Source: Yunnan Daily
Since ancient times
Yunnan people and elephants
There has always been a subtle camaraderie
Let's be together in the relics of history
Look for those things about the strange fate of people
Yunnan history and culture and elephants "intimate contact"
"I heard that Yunnan people go out to ride elephants?"
"I heard that the Yunnan college entrance examination project has an elephant riding?"
......
Yunnan people go out to ride elephants
It's not really a terrier!
Let's take a look at this preservation
In the Yunnan Provincial Museum
Multiplying Image
Let's take a look at the local plot first
Two elephants are depicted in the Multiplication Of Elephants
The elephant above looked back sideways
The elephant carries a saddle on its back
Inside sat an old lady
A young woman with a baby in her arms
There was also a playful little one
The saddle contains umbrellas, food, bags, water cans, and other items
In front of the saddle sat on the neck of the elephant chaser
Let's look at the bottom of the screen again
The other elephant carried two barrels
Around the neck rides a man wearing a bucket hat
The man looked like a merchant transporting goods
below
Enjoy it together
The full version of Multiplying Images
Sima Qian's "History of Dawan Lie" of the Han Dynasty
It has been recorded
"There is a country of elephants, and the name is about Dianyue"
Yu Hengzhi of the Dianhai Dynasty, Vol. VII
Records "Like out of Yunnan toast"
Sima Qian said dian yue
It is today's Yunnan
Docile elephants
It is a respected animal of all ethnic groups in Yunnan
("Yunnan Hai Yu Hengzhi" source Yunnan Daily)
(Bronze statue of a riding elephant figure, 19th century, height 21.5 cm, Yunnan Provincial Museum Collection, photographed by Zhang Yongqiang)
In the production and life of the ancient Dian people
Elephants are indispensable
Important production vehicles
Carry the weight far
Like the cattle and horses of the Central Plains
"Multiplying elephants" and "elephant farming" are one of the most typical cultural characteristics
(Ivory carving yunmu figure at the end of the 19th century length 23.3 cm Yunnan Provincial Museum collection Xing Yi photography)
Historically,
There are streets named after elephant eyes,
Transiting to receive tributes from frontiers or friendly neighbors,
There are also dance elephants dedicated to worship.
In the wars around Yunnan, elephants often participate in wars.
Fight bravely.
(Wanli "Yunnan Tongzhi" volume 16 on the gongxiang road record)
(Xiangzhan picture in the "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" comic strip "Zhuge Liang's Seven Captures of Meng" Source: Yunnan Daily)
In the historical and cultural customs of various parts of Yunnan,
What "intimate encounters" have you had with elephants?
Kunming: Elephants have been under the BijiFang, and Panlongjiang has been bathed
In the past, Kunming dolls, walking with heavy objects, or when they needed people to give way, would shout cheerfully: "Let go, elephants cross the street, step on it... ”
("The Qianlong Emperor Washed Elephant Map.") Painting by Qing Dynasty painter Ding Guanpeng)
Professor Xiong Siyuan of Yunnan University introduced that when Gongxiang arrived in China, the first city he entered was Kunming, and in the eleventh year of Daoguang (1831), Ruan Yuan, the governor and scholar of Yungui who received gongxiang, wrote a "tribute elephant poem": "Taming elephants with high heads across jinman, and ten thousand people under Bijifang look at it." "Recorded the grand situation of "elephant crossing the street" under the Golden Horse and BijiFang.
(White Elephant Blessing)
After arriving in Kunming, these tribute elephants needed to be rested, so the government built an elephant house for them, and before leaving for the capital, they would arrange for someone to lead the elephants to the Panlong River for bathing. On this day, Kunming is also like a festival, with pennants flying, gongs and drums in the sky, crowded and bustling. Xiong Siyuan introduced that according to the Ming Dynasty, Kunming also had a bamboo branch, which wrote about the elephant bathing in the Panlong River: "Panjiang river is light shade with green locusts, incense cars and bamboo shoots are piled up; thousands of dollars are more expensive to sit in the window of the building, only for the river to wash elephants." ”
Kunming also has an elephant eye street: "The reason why it is called elephant eye street is because in the past, there was a naturally formed pattern like an elephant's head on the bluestone slab paved on this street, of which the elephant eye was particularly obvious, so it was named Elephant Eye Street; and the other said that it was because it was once the location of the elephant house of the Yunnan Government Office during the Ming and Qing dynasties." ”
Click on the video to see the origin of the Treasure Elephant River???? (Source: Guandu District Cultural and Industrial Affairs Office)
In Kunming folk, there is also a moving legend about the origin of the "mother river" in Guandu District - Baoxiang River: the village is short of water, the livelihood is difficult, Samui girl Amy in order to drink water into the village, married to the elephant guarding the water source, the elephant dragged the river water to Dianchi Lake, so there is kunming's second largest water system Baoxiang River.
(The first elephant at The Yuantong Mountain Zoo.) ）
Xishuangbanna: Indulge in elephants and integrate into life
Xishuangbanna is called "Meng Balanasi" in ancient Dai, which means "ideal and magical paradise". People also call this place "the land of peacocks" and "the paradise of elephants". In the life of the Dai people, the peacock symbolizes auspiciousness, the elephant symbolizes the harvest of grains, especially the elephant is closely related to their life, and there has been a history of raising elephants since ancient times.
There are elephants in the jungle, statues in villages and temples, statues by wells, pictures of elephants in murals and cloth paintings, various elephant crafts in home furnishings, legends and stories of elephants in folklore, white elephants in religious festivals... In short, elephant worship permeates all areas of Dai social life. Elephant worship is an important part of Dai culture.
