What are the ancient buildings and original humanities of the world's largest Miao village?

When we traveled to Guizhou, the Xijiang Thousand Houses Miao Village in the Qiandongnan region was first on our list of places to visit. This ancient Miao village has a history of nearly 2,000 years and is the largest gathering place of the Miao people in China and even in the world. Many travelers marvel at the grandeur of the village's ancient architecture, but in fact, the mysterious and ancient ethnic culture and customs hidden behind these layers of wooden footstools are even more worthy of travelers' perusal.

Xijiang Thousand Households Miao Village, located in the northeast of Leishan County, Qiandongnan Miao and Dong Autonomous Prefecture, Guizhou Province, within the Leigong Mountain National Forest Park, is a Miao village scattered among the mountains and composed of eight natural villages. Nowadays, there are still 1,432 households and more than 6,000 people living here, 99.5% of which are Miao, so it is known as ? Thousands of Miao Villages? is also known as the "Thousand Houses Miao Walled City".

It is one of China's famous historical and cultural towns and the world's first largest Miao village.

Unlike many remote minority villages, Xijiang Thousand Households Miao Village has convenient transportation. It is just over 30 kilometers from Kaili, the capital of Qiandongnan Prefecture, and there are tourist buses that can take you directly to the village, which makes it one of the most popular tourist destinations in Qiandongnan.

Like many tourists,

My initial amazement of Xijiang Thousand Households Miaozhai came from the viewing platform of ? A glance of a thousand years?

. Standing on the highest-lying viewing platform, I was able to get an unobstructed view of the entire Xijiang Thousand Households Miao Village, which is surrounded by mountains and valleys. In the valley surrounded by mountains on all sides, there is a bay of blue water winding through, where the water flows through the formation of a water bay. In the mountains surrounded by water, layers and layers, rows and rows of wooden foot-hanging buildings dotted with them, between the mountains and water of the nature of the secret world, but also more a fireworks atmosphere, more and more impressed by the heart.

Xijiang Thousand Houses Miao Village gives us the first impression is grand, spectacular, in fact, the formation of the entire village and even through the history of migration of an ethnic group

. The Miao people are considered one of the most suffering ethnic groups in the world because it is an ethnic group that has been constantly migrating for thousands of years. According to historical records, the earliest Miao people in Xijiang appeared in the Western Han Dynasty during the reign of Emperor Han Wendi, nearly 2,000 years ago.

In the long time that followed, the Xijiang area became the site of the Miao? five great migrations? The last three times in the history of the gathering place, the Miao people migrated here one after another, and finally more than 600 years ago, gradually formed today's large-scale gathering place of the Miao people. Therefore, Xijiang Thousand Houses Miao Village is also known as the "Miao Capital". Miao Capital? and a natural museum of Miao culture and art. a natural museum of Miao culture and art.

The viewing platform is naturally a great place to take photos, but if you want to really explore the original flavor of the Miao, you have to go deeper to savor it.

The beauty of Xijiang's Miao Village is first and foremost reflected in its cluster of foot-hanging buildings.

These cottage connected, households close to the wooden footstools, leaning and built, layers and layers, is a typical representative of China's dry residential culture, known as ? The treasure of Chinese architectural culture?

The footstools in the Miao village are wooden structures, and the most interesting thing is that most of them are built on steep slopes. The guide told us that this is because Guizhou is very mountainous, the Miao people use all the flat land to grow rice, and only build houses on the steep slopes of the mountains. The footstools in Xijiang Miao Village are all wooden structures, usually divided into three floors, each with a different purpose. The second floor is a place for people to live, the highest third floor is for storing food, and the lowest floor is for raising livestock.

Behind these ancient buildings lies the wisdom of the Miao people's life

Perhaps this is the reason why the Miao village in Xijiang has lasted for thousands of years and survived to the present day

Walking through the Miao village, the simple and even a bit dilapidated wooden footstools you see when you look up and down seem to be crossing over. The old wooden hammocks, as if they were traveling through the country, are the messengers of the Miao people. Accompanied by them, there are several wind and rain bridges across the Baishui River. Wind and rain bridge for people to protect the wind and rain, communication, but also become the best picture of the local people's leisure life.

The Miao is a people who can sing and dance well, and are hardworking and intelligent.

Over thousands of years of life and labor, the ancient Miao people have created unique architecture, songs and dances, costumes, folklore, handicrafts and so on, which weave a magnificent and colorful cultural scroll, attracting many tourists to explore

The most touching and vibrant part of the Thousand Households Miao Village of the Xijiang River is where you can see the most original Miao culture, which has a great influence on the Miao people. can see the most original Miao ethnic cultural traditions. This is also Xijiang and most of the only buildings remain, but there has long been no local people living in the ? Empty shelf scenic area? The biggest difference.

Before walking into the Xijiang Thousand Households Miao Village, you have to start with twelve? The first thing you need to do is to get a good deal on the price of the wine. Start, this is originally the highest courtesy of the Miao family to meet guests. The daily noon singing and dancing performance in the Miao Village is a tourist experience not to be missed. Accompanied by the beat of copper drums and the tune of Lusheng, when the Miao girls and boys in national costume sing and dance, the landscape seems to be lively and vivid.

When wandering around the old streets of the Miao village, you can find many Miao traditional handicraft stores, the most of which are still silver jewelry and embroidery. If the toasts and songs and dances are more or less performative, these crafts are completely traditional and original.

The Miao people are very fond of silver jewelry, and if you come here and take a closer look, you will find that silver jewelry must be missing from their traditional costumes. Embroidery is also the Miao people's specialty, Miao embroidery is quite famous in China, which represents the highest level of embroidery of China's ethnic minorities. In the small stores on the ancient streets, you can see everywhere the scene of craftsmen playing silver and embroidery. Such original traditional handicrafts, there is a kind of magic to stop time.