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The bus returned to the East Line Expressway and arrived at Li Village and Miao Village an hour later, giving Yunluo and the An sisters the opportunity to get close to and experience the customs of the southern ethnic minorities.

The Li and Miao Village on the island is a "place closest to heaven." It is a beautiful and pristine land where the simple people of the Li and Miao Village live a quiet life isolated from the world. Men, women, children, trees, flowers and plants, everything is so natural, harmonious and pure.

Led by the tour guide, the group walked into the Miao village and truly experienced the life of the Miao people in the Li village among the swaying coconut groves.

The first thing that appeared before us was a village gatehouse with ethnic minority architectural style, on which hung a large bull head sculpture. Strictly speaking, this is not the place where the local Li and Miao people actually live, but a tourist attraction built in imitation of the living customs of the Li and Miao people.

The Li and Miao are the first and second largest ethnic minorities on the island. They generally live in the central and southern mountainous areas of the island. If you want to experience the real ethnic customs, and want to know what the Li people's "Fangliao" and "March 3rd" are, and what the Miao village's "Five-color Rice" and "Pinching Ears" are, you must enter the mountain villages where the Li and Miao people live.

But most of these real Li and Miao villages are located in high mountains and far away, with inconvenient transportation, and are inaccessible to ordinary tourists. Yunluo walked into the village holding An Chuyu's left hand and An Qingju's right hand. He felt that the village was very beautiful. The beautiful buildings of the Li and Miao families were shaded by coconut and betel nut trees. The environment was simple and quiet, full of the original atmosphere unique to the ethnic minorities in the southern border villages.

In front of a small building, more than a dozen little sisters from the Li family were singing and clapping their hands to welcome Yunluo and the sisters from the An family. In fact, Yunluo and the sisters from the An family could not understand what they were singing. When Yunluo and the sisters from the An family walked to the stilt building, a large group of little sisters from the Li family came up to them enthusiastically, pinching their ears and pulling them into the house.

Faced with this situation, Yunluo and the An sisters already knew what to do next, because the tour guide had already introduced the customs and things to pay attention to in the Li Village and Miao Village on the bus. If they were "pinched on the ears" by the Li girls and pulled into their dormitory to be temporary grooms, they would be charged 50 yuan per time. Yunluo and the An sisters, like most of the guests who came here, politely refused them.

While walking through the villages, Yunluo and the An sisters visited the huts of the Li family and the small building of the Miao family, admired the handmade Li brocade of the Li family and the batik of the Miao family, and watched the bamboo pole dance performed by the Miao brothers and sisters.

Licun Miao Village is a microcosm of the folk customs of the Li and Miao people on the island. The environment here is simple and quiet, with small bridges and flowing water, and a strong pastoral atmosphere. The coconut trees in the village are lush and strong, and the betel nut trees are tall and straight. The green bamboos are slender and graceful, and the palm trees are strong and healthy. The fan palms are lush and broad-leaved. It is a microcosm of the folk customs of the Li and Miao people on the island.

Most of the houses in Li villages are boat-shaped houses with thatched roofs and wooden walls (a few are mud walls). Because they are built on the mountain, the clever Li people have built many stilt houses according to local conditions. It is spring-like here all year round, with bright sunshine, fresh air, lush forests, and various tropical plants competing for beauty. It is the most beautiful and romantic combination of nature.

The whole village presents a simple and rustic mountain village style. It has become a paradise that everyone yearns for. Because this is just a replica scenic spot, the village is not big. Yunluo and the An sisters quickly finished their visit here. At 10:30 pm, they bid farewell to the Li Village and Miao Village and continued to move towards Xinglong.

Xinglong is a famous hot spring town on the island, with beautiful tropical scenery. The seaside is quiet and beautiful, and it is the second stop for Yunluo and the Anjia sisters. Xinglong is a place where any tourist who comes to the island must stay for a night. Why is Xinglong so attractive to tourists? Because Xinglong has four things: many overseas Chinese, many plants, many hot springs, and many ladies.

Most of the plants are rare species that the refugees introduced from foreign countries at great risk, such as rubber, pepper, coffee, cocoa, vanilla orchid, etc.

The abundance of hot springs refers to the fact that the red soil of the island is not only suitable for the growth of the above cash crops, but also leads to three abundances: volcanoes, minerals and hot springs; one of the four major hot springs on the island is the Xinglong sulfur hot spring water, which has a constant temperature of 43 degrees all year round and has a certain therapeutic effect on skin diseases, arthritis and bone hyperplasia.

The most amazing thing is that there is a kind of kissing fish living in the hot spring water, which specializes in biting the aging keratin and dead skin on the surface of the human body, which feels very good. There are three types of prostitutes: one is a real prostitute, one is a fake prostitute (famous artist), and the other is a real and fake prostitute (transgender).

