Xijiang Qianhu Miao Village
Ttzy798798Xijiang Qianhu Miao Village is located in Xijiang Town, Leishan County, Qiandongnan Miao and Dong Autonomous Prefecture, Guizhou Province. It is the largest and oldest Miao village in China. The following is an introduction to it:
Special Landscape
• Stilt House Complex: The stilt houses in Xijiang Qianhu Miao Village are a kind of primitive suspended and stilt buildings, mostly wooden structures, connected by mortise and tenon joints, built against the mountain, stacked layer by layer, and harmoniously blending with the surrounding natural environment, forming a unique architectural style.
• Baishui River: The Baishui River that passes through the village divides the Miao village into two. The clear river water adds a lively beauty to the Miao village. The riverside is a good place to enjoy the scenery of the Miao village and take a leisurely stroll.
• Observation Deck: Located at the top of the Miao village, you can overlook the panoramic view of the entire Xijiang Qianhu Miao Village, especially at night, when thousands of lights are lit, and the stacked stilt houses are set off against each other, forming a beautiful picture, which is intoxicating.
Cultural Experience
• Folk Festivals: There are more than 20 kinds of intangible cultural heritage, such as Miao New Year, Guzang Festival, and Chixin Festival. During the festival, grand celebrations will be held, such as traditional dance performances such as Miao Lusheng Dance and Miao Ancient Piao Dance, as well as traditional competitive activities such as bullfighting and cockfighting.
• Traditional skills: Traditional skills such as silver forging, Miao brocade, and stilt house construction have been passed down to this day. Visitors can visit the production process of these skills, or even experience them in person to feel the wisdom and creativity of the Miao people.
• Miao Museum: The museum displays the history, culture, living customs, traditional costumes, production tools, etc. of the Miao people. It is an important window to understand the Miao culture. Through exhibits and introductions, you can have a deep understanding of the development process and unique charm of the Miao people.
Special Food
• Sour Soup Fish: A traditional dish of the Miao people in Guizhou, it is made with sour soup as the base and fresh fish slices. The sour and spicy taste of the sour soup and the delicious fish meat are perfectly integrated, which is endless.
• Miao King Fish: Made with local river fish as the main ingredient, it is carefully cooked with a variety of spices and condiments. The fish is tender, the soup is rich, spicy and delicious. It is a signature dish of Xijiang Qianhu Miao Village.
• Miao Rice Wine: Made with high-quality glutinous rice and wine yeast, it has a mellow and sweet taste. It is the best product for the Miao people to entertain guests. While tasting the food, sipping a glass of Miao rice wine is a unique flavor.
Tour Suggestions
• Best time: The weather is pleasant in spring and autumn, which is a good time to go to Xijiang Qianhu Miao Village. At this time, you can enjoy the beautiful natural scenery and taste fresh ingredients.
• Accommodation options: You can choose to stay in a homestay halfway up the mountain, which can not only enjoy the beautiful scenery but also facilitate travel. For example, Qifengxin·Preface Light Luxury Villa Hotel, Xijiang Sanchunli·Ji Garden Beauty Stay, etc. are all good choices.
Observation Deck
愚愚公移山行走山河Xijiang Qianhu Miao Village is a Miao case in Xijiang Town, Leishan County, surrounded by mountains, and the Baishui River passes through the village. The whole village is composed of multiple villages, a total of more than 1,000 households, more than 6,000 people, and is the world's largest Miao people living village. Miaozhai is surrounded by mountains. In addition to walking through the ancient street and visiting the square street, climbing on the south mountain of Zhai to overlook the panoramic view of the Miao Village opposite is a must-do lesson. There is an observation deck on the top of the mountain, and there is a Miao Travel style street built to serve food, lodging and playing. This is the best place to watch Miao Village, overlooking the spectacular view of the entire Qianhu Miao Village, and the best photo location, panoramic display of the entire Miao Village life picture. From here during the day, you can see the stacked golden rice fields, the scale of the hanging tower, the cloudy mountains, the endless white water river, the wind and rain bridge like a building and the surrounding landscape pastoral Miao Village, the scenery is beautiful; At night, the lights were on, and the stars were full of night sky. The whole Miao Village was hot. It was suspected that the starry sky fell into the beautiful dragon on earth. In a moment, it became a strange dream world. It was a great place to enjoy the night view and dress up to take pictures. It is very convenient to go on the observation deck, and there is a free shuttle bus. It takes four or five minutes to get to the Fengyu Bridge of No. 1 in Zhaidong. You can also climb directly from the standardized small uphill road on the Yelu Mountain in Henan. There are two roads directly to the top of the mountain next to the No. 4 Wind and Rain Bridge. You can enjoy the mountainside scenery in ten minutes. You don't have to go to the No. 1 Bridge to queue up for the bus. There is a Miao Village-style shopping street on the top of the mountain. If you are tired, you can enjoy the food directly in the mountaintop shopping street, buy a travel memorial, and you can also take pictures of the ethnic costumes in the small shop here. Around the top of the mountain there are many bars, cafes, high-end hotels and homestays that occupy the open landscape of the mountainside window for people to take pictures.
Langde Miao Village
JJ-ChgWe went at 16:00 pm on October 4, and we need to pick up paper tickets at the ticket office, and then take a sightseeing bus to the location of Shangzhai. According to the program list of the scenic spot, there is a stop wine at this time, so we stepped on it. The time is almost just right. After arriving, there were more people, and we immediately changed to a square to watch the performance. Shangzhai was basically two places to see it. Then it was almost 7:30 when we had dinner. Their bonfire party started at 20 o'clock and needed to pay another 20 yuan. One person, we originally wanted to see, As a result, because it was too cold at the time, about 12℃, I went back to the homestay to rest first. Generally speaking, because of the National Day, there are more performance programs and more lively, but the program and the program are staggered, and then ask the local restaurant casually, where the performance venue of the next program is, they will answer, this is a very good place, order is organized.
