? I have just left the Millennium Dong Village and arrived at the gathering place of the Miao people - the Qianhu Miao Village in Xijiang. A place that preserves the Miao people's "original ecology" culture intact. More than 10 natural villages built on the mountains are connected into a piece of land. There are many mountains on top of each other. The terraced fields follow the mountains and connect directly to the sky. The crystal clear Baishui River runs through the villages. It is China's It is even the largest village inhabited by the Miao people in the world.
? The Qianhu Miao Village in Xijiang is simple and elegant. It lies quietly on the edge of time and is polished by the years.
? The Miao Village is so beautiful that it is enviable. If you reach out, you can see the blue sky and white clouds within your reach; lower your head, you can see the continuous green canyon; from a distance, you can see the rows of Miao houses with white walls and blue bricks; take a closer look. , the well-proportioned terraced fields, a close-up view, rapeseed flowers swaying in the wind, a distant view, the meandering and majestic river surrounding the city, and the steep winding mountain road, as well as the misty mist between the canyons, pouring into the eyes. , I can’t get enough of it. The terraced fields, Miao villages, mountain roads and rivers under the bridge form a beautiful landscape painting.
Qianhu Miao Village
? Xijiang is located in the southeast of Kaili City, Guizhou, turning northeast from the Leishan intersection. It is the largest Miao village around Kaili, with more than 1,000 households. Therefore, it is called "Thousand Household Miao Village".
There is still some distance from the gate to the Miao Village. You need to take a scenic sightseeing bus to get there. It takes about 40 minutes to get from the gate to the hotel. You need to change buses twice and walk 400 meters. Trolley suitcases are better. Let’s appreciate the beauty of Qianhu Miao Village in Xijiang~
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? A major feature of the architecture in Xijiang Qianhu Miao Village is the design of stilted buildings. Most of the stilted buildings have three floors, with a base made of bluestone and pebbles. The first floor is for livestock, the second floor is for people, and the third floor is a granary.
? There is a corridor on the living floor, surrounded by wooden railings and equipped with benches. Miao girls often do embroidery here. People call the wooden benches in the corridor "beautiful people leaning on". The Miao villages are connected by bluestone roads, and there are forests of maple trees, and the fragrance of liquidambar is astonishing.
? The Miao buildings in Qianhu Miao Village in Xijiang are mainly wooden stilted buildings, with a bucket-style resting top structure. There are two types of stilted buildings on flat ground and stilted buildings on slopes. They are generally three-story structures with four bays and three bays or five bays and four bays. The bottom floor is used to store production tools, house poultry and livestock, store fertilizer, or serve as a toilet. The second floor is used for the living room, main room, bedroom and kitchen. There is a unique "Beauty Lean" built on the outside of the main room, which is called "step rest" in Miao language. It is mainly used for enjoying the shade, embroidery and resting. It is a major feature of Miao architecture. The third floor is mainly used to store grain, feed and other production and living materials.
Xijiang Miao stilted buildings originate from the southern stilt-style buildings of ancient residents. They use a combination of multiple structures such as rectangles, triangles, and rhombuses to form a three-dimensional network system that blends in with the surrounding mountains, green waters, and pastoral scenery. As one, harmonious and unified, complementing each other, it is a living fossil of ancient Chinese residential buildings; it has high aesthetic value in architecture and other aspects. It reflects the national psychology of Miao residents to cherish land and save land, and has positive educational significance in the current situation of my country with more people and less land. The congratulatory speech and the house-building song of the Liang Dynasty have a strong religious and cultural flavor of the Miao people. It is an important bearer of Miao traditional culture.
Night View of Thousand Houses of Lanterns
? At sunset, choose a stilted building, climb to a high place, gently lean on the "Beauty Lean", and watch the Miao village from sunset to the lanterns. . When night falls, thousands of households here will light up the lights under their eaves as scheduled. At this time, stepping onto the observation deck is a different scene, which will show what the two heavens look like during the day and at night. The village has quietly disappeared under the night, but the bright yellow lights are shining brightly like stars, which is very romantic. From a distance, the shape of the lights resembles the shape of a bull's horn. Due to the unique location of the inn, lying in the hotel and watching the night view is the most beautiful beauty in life.
Goodbye Qianhu Miao Village
Xijiang Qianhu Miao Village is itself a museum, an open-air museum that displays the development history and culture of the Miao people. Today I was lucky enough to take my children to visit the Miao Village Museum to learn about the history and culture of the Miao Village. The ethnic groups and customs that existed since the Shun and Yu periods are even more interesting. Qianhu Miao Village is suitable for walking slowly, relaxing and slowing down to find the corner you like. Because travel is your own, you don’t need to follow what others say, let alone follow in other people’s footsteps. Being good at discovering beauty and understanding what you want in your heart is what travel should be like. Tired and happy, like drinking a pot of old wine, sweet and mellow.