The older people of Xishuangbanna all know the story of the peacock princess Dao Meilan. When she was young, she became famous for dancing the "Peacock Princess" dance.
"Peacock Princess" is a beautiful love story about Prince Zhao Shutun and Peacock Princess Wu Mu Wanna, the origin of the story is in the Peacock River Valley of Mengyuan Wonderland Scenic Area in Mengla County, Xishuangbanna.
There has always been a saying about Dao Meilan: when she accompanied Premier Zhou Enlai on her visit to Burma, she was favored by the Burmese prince. The prince failed to court, and planned to rob him. Fortunately, Premier Zhou Enlai was resourceful and sent her back to China.
This matter is more magical, the author traced the historical data, found that more is Dao Meilan's own narration. There is no detailed record of this incident in the main history. According to Dao Meilan's recollection, in 1961, she accompanied Premier Zhou Enlai on a visit to Burma, when the then 17-year-old Burmese prince fell in love with her at first sight and wanted to marry her.
The prince approached Burmese Prime Minister U Nu and hoped that he would succeed in this matter. When Premier Zhou Enlai heard about it, he politely refused: "The Peacock Princess is too young, it is still a young sprout that has just emerged, a little later, in a few years, it will be enough." The prince felt that he could not wait and decided to handle the matter according to the custom of robbing relatives of the Dai family.
The time and place are set for the next day in the outskirts of Yangon, where the troupe performed.
After Zhou Enlai knew about it, he immediately arranged for someone to send Dao Meilan back to China with a special plane that night. This kiss-snatching thing didn't happen. A few years later, Dao Meilan went to Yangon to perform a show, and the prince came to inquire about her again, but she was already married. This story is very poignant, but there are also many doubts, that is, who the Burmese prince really is.
The author checked a lot of materials and did not find the identity of the prince, or even the so-called prince. Burma was originally a monarchy, a tributary state under the Qing government. Due to the corruption and incompetence of the Qing government, the British invaded Burma through the colonial government in India and seized the right to rule Burma through three colonial wars.
In 1886, when Britain won the Third Anglo-Burmese War, China was forced to sign the Sino-British Treaty of Burma with Britain, which stipulated that China recognized British dominance over Burma, but Burma continued to pay tribute to China every ten years as usual. The last burmese king, Si Pao, his queen and daughters were taken to Lednaghiri, India, where they ended their lives.
On December 19, 1916, the last King of Burma, Sikhyuk, died in Ratnaj, India, at the age of 57. After ascending the throne, Xi Pao married three half-sisters as concubines and gave birth to five daughters, but no sons. Thus Burma has had no so-called princes since its fall in 1886. By the time of his death in 1916, the orthodox lineage of the Burmese royal family had ceased.
Which kind of prince is going to rob the sword Meilan? By 1961, Sichoo had long since passed away, and Burma had moved from the colonial era to the republican era, without the so-called royal family and certainly without princes. This so-called prince, in my opinion, is nothing more than a man of aristocratic blood.
Thinking that he has aristocratic blood and some money in his family, he wants to marry our peacock princess, which is really taking himself too seriously. Even if it is really a member of the Burmese royal family