"Incredible India"-a meaningful advertising slogan of the Indian Tourism Bureau, can include the fascination of travelers all over the world for this South Asian subcontinent country, and indirectly describe a country where glory and chaos coexist.
India, a neighboring country, is like an exotic beauty with a lightly veiled robe. The history and culture here have thousands of customs, and the bustling and noisy market is staggering; Just a fine line apart, the wealthy business tycoons and the naked poor people share a city.
Nobel Prize winner Naipaul once said that the trip to India "is a necessary prelude to the trip to the East". In July, Phoenix.com Travel focused on this land, talked with Zhu Yinghao and A Sam, travel authors who visited India many times, and took you to experience magical India at zero distance with a series of real, unique, diverse and in-depth travel experiences.
The "travel bible" of the tourism industry has seriously warned travelers not to go to Kashmir, one of the most dangerous destinations on earth. Zhu Yinghao's trip to northern India not only went to the bustling Delhi, the holy city of Amritsar and other places, but also went deep into Indian-controlled Kashmir, recording the saints, soldiers and children during the trip with a lens...
| Unexpected sensory stimulation
| | Eardrums, sweat glands, carnival on the tip of the tongue
I can guess the shock that India brought me, but I can't guess that the first thing that challenges me is the noise there. Before the roar of the plane crossing the Indian Ocean disappeared, I was already wrapped in the super bazaar that showed my sound. Walking in the streets and alleys of Delhi, cars, tricycles and motorcycles like locusts, fried food, fruits and vegetables, plastic toys and clothes stalls lined up on both sides of the street seem to have suddenly added a high decibel horn to compress your eardrums.
Whether in Delhi or in Jesemir, near the western Thar Desert, there are rows of drinking pipes, which are used to temporarily quench the smoking throats of pedestrians.
So many religions in the world originate in India, is it also related to the temperature here? Bodhi trees were originally very suitable for escaping the summer heat, but when I stepped on the concrete floor with a high temperature of 60 or 70 degrees Celsius under the scorching red sun and walked to Gandhi's tomb to lay flowers, I couldn't help but be impressed by the endurance of Indians. They also wear long clothes and trousers in the cool sun, and they are calm.
There is a theory that people's diet can change their temperament. An authentic Indian vegetarian meal is a fashionable enjoyment for local people, and it is the reason why many Indians really feel at ease. At noon on our first day in Delhi, the driver pulled us to a vegetarian restaurant at the junction of old and new Delhi.
We saw a recipe for a traditional Indian vegetarian meal, a baked pancake called NAAN, which is often brushed with a layer of golden butter, and sometimes there are other flavors such as lemon. NAAN is similar to an Indian pancake fruit spread out on a big iron plate, except that their fruit is curry potato. The most classic pairing with these flatbreads is Palak Paneer, which is a paste made by mashing spinach and many spices and boiling them.
Indians believe that there are three choices for everything, so according to the dietary philosophy of the early number theory school, there are three kinds of food: Sattvik, Rajasik and Tamasik. Sattvik is perhaps the best example of vegetarian food. It contributes to the pursuit of knowledge, clarity of mind and purity of will. The recipe for Sattvik as considered by Brahmins should be light, mostly cereal, some purifying cream, and vegetables with lighter flavors.
Rajasik can better meet the needs of laborers. Naipaul, an Indian Nobel writer, has a similar description of vegetarian food in his Indian Trilogy. In fact, compared with domestic vegetarian food, Indian vegetarian food is already very greasy in terms of practice and taste. Therefore, even vegetarian food is a kind of carnival on the tip of the tongue, chewing, and it can even make you eat a variety of meat flavors. For this reason, all the meals made us eat in big pieces and applaud loudly. Some fellow ladies vowed to only eat vegetarian food and seafood when they returned to China, but they didn't know where she went to find such delicious vegetarian food.
As for Tamasik, it is a food that makes people heavy, dull and sleepy after eating. The so-called inert food needs to be kept at a respectful distance from it.
Let's talk about wine. Because of the high tax rate imposed by the government and religious moderation, drinking in India is quite a luxury. A bottle of kingfisher beer can sell for 1,000 rupees (RMB 20 yuan), but the taste is quite refreshing. It seems that the government deliberately saw through the mentality that tourists have to drink in hot India. I see that the bars here are still booming.