There are three things that almost every tourist who comes to Xinglong cannot do without: tasting Xinglong coffee, watching the evening show of famous artists, and soaking in mineral hot springs. Yunluo and the An sisters are no exception. Not long after leaving Licun Miao Village, Yunluo and the An sisters went to taste coffee at Yiran Coffee Factory in Xinglong Overseas Chinese Farm, the largest overseas Chinese farm in China.

Yiran Coffee Factory was founded in the mid-1950s. It started as a small family workshop that did manual roasting and has grown to where it is today, despite all the ups and downs. It now has a six-story complex ecological factory and coffee plantation.

"Yiran" brand Xinglong coffee is one of the excellent brands of traditional Xinglong coffee. In addition to retaining the traditional Southeast Asian coffee roasting craftsmanship and unique production formula, it has also introduced modern advanced equipment to make coffee and successfully developed many new flavors of coffee products.

At the farm, Yunluo and the An sisters not only tasted various types of Yiran coffee, but also visited the Yiran coffee garden and also viewed the processing workshop of the Yiran coffee factory through the glass curtain wall. Of course, Yunluo and all the members of the An sisters also purchased various series of products of the Yiran coffee factory.

In the 1980s, coffee was synonymous with fashion. Many people thought that coffee was all imported products. Little did they know that coffee could be found on this magical land of Xinglong Island.

Coffee has many functions; it can eliminate fatigue and make the mind more flexible; it can aid digestion and prevent gastroptosis; it can break down fat and control weight; it can remove bad breath, as caffeine can eliminate garlic smell, so remember to drink coffee after tasting garlic dishes; and it can promote blood circulation, as coffee can improve heart function, dilate blood vessels appropriately, and ensure good blood circulation.

It calms headaches and makes you feel relaxed; it helps sober you up. Caffeine can promote liver and kidney function, so drinking coffee after drinking alcohol can promote the acidification of alcohol into acetaldehyde, which decomposes into sulfur dioxide and water, helping sober you up. In addition, the island trees on the island are coconut trees, the island stones are crystal stones, and the island tea is kuding tea.

The island drink is coffee, which once again shows the importance of coffee on the island. Yun Luo brought the large and small packages purchased from the farm and went to Xinglong Tropical Botanical Garden.

Only when you go to the island can you truly experience the tropical scenery: here there are not only emerald green coconut groves, banyan trees with climbing vines, pleasing exotic flowers and plants, and sweet and fragrant fruits; there are also birds singing and flowers blooming everywhere, and everywhere is colorful and full of vitality.

Even ordinary plants and trees seem to be infused with the spirit of heaven and earth when they are on the island. They are particularly graceful and colorful. Even those plants that never bloom in the mainland will compete with each other for beauty on the island, blooming into various beautiful flowers of various shapes and colors, which is amazing.

The Tropical Botanical Garden is located in the hot spring scenic area of ​​Xinglong Town. It has a tropical monsoon climate and is spring-like all year round. The Botanical Garden is the earliest tropical botanical garden open to the public on the island. The Botanical Garden is surrounded by mountains and rivers and has beautiful scenery. It covers an area of ​​32 hectares and brings together more than 1,200 tropical economic crops. It is a place with rich species resources and beautiful garden landscape.

A comprehensive tropical botanical garden with scientific research, popular science, sightseeing and plant germplasm protection functions. Known as the "Pearl of Tropical Scenic Spots". Being there, you will feel relaxed and happy with the lush green sea, chirping birds and the faint fragrance of fruits.

Xinglong Tropical Botanical Garden is a national 4A-level scenic spot, which is divided into six exhibition areas, namely tropical ornamental flowers and trees area, vanilla orchid experimental demonstration base, coffee experimental demonstration base, pepper experimental demonstration base, tropical special tree area, and tropical typical fruit tree area.

When Yunluo and An Chu met An Qingjue into the garden, it was like they had arrived in a tropical plant kingdom, where all the wonders of nature were colorful and numerous famous, high-quality and rare plants.

In the tropical special tree area, you can see a variety of precious tropical species, such as the "secret weapon" of killing, the "green coral" of the single tree, and the "living fossil of life" of the cycads.

The traveler's palm, with leaves resembling those of a peacock, is native to the African island of Madagascar. At the base of the long petiole is a leaf sheath that can store water, like a bottle filled with rainwater. Travelers only need to dig a hole in the leaf sheath, and sweet spring water will gush out, quenching the traveler's thirst. It is called the "life-saving tree" of travelers.

Sandalwood, also known as the Lovers' Tree, is named because it must be planted with a host plant such as the goldenrod to grow normally. Its heartwood can be used to extract sandalwood oil, which is used as a stomachic and hemostatic medicine, and can also be made into expensive handicrafts, one of which is the famous sandalwood fan.

There is also a kind of chandelier tree. In March and April every year, when the flowers are in full bloom, the purple flowers with yellow edges are like crisp wind chimes, swaying in the wind, very charming. When it is in the peak fruit-bearing period, the huge fruits with long tails (fruit stalks) hang upside down on the branches, just like a cannonball "falling from the sky". Therefore, some people call it "cannonball fruit".

