Horse Street, Mouse Street, Chicken Street, Monkey Street ... How many Zodiac Streets have you been to in Yunnan?

Speaking of gai, it is really full of memories! Dongguan Street, Majie Street in the western suburbs, Beilongtou Street and South Odabashi Street can all count many delicious foods.

However, Ma Street and Dog Street are common, but not everyone has been to Rat Street, Chicken Street and Snake Street.

Unless you are from Yunnan, you can find the corresponding Zodiac Street in Yunnan.

Although people have a bad impression of mice, there are still many places named after "Mouse Street" in Yunnan. There is a mouse street in the south of Aziying Township, Kunming.

Others are Weishan County, Songming County, luliang county, Guangnan County, Nanhua County and Dayao County, all of which have places called "Mouse Street".

Take Mouse Street in Wushan County for example, because it is the first stop for caravans to enter Baoshan and Myanmar.

Here is a little knowledge: the name of Xiangjiezi in Yunnan is named after the zodiac, and the time to catch the street is determined by the calendar of the main and branch.

For example, the Rat Street we are talking about now, Jiazi Day and Bingzi Day all correspond to the "rat" in the zodiac, which is also called "rat day" locally.

In addition, the local fair pays attention to "six catches in the air", so it is held every five days, so "Rat Day" and "Horse Day" are fair days.

Rat Street is characterized by a long New Year's Eve dinner. In the local area, the New Year's Eve dinner is usually eaten from the 30th to 15th of the first month. Take out 30 small dishes of leftovers every day, which means "more than a year".

Niujie is located in Niujie Town, yiliang county, Zhaotong, niujie Township, Midu County, Dali Prefecture, Niujie Town, Shiping County, Honghe, and niujie, Xundian County.

Niujie, located in yiliang county, Zhaotong, was named after rushing to the scene on ugly days in the Qing Dynasty. Located in the border of Sichuan and Yunnan, the transportation is convenient. It is the "North Gate" of Yiliang.

Niujie, Yiliang County, has simple folk customs, and many local specialties can be eaten in the street, such as dried bean curd, pig ear cake and tung leaves.

There used to be a Tiger Street in the history of Kunming, but it was called "Cat Street" because there was no Tiger Street at that time. Wenshan also has Cat Street, and Wuding County, Chuxiong has Cat Street Village.

The real Tiger Street is located in Tiger Street Village, Baohua Town, Nanjian County, Dali Prefecture. It has a history of more than 300 years and is the throat of the ancient tea-horse road. There is also a local saying that this is the place guarded by the twelve animal gods.

The cultural heritage here is very profound. The mother tiger culture, caravan culture, ancient commercial culture, traditional food culture and Buddhist culture of the Yi people collide and blend here, and all kinds of ancient temple buildings around it are scattered all over the place, which is famous far and near. It was once known as "little shanghai".

There are rabbit streets in Nanhua County of Chuxiong Prefecture and Songming County of Kunming.

Rabbit Street, located in Nanhua County, Chuxiong, is only 100 meters, but there are many shops, snack bars, grocery stores, pharmacies, mobile phone stores and post offices on both sides of the street.

Entering here, you will have the illusion of entering your childhood home, but the narrow path is very lively.

Dragon Street is more common, such as Dragon Street in Chenggong, Dragon Street in Songming County, Dragon Street in Yaoxian County in Yiliang and Dragon Street in Daxian County.

Let's talk about Qinglong Street in Banqiao Ancient Town, Baoshan, which has an interesting history.

The local feng shui master believes that Banqiao Street divides into two roads to the north, which is very similar to the word "people". In addition, there are two villages on both sides of the street, such as two points, and the overall shape has become the word "fire". This terrain will lead to frequent fires.

In order to cut off the "fire source", the villagers raised funds to build a street-facing building above the street and asked Kuixing to take care of it. In order to suppress the "anger" in the name, Banqiao Street was renamed Qinglong Street.

It seems that you can see the original appearance of the street from the signboard of the teahouse that has been circulating on the street for a hundred years.

There are many places with snake streets, such as Weishan County and Xiaguan County in Dali, Xuanwei in Qujing, Jianshui County in Honghe and Nanhua County in Chuxiong.

Snake Street, Weishan County, Dali, is located in Qingyun Central Village. This street has a good geographical location and extends in all directions, which naturally prompted people to spontaneously form a commodity trading place hundreds of years ago, which was called snake street in ancient times.

The characteristic ethnic atmosphere of Snake Village is very strong. Dagu is a unique intangible cultural heritage of the Yi people in this village, and its distinctive costumes are also deeply loved by people.

There are also famous local specialties such as truffles, pine nuts and walnuts, which are sold to other places every year.

Ma street should be a street that Kunming people are familiar with. Besides Kunming, Luoping, Lvliang, Yuanyang, Wenshan and Chuxiong also have Ma Street.

Horse Street takes the "horse" in the 12 zodiac as the cycle, and goes to the market once every 12 days, and the day that belongs to the horse is regarded as the market day.

It is said that since the Qing Dynasty, Kunming people have a tradition of going to Ma Street for fair. Today's Ma Street has long lost its former prosperity and excitement.

Sheep Street covers Xundian, Kaiyuan, Yuanjiang and Jianshui.

Among them, Yang Jie in Yuanjiang County is the birthplace of Hani brown fan dance.

In the sowing season, Hani people transplant rice seedlings on terraced fields, sing and dance, and pray for good weather and abundant crops in a unique way.

Monkey Street in Kedu Town, Xundian County, Kunming, Old Monkey Street in Ying Si, Monkey Street in Songming County and Monkey Street in Chuxiong. ...

Monkey Street in Chuxiong is located in the west of Huangguayuan Town, Yuanmou County. The origin of Monkey Street is also named after the animal signs on the street.

Street days usually start at five or six in the morning and last until eleven or twelve in the evening.

There are four famous places: Ji Jie Township in Yangbi County, Ji Jie Township in Gejiu City, Ji Jie Township in Xichou County and Ji Jie Township in Xundian County.

Let's talk about Ji Jie Township in Yangbi County. Although Yangbi County is the most remote mountainous agricultural township, it is a well-known "hometown of singing and dancing", and hand embroidery is very famous. It was once rated as "Top Ten Famous Embroidery Towns in Yunnan".

Chicken Street in Jijie Township, Xundian County, which is 0/0 km away from Kunming10, may be the "most rustic" township street that exists today. Ji Jie Township in Xichou County was once known as "Nine bays and Nine floors" with beautiful scenery.

However, among these four "chicken streets", Ji Jie Town in Gejiu City is the first one.

Ji Jie Town, Gejiu City, located at the junction of Gejiu, Kaiyuan, Mengzi and Jianshui counties, is commonly known as "Gejiu North Gate".

19 15 The earliest and only private railway in China, Bishi Railway, started construction, and its central station is located in Ji Jie Town.

Chicken Street has places of interest such as Pomegranate Dam Tomb and Feixia Cave, as well as unique farm dishes such as grilled fish, duck spilled in oil, roast chicken and beef jerky.

The famous Yiliang roast duck is famous from this street.

The skin of roast duck is yellow, crisp and soft, sweet and tender, full of color and flavor, and very delicious.

Pig Street is located in Nanjian, Dali, Yuanjiang, Wenshan, Lufeng, Chuxiong and Wuding. ...

However, in some places, the word "Zhu" is homophone, such as Zhu Jie Street in Yuanjiang County, Yuxi.

Zhu Jie is famous for its tea. It is said that it became tribute tea in the Qing Dynasty.

These are almost all the places named after the zodiac in Yunnan that I can find. If you have seen others, please add them in the comments section!