Xijiang No. 1 Shelter Bridge
旅旅の径Xijiang Qianhu Miao Village, Baishui River runs through the village, and 7 wind and rain bridges span the river, embellishing the elegant and beautiful ethnic customs like a finishing touch.
In Miao villages, as long as there is flowing water, there must be wind and rain bridges with pavilion structures, which not only facilitate transportation and shelter from wind and rain, but also pay attention to wind storage and improving Feng Shui.
Xijiang Qianhu Miao Village, from the No. 1 Wind and Rain Bridge (Longtan Bridge) at the innermost end of the upstream to the No. 7 Wind and Rain Bridge (Huilong Bridge) at the entrance of the scenic area, the styles are unified and the lengths are different. They are all mixed structures of concrete + wood, newly built or rebuilt after 2008.
Few hikers will visit all 7 wind and rain bridges, but they will definitely be interested in the names of the bridges. Each wind and rain bridge is named "××僦". The Miao people do not have their own national language, and often annotate the Miao pronunciation of Chinese characters (recreate or choose an obscure Chinese character); "僦", pronounced "jiu", is the Miao pronunciation of the Chinese character "bridge".
Xijiang Miao Museum
愚愚公移山行走山河Xijiang Miao Museum is located opposite Lusheng Square in the center of Miao Village Scenic Area. There are 11 exhibition halls in the museum, including the front hall, history hall, production hall, festival hall, dance hall, architectural skills hall, clothing and silver jewelry hall, Miao medicine hall, witch culture and religious belief hall, life hall, multimedia multifunctional hall, etc. The museum has a collection of more than 1,220 Miao cultural relics and more than 350 representative pictures, portraits, and books. It shows the uniqueness and diversity of Miao culture from the history, production, life, festivals, music, dance, clothing, silver jewelry, Miao medicine, architecture, witch culture and religious beliefs of the Miao people. It is an important window for a comprehensive understanding of Miao culture. At the same time, it displays the rich intangible cultural heritage and ethnic customs of the Miao people, including marriage customs, childbirth customs, food customs, travel customs, wine etiquette customs, Feng Shui concepts, architectural skills and Miao medicine. The whole museum covers an area of 3,000 square meters. The building is a typical traditional Miao stilt stilt house style - a two-story stilt wooden building with a "beauty back" corridor.
The exhibition is very rich in content, and the main content of interest is highlighted: the origin of the Miao nationality. The exhibition introduces that the Miao nationality is a farming and rice-growing nation. Most of the Miao nationality live in mountains. Limited by historical and geographical conditions, the production methods of the Miao nationality in Xijiang remain relatively primitive and simple, and the production tools have their own unique and simple side. The Miao nationality has been a farming nation since ancient times. The reason why they are called Miaojia is derived from Chinese pictographic writing, which is grass on the top and field on the bottom, forming the word "Miao". The Miao nationality is a farming nation.
The famous bell-calling village is one of the management methods of the Xijiang Qianhu Miao Village during the self-management period. It has been used to this day and is mainly used for fire safety reminders and publicity. The call to the village is made three times a day. The first time is at nine o'clock in the morning, when the patrol will ring the gong to remind the villagers to put out their own stoves; the second time is at twelve o'clock in the afternoon, when the patrol will ring the gong to remind the villagers to pay attention to the fire source of their own cooking and be careful of fire; the third time is around ten o'clock in the evening, when the patrol will ring the gong to remind the villagers to put out all fire sources before going to bed, so that they can sleep peacefully and ensure the fire safety of the village.
The Miao ethnic group has a birth custom. After the Miao people have a new life, they will hold various ceremonies, such as the three-day celebration, full-month wine, and naming. Childless families have the beautiful wish of "building bridges", "having a son early, and having many children and grandchildren".
The wonderful Miao songs, one ancient song: narrative chanting, covering the creation of the world, the origin of mankind, myths and legends, the history of the Miao people, etc., the singing is melodious and continuous. Two Gabiefu songs: there is singing and speaking, no instrumental accompaniment, and the rhythm is slow. Four flying songs: sung in the leisure time of farming in the mountains or at banquets, the tone is bright and high. Five love songs: sung by young men and women when they are in love, the tone is entangled.
Miao medicine has a long history and rich content. There are Miao medicine prescriptions with their own system and unique effects. The Miao people have always said that "Miao medicine for a thousand years, Miao medicine for ten thousand years", and Miao medicine is the basic condition for the survival of the Miao ancestors.
In addition to taking photos and eating and drinking in the Miao village, if you are tired, you may as well go to the museum to learn about the Miao culture.
Wudong Miao Village
粉粉红色的猴The green mountains are reckless, the flowing water is flowing, the hanging foot building is endless, and the rugged country trails are here. Wudong Miao Village is located on the mountainside of Leigong Mountain, the main peak of Miaoling, and the altitude is 1300 meters. It is known as Leigong Mountain and a paradise. It is included in the "classic village landscape of China".
No.4 Fengyu Bridge
游游侠半仙Trip.com Travel Network Guiyang + Huangguoshu + Fanjing Mountain + Libo + Xijiang Qianhu Miao Village + Zhenyuan 6 days 5 nights group tour. Stay in Miaojia Courtyard and walk in. The Courtyard is near the No. 4 Wind and Rain Bridge. It is a short slope on the bridge, but the No. 4 Wind and Rain Bridge is under maintenance. There is only a detour to the No. 3 Wind and Rain Bridge. Take an extra 400 meters.