The tree called "miracle fruit" is indeed a bit mysterious. Its fruit is like a long "sausage" hanging from the tree. When you pick one, it tastes neither sour nor sweet and seems to have nothing special. But if you eat it after eating sour food or drinking drinks, you can taste a strong sweetness.

And it can remain in the mouth for several hours. The reason is that the pulp contains miraculin (a glycoprotein). Just 0.1 mg is enough to give people a lasting sweetening effect.

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There is also a rain tree that can "rain": every morning, standing under the tree, you can feel the raindrops falling. It turns out that this tree belongs to the same family as the mimosa, and its leaves close at the touch of a finger like the mimosa. When night falls, dew condenses on the leaves, and the leaves immediately close to cover the dewdrops.

In the morning, when the sun shines into the dense woods, the leaves stretch out and stretch lazily, and dewdrops begin to drip and "rain", which is very interesting.

There are many delicious fruits on the island. In addition to coconuts, longans, bananas and papayas, there are many rare and exotic fruits: jackfruit, dragon fruit, ginseng fruit, wax apple, carambola, guava, betel nut, rambutan... You can see enough when you go to the tropical botanical garden.

The first is the Queen of Fruits, Jackfruit, which is one of the most famous fruits on the island. It looks a bit like durian and has a strong smell, but Jackfruit is much sweeter. Jackfruit fruits are very large, usually weighing 20 to 30 kilograms.

It is said that the largest one weighs more than 100 kilograms. No wonder the big jackfruits that Yunluo and the An sisters saw were either hanging on tree branches or leaning on the wall. Otherwise, how could the not-so-thick tree trunks bear such heavy fruits?

Another strange thing is coconuts. It is said that coconut trees will only grow leaves but no fruits if they leave the island. This may be a bit exaggerated, but there are indeed many coconuts on the island. Islanders don't bring water when they go out, and the fresh and sweet coconut juice can be drunk everywhere.

There are also lemons in the botanical garden, with small yellow single-petal flowers, which are very thin and don't look like they can bear fruit, but they are also very fruitful. I heard that cocoa was introduced from overseas by returned overseas Chinese, and the Xinglong cocoa garden is the largest in China, but I never imagined that the cocoa fruit would grow like a papaya, and I have never heard of it.

There are actually watermelons growing on trees here - "iron watermelons", I wonder how they taste. Many tropical plants do not grow on branches like apples and pears, but on the trunks of trees. They produce a fruit for no apparent reason and then hang down to the ground leisurely, just like jackfruit.

The Tropical Botanical Garden is indeed a world of flowers and an ocean of trees. In the tropical ornamental flower and tree area, you can see lychee, frangipani and the traveler's banana, which is known as the "desert sweet spring", as well as a wide variety of tropical ornamental flowers and trees such as the aster, croton, zephyranthes and cleome.

Here, Phalaenopsis, Clivia, lotus, anthurium, coleus, large and small ivy, and pink-leaved new flowers compete for beauty; and some rare and endangered plants have also found a refuge here.

Here, you can see unique tree species such as the longest-lived island dragon blood tree in the plant kingdom, the monoecious American iron tree, the tree also known as the spinulosa which existed before the extinction of the dinosaurs, and the strychnos nux vomica whose sap is extremely poisonous, as well as some plants with extremely high economic value, including coffee, pepper, vanilla orchid, and cocoa.

There are many others that I have never heard of (let alone seen): the so-called "battlefield first aid kit" of Toluxiang, one of the famous "three major ointments", the ointment that flows out of its tree is fragrant and pleasant, and has high medicinal value, which can reduce inflammation and stop bleeding. It is said that during World War II, when there was a shortage of doctors and medicines, it was used to treat the wounded.

The anti-cancer star Torreya grandis contains cephalotaxine, an anti-cancer drug that is mainly used to treat leukemia or lymphoma, and is a national key protected plant. There is also the so-called future energy plant, the oil nan tree. If you drill a small hole in its trunk, a yellow liquid similar to diesel and with a fragrant smell will flow out, which can be burned directly without processing.

Particularly worth mentioning is the red bean, also known as the acacia tree. Its seeds are bright red, shiny, and heart-shaped. Since ancient times, it has been a symbol of love and friendship and is deeply loved by people.

Wang Wei, a famous Tang Dynasty poet, once left a well-known poem: "Red beans grow in the south. In spring, they sprout a few branches. I wish you would pick more of them, for this is the best symbol of lovesickness." The red beans mentioned in the poem can be found everywhere on the islands, and young people like to give them as tokens to friends and lovers.

Xinglong is located on the beautiful Sun River in a city in the southeast of Haidao Island. It is located in the hills, and the terrain rises from east to west. The annual average temperature is 24.5 degrees, the extreme maximum temperature is 39 degrees, and the extreme minimum temperature is 34 degrees. It is surrounded by mountains, lush trees, beautiful environment, pleasant scenery, spring all year round, and extremely excellent natural conditions. (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to vote for recommendations and monthly tickets. Your support is my greatest motivation.)