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Yao village, Yao Autonomous County

It was time to say bye to this beautiful village of Yao

We walked down from the Pangu King Temple

Mommy dog 🐕

Some type of charm the Yao people believe. This was decorated in front of a house. 

It was pretty cool to walk through the village meeting many local Yao people.

There are so many small alleys in the village. Very beautiful village!

After we hiked up to the top of the village, at last, we arrived at the Pangu King Temple. The view from the top of the village was just incredibly beautiful. 😮 The range of the mountains was like a Chinese painting.  What a beautiful view it was!! 

The picture is extracted from the website below.

https://pic.5tu.cn/sucai/201810/18-1655526.html

One the way back from the top of the village, it was nice to go through the village met some Yao people. Some of them were eating their lunch and the children were outside and playing with their friends. 

Yao shrine we saw on the way back to the entrance

A tomb

I thought that it was a shrine for phallus worship as the symbol of power. Well, very interesting.  

A wonderful encounter before we left the village of Yao

A cool liking grandpa we encountered on the way back home!

The grandpa walked towards us, and said: "Do you wanna see my dance?" Haha!!

Have you ever heard of the word, "ichigo, ichie"? It means that "for this time only", or "once in a lifetime".  

Ichi-go ichi-e (Japanese: 一期一会, pronounced [it͡ɕi.ɡo it͡ɕi.e], lit. "one time, one meeting") is a Japanese four-character idiom (yojijukugo) that describes a cultural concept of treasuring the unrepeatable nature of a moment. The term has been translated as "for this time only", and "once in a lifetime". - Wikipedia   

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ichi-go_ichi-e

For me, it was like a ichi-go ichi-e, once in a lifetime moment to encounter this old Yao man in the village. He walked towards us and asked us if we would like to see his dance. I thought it was some sort of performance for tourists, and well, maybe it was; however, it turned out that it was a wonderful experience to see his performance! 

It was nice of him to bring a musical instrument from his home to use for my mother. Haha! Nice experience!

We all learned how to play the drum. 😀😀😀

We never know what kinds of encounters you will have on your trip. Meeting up with cool people during my travel is one of my favorite things I expect in the trip. Encountering wonderful people while I travel makes my travel blog very interesting and unique. Ichi-go ichi-e, in my trip to the Yao village, was just unforgettable. 😊

Thank you very much!! And, bye bye! 😄🖐🖐

When we were leaving the village, his wife came out of the house and said bye to us. What a cute couple of Yao! Thank you for the dance performance! 

  🥦Ha det så bra! 🥦
🥦See you again! 🥦
🥦じゃ～またねぇ～🥦