Previous impressions are illusory. It is said that hearing is better than seeing, and seeing is better than feeling. If that day really comes, when you are in a Miao village full of singing and dancing, walking in the green mountains, or eating delicious food that you have never tasted before, or even getting the purest selfless help when your eyes are hopeless, how can you erase it from the depths of your memory ...

In the eyes of western tourists, the ethnic culture of ethnic minority areas in southwest China is extremely precious tourism resources, especially the ethnic customs in Kaili, Guizhou are more attractive. Qiandongnan, as the largest gathering area of Miao and Dong minority cultures in China, has its unique position and unique ethnic customs, which make every scenic spot there mysterious. The large-scale and cleverly laid-out Dong Zhai Drum Tower architectural community puts you in the flower bridge, drum tower, stream and diaojiao building, while the charming Dong folk songs make it the first choice for you to enjoy Dong folk customs.

There is a Miao and Dong Autonomous Prefecture, where nearly a quarter of the Miao population and half of the Dong population live. Here the mountains are high and the valleys are deep, and the forests are dense. Because of the traffic jam, few people set foot in it. In people's impression, it is a place far away from home. Because of this, the original natural ecology and national culture here can be well preserved.

Walking into Kaili is like walking into a green world. The forest coverage here is up to. There are few artificial traces in Leigongshan Nature Reserve and Jianhe Baili Broad-leaved Forest deep in Miao Ling. The virgin forest is vast and grey, rare birds and animals roam freely, rugged roads run through the forest, birds and flowers are fragrant, and the air is fresh. The mountains and rivers are beautiful, and there are Yanghe River, Qingshui River and Duliujiang River in Kaili. There are also Longbie River, Gaogao River, Cunninghamia lanceolata River, Yedong River River and Bazhou River-there are many large and small rivers in the whole state, and all streams are crystal clear.

Every mountain in Guizhou has caves, and the "Cave Miao Village" is hidden in this vast mountain. Looking at the flowers, many people will sigh: beautiful, peach blossom garden! Isn't it? The scenery here is magnificent and beautiful. Standing at the mouth of the cave and looking out, the mountains are like choppy waves, and there are many towering ancient trees with strange peaks and rocks. The folk customs in the cave are simple and honest, and the huge caves are sheltered from the wind and rain. It is warm in winter and cool in summer. People work at sunrise and rest at sunset, self-sufficient and uncontested, which is in sharp contrast with the hustle and bustle of the city.

It's not easy to get to the cave: first, climb to the top of the canyon near the exit of the Getu River, add your feet and hands, pull branches, climb rocks, and slowly move up. There are a group of caves here, the top of the mountain is the upper cave, the cave of Tianshengqiao on the mountainside is the lower cave, and the middle cave is located between them. This huge cave is like a huge eye opened by a mountain. The bamboo and green trees in front of the cave are beautiful eyelashes.

Entering from the hole covered by pines and bamboos, the cave is open and quiet, and occasionally there is a Niu Jiao, which echoes like a plane roaring in the cave. The fence in the cave is used as a wall, and the roof is at the top of the cave. Most of the furnishings in the house are wooden boxes, tables and stools with simple workmanship. The residents in the cave spin and weave their own clothes, grind the grain, buy some daily necessities such as oil and salt at the market 15 kilometers away every week, and farm, herd cattle or raise pigs at home the rest of the day. During the slack season, men drink homemade local wine around the campfire, while women get together to talk about trivial things in life. Peach Blossom Garden is beautiful, but the poverty and backwardness here are also facts, and water resources and other issues make people sigh.

When you walk into Kaili area, you will feel not only the shift of space, but also the return of time. Rich national historical and cultural accumulation has preserved the hair styles of the Tang Dynasty, the costumes of the Song Dynasty, the architecture of the Ming and Qing Dynasties, and the legacy of Wei and Jin Dynasties. Most Dong villages in Miao village are hidden among green trees. Village visitors and enthusiastic Miao and Dong people all use the etiquette of blocking roads and doors with wine. When the noblest guests arrive, there are many ways to block roads with wine. Miao and Dong girls dressed in costumes welcomed them with mellow rice wine and touching songs, and enjoyed each other. The free and easy rough young man blows the lusheng awning tube to welcome you into the village. On Lushengping, the beautiful Miao and Dong girls are dancing, even the old man and woman who are already old can't help but participate in the dancing. Beautiful and unrestrained dancing and euphemistic singing make you dazzled and fascinated. At that time, no matter how quiet, serious and solemn you are at ordinary times, you can't restrain the impulse to participate, and you will get carried away and can't help yourself ...

