The male host of this couple is named Suak, and the female host is named Mayila. They are both authentic Kazakhs, with iconic round faces, nomadic red cheeks, brown-black hair, clear bones, high cheekbones, and fair skin. , more body hair.
The girl covering her face with tears was their youngest daughter, named Abaiyi. She was a very cute little girl who looked like a mixed race of yellow and white, but she was over 1.7 meters tall.
The room is covered with carpets, which are the hostess's most proud handiwork.
According to reports, it takes at least half a year from shearing sheep to making felt, from dyeing to drawing and embroidering.
There are various brightly colored carpets stacked in one corner of the room, which are the dowry she prepared for her daughter.
After a while, the man of the house brought several large plates of steaming hot mutton to everyone.
While the male host cuts the mutton for the guests, the hostess sits aside and serves bowls of fragrant milk tea for everyone.
Naturally, this large yurt cannot accommodate more people. Counting seven guests, cameramen, and shooting machines, the room is already very crowded.
Everyone else was invited by other yurt owners, so Liu Hua did not follow him at first, but stayed outside to do some distribution work.
Kazakh dairy products are mainly made from goat's milk, cow's milk, mare's milk, and camel's milk.
Their proverb says: "Breasts are Kazakh food."
This shows the importance of dairy products in the Kazakh diet.
The main types of dairy products include fresh milk, yogurt, milk skin, milk tofu, milk pimples, ghee, cheese, milk cake, kumiss and so on.
Among them, kumiss is an indispensable drink for Kazakh herdsmen at various gatherings and feasts.
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The Kazakh people mainly eat meat and consume a lot of animal fat. In addition, the place they live in is hot and dry in summer and cold in winter, so drinking tea has become a habit of the Kazakh people.
Tea contains aromatic oils, which have the effects of digestion, refreshing and refreshing.
Drinking a lot of tea can ward off colds in winter, cure diseases in summer, and help digestion. Therefore, there is a saying among Kazakh herdsmen that "it is better to go without food for a day than to go without tea for a day."
They even believe that "without tea, you will be sick". Black brick tea is the first choice of this tribe, followed by Fu tea.
The method of making tea is usually to put the tea into a pot and boil it for a period of time. Some also add spices such as cloves, ghee, pepper, etc., and finally add a little salt, which gives it a rich and aromatic taste.
There are also milk teas made by adding milk based on the above method. This kind of tea is even more tempting.
Therefore, the hostess is now manipulating the milk tea processing on the long dining table. This procedure is also one of the observation items. The tedious process and skillful techniques are quite enjoyable to watch.
Since Daolang and Yunduo were considered locals, even though they were not Kazakhs, they were quite familiar with this process, so they stood up to help.
Compared to Liu Qingshan, Daolang is more famous here, so those young people have more interactions with him.
As for Liu Qingshan, Jin Xishan, Taylor and others, they had slightly shy expressions. If the three people had not taken the initiative to greet them, these people would never have approached easily.
But Abaiyi was an exception. Probably because of her lively nature and her Western appearance with blond hair and blue eyes, Taylor was particularly curious about her, so he called her over to ask questions.
Soon the two became familiar with each other.
Yu Abaiyi was two years younger than Taylor, and it didn't take long for her to call her "sister" smoothly.
Moreover, Abaiyi’s Mandarin pronunciation is actually not as fluent as Taylor’s. This contrast became one of the biggest jokes of the day.
However, she is Liu Qingshan's biggest fan, and is regarded as his lifelong idol. It is said that her room has posters of him posted everywhere, and she has collected all kinds of works without omission.
With her somewhat social personality, she didn't even have the courage to look her idol in the eye. Whenever Liu Qingshan would tease her about this, she would blush and hide in Taylor's arms, giggling happily.
Jinxi Shanzao was used to similar situations, so she turned a blind eye to Abaiyi's shyness, but she had a very good conversation with her mother.
Since we are new here today, there is no other grand welcome ceremony in the evening. Instead, there will be a traditional Kazakh wedding during the day tomorrow.
Jin Xishan felt strange and asked immediately: "Is it specially arranged because we are here?"
There was a camera in front of them at this time. She asked this question not only out of her own curiosity, but also to satisfy the similar speculations of the viewers in front of the TV in the future.
Mayila smiled and shook her head: "When we young people here get married, they ask the older generation of the tribe to decide the date a few months ago. In the customs of nomadic people, weddings are still very important, because when the time comes, Not only relatives and friends from all over the country will come."
"Are many people coming back? It can't be such a coincidence, right?"
"There will be a lot of people, because there are guests from far away who are riding horses, horse racing, holding sheep, wrestling, etc.
Competitive events that are only found in traditional festivals, such as girl chasing, will also be launched at the same time! Of course, this depends on the financial resources of the groom’s family. Although many projects are spontaneous, guests come from far away, and the necessary drinks, beef and mutton still have to be provided, and it still costs a lot of money! "
Jin Xishan looked at Liu Qingshan with burning eyes.
