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"Hello everyone, I am Xiao Li, from Eryuan, Dali. I love the mountains and rivers of my hometown. Sometimes I go exploring the rivers and lakes in a kayak or paddleboard, sometimes I ride a dirt bike up the mountains, and I also like to explore the outside world. I used to be a surfing instructor for a while. Every Tuesday, I take guests to Fengyu to wander around the traditional market. During the plum blossom season, I go hiking in the mountains. During the plum blossom season, I brew green plum wine. I hope to have the opportunity to share these daily lives with you."
Last year, after leading the "Hiking in the Snow Mountain Plum Blossom Forest" activity, I felt it was meaningful to brew a bottle of green plum wine under the plum trees.
Previous plum blossom viewing activity record
Dali Songhe Village | Qiqi
At the end of 2022, Brother Mao took the lead to get the nearby plum farmers to build a road, which gave us the opportunity to go deeper into the mountains and see their lives. The truly good things were discovered. Deep in the mountains, the plum farmers no longer had to use manual labor and horses to transport plums, honey, and papayas to the market and try to sell them in every possible way.
The first time I went to Brother Mao's plum orchard, what attracted me was not the plum blossoms or the plums, but the local honey under his plum trees. Once, when I went to Fengyu market, I chatted with a vendor selling pickled plums. I learned that he was also from Songhe Village. I said I knew Brother Mao and he was from the same village. As soon as I finished, he immediately praised Brother Mao's local honey without reservation. This left a deep impression on me. More than 40 years ago, when Brother Mao's father was in his prime, he took red soil from the mountains and made it into bricks. He used the red soil bricks to build beehives and small houses. It was also the first time I saw how local honey was cut off, and I tasted the freshly cut honey. Because the flowering periods of plants on the mountain are different, the types of nectar collected by bees are also different, so it is also called wildflower honey. Therefore, the fresh honey tasted in each season has a different flavor.
The plums in Eryuan come later due to the climate and altitude. The place where we pick plums is "Songhe Village", located in Eryuan County. Eryuan is not only the source of Erhai Lake but also the main source of Dali plums. The local plum processing enterprise "Erbao Industry" has its ten-thousand-mu plum planting base here, and the beverage "Green Plum Cool" has been drunk by every Eryuan native since childhood. It also has the title "Hometown of Ancient Chinese Plums" and so on.
At the origin of the plums, pick the plums under the plum tree yourself, wash them, remove the stems, and carve them. Use the high-alcohol white liquor brewed from the water of an ancient well at the foot of Cangshan Yunlong Peak to make a bottle of your own green plum wine. After three months, you can taste the memory of you and Dali Eryuan.
Itinerary:
10:00 Depart from Dali
12:00 Arrive at the plum orchard, start picking green plums, remove stems, wash, and air dry
While waiting for them to dry, we can watch honey cutting, taste fresh honey and beeswax, then go to the stream by the plum forest for some stream play
After returning, the plums are dry, start carving the plums with a toothpick. You can prick your favorite patterns, then put them in a glass bottle, add yellow rock sugar and white liquor, stick on a label, and a bottle of green plum wine is done. Quietly wait for three months, then it's ready to drink.
Around 15:30 Return trip
On the way back, we can go to Dengchuan local Muslim restaurant together for dinner, the cost is shared. (Per person 20-40 RMB)
Production record on June 24, 2024:
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I will provide:
1000ml glass bottle
Green plums
Yellow rock sugar
Locally brewed barley liquor/corn liquor (you can bring your own liquor)
Considering that many friends fly over and it's inconvenient to take things away, and it's difficult to find a company willing to deliver glass bottle packaging locally, I can help with sending packages. The courier I cooperate with is willing to help (delivery fee is your own responsibility)
The plum trading market at the village entrance
Overlooking the entire Fengyu Town along the way
Picking
Washing clean
Mixing with local barley liquor
Writing down the name and date
Collecting local honey
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And enjoy it
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