Journey to Guizhou (IV): Legend in the Deep Mountains —— Thousands of Miao Villages in Xijiang River

It's about 3 hours' journey from Qixiaopaifang Scenic Area to Xijiang Qianhu Miao Village. At about 8 pm, we arrived at the north gate of Miaozhai Scenic Area. At this time, several parking lots around are basically full, and the square is full of tourists dragging luggage and carrying bags to see the night scene! It is said that it takes half an hour to get to the real Zhaimen by sightseeing bus. I packed my things in a hurry, only carrying a backpack, and rushed to buy tickets and wait in line to go to the observation deck.

The wind and rain bridge in Miao village is the most beautiful scenery at night. The lights set each other off and the trees jump on the river. There are seven wind and rain bridges in Miao village, and the fourth and fifth bridges can reach the observation deck on foot. If you want to take sightseeing bus, you can only take Bridge 1.

At night, the road was unfamiliar, so we chose to go up the mountain by car. An aunt in Northeast China is video-chatting with a friend: Guess where we are? Miao village in Jiangxi! "hmm? I am in a trance and don't know where I am. It takes about ten minutes to get to the observation deck from sightseeing bus along the slope.

At this time, Miao village has become an ocean of lights, and you can see the shape of the cow head in Miao village. But if you want to avoid the crowd, it is still difficult to find a better angle to shoot this beautiful scenery.

So we decided to stay in a nearby inn, drink a little wine and enjoy the scenery after dinner.

This decision is not very wise. Later, the innkeeper told us that the balcony on the roof of her house is five or six meters higher than the observation deck, which is the best location for viewing.

The most beautiful moment is the bright night, which belongs to the beauty in the deep mountains. The stars of thousands of families decorate the whole Miao village. This is the direction of home and the yearning for happiness. ...

After the noise at night, the stockade in the morning was calm again. Seeing Miao village from the roof is like ink painting in the fog.

At this time, there are no tourists in the street, so I just walk around and enjoy the peace in the morning. ...

Paths, smoke and fields form a quiet pastoral picture.

It's almost time for Mr. Wang to get up. I slowly strolled back to the inn and enjoyed the quiet time in Miao Village with him.

Qianhu Miao Village in Xijiang River is a place to preserve the cultural integrity of Miao's "primitive ecology". It is connected by more than 10 natural villages built by mountains, and it is the largest Miao village in China and even in the world. Baishui River divides Miao Village into two parts, one is the commercial street, and the other is the inn and observation deck overlooking Miao Village.

Diaojiaolou is a unique traditional building of Miao nationality. The second half is built on a steep hillside, and the first half is supported by wooden columns, forming a hanging foot column, so it is called "hanging foot building".

We walked along the bluestone path of the inn, crossed the wind and rain bridge and came to the ancient commercial street.

Here are all small shops, full of commercial atmosphere like many ancient towns, but those wooden houses with hanging feet do not lose the characteristics of Miao family

Lusheng Square, where songs and dances are performed during various festivals and celebrations, has now become a stage for me alone.

Opposite the square is Xijiang Miao Museum, which is the most comprehensive place to introduce Miao culture.

The museum is a diaojiao building, 1 1 exhibition hall. Including living customs museum, Miao medicine museum, silver jewelry clothing museum and so on.

Coming out of the museum is the entrance of Yedong Zhai, which is marked by a sign. The head of the drum set is located at the highest place on the top of the mountain.

The family of "Huotoutou" is said to be the "Minister of Agriculture" in Miao Village to arrange agricultural production.

The way to the boss's house is uphill, and it's really bad for wood to be physically weak.

Now the head of the Drum Tower is Tang Shoucheng, also known as "Wang Miao". He is about 50 years old, and is responsible for the Miao people's sacrifice and the care of the bronze drum, which is the drum in the drum storage hall. He is not only a living history of Miao nationality, but also a primary school teacher.

Farmer painter Li Yufu is an old hand. He is one of the representatives of Miao new culture. Perhaps because he had the same experience as a soldier and had special feelings, he went to his house specially.

His paintings are very realistic, and there is a long table banquet at home.

I like to walk into these hillside alleys, see the primitive Miao people and feel such simplicity. In fact, this is the purest thing in Miao Village. These diaojiao buildings have the tranquility of life, which makes you yearn for. ...

Some graffiti will make people shine, and the picture is very ethnic.

Walking down the mountain, I came to the ancient street, and there was a snack street along the river. Look: This is the special food of Miao village-hairy tofu, which is the China characteristic on the tip of the tongue.

Hairy tofu is artificially fermented, so that a layer of white fluff grows on the surface of tofu. Because the vegetable protein in tofu is transformed into various amino acids by fermentation, it tastes quite fresh after cooking.

There is also my favorite bacon, which will be ordered at almost every meal after I arrive in Guizhou.

There are two national song and dance programs "Beautiful Xijiang River" performed by local Miao compatriots every day. The performance in the morning will start in half an hour, so we walked to the performance venue while eating.

The performance is full of local colors. Gorgeous costumes, cheerful songs and dances and beautiful love stories can make you know more about the cultural customs of Miao nationality.

The song and dance performance lasted for half an hour, and finally ended successfully in the chorus "I Love My Motherland"!

If you ask me what a thousand Miao villages in Xijiang are like, Mr. Yu commented that "everything is answered with beauty, and the Miao villages in Xijiang know the world"!