Hainan coconut Rhine trip to indulge in the southern

decreased slowly when the aircraft when the heart's most profound experience is the most clear: Hainan attracts me is not the sea, because I come from the coastal city, but palm and coconut, which only seen on television and pictorial views. Hainan Island is another name" Coconut Island" , the symbol of Hainan coconut tree, coconut and examine culture is one of the purposes of my visit.

Guests Haikou, the first two days we went to the eastern outskirts of the town of Wenchang City, Hainan Province, to visit the" coconut town," the title of the eastern outskirts of the town of palm trees more than 70 million trees planted more than 2,000 years of history. Coconut vast vast boundless sea, a unique tourist attraction, where visitors can not only appreciate the graceful coconut palms, but also enjoy the colorful culture of coconut and coconut village customs.

Hainan Island palm and coconut on the history of myths and legends there are two versions of Han and Li, and so full of myths and customs the praise and adulation of coconut trees, coconut trees are seen as the embodiment of justice and power, reflecting the ideal of the people desire to overcome the natural disaster in the hands of the two peoples desire for a better life.

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listen to tour guides speaking, coconut village of the people of the coconut is very worship, the worship of it as a mascot. Relatives and friends build a new house rose into the house when the beam must send two paper wrapped with red bud of the coconut seedlings to show to celebrate, to express good luck wishes.

Coconut married local people is inseparable from coconut; engagement, the woman was sent to two coconut seedlings to the man, called" engagement coconut" ; marriage, the woman is again with two coconut seedlings to the groom, the wedding ceremony, the bride and groom with the coconut seedlings planted these two, meaning the couple did bear fruit like coconut, having children, a hundred years long marriage, known as the" wedding coconut" ; marriage, birth of a child full moon, the grandmother was sent to two coconut seedlings to the grandchildren, the parents have for their children under these two kinds of coconut seedlings, like coconut as wish children grow, become contributing members of it is called" coconut full moon."

in coconut town, I found the coconut farmers' homes also have missed a" coconut" and the words head lintels, doors on both sides of the wall on the see a beautiful mural depicting Coconut Grove, house truss girder Jue windows and doors, is made with coconut trees, the house's wooden desks and chairs are also made with coconut, water, water with a spoon scoop, put the tea pot, are the use of coconut shell made of processing, can be said that coconut farmers is a coconut house exhibition, also coconut rural folk art style.