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The walking world | The Garden of The Hidden World • RoryMi - Traditional Ethnic Culture Tour

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LuoLimi, a very elegant name, but it is the Yi language "tiger infested place" meaning, the old society, here only tigers and bandits haunted, and later slowly became known to outsiders. Today, it has become a dream garden for urbanites.

Coinciding with the year of the tiger this year, through the "Walking World" column, I would like to introduce you to the strange style of this "tiger coming to the land"!

The walking world | The Garden of The Hidden World • RoryMi - Traditional Ethnic Culture Tour

(Photo: Zhao Kangcai)

The village of Rorymi

It is located in the western part of Yangpi County

It is adjacent to Yunlong County and Yongping County

The Yi language of Luolimi Village means "where tigers haunt"

The village has beautiful mountains and rivers

The walking world | The Garden of The Hidden World • RoryMi - Traditional Ethnic Culture Tour

The mountains are verdant

Green water and green mountains

The national culture is developed

The People of Laos can sing and dance

After hundreds of years of development history

The industrious Laos created many traditional national cultures

The walking world | The Garden of The Hidden World • RoryMi - Traditional Ethnic Culture Tour
The walking world | The Garden of The Hidden World • RoryMi - Traditional Ethnic Culture Tour

Lu Lulu

The "Lulu People" in Luolimi Village is a traditional folk dance

It is a kind of quaint, rough, and strong sense of rhythm

A dance that combines entertainment and ethnic characteristics

The walking world | The Garden of The Hidden World • RoryMi - Traditional Ethnic Culture Tour
The walking world | The Garden of The Hidden World • RoryMi - Traditional Ethnic Culture Tour

In the early years, it was to celebrate large festivals

Enthusiastic men will set fire to it

Hand in hand, singing and dancing around the fire

The walking world | The Garden of The Hidden World • RoryMi - Traditional Ethnic Culture Tour
The walking world | The Garden of The Hidden World • RoryMi - Traditional Ethnic Culture Tour

This is the most primitive "LuLu"

Later enthusiastic guys

This traditional folk dance is danced on various occasions

After continuous innovation

Slowly formed today's dance art form

The walking world | The Garden of The Hidden World • RoryMi - Traditional Ethnic Culture Tour

"Lu Lu people" pay attention to neatness and unity

The performance is conducted by a drummer

The rest wore gorgeous national costumes

Jump to the sound of drums

A wide variety of movements, dance steps, shapes and tricks

The scene is magnificent, the drums are thunderous and the movements are neat

The dance steps are vigorous and imposing, like a brave tiger

It deeply demonstrates the hospitality of the Lao-bian people

At the same time, it also shows a dance form with great national characteristics

The walking world | The Garden of The Hidden World • RoryMi - Traditional Ethnic Culture Tour

The "LuLu People" brought joy to the villagers

It is a national cultural treasure

It should be passed down from generation to generation today

The walking world | The Garden of The Hidden World • RoryMi - Traditional Ethnic Culture Tour

embroidery

Embroidery, also known as embroidery

The word for "goods sprinkles"

As a clothing and household items for the Yakuza people

It is a craft that women have learned since childhood

The walking world | The Garden of The Hidden World • RoryMi - Traditional Ethnic Culture Tour
The walking world | The Garden of The Hidden World • RoryMi - Traditional Ethnic Culture Tour

Women of the village of Rorymi

Almost everyone is a master of flower embroidery

The girls were guided by their mothers when they were five or six years old

Learn embroidery stitches, color matching, drawing patterns and other skills

When I was a teenager, I would sew my own clothes and shoes

The embroidery technique is delicate and colorful

The walking world | The Garden of The Hidden World • RoryMi - Traditional Ethnic Culture Tour
The walking world | The Garden of The Hidden World • RoryMi - Traditional Ethnic Culture Tour

Embroidered on the cloth a lifelike beautiful national flower

It reflects the love of nature by the Laos

Respect the folklore of nature

There are many kinds of embroidery, exquisite production and color

It is a manifestation of the traditional culture of Laowei

At the same time, it is also an indispensable part of the costume of the Lao

The walking world | The Garden of The Hidden World • RoryMi - Traditional Ethnic Culture Tour

Glamorous embroidery

It is a traditional ethnic culture loved by the villagers

It is a bright pearl in the folk art of Laowei

The walking world | The Garden of The Hidden World • RoryMi - Traditional Ethnic Culture Tour
The walking world | The Garden of The Hidden World • RoryMi - Traditional Ethnic Culture Tour

Costumes

Different ethnic groups have different cultures and costumes

Each branch has its own unique charm

The Laos are a branch of the Yi people

In the long process of historical development

The Yi people living in different regions

After a long period of continuous development and evolution

Slowly, unique languages, costumes and dances have been formed

The walking world | The Garden of The Hidden World • RoryMi - Traditional Ethnic Culture Tour

There are many kinds of Yi costumes and colors

There are several Yi branches in Fuheng Township

National costumes also have their own characteristics

Yi compatriots in Luolimi Village

There are also costumes that are exclusive to their own national characteristics

The women's costumes of the Rolimi villagers are brightly colored

Love camellia flowers, more embroidered camellia pattern

The walking world | The Garden of The Hidden World • RoryMi - Traditional Ethnic Culture Tour

