural Tourism Bureau."
"Welcome the Little White Dragon Music Group!"
Although he said welcome, He Huan felt that he seemed to have a troubled expression.
Director Lu smiled and said, "It's noon. You have come all the way. Let's go have dinner first."
Is it because the village is not welcoming?
Although they originally planned to live and eat in the village, there were so many of them!
It doesn't matter if it's inconvenient.
He Huan called the convoy to follow Director Lu again.
We drove forward for a while and stopped in front of a restaurant.
Because it is still some distance from the county seat, this place is usually a place for passing drivers to eat, which is relatively simple. But no one is picky about it.
"This is the Lu Bureau of Fugong Cultural Tourism." He Huan introduced, "It should be from the Lu tribe."
Bureau Lu smiled, shook hands with the experts, and invited them to take their seats. But He Huan always felt that he was a little preoccupied.
After dinner, He Huan said: "Director Lu, if there is any inconvenience for you, just say it doesn't matter."
"No... Alas!" Bureau Lu sighed, "I've been waiting for you to come. I want to wait until you finish eating."
"Well, tell me." The experts all looked at him seriously. Gu Bureau looked worried.
"I'm sorry! We hired a few old people to sing the tunes of the Nu tribe to you. Now, they are no longer willing. Two of our relatives who are far away are here. I don't know if they are avoiding us."
"Ah?" Everyone was surprised, "Why?"
Everyone was warmly welcomed along the way! I didn’t expect the folks to hide here!
“Because those who can sing Nu folk tunes and dance folk dances are all old people, and the content of singing and dancing reflects their original living conditions.
But they are very religious...because of their beliefs, they are unwilling to sing ethnic tunes or dance ethnic dances. Doesn't that conflict with their beliefs?
Because there are so few Nu people, the old people no longer sing or dance. There is no one to teach or teach, let alone the young people. So I am really sorry that you have come so far away and are still building roads.
I also came here early in the morning and went to the village first. I looked for those old people but couldn’t find them. I really... ugh!"
Everyone looked at each other, never expected it!
Bureau Lu looked at them worriedly, with a guilty look on his face. Bureau Gu frowned, "How could that be?"
Liang Ange wondered, "What conflict does ethnic song and dance have with their beliefs?"
He Huan looked at the experts and said, "This is indeed true." He Huan looked at Lu Ju again, not knowing his beliefs and not explaining them in depth.
He just said: "Maybe they didn't think too carefully about the original promise and agreed because they could sing. Now they suddenly don't want to sing or dance anymore. Maybe they thought about it during this period and felt that it went against their beliefs."
It is true that there is this commandment, and you cannot sing or dance the original songs. They may be stricter in observing the commandments. If they suddenly ran away, they would be more psychologically tangled, so we understand."
Director Lu nodded and breathed a sigh of relief. Xiao Bailong was so generous! He was very embarrassed.
Gu Ju looked at him and said, "Why can't it be done? Lisu also has such a commandment. Doesn't it mean singing well and dancing well?"
"There are many Lisu people. There should be more people who can sing and dance. There should also be more people who are willing to sing and dance. But it is really hard to find us Nu people."
Director Lu looked at the experts, "Actually, we also want to protect and inherit our national culture, and we also want to use experts to promote our own national culture.
Maybe it’s also because you came all the way and made a huge noise. As people with particularly devout beliefs, they may be hesitant to publicly promote other things.
But if we want to develop tourism, we must have something original of our own. The ideas of the elderly... are difficult to change. We also hope that some young people can re-recognize the valuable aspects of our national culture.
The beautiful highway is about to be opened. You came first. What a great opportunity this is! We must seize it. Because tourists do not come here to experience Western religious customs, they still want to understand our more ancient and original things as a nation.
Well."
Director Lu sighed, "But some people accept one belief, and they don't accept others at all. It's not easy for us to do ideological work. It's difficult to change the ideas that have been formed for many years."
Experts are still confused.
But after hearing what Bureau Lu said, and yesterday at the bathhouse, Bureau Gu and the others were still happy with their own national culture.
He Huan stopped beating around the bush and explained: "There have been many uprisings among the people in the Nujiang Gorge, one of which broke out because the missionaries did not allow them to believe in other religions.
Their national songs and dances are actually their life, history, and beliefs, and a considerable part of them are the content of primitive religion.
For example, "Genesis", "Funeral Sutra", "Guidance Book", "Hunting Tune", "Soul Calling Song", "Inviting God Tune" and other sacrificial songs and dances, their explanation of the origin of nature and human beings is related to them.
The current beliefs are completely opposite.
Their related living customs, such as sending ancestors back to their clan, summoning souls, inviting gods, etc., are also contrary to the concepts conveyed by current beliefs.
Therefore, at first, on the basis of the Ten Commandments of Moses, foreign missionaries added 'forbidden to sing folk songs and dance folk dances', 'forbidden to tell ancestor legends', 'forbidden to worship ghosts and gods', etc., specifically targeting them.
Canon teachings.
In the eyes of some religions, songs other than dances and hymns are depraved and devilish. Because of this incident, a large-scale resistance broke out in Nujiang.
After burning the church, the missionaries fled to Spring City and demanded that the Qing government compensate them 300,000 taels of silver and send troops to suppress them and build the church.
Because it involved foreign countries, the Qing government had no ability at that time, so it suppressed them, lost money, and built churches.
Time after time, those who started to protest were suppressed, and finally Western religion replaced the primitive religion and formed a common belief in the Nu River Gorge.
It is not as tolerant as Buddhism. Once it spreads to a place, it will be integrated with the local religion of the local people. It is a monotheistic religion and is exclusive. That's why there were uprisings like that."
"Alas." The experts sighed, not knowing what to say. As for freedom of belief, you can't say that someone has been fighting for generations and finally accepted it, and then you come back to stir up his past memories or accuse him of something.
It's just that it's a bit sad, as individuals are powerless against the times.
Qin Huai said: "So this is indeed a difficult point for us to pursue the original national songs and dances and explore the traditional national culture.
Because everyone has already accepted other things, and the process of acceptance is also very difficult. If you try to dig out his original things, then their psychology will indeed be more tangled."
"People without faith may not understand, but people with faith do take certain precepts more seriously," He Huan said.
Everyone sighed, there was no good way.
Gu Bureau said: "Would you like to continue searching? See if there is anyone who can sing Nu songs?"
He Huan knew that this was not a matter of issuing a notice. There were only a few people there, and there were even fewer people who could sing. He had other beliefs and he would not speak out.
"Okay, now that we're here, let's put down our work and be tourists for a while!" He Huan said with a smile, "I'll take you to Zhiziluo for some fun!"
"good!"
He Huan said with a smile: "Don't worry, people create history and stories, and choose beliefs, all following their interests. No one said that I came to the world specifically to endure hardship. It was precisely because I wanted to be free from suffering that I came up with beliefs.
As long as they develop tourism and pay attention to this aspect, if tourists have needs and they have money to earn, there will naturally be people to do this. Don't be anxious. Maybe when the beautiful highway is built, everyone's thinking will be clear."
The experts nodded and could only place their hope in the future. I hope that there will still be people who can sing and dance their songs and dances by then.
Everyone stand up, the expert group becomes a tourist group!