Liu Qingshan knew that he had just caught up with a wedding, but because he was under the camera lens, he still pretended to be happy: "It seems that we arrived at the right time! I originally wanted to let everyone have a good rest at this stop. , it seems that it has also been ruined!"
Jin Xishan covered his mouth and said happily: "There is nothing more interesting than tourists catching up with a local ethnic wedding. I think if you drive them to visit the scenic spots tomorrow, not many people will be willing."
Taylor applauded happily: "That's great. I've only seen Western-style weddings in churches. I must attend the wedding on the grassland!"
Liu Qingshan asked Mayila: "We stranger tourists are participating, won't the owner be unhappy, right?"
"Don't worry, Mr. Liu. Since we are located in a tourist resort, our daily livelihood depends on receiving tourists, so ethnic weddings within a radius of dozens of kilometers here are often attended by tourists. And we Kazakhs are very warm and hospitable. , we will only welcome guests’ participation!”
"Then do we need to prepare some gifts?"
"Nowadays, people here are very popular, but the requirements for the guests are only symbolic. As long as they have ten or twenty dollars, the host will only be happy, and there will be no
Any dissatisfaction! "
"How do the local people here follow the etiquette? I mean the more traditional way."
"Cattle, sheep, etc., carpets and felts are also common gifts!"
"Then, on behalf of our program team, I will give the host ten sheep and five cows, but we don't know where to buy them at the moment, so we will convert them into money instead, and let the host purchase them by themselves!"
"Ten sheep cost 20,000 to 30,000 yuan. Is this gift too expensive?"
"We will also attend the bonfire party in the evening. Will there be roasted lamb? There are seventy or eighty of us here, and this money is not much!"
"Okay then, I'll make a call later and listen to the other party's opinion!"
"Just tell them 50,000. If it's not enough, we'll make up for it."
While they were discussing, Taylor and Abhay were whispering, and they didn't know what they were talking about, but they burst into laughter from time to time.
Next, the host served the staple food one after another. There are many kinds of traditional delicacies of the Kazakh people. In addition to a wide variety of dairy products, there are several types of meat.
For example, sheep head meat, air-dried meat, hand-caught mutton, and Kang sheep intestines are must-haves. The most special one is smoked horse intestines, because most of the guests have never eaten horse meat.
This kind of smoked sausage is cut into strips of meat according to the ribs of the horse, and seasonings such as salt and pepper are added with the ribs, poured into a horse intestine more than 3 feet long, tied tightly at both ends, and hung in the house to dry.
In addition to using rib meat for enema, minced meat and pieces of meat are also used for enema. This kind of meat is steamed and cut into slices. It is oily but not greasy, with distinct lean and fat features. It is not only pleasing to the eye, but also has high nutritional value and has special properties. Flavor.
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I have a special liking for the Kang Yang Sausage here, which is a snack with western characteristics.
Mix fresh sheep blood with a little flour, add the ingredients, pour it into the sheep intestines, blanch it in boiling water for a while, take it out and cool it, cut it into one centimeter thick oblique slices, put it in an oil pan and fry it on the kang, and eat it now. Best eaten hot.
The noodles are shredded chicken and peach blossom noodles.
The former is mainly chicken, with chili oil added, and the noodles are made of pressed buckwheat noodles. It is characterized by its strong, spicy flavor and overflowing aroma.
The peach blossom noodle soup is white broth with no seasoning residue. Egg white is added when mixing the noodles. After mixing, roll it out thinly, cut it into thin pieces, and twist it into a noodle handle. The noodles are rolled and cut very carefully, and they are all performed on the spot.
The wine I drank was Aksema milk wine, but the origin was not here, but a product from Gansu Province thousands of kilometers away.
This type of wine is made from mare's milk through processing and fermentation. On the surface, although it is no different from cow's milk or goat's milk, it has a strong and mellow aroma.
Most tourists are not used to drinking this kind of kumiss. It doesn’t matter. This B&B also provides beer and liquor. The beer is Dawusu and the liquor is Yili Laojiao.
The guests who ate this meal all had their bellies full, and when they were full, they went out to visit various felt rooms.
But no one goes for a walk on the grassland outside. There is still some danger in the dark lights everywhere.
Only Liu Qingshan dared to walk around, and he also had to walk his dog. These Tibetan lions had completely let loose since they arrived on the grassland. If they were not let out several times a day, they would get into trouble.
That Abai Yi took the initiative to act as a guide and refused to leave no matter where Liu Qingshan went. Even if he fell far away, he had to keep his idol from her.
Within sight.
When he came back, Jin Xishan simply kept her by his side and didn't chase her back even when he was sleeping.
This little girl was really obsessed with Liu Qingshan. When she went back to her home to ask for leave before going to bed, Jin Xishan and Taylor also went there and visited her residence.
