Maori snout

Rotorua, a small city of 70,000 people. Perhaps the past earthquakes and volcanoes have carved the most elaborate nature here, coupled with the unique cultural landscape here, making the small town a bright pearl embedded in the volcanic lake in the central North Island of New Zealand.

There are 20,000 Maori people living here. Their skin is slightly brown and their bodies are thick. Although Maori make up only 9% of New Zealand's 3.8 million people, they were the earliest inhabitants of this land before the British navigator Cook discovered this oasis in the Pacific. Fortunately, the British immigrants and their descendants here were merciful, so that the Maori people in New Zealand did not suffer the fate of being killed in large numbers like the Australian Aboriginals. The progress of social civilization has reached the modern era, and Maori people already have good living conditions. They are hard-working, enthusiastic and polite.

On the way to the Maori Cultural Village, the escort taught everyone a few simple Maori greetings and introduced the highest courtesy of Maori people to guests. From a distance, we can see Maori people waiting. The person in charge of the reception was a middle-aged lady, a full-time receptionist known as "Aimi". "Kah ah ah!" We almost said the Maori "Hello" we just learned from our escort at the same time.

First of all, you see a piece of ancient ruins: ancient thatched cottages, caves, tree houses, tree caves, tree whistles, curved stone tools, broadswords and spears... It immediately makes people feel like they are reading through history. Entering a hand-weaving hall, Maori people are working. Many unnamed Pacific island plants can be woven into beautiful animal toys and utensils by Maori people. The slightly gray flat, thick and long broad leaves of quire , after the Maori people scraped it with an iron comb, the snow-white leaf tendons were like nylon silk, and were immediately woven into small kunbao. In a woodcarving hall, we visited traditional carvings. Each Maori works meticulously in their respective positions. It can be seen that the wood cut by the knife is as hard as iron. Many of the works are portraits of people, ancient, contemporary, people admiring the moon, hunting, and lifelike. We watched and listened to the introduction. During our visit, every Maori was polite and smiling to the visitors. No one looked around, and no one stopped what they were doing.

At the end of the visit, "Aimi" had become very familiar with us. It was about to say goodbye, "Aimi" looked at me near me, as if she wanted to say something, I took the initiative to tell her: "I am Chinese!" (I am Chinese) and she shouted happily: "Oh, BEIJING! "I remember she repeated Beijing twice, and everyone around her was looking at her and me. I saw her standing upright, looking at me with a steady smile, and raising her right hand slightly. At this time, although I felt a bit sudden, I still politely calmed down and followed the Maori etiquette that I had been told in advance. When a woman kisses, the man should take the initiative to step forward, raise his hands, open his arms, and gently put his hands on each other's shoulders. Slowly, first the tip of the nose, and then the forehead, look for the points in common with each other, and gently lean against each other. I managed the Maori nuzzle quite successfully, albeit with a bit of restraint. The moment their noses touched, the cameras of fellow travelers from other countries flashed frequently, and there seemed to be a silent envy hidden in this flash.