Line planning

Kaili (by train)-Zhenyuan-(dancing) Yanghe-Shi Bing;

Go back to Zhenyuan (by train)-Kaili-Langde-Leishan-Xijiang Miao Village-Sanbao Dong Village-Rongjiang-Basha-Congjiang-Xiaohuang-Zhaoxing-Liping-Tianshengqiao

Introduction to the destination

Kaili City is located at the foot of Miao Ling Mountain and beside Qingshui River in the southeast of Guizhou Province. Kaili is a multi-ethnic garden, known as the "Pearl of Miaoling". There are Yaolin fairyland-like fishing caves, Xianglu Mountain full of myths and legends, picturesque Qingshui River, and countless Miao villages. On the green land of Qiandongnan, Miao customs tourist area with Kaili as the center, Dong customs tourist area with Liping as the center and scenic spots tourist area with Zhenyuan as the center form a beautiful picture of scenic spots in Qiandongnan. The harmony and consistency between natural landscape and human landscape embodies the characteristics of scenic spots in Qiandongnan ethnic areas. Qiandongnan has green mountains, beautiful waters and beautiful scenery, and its ethnic customs are rich and unique.

Kaili has a subtropical humid climate, with mild climate in four seasons, no hot summer, no severe cold and deep winter, and an average annual temperature of 15.7 degrees Celsius. In addition, Guizhou is known as "there are no sunny days for three days", which is especially obvious in Kaili, where about half of the time is rainy season every year, so it is best to take rain gear with you when traveling there.

tourist attractions around Kaili

(dancing) Yanghe Scenic Area

(dancing) Yanghe Scenic Area is located in Zhenyuan, Shibing and Ping Huang counties under the jurisdiction of Qiandongnan Miao and Dong Autonomous Prefecture, Guizhou Province. It is divided into 394 scenic spots, namely Zhenyuan, Tiexi, Shangxiayang, Yuntai Mountain, Cunninghe River, Heichong, Feiyun Cliff, Jiuzhou Ancient Town and Chong 'anjiang.

Zhenyuan

Zhenyuan ancient city, located in the lower reaches of Yanghe River, is a national key historical and cultural city with a history of 2, years. There are cultural landscapes such as Qinglong Cave, Zhongyuan Cave, Heping Village, Wuwang Cave and Sigong Palace in the city. The ancient houses worth visiting are concentrated in the area of Chongzikou and Fuxing Lane, which is very historic.

Shi Bing

Rafting on the Cunninghamia lanceolata River is the key point of play and the most interesting project. You must not miss it. The scenery on both sides of the river is pleasant. If you take a tent and camp by the river, catch fish and barbecue, you will be happier. Yuntai Mountain is located in the upper reaches of Yanghe River, and its scenery belongs to the same type as Zhangjiajie, but it is not as spectacular as Zhangjiajie, and its topography is obviously undulating, which constitutes the karst wonders of Qian Shan, including many temple sites and cliff stone carvings.

Congjiang

congjiang county City is divided into two parts by Duliu River, and there is only one street on both sides. The east bank is the old city, while the west bank is ruled by new buildings. There is basically nothing to see in the county. The only thing to see is the dragon boat race and the big market on the Dragon Boat Festival. However, in the ethnic villages under the jurisdiction of Congjiang, bluestone trails crisscross, flower bridges and drum towers complement each other, wooden buildings with hanging feet are lined up, water wheels and water mills rotate leisurely, and chickens crow and dogs bark one after another. In the meantime, there is a unique flavor.

So congjiang county is definitely the base camp for visiting the surrounding villages.

Liping

Liping is bordered by Sanjiang and Liuzhou in Guilin, Hunan and Guangxi, and is the county with the most concentrated Dong population in China, with rich ethnic customs. There are nearly 3 landmark buildings in Dong villages, such as Drum Tower and Flower Bridge, which can be called Dong architectural art museum.

Tiansheng Bridge

is located in Gaotun Town, northeast of Liping County, 15 kilometers away from the county seat. It is the largest natural stone arch bridge ever discovered in the world.

