Lancang Lahu Autonomous County was awarded “China Rural B&B Development Demonstration County”. But do you konw the Unveiling the magnificence of Lancang County, let's hava a look.
Nuogan ancient stockaded village of Huimin township
Nuogan, an ancient stockade village of Huimin township, is 74km and 29km away from the country and township government respectively. This cultural and primitive historic village of the Dai ethnic group has been preserved respectfully. A unique residence and home to traditional customs of the Dai minority, this is an ideal place to experience the original culture and folk customs of the Dai minority.
Embraced by mountains and water, the stockade village is in a picturesque setting. Due to 18,000 negative oxygen ions per cubic centimetres contained in the air, the village is renowned as “longevity village”, which brings forth an idea to construct a tourist and sightseeing village centering on longevity and water culture.
Ancient tea park with thousands of years of history
Located in Jingmai village and Mangjing village, in the Hani township of Huimin, Lancang County, Jingmai Mangjing Tea Park is 72km away from the county. With a total area of 28,000mu, the park has a tea-picking area spanning over 10,000mu. Annual output of fresh tea leaf is over 800 tons, which is sufficient to make dried tea leaf of more than 200 tons.
This is now the largest artificial cultivation with the most complete facility, longest history and largest area throughout the world. It is hailed as “Museum of Tea Natural History” by domestic and foreign experts.
Being the birthplace of tea-planting under a natural forest, scale production and industrialisation of tea and source of world tea culture, its historical culture and humanity are so unique that it has become an important window to demonstrate development of the tea industry and tourism of tea culture in Pu’er city.
Christian church of Nuofu township
Nuofu church is located to the northwest, 300m away from the government of Nuofu township in Lancang county. As a church of the US Baptists, it was established in 1922. Following the architectural style of Lahu minority, this church follows the decor of European and American styles.
Covering a total area of 506.6sq.m., the layout of the church is a timber frame of two crosses in vertical and horizontal directions. The roof is covered with hanging tiles. It consists of a small church, a Lahu language classroom and retiring room of the pastor.
Wenji Village of Huimin Town
Wenji and its surroundings are also home to Dai and Hani minorities. A special geographical location and local culture set off its distinctive and pure folk customs along with borderland. Both dancing and singing are their favorite activities.
The Blang ethnic group is good at singing and dancing. Their traditional musical instrument is the “bracket musical instrument” (its shape is like the leg of a cow). Singing and dancing are always at the heart of festivals and weddings when they take place here.
The ancient tea park is found in a picturesque setting. With distinctive features of the Bland ethnic group, the original and traditional cultures of special residential buildings are preserved and inherited. Almost every member of the Blang ethnic group is able to sing and dance, with an inherent passion.