Wengding Wa Village has a history of nearly 400 years. It is located in Cangyuan Wa Autonomous County, Lincang City, Yunnan Province. It has the original architectural style of Wa folk houses and original Wa customs... and is known as "China's last resort". A primitive tribe”. Wengding Wa Village has 98 households and more than 400 people. Located in the forest and surrounded by mountains, according to local elders, the tree is the sacred forest that protects the village, and the surrounding trees cannot. Inside, the most complete traditional thatched cottages, as well as Wa totems, sacred forests, village stakes, and sacrificial rooms are still preserved, all of which tell the story of the vicissitudes of history and millennium inheritance of the Wa people.
The skin of the Wa people is very dark and healthy, and children are no exception. Old people, regardless of gender, like to hold a pipe made of mountain bamboo in their mouths. When they calm down, they take a few puffs, which gives them a unique rural flavor. Walking along the narrow path inside, you will see thatched wooden houses, pig pens, dog sheds, and chicken coops close together. Women in Wa costumes with distinctive ethnic characteristics weaved cloth by hand in the small yard, while children woven cloth with each other. Playful, accompanied by countless cow heads inside and outside the house. When you walk into a villager's house, the hospitable host will treat you with unintelligible dialects and bitter tea. If there are branches hanging at the door of the house with green leaves, it means that new life is born in the house. Climbing up the hillside behind the village, you can overlook the entire village. You can see smoke rising from the thatched houses, creating a peaceful and peaceful scene. The traditional Wa tribe's reception is very warm, and the Wa welcome singing accompanied by wooden drums is given to every guest who comes here.
Because many unique cultural phenomena have been miraculously preserved here, the original Wa tribe in Wengding was included in the first batch of intangible cultural heritage protection lists announced by the Yunnan Provincial People's Government in 2006. As the number of tourists from all over the country and even the world gradually increased, Wengding also began to pass on and display the traditional Wa customs and culture to people in the outside world.