The tops feature blue and green as the main colors

It is embroidered with a delicate pattern at the wrist

Tie an apron on the lower body

The cuffs and aprons are embroidered with fine lace

The headdresses are dazzling, mainly wearing embroidered hats

He likes to decorate his hat with colorful jewelry, beads, silver jewelry and other accessories

The pattern on the black shroud is dominated by moiré and camellias

The costumes of the women are embroidered from head to toe

Every flower is a beautiful craft

It is worth studying it as a national embroidery specimen and preserving it

The walking world | The Garden of The Hidden World • RoryMi - Traditional Ethnic Culture Tour

Weave bamboo baskets

Nowadays, various commercial products gradually occupy our lives

The handmade bamboo products of childhood memories are slowly disappearing

People often say that the mountain eats the mountain, and the water draught

The ancestors of the Laos relied on the gifts of the mountains

Many daily necessities are woven out of bamboo

Raise generations of guys

Under the exquisite basket weaving skills of the old man

Will also "bamboo basket hit the water empty"

Evolved into a beautiful bamboo basket that is "watertight"

Bamboo chairs, bamboo baskets, bamboo dustpans, bamboo baskets, bamboo buckets...

Irreplaceable memory

But now this traditional handmade artwork

It's fading away...

In the village of Rorymi there are many bamboos

A breeze blows

Make a rustling sound

Hard-working and kind guys go from house to house

Some simple bamboo products will be prepared

Take advantage of the natural toughness of bamboo

Through the skill of preparation

It becomes a daily necessity that can be seen everywhere in our lives

The walking world | The Garden of The Hidden World • RoryMi - Traditional Ethnic Culture Tour
The walking world | The Garden of The Hidden World • RoryMi - Traditional Ethnic Culture Tour

The production of a complete piece of bamboo product

Includes: material handling, preparation and finishing

Consists of three steps

Material handling is the processing of bamboo into flakes

It is then compiled into various products

Finally, it is finished as an auxiliary supplementary process

It is to make the product more beautiful and exquisite

The bamboo weaving process not only has great practical value

More deep historical heritage

Right now

There are still many craftsmen who stick to the tradition

The walking world | The Garden of The Hidden World • RoryMi - Traditional Ethnic Culture Tour
The walking world | The Garden of The Hidden World • RoryMi - Traditional Ethnic Culture Tour

Traditional "incense" making

"Incense" making technique

It includes several links such as material selection, cutting, grinding, incense, cellaring and so on

Traditional incense making techniques are as rigorous and orderly as the production of Chinese herbal medicine

The collected spices are first prepared, mashed, ground and stirred

It is made into incense powder and wrapped in red colored paper and bamboo sticks

It becomes a complete incense stick

The walking world | The Garden of The Hidden World • RoryMi - Traditional Ethnic Culture Tour

For the production of traditional incense, the selection of materials is very important

Incense made in the village of Rorymi

The raw materials are ground from the leaves of a precious medicinal herb on the mountain

The incense produced has the effect of nourishing the spirit and maintaining health

Saying goes

Cigarettes, smart and ethereal

Upward through the sky, down to the temperament, purify the environment

In modern society

Traditional incense is popular

The incense made by Rorymi can nourish the heart

Refreshes and relaxes

Incense has been popular for hundreds of years and has been passed down endlessly

Its inheritance, operability and craftsmanship determine its uniqueness

It also reflects the cultural imprint of the industrious Laomen

The walking world | The Garden of The Hidden World • RoryMi - Traditional Ethnic Culture Tour
The walking world | The Garden of The Hidden World • RoryMi - Traditional Ethnic Culture Tour

Inheritance and protection from generation to generation

Make culture the future

Legacy will not be forgotten

It's time to pass on the legacy

The village of Rorymi is struggling to compose

Traditional ethnic culture helps a new chapter in rural revitalization

The walking world | The Garden of The Hidden World • RoryMi - Traditional Ethnic Culture Tour
The walking world | The Garden of The Hidden World • RoryMi - Traditional Ethnic Culture Tour
The walking world | The Garden of The Hidden World • RoryMi - Traditional Ethnic Culture Tour

Shi Ya, secretary of the general branch of the party branch and director of the villagers' committee of Luolimi Village, Fuheng Township, Yangpi County: In July 2020, I learned that Yangpi County is carrying out the "Rural Excellent Talents Introduction Program", which ignited my dream of returning to my hometown and building my hometown. One person is not rich, so I gave up the florist with a good business and returned to my hometown of Luolimi Village. At the beginning of 2021, I was successfully elected as the secretary of the general branch of the village party and the director of the villagers' committee, and in the work of going to the village and entering the household, I discovered the excellent traditional ethnic culture of Luolimi Village, hoping that through our strength, they would go out of the mountains of Luolimi Village and continue to inherit and carry forward our Laowei culture well.

The walking world | The Garden of The Hidden World • RoryMi - Traditional Ethnic Culture Tour

We believe that Luolimi Village will get better and better on the road of rural revitalization, and a beautiful picture of a new rural area of "thriving industry, ecological livability, civilized rural style, effective governance, and affluent life" is blooming in Luolimi Village.

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