The car in the rolling hills around, over a peak on the west side of Lei Shan, "Xijiang Thousand Houses Miao Village" will be presented in a slow stretch of the hillside. This is China's only, the world's unparalleled thousands of mountain villages. Thousands of Miao houses are either close to each other horizontally or sparsely interspersed in a pyramid-like manner, spreading on the green slopes of the mountain.
Walking into the mountain village, the mountain road is twisting and turning, and there are many mysterious and vivid patterns carved on the stone slabs. Most of the villagers living here are Miao, and there are small stores along the street, with a wide range of exquisite silver jewelry, pendants, bracelets, batik costumes, and all kinds of handmade copperware. Mountain hospitality, encountered someone asking for directions, will stop to point out the way to help tourists out of the old house densely populated villages.
The architecture of the Miao village is dominated by footstools, all covered with tiles, and the corners of the walls are exposed to the black and light round pebbles. There are generally three floors of the hammock, the ground floor of the pile of miscellaneous goods, but also keep some small animals. The second floor is the owner's room, with a fire pit for warmth. On the top of the building is the guest house, which is very clean. When you ask the owner how much he charges for a night's stay, he will gently say, "Whatever, just throw in a dollar or two." Push open the window, the large black tiles, will emerge from a green tree, under the eaves of every house are hanging strings of red chili peppers, golden corn, wisps of smoke like fog mantle swaying, the mountain people's life is solid and simple.
Leaving Xijiang Thousand Miao Village, another half-day car ride, you can come to the hometown of Chinese folk art --- Langde Shangzhai. Just in time for the Langde "jumping lusheng, stepping on the copper drum", this time, really eye-opening. At the entrance of the village, the sound of drums and music came from far away, a row of old men in black robes, playing the reed-sheng of different lengths, and the guests who entered the village were able to drink the ox horn wine that was kindly served by the peasant women. On the square paved with fine gravel, Miao women in gorgeous costumes are singing and dancing around the poles. The most glittering and dazzling of the Miao jewelry is the silver jewelry that dresses up the whole body of the women, with a curved moon-shaped headdress, a silver shield like a strong chest, exquisite bracelets, belts with silver bells, as few as dozens of samples, as many as hundreds of pieces.
Leishan County has a large number of skilled craftsmen, specializing in the creation of silver jewelry, a headdress, can be carved on a variety of fine patterns, flowers, grasses, butterflies, birds, until the two dragons grabbing the treasure, the two phoenixes sunrise. Bronze drums sounded, according to the Miao custom, people danced happily. Elderly people lined up, surrounded by poles blowing the reed-sheng, circle after circle of young men, girls in colorful costumes, as well as tourists were warmly invited to join, in order to arrange, *** with the same composition of a "O" type, dancing, singing.
East out of Guiyang, through the Kaili will enter Qiandongnan. The Miao children have been living in this beautiful village for generations, and they have opened up a fascinating landscape for Guizhou tourism with their colorful folklore.
Tips
Transportation - Shanghai to Guiyang, the plane has four flights a day, full ticket 1600 yuan each, basically 20% discount. From Guiyang through Kaili can reach Leishan County, tour Langde Shangzhai, Xijiang thousand Miaozhai, etc. You can also go to Zhenyuan ancient city. You can also go to the ancient city of Zhenyuan, and if you have enough time, you can go further southeast to Liping County to visit the Dong ethnic minority.
Food - Tofu fruit, beef noodle, mash dumplings, intestines and noodles, steamed preserved meat, Kaili sour soup fish, etc. are all delicious flavors.
Shopping - The most famous wine in Guizhou is Maotai. In addition, Guizhou's Yuping flute, Anshun batik, Libo mats, Bijie Dafang lacquerware, Zunyi silk quilt, embroidery, silver jewelry, etc., are all worth buying.