1、Xijiang Thousand Households Miao Village1ppt课件 Xijiang Thousand Households Miao Village is located in the northeast 37km of Leishan County. It is the biggest Miao Village in the Southeast of Guizhou. There are 1200 households containing more than 6000 people in the village, among which, Miao People
2、accounts for 99% of the population. It is the typical Miao People assembling region, thus it is called as “Thousands households Miao Village”. The houses in the village are mainly built with wood,2ppt课件 and the style of which is multi-stories turret. The doors and windows of the house are of antique
3、 flavor with dragons and phoenix carved on.3ppt课件 On the 28th of November there is a big Miaozu festival where in this village alone they kill, cook and eat 2000 delicious pigs. At all other times, the aforementioned pig is historically considered to be a very precious animal and in the past the pre
4、served pork dish could only be eaten by the chief every 13 years. Dinner in the house of the people is often accompanied by a song to welcome honoured guests, where the whole host family join in 4ppt课件 and the singers will sing about the food and the alcohol that they serve to you. Also there is a s
5、mall amount of teasing involved in the feeding process and every time you miss the food you have to drinkof course, hilarity ensues. 5ppt课件 The village has a lot of shops selling local handicrafts such as silver and the stunning clothing which adorns the beautiful local women. Traditional wooden hou
6、ses sit on every hill and the road winds around with the river through the city. In the middle there is a big openinga square with a large Miao ceremonial pole in the middle, complete with horns and a drum; local women in full ceremonial gear crowd around in small groups. When they walk,6ppt课件 past
7、the little silver ornaments and bells jingle rhythmically! The scene looks particularly fetching in the sun as the headgear and body ornaments catch the light and throw it around to be absorbed by the soft pallet of the wood.7ppt课件 The dresses are elegant even through the colouring scheme is learnin
8、g in the gaudy direction, the vivid warm colours are offset with the cold of the metal and with a substantial amount of weight; the horns are elevated above their heads, which in unison allows the women of Miao to develop a graceful stroll. As the festivities start, the ladies wearing traditional ou
9、tfits pick up their horns and place them on their heads before lining up behind the master of 8ppt课件 ceremonial playing a local wind instrument. The women follow him in 3-1 step making a continuous circle and a lucky few tourists maybe be permitted to join if the crowd gets going.9ppt课件 The village
10、stretches on and on up the mountain, following a small stream all the way to the top. But when you get to the top you realize that this is just a plateau and the village itself is in a small river basin. Standing at the top and watching the wooden city below, surrounded by green terraces of rice and
11、 shimmering lights, you cant help but wonder whether this place changed all that much over the course of the 500 years of 10ppt课件 its existence. Each corner of the house is decorated with lights that give the place a spectacular aura in the evenings.11ppt课件 Also everywhere you can hear the noise of
12、wood being chopped or sanded as construction and house improvement is a continuous and seemingly never ending loveaffair of the village. The reason for the horns on the outfits is that the Miao god Chiyou has the boy of a human but the head of a cow. Many of the young girls here study outside in a d
13、ifferent town but come back home for the holidays which is a rare opportunity for them to12ppt课件 wear their full outfit. A show that the girls thoroughly enjoy to the delight of the elders and tourists.13ppt课件 Serpentine for hours on somewhat exciting roads which roll up and down narrowly missing th
14、e cliffs. Closer to the top you will run along a wide quiet river, whose clear still green waters reflect the forests and the villages which seem to float by. Local daredevils fly past on their motorbikes, sometimes carrying whole families at teeth-grinding speeds. The first glimpse of your destinat
15、ion comes from the road, as you can see the houses appearing one 14ppt课件 by one on the side of the cliff as you climb higher and higher. One more turn of the road and the whole village appears to you, skirting the clouds. You would not know which century you were in if it wasnt for satellite dishes
16、stuck on most or the smoking chimneys.15ppt课件 24 storied drum towers attract your attention with a thoroughly unique design. Some really nice big trees are spread out back. The tower was used to announce village meetings as the houses are spread around the big pole to get to the top. Little temples
17、all around are the foreground to the 300 years old Samasi grandmother temple of the local dong minority. A river out back flows in the shade of the giant trees. Lots of rustic houses and 16ppt课件 local shaokao. Exciting enough, the town also has its own Romeo and Juiet story and was the setting and i
18、nspiration of 珠郎娘美. A wishing prayer tree sways in green and red out in the distance. 17ppt课件 Driving through granite county, gravel pits and a lot of steep rock formations, river and man and boat, lots of small villages on the river with big trees enveloping the houses in shade. The river gets wider and shallower and unique rocks formations start to emerge from the water, like jagged scars in the clear azure skin of Guizhou. Tourists have ample opportunities to step out of the car and wonder down towards the water, where the locals are fond of hosting riverside picnics.18ppt课件