(White Elephant in "Buddhist Scripture Story Mural Celestial Map" (Qing) Xishuangbanna Dai Buddhist Temple Mural )
(Dai gold water pattern mural (Republic of China) double elephant driving flower)
Ji Xiang in the mural of "Zhao Shu Tun" (Republic of China)
Pu'er: The artist loves to observe and paint elephants
(Xiangyu in "Buddhist Sutra Story Out of the Tour" (Qing Dynasty) Pu'er Lancang area mural)
The diversification and diversity of murals makes their artistic expression extremely colorful, and the creator's casual and personalized style is respected by modern painting, and the rich local atmosphere and simple and clumsy painting techniques in the paintings strengthen the visual impact and artistic appeal of the picture. The images of buildings, figures, animals and plants in the golden water pattern are expressed by the local people through long-term observation and summary, transforming intuitive and concrete objects into abstract shapes, and giving them the symbolic connotation of auspiciousness and blessing.
(Dai Youyi's seated ceremonial statue in pu'er area, Jinshui mural)
Red River, Yuxi: Obsessed with making elephants "handmade"
Building a Hydrological Temple Stone Carving Taiping Elephant (Qing)
(Stone elephant at the head of the Shuanglong Bridge)
(Yuxi Huaning kiln Taiping elephant)
There are many kilns in Yuxi that produce ceramics in ancient times, and these ceramic kilns have found ancient kiln sites, such as Wayao Village, Huaning Bowl Kiln Village, and Yimen Pubei Village in Yuxi Hongta District. These three kilns of ancient ceramic production are now believed to have been firing porcelain since the Ming Dynasty at the latest, and have gone through the stages of blue glaze, blue and white porcelain and color glazed porcelain, and are still producing porcelain for life and architecture to this day.
Responsible (1593 a 1673) name Puhe, also known as Tonghe, word responsibility. A native of Jinning, Yunnan. Commonly known as Tang, the name Tai, the word Dalai. For people to save integrity, let loose traces, so the painting is flowing and strange. He is the author of the poetry collections "The Collection of The Garden", "The Grass of the Crane", "The Sayings of the Reckless Zhai", "Miscellaneous Verses", and "Ode to Picking Flowers".
The 1658 painting "Taiping YouxiangTu" depicts an old monk and a sleeping elephant, and the old monk's expression is hopeful, with the inscription "Yong calendar Peng Shu September, Shao Chu Shou Tu, flower armor is new, Taiping has an elephant". This painting shows that the bearer still hopes for the Southern Ming Yongli regime Zhongxing.
Dali: The Auspicious "Elephant" object with a high appearance rate in the Nanzhao Kingdom
The white elephant in the scroll of the Nanzhao Tuchuan (Tang).
Jianchuan Shizhongshan Puxian White Elephant (Tang-Song)
Jianchuan Xingjiao Temple mural "Prince's Garden Tour" (Ming Dynasty)
More than 20 large-scale murals in the main hall of Dali Xingjiao Temple by Zhang Bao, an ancient Bai painter in Shaxi Diantou Village, are very precious, among which the "Prince Youyuan Map" vividly depicts the court life of ancient Nanzhao and Daliguo, making up for the lack of historical records in the history books of the ancient Nanzhao and Dali court life in southwest China, and becoming one of the important historical evidence for the study of Nanzhao and Dali.
Now
"Elephant" is a "treasure" that needs our protection
In the protection of Asian elephants
Yunnan has been in action ↓
In 1998
The Yunnan Provincial Government promulgated the Measures for Compensation for Personal and Property Damage Caused by Terrestrial Wild Animals under Key Protection in Yunnan Province, and the funds required for compensation are included in the budgets of governments at all levels.
Since 2009
In Xishuangbanna, an attempt was made to introduce a commercial insurance mechanism to compensate for the losses caused by the wild elephant accident to the masses, and gradually realized the transformation from government compensation to commercial compensation.
In 2014
Yunnan Provincial Finance arranges special funds for the unified purchase of wildlife public liability insurance throughout the province.
December 2
The first meeting of the First Asian Elephant Expert Committee was held in Pu'er City, Yunnan Province, with the aim of condensing the wisdom of experts in various fields across the country, giving play to the role of experts, improving the scientific consultation mechanism for the conservation and management of Asian elephants, strengthening the technical support for the protection and management of Asian elephants, proposing targeted countermeasures, effectively promoting the scientific management of Asian elephants and their habitats, and alleviating human-elephant conflicts.
December 19
The unveiling ceremony of the Asian Elephant Research Center of the State Forestry and Grassland Administration was held in Kunming, and three prefectures and cities, including Pu'er, Xishuangbanna and Lincang, were awarded the Asian Elephant Field Research Base. The establishment of the research center aims to unite the strength of all parties, focus on important issues such as the mitigation of human-elephant conflict, the management of Asian elephant populations, and the construction of Asian elephant national parks, and establish an Asian elephant "sky-ground integrated monitoring system" to provide technical support for the decision-making of Asian elephant conservation and management in China.
August 25, 2020
The Forestry and Grassland Bureau of Yunnan Province and the Government of Xishuangbanna Dai Autonomous Prefecture signed an agreement with the Alibaba Charity Foundation and the Alipay Charity Foundation to cooperate in all fields of Asian elephant conservation and development in China. According to the agreement, Alibaba Charity Foundation and Alipay Charity Foundation will actively participate in the protection of Asian elephants in our province, and build an Asian elephant protection and development mechanism with the goal of "the participation of the whole society and the harmonious development of human elephants" as the goal.
(Courtesy of Yunnan Forestry and Grassland Bureau)
Today, conservation studies wild elephants
Not only is it the best business card to promote Yunnan's "Animal Kingdom",
It is also the soft power of national culture,
to achieve cultural exchanges between countries,
Lubricants for promoting economic and trade cooperation.
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