the sea of clouds is brilliant, the mountains are still the same, and the ancient village shines like an elf among the mountains and clouds. Climbing up the winding mountain, they walk in the village. They farm, fish and hunt, drink wine and have fun, and sing and dance for the mountains and rivers. Listen to Dong songs without any accompaniment and sung by many people and many voices in Dong village; Dance with the villagers in Miao village and feel the warm hospitality of Miao family; Watch the warm Miao dragon boat race in traditional villages ... From the ancient village to the ancient city, from festivals to market days, the unique Miao and Dong customs will make you feel different in Southeast Guizhou.

Drive from Guiyang to Xijiang, and visit a paradise hidden in the deep mountains and far away from the hubbub. Xijiang Qianhu Miao Village is located in a typical river valley, and the crystal clear Baishui River passes through the village, dividing Xijiang Miao Village into two parts. Qingshiban Road connects the whole stockade in series, and the diaojiao building is covered with two connected slopes. Walking in the Miao stockade, Miao girls with silver ornaments and costumes pass you by from time to time.

From the aspects of folklore, culture, life, art and so on, Xijiang itself is a huge museum of original ecology, with a long history and well-preserved Miao ancient buildings. From the moment you step into Zhaimen, you can drink a bowl of twelve-channel wine with singing and dancing. This is the most solemn welcome ceremony of Miao people, which means blessing.

Thousands of Miao villages in Xijiang River are well-developed and have no worries about accommodation. Eat, the most famous is the long table banquet. People will ask you if you want to have a long table banquet everywhere in the hotel in the village. You can spell the table longer for tens of yuan each, even if it is a long table banquet, it is a experience. The real long table banquet is open-air, and dozens of tables are long and long, so you may not see it from beginning to end. When visiting important festivals and important tour groups, you will have an authentic long table banquet, so don't miss it. The taste of Qiandongnan is sour, and Miao village's specialty foods include sour soup fish, sauerkraut and bacon.

Jiabang Township, in the hinterland of Moon Mountain in the west of congjiang county, Guizhou, is a masterpiece of local Miao people. You can't help sighing that the terraced fields are open on the mountain, magnificent and graceful, and the small villages in the terraced fields complement each other and blend in with nature. Among them, Dang Twist Terrace is the most classic, Jiage Terrace is the most beautiful section, and Jiache Terrace is the most spectacular. After passing Pingyin Village, you will have this experience.

Basha means lush vegetation in Miao language. Several men in black are dressed in black, with a bun and guns on their backs, standing in front of the cottage in a row, which makes you think that you have broken into a bandit's cottage. Basha Miao village, a pure Miao village, still retains ancient customs such as wearing muskets, shaving their heads with sickles, worshiping ancient trees and performing adult rituals. They advocate force, and after the adult ceremony, they will stick to their guns, so they are known as "the last gunman tribe in the sun."

Here, like most Miao villages, the whole stockade is built on a hillside, and lush trees come into view. The tree burial culture that has been passed down from ancient times to the present has been preserved. After every Basha person is born, his parents will plant a tree for him and hold a ceremony to worship the tree god, which symbolizes the beginning of his life. Since then, the tree has been growing with this person in the ups and downs of life in spring, summer, autumn and winter, until he comes to the end of his life.

Starting from Basha Miao Village, you can reach the gate of Zhaoxing Dong Village through the beautiful mountain forest. The gate of Zhaoxing Dong Village is built according to the traditional drum-tower style of the Dong people-seven-story cornices with upturned corners around, and the top floor is a pavilion, all of which are connected by tenons and mortises without a nail. The unique drum tower with five groups of "benevolence, righteousness, courtesy, wisdom and faithfulness" is unique among Dong villages in China.

Entering Zhaoxing Dong Village, on the right are stacked diaojiao buildings built by mountains, and on the left is a lakeside. The river that passes through the village has a wind and rain bridge at the entrance to the lake. Next to the bridge, there is also a waterwheel model with verdant green hills in the background and calm lake water in front, with beautiful scenery. A boulder in the lake is engraved with the word "Swan Lake". There is also a sightseeing trestle in the lake, a wooden bridge deck, a Gu Teng-shaped railing, which blends with the green lake ...