Eighteen Oddities of the Nujiang River

　　1. The Nujiang River is only called that locally (its upper reaches are called the Naqu River, its lower reaches the Salween River, and it’s only in the middle reaches within the Nujiang Prefecture that it’s called the Nujiang);

　　2. Called the Nu people but not fierce (the word “Nu” in their language means: gentle and tender);

　　3. High mountains like Gaoligong, where one mountain shows four seasons;

　　4. The mysterious Listening Lake, where shouting by the shore brings rainstorms;

　　5. Elderly farmers can sing world-famous quartets;

　　6. Bathing is celebrated as a festival;

　　7. Spring festivals are the real celebrations (such as the Rumi Festival and Flower Festival of the Nu people);

　　8. One village, five ethnic groups; one family, four religions;

　　9. Fish in the Dulong River court each other in public;

　　10. Cooking flatbread on stone slabs;

　　11. Some place names and personal names are hard to say out loud;

　　12. No one sees tigers leap the river, but people jumping the Nujiang isn’t strange;

　　13. The magical Stone Moon hangs over the mountaintop every day;

　　14. Crossing the river on zip lines is faster than driving;

　　15. Burying lovers in the riverside sand;

　　16. Toasting with a beauty by locking lips is considered polite;

　　17. The Dulong River pass isn’t that high, and six-month mountain closures aren’t odd;

　　18. Catch fish in the mountains, chop wood in the river.