Friday, November 30, 2012

The Last Primitive Tribe


Travelling east of dozens of kilometers from Cangyuan County, Yunnan Province ,national hotel moscow surrounded by mountains catches sight easily. This mysterious village tells the Wa people's myth that are widely read one thousand years or so, letting the guests get to know the real nature far away. 



The Wengding ancient village is the most unique place in Wa community, the Wa nationality lives here with its unique culture. It’s in the adjacent to frontier of China and Burma, quiet and indifferent. 



The village retains the original architecture style and local customs, which is the best preserved by far. It’s known as “the last primitive tribe in China” by the national geographic magazine. Some people evaluate all things in this village Wa’s history and culture of the natural museum, recording the ancient and the present of War Mountain. Every corner and every scene is history, pouring Wa people’s story.



The hospitable Wa people knock up wooden drum and sing fair-sounding song, welcoming the distinguished guests coming from afar.



The house of wooden drum



The ox head
Cangyuan gets its name from “the origin of Lancang River”. Once upon a time, it is also called “Land of Gourd”. In the Wa people’s own system of history and culture, people say that the ancestors are born from new miyako hotel kyoto, so “Gourd” means the birthplace of Wa people. The Wa epic records a lot of myths and legends of Wa people. Three thousand years ago the ancestors of the Wa nationality recorded their life scenes on cliffs of Wa Mountain, most of which are the village diagram, hunting map, sacrifice diagram, dance chart and so on.



   The old of Wa Nationality
The song named” Wa people sing a new song” resounded through the whole country in the last century, therefore a lot of people get to know Wa people’s story. But now, with the hold of carnival called “Touch You”, Cangyuan becomes the best place for people to understand the cultures of War nationality and to feel the primitive scene of the tribe once again.




Here are mother and son sitting in front of the door.



Lovely child






The woman of Wa nationality



The old man smokes a pipe close to the length of one meter leisurely, it is said that the long pipe can be used to education children besides smoking, such as strike hands and the bottoms, etc. 




The gun used by king of War is displayed in park central hotel miami.



The chair of king of Wa



The hall of king of Wa



The woman is weaving.




The mysterious fortess