Doufuzhai Village of Xibanshan Mountain in Mengku Town, Lincang
Plan your Lincang Ethnic Villages Tour to Lincang? Visit Doufuzhai Village of Xibanshan Mountain in Shuangjiang County, Lincang which is one of the most fascinating ethnic villages in Lincang. Explore the local folk ethnic culture including History, Food and Dining, Clothing, Customs and Traditions, Architecture, Festivals, Crafts, Religion, Language of local ethnic people in Doufuzhai Village of Xibanshan Mountain in Shuangjiang County, Lincang.
Chinese Name: 勐库西半山：豆腐寨
English Name: Doufuzhai Village of Xibanshan Mountain in Mengku Town, Lincang
Tofu Village is another big tea village of Gongnong Village Committee(公弄村委会). It is now inhabited by all Han people and has more than 70 families. The Tofu village was formerly called Zhonghusai(中户赛) by the Lahu people in Xiaohuzhai(小户寨).
In 1950, more than 100 acre of tea plantations were planted at the end of Qing Dynasty and the beginning of the Republic of China. After 1952, more and more people moved in. More and more houses were built. Half of the old tea plantations were cut down. Today, only twenty or thirty acres of tea were left and enclosed in the middle of the stockade.
The Tofu village is a low-lying village in Gongnong. There are Wujia village(五家村) and Sanjia village(三家村) above Tofu village. The terrain of Wujia village is higher than that of the tofu village. The sea level is nearly 1800 meters. There is a Sanjia villages on it, one kilometer away. Sanjia village is the tea producing village with the highest altitude in Shuangjiang and Mengku, with an altitude of 2000 meters. Sanjia village can not only see the west half of the mountain(西半山), but also collect the Mengku dam under the mountain.
The ancient tea garden in Sanjiacun is just in front of the village. The trees are very close to each other. People can climb up trees to pick leaves without climbing down and climb directly to another tree. The main diameter of the tea tree in this ancient tea garden is more than 90 centimeters, and the tree age is at least 200 years.
地理位置
豆腐寨自然村隶属于云南省临沧市双江拉祜族佤族布朗族傣族自治县勐库镇公弄村委会，属于山区。豆腐寨在公弄一带是地势较低的寨子，住上走还有五家村和三家村，五家村地势比豆腐寨高，海拨接近1800米，而它上面还有三家村，相距1公里路，三家村是双江、勐库海拔最高的产茶村，海拔达到2000米，三家村不仅可以将西半山看完，还可将山下的勐库坝子尽收眼底。豆腐寨是公弄村委会的又一个大茶村，现居住的全是汉族，有70多户人家。豆腐寨以前被小户寨的拉祜族人称为中户赛。
茶园环境
豆腐寨面积不大，但寨内人口众多（相对勐库其他寨子而言），寨内屋舍俨然，阡陌交通，鸡犬相闻，房屋依山而建，错落有致；山上茶园相形向荣，俨然一副世外桃源景象，寨内也有茶树点缀，星星散散，树龄难究。豆腐寨整体环境清幽，周遭茶园森林覆盖指数高，人与自然和谐发展！
茶园规模
豆腐寨1950年还有100多亩清末民初种的茶园，1952年以后迁入的人户多起来，住房越来越多，老茶园被砍去一大半，如今才留下二三十亩，被房屋围在寨子中间。三家村的古茶园就在村子前面，树与树相邻很近，人爬上树采叶可以不用下来直接攀枝到另一棵树上去，这片古茶园的茶树主干围径多在90厘米以上，树龄至少在200年以上。
豆腐寨茶特点
实话实说，豆腐寨的古树茶名气并不是很大，但是这并不影响豆腐寨古树茶的品质，豆腐寨地处勐库邦马大雪山山脚，其茶滋味显然有大雪山茶的底蕴，第一次品饮豆腐寨古树茶时只觉得此茶苦涩略重，但回甘很好，但是如果存放一段时间，豆腐寨的茶便会转化，茶汤黄绿透亮，汤感粘稠饱满，茶汤入口，顺滑粘稠，苦涩协调，苦涩化的极快，苦尽甘来，令人回味无穷。总而言之，豆腐寨的茶汤辨识度极。
