Saideke & Chunyang Farm

It was an exciting day. I got up early to watch sunrise with Richard, Benjamin, Randy and Ruby. However, we did not get to a good place. There were many trees blocking the sight. I still felt exciting, as the quiet morning in Meifeng Farm is really nice. We walked around the farm, did morning exercises, breathed fresh air and took pictures. We really enjoyed the nice morning in Meifeng Farm.

 Sunrise Group

Day breaks~ 

Although we didi not see the sunrise, we were still exciting.

Richard and me

We learnt a lot about Saideke, including a little history, traditional dress and hunting. We watched a video about Saideke first. This nation has been controlled by Japanese. Japanese cut down trees in their area, and enslave them. Finally, Saideke people rose up against Japanese! 
After the video, two Saideke people introduced traditional clothes to us. To my surprise, according to the Saideke people, the most simplest one is worth TND 10000. 

Saideke clothes

Then we went outside to see some models of hunting traps. Saideke people use different traps to hunt different animals. Flexible stems are important for hunting animals. The Saideke people said they hunt for different kinds of animals, such as mice, wild boar and birds. 

 The Sadeke people was introducing how to use that traps.

Trap for hunting birds.

After hunting practice, we learnt to make Mantou. We used the spinaches and beetroot we pushed yesterday. We use the spinach juice and beetroot juice to make paste. I made beetroot Mantou with Steven, Kevin, YiHsin, Vico and Ruby. We ate the Mantou for dinner. They are really nice!!!

 We were making Mantou

Beetroot Mantou

In the afternoon, we went to Chunyang Farm to pick tomato. We spent one hour to get to Chunyang Farm, but we can only pick two tomato. That was a little bit sad. The tomato have not mature yet, so we cannot pick too many tomato. We also had a guide trip in Chunyang Farm. It is dominated by Chinese silvergrass. There are some unique species there. For example, there is a species that can indicate earthquake. The guide said if there are kink marks on leaves, earthquake may come in that year.

 Seek for tomato

It is big

The plant that can indicate earthquake.

We headed to Shueili at 5.00. We lived in a near a wood factory. After dinner, I saw sunset with my roommate. Then we learnt to make Luban lock. That is exciting.

Luban Lock