Diping Wind and Rain Bridge

is located on the Nanjiang River in Diping Dong Village. This well-known wind and rain bridge, also known as Flower Bridge, connects the three stockades of Shangzhai, Xiazhai and Ganlong. The total length of the bridge is 56 meters, the bridge deck is 4.5 meters wide, and the bottom of the bridge is nearly 1 meters away from the daily water level. There are long corridors and bridge buildings on the bridge, covered with blue tiles, which can shelter from wind and rain, hence the name Fengyu Bridge.

Three Treasures Dong Village in Chejiang

This is the largest Dong settlement in China. Zhanglu village (four villages) is the location of the standard pronunciation of Dong language in southern China. The location of Zhu Lang Niang Mei. It is 5 kilometers away from Rongjiang County. The stockade is very big, and there are many ancient banyan trees by the river.

Moon Mountain

is located at the junction of Rongjiang, Congjiang, Libo and Sandu counties. The main peak stands in Lali, Baiwang Village, Planned Township, Rongjiang County, 171 kilometers away from Rongjiang County. Here the mountains are high and the valleys are deep, and the vast and desolate virgin forest stretches for hundreds of miles. Because of the high mountains and dangerous roads and traffic jams, the Miao people living here have completely preserved their marriage customs and holiday etiquette.

Langde Shangzhai

In many brochures introducing Miao customs, you can often see a Lusheng field with beautiful pebbles, the pattern is modeled after the twelve rays of the sun on the ancient bronze drum, and there are two galloping horses paved with stones at both ends, which were taken in Langde Shangzhai.

Langde Shangzhai is surrounded by mountains and waters, with its back to the south and north, surrounded by mountains, luxuriant forests and bamboo trees, which set off the antique diaojiao building. The winding cobblestone road is hidden from time to time between the eaves, and occasionally the songs of Miao people with two voices can be heard.

The costumes of Miao people in the village are characterized by long skirts, so they are also called "long skirt Miao". In front of the village, there is a small river winding like a dragon snake, with small waterwheels in twos and threes, a dense "stockade forest" of pine and fir in the south, and bunkers and trenches built on the mountain during the uprising of Yang Daliu. There is Yang Daliu Bridge in the north-Fengyu Bridge spans the river, and you can also see Yang Daliu's training ground after crossing the bridge. There are also three small village gates in the south, middle and north, and the words "Langde went to the village" were written. Behind the Lusheng Hall in the village is the "Yang Daliu Cultural Relics Museum", which displays the knives, forks, helmets, iron cannons and other items used in the uprising of Yang Daliu.

Xijiang Qianhu Miao Village

Xijiang Qianhu Miao Village is the largest Miao Village in the world. It is considered by anthropologists and folklore scholars at home and abroad to be a relatively complete place to preserve the "primitive ecology" culture of Miao nationality. Xijiang Miao nationality has a very long history, which can be traced back to the Chiyou tribe in 559 BC. It is said that Xijiang Miao people are descendants of Chiyou's third son. Before the Miao people in Jiangxi moved to Xijiang, they had formed their own Miao cultural system. After they arrived in Xijiang, they were "outside the government's control" for a long time. They always managed themselves, so the Miao culture was well preserved and developed. Coupled with the inconvenience of transportation, it was beyond the reach of the rulers to assimilate.

The silver ornaments of the Miao nationality in Leishan occupy an extremely important position in the silver ornaments culture of the Miao nationality in China with its distinctive features. The most influential silverware making village is Kongbai in Dagou Township, Leishan County, which is a famous silversmith village in Miao Township, China. Almost all the men in the village have mastered the technology of making silver ornaments, which has been followed by several generations. In addition to meeting the needs of the county, the silversmiths here also travel north and south, and travel around the four towns to make a living by silversmithing. As far away as Rongjiang and even some remote counties in southern Guizhou, you can also find traces of silverware artists here.

Shidong

Shidong's silver jewelry processing is very famous. At the same time, the girls here wear the most silver jewelry among Miao people, and their costumes are world-famous. If we catch the Sisters' Day or other national festivals, all the girls in the town are surrounded by silver, absolute beauty. In normal times, whether you can ask them to dress up for you depends on your nature.

