Culture of Three Wonders in Yaan
The rain, fish and women of Yaan are collectively called as the three wonders of Yaan.
Only the rain in Yaan can be deemed elegance. It looks like fog and a veil in the warm air mixed with a large number of negative oxygen ions. It is marvelous to walk in such rains, enjoy the rains, or even listen to the rains falling on the ground, on flowers and on the water of the Zhougong River, making you calm down and be tender.
The Zhougong River has clean water and spreads far away from Zhougong Mountain. Another wonder is hidden in the river and under the cliff, namely the fish of Yaan. Legend has it that a fish had a sword in its skull and such sword was originally held by Su Qin in the Warring States Period. After Su Qin alienated the states from each other, he was died of tearing asunder by five carts. Its sword slipped into the river and was hidden by a fish, so that it became an "anti-counterfeiting logo" of the local fish in the future: if there is a sword, it is true and vice versa. The local fish is freshly fed so that its flesh is fresh and delicate. It is more delicious if it is cooked in the Yingjing casseroles with the water of the Zhougong River, called "Ya Fish Casseroles".
Each place has its own way of supporting its own inhabitants. Women of Yaan are not only beautiful and pure, but also gentle and kind, like a dewy lotus and rose, probably because of the moistening of the rains and fish. It comes to be known by people for its fish, rain and local women, like a giant magnet to attract the people from all over the world.
The rain, fish and women exactly highlight the unique romance of Yaan folk culture. Thus, they build the enormous fame of Yaan. The rain of Yaan looks like fog and a veil in the warm air mixed with a large number of negative oxygen ions. The fish of Yaan is freshly fed so that its flesh is fresh and delicate. Moreover, the women of Yaan are not only beautiful and pure, but also gentle and kind, like a dewy lotus and rose. The three wonders of Yaan boast and present the essence, energy and spirit of Yaan.