As the "most special" province in my country, Guizhou has been difficult to access for a long time because it has no plains and is full of rugged mountains and rivers.

After roads were built and transportation became more convenient, the economy of Guizhou Province has also developed greatly.

Among them, it must be said that the tourism industry has contributed a lot. Guizhou, with its special terrain, has given birth to many mountains, rivers, beautiful scenery, and also contains many "mysteries".

Hidden deep in the mountains of Guizhou are many "isolated" ethnic minority villages. Their living customs are quite different from those of the Han people, but they form a beautiful landscape.

For example, in Congjiang County, Qiandongnan Miao and Dong Autonomous Prefecture, Guizhou Province, there is such a village. For more than 650 years, there has been a village rule: no intermarriage with outsiders. It is said that this is to protect a secret. This village is called Zhanli Village.

It is located in Gaozeng Township, under the jurisdiction of Congjiang County. It is located in the mountains. It is a real "village in the mountains". Living here are a group of Dong residents.

Surrounded by a beautiful environment, the villagers of Zhanli Village also maintain a simple and slightly primitive lifestyle. You can hardly feel any modern atmosphere here. In fact, this is not only true of Zhanli Village, but also of many ethnic minority villages deep in the mountains. Many tourists who have had enough of ancient towns with a heavy commercial atmosphere will basically choose to visit such ancient villages.

Zhanli Village retains a strong ethnic customs. The entire village is hidden in the vast greenery. The brown wooden mortise-and-tenon structure houses and green and black tiles are uniform, which looks neat but inconsistent. Seems rigid.

Currently, no tickets are required to visit here, and there are free parking spaces at the head of the village. Many tourists will choose to come here to slow down and appreciate this ancient but not dilapidated village.

The average altitude of Zhanli Village is about 380 meters, covering an area of ??less than 16 square kilometers. There are more than 150 families in the village, with more than 7,700 people, mostly with the surname Wu.

It is said that in 1368, the ancestors of the villagers of Zhanli Village fled from Jiangsu to avoid the war, and after a long journey, they finally settled here. As for the name of the village, it also evolved from the names of two ancestors surnamed Wu.

I have to say that those people at that time had really good vision. The place where Zhanli Village is located is indeed secluded. It is not only far away from the war, but also far away from the crowd, ensuring that future generations will live a life of peace and tranquility. A life of struggle.

Almost all the people in Zhanli Village reclaim land and rely on agricultural planting to support themselves. They live a leisurely life and don’t have too many material desires, so they can live happily even if they live a slightly poor life. This natural and simple atmosphere naturally attracts many people who work hard in big cities. Therefore, when Zhanli Village gradually developed tourism, many people came here one after another to indulge in the mountains and fields and feel this kind of atmosphere. A relaxing and comfortable atmosphere.

However, Zhanli Village is not famous for its local tourism industry, but for a record. In the 48 years from 1952 to 2000, the population here only increased by 10 people.

This kind of population growth rate that is infinitely close to zero has naturally attracted attention at home and abroad, and Zhanli Village has become famous for this.

And if you look closely, you will find that 98% of the families here have one son and one daughter, but there is almost no phenomenon of twin boys or twin girls; and although it doesn’t look like raising children, I can't afford it, but no one in Zhanli Village wants a third child.

It turns out that in the 100 years since the ancestors of Zhanli Village settled there, the size of the village has expanded a lot, but this has also caused many problems. Especially in the late Qing Dynasty, because there were more people and less land, the villagers Conflicts often occurred, and later even turned into armed fighting.

Later, a man named Wu Gongli put forward a proposal for population control, which was responded to by the villagers. Later, this proposal gradually evolved into the "iron rule" of the village regulations, that is: a couple can only have a maximum of two children. Violators will be punished, and in serious cases, they may even be expelled from the village.

This village rule is similar to my country’s previous family planning policy. In addition to this rule, Zhanli Village also has two magical rules: One is that men and women in the village are not allowed to have sex with people outside the village. The other is that there are only two days for engagement and marriage in the village. Engagement is on the fifth and sixth day of the first lunar month; marriage is on the 16th day of the second lunar month or the 26th day of the twelfth lunar month. If you don’t want to be on this day of this year If you get engaged or married in two days, you have to wait another year.

Because of this, almost all weddings in Zhanli Village are collective weddings.

However, some people are curious. Although these regulations are all to control the population, how do every household achieve one son and one daughter? After all, we all know that the gender of the fetus is random, otherwise there would not be the kind of family that gives birth to four or five daughters or sons in a lifetime.

In fact, this is related to a magical herb in the village called "Chanhuacao". It is said that this herb can balance the gender of the fetus. For example, if the first child gives birth to a son, and the second child wants a daughter, you can use flowers and plants to balance the population. This is also a secret guarded by everyone in the village.

Doesn’t it sound incredible? It is said that a Japanese scholar lived in the village for two years in order to find out the secret of changing flowers and plants, but in the end he still returned empty-handed.

Not everyone in the village has the ability to "change flowers and grass", and not everyone knows how to change flowers and grass to achieve this miraculous effect. Only the pharmacist in the village knows all this, and the pharmacist passed down the tradition from daughter to daughter. Not passed on to men.

So far, no one knows exactly what the changing flowers look like. Of course, many people do not believe in its existence at all. However, there is no reasonable explanation for why every household in the village can give birth to a son and a daughter. , this has become the most mysterious point in Zhanli Village.

Because they have lived in the mountains for a long time, the villagers of Zhanli Village have not been infected with the atmosphere of the secular world. They are gentle and friendly, and their folk customs are very simple. In addition, the surrounding scenery is beautiful. Maybe this is what the "Xanadu" in Tao Yuanming's works should look like. .

In Zhanli Village, Guizhou, the number of people has only increased by 10 in 48 years. The locals have never married outside the country.

A special ancient village in Guizhou. The locals have never married outside the country. For a hundred years, they have only married outside. Keep a secret