The Long Horn Miao Village is quiet, remote and primitive, with several villages scattered among the bamboo forests on the side of the mountain. The stone paths are winding up and down with the mountains, and the wooden buildings are simple and simple, and the heights are staggered. There are a lot of dogs in the village, walking, sitting and lying down, at ease and leisurely. Roadside vegetation is dense, a variety of grasses, fruits and vegetables, but also ancient trees in the sky, covering the sun. We saw a plant with a flower-like pieces of white. The driver, however, said it was not a flower, but a green leaf whitened, or a young leaf that had just sprouted.
The Long Horn Miao tribe in Long Horn Miao, known as the "Last Gunmen Tribe," lives here. The Long Horn Miao people, who live here, have preserved their ancient living customs, and their attire is a relic of the Qin and Han dynasties. Long Horn Miao men wear their hair in buns, collarless right-breasted bright cloth clothes made by Long Horn Miao people, and straight bright cloth pants with big pants, and they wear waist swords and carry muskets on their shoulders, as if they were warriors in ancient times. The women wore bright cloth dresses made by themselves and silver jewelry. We were in such a hurry that we did not see the majestic posture of the Long Horn Miao men carrying guns and knives. More regrettably, we also missed the folk performances in the scenic area, Long Horn Miao people's unique "gun to welcome the guests", "gun to send guests", make up the swing to carry slips (sickle shaving), marriage customs show and other exciting programs have no chance to see.
Legal gun ownership, tree burial culture and sickle shaving are the three major differences in Long Horn Miao. Basha, in the Miao language, means a lot of grass and trees. The Basha people worship trees and regard them as gods, and they have the custom of sacrificing ancient trees and trees of life during festivals. They believe that every tree is the soul of their ancestors. When a child is born, a tree is planted and after a hundred years it is used for the coffin and a new one is planted at the burial place.
Long Horn Miao men's hair bun, known as the "household stick" in the Miao language, was shaved with a sickle at the age of 16 during the bar mitzvah, leaving only a handful of coils of hair on top of the head as a bun, and keeping the hair style for life. This is the oldest hair style that can be seen in China.
After leaving Long Horn Miao, we came to the Drum Tower Square in Congjiang County. The ancient banyan tree on the square is thick and luxuriant, and the Congjiang Drum Tower is towering and spectacular. Many people talk, walk, relax and cool off under the banyan tree or inside the drum tower.
The drum tower is the landmark of the Dong village, while the Congjiang Drum Tower is the highest wooden structure drum tower, known as the first drum tower in the Dong village. From Jiang Drum Tower covers an area of 477 square meters, 46.8 meters high, the building 27 levels, double roof, the plane is octagonal. Under the crown of the building, there is a Ruyi arch, and under the arch, there is a funnel window, and the corners of the wings are raised. The whole drum tower are pro cedar wood construction, do not spend a nail and a rivet mortise and tenon, by 32 columns top support. On the ground floor of the drum tower, there is a big door on each side of the east and west sides, and inside the building, there is a ladder leading to the top of the building. The whole building inside and outside the carved beams and paintings, the pattern contains a variety of folk culture elements from the river, vivid and exquisite.