Basha

Basha Village is only 7.5km away from congjiang county City. It is a pure Miao nationality. It crossed the village from here when the (Jiang) Rong (Jiang) Highway was completed in the early 197s, but after many years, the Miao people who lived here still maintained an ancient and primitive life.

The most distinctive feature of Basha is that men keep their hair in a bun and the image of ancient tribal warriors: Basha men shave their heads, only have hair on the top of their heads, and they all wear a pattern of bun. At the same time, they must wear muskets and waist knives with them, and they are dressed in self-woven and self-dyed collarless right-open copper button blue cloth clothes and straight blue cloth pants. trouser legs is very big and looks reminiscent.

ethnic festivals in Kaili

The most distinctive feature of Kaili is its rich ethnic customs. As there are more than 13 ethnic festivals in a year, Kaili is known as the "hometown of a hundred festivals". In this land, there are many ethnic minorities, such as Miao and Dong, and each ethnic group has its own unique festivals.

The most important and grand national festival is the annual "Miao Year". In addition, there are the "Dirty Festival", "Lusheng Festival" and "Eating New Festival" held by various Miao villages in turn.

On festivals, passionate and bold wine songs and folk songs are accompanied by costumes such as silver crowns, silver horns, silver flowers and silver collars made by Miao and Dong families, and they step on the thrilling rhythm of bronze drums and lusheng, which is enough to fascinate visitors.

Zhouxi Lusheng Festival (the 18th to 2th day of the first lunar month)

This is a fixed traditional festival for Miao people in southeastern Guizhou. Every year from the 18th to 2th of the first lunar month, small-scale Lusheng meetings are held in Kaili, Majiang, Danzhai and Leishan, and finally a general meeting is held in Zhouxi. At that time, the boys put a few pheasant feathers on their reeds, hundreds of reeds inside and outside the hall played at the same time, and the girls dressed up and danced. The scene was very spectacular.

Bai-washed Lusheng Festival of Miao nationality (mid-February of the lunar calendar)

It is spread in Baixi area of shibin in southeastern Guizhou, also known as February Lusheng Festival, and lasts for three days. During the festival, the Miao people from nearby played on the ancient climbing roof of Changshan Village, praying for good weather and good harvest. The next day, I moved to Lushengping in Tunshanzhai to play and dance Lusheng dance in a circle. In addition, there are fighting thrush, middle-aged and elderly people, and horse racing activities of riders.

Sisters' Day (around March 15th of the lunar calendar)

Every year around March 15th of the lunar calendar, Miao girls on the banks of Qingshui River, dressed in gorgeous Miao costumes, arm in arm with bamboo baskets filled with colorful glutinous rice, have an outing with the boys, playing drums and singing songs (meaning "falling in love" in Miao language). Girls wrap small chopsticks, Xiao Mu hooks, or garlic and peppers in colored glutinous rice to express their love for the boys. Therefore, Sister Festival is also called "the oldest Oriental Valentine's Day".

Miao Dragon Boat Festival (May 24-27 in the lunar calendar)

Miao people living in Kaili, Guizhou Province have the custom of dragon boat racing, which is usually held on Qingshui River. In those days, hundreds of boats competed in Qingshui River, and the Miao people celebrated the festival.

Miao Year (from the first day to the fifteenth day of the twelfth lunar month)

Miao Year is the most solemn festival of the Miao people in a year, and the specific time is different in different places. The main activities are drumming, playing suona, dancing lusheng, horse racing, bullfighting, traveling, singing duets and climbing poles. In the early days of the festival, every household prepared rich wine and meat dishes and sewed new clothes. During the festival, they visited relatives and friends in villages and villages to congratulate each other on the festival.

Zang Festival

Zang Festival is the most solemn ancestor worship ceremony of Miao people in Guizhou, and it is also known as "drum festival", "eating Zang" and "stabbing cattle" in all branches of Miao people. However, the time of the Miao branches is not completely unified, including a series of religious rituals such as slaughtering cattle to worship ancestors, making drums with cowhide, and sacrificing drums.

The Miao people's ancient belief holds that the drum made of the skin of a bull is the place where the ancestors and the dead live, and it is the link and symbol of a blood family. This consanguineous family was historically called "joint payment" or "door payment". With the "agreement", we can maintain the social order of our own people at home and deal with enemy aggression abroad.

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