When did the fire start in Qianhu Miao Village in Guizhou?

The fire in Qianhu Miao Village in Guizhou occurred around 10 a.m. on July 10, 2023.

The fire occurred at a B&B next to the Fengyu Bridge drop-off point at No. 1 Fengyu Bridge in the scenic area. There was a sign of "Anong Restaurant" downstairs. The house is a wooden structure, with a street front and an inn where the fire broke out. Since the fire started at an intersection, fire rescue vehicles arrived quickly. As of about 10:20, the fire had been completely extinguished, and two farmers' wooden houses were burned.

Miao Village is the village where the Miao people live. The Miao people have a long history. In ancient Chinese classics, there are records about the Miao ancestors more than 5,000 years ago. The Miao people’s ancestors can be traced back to the Chiyou tribe that was active in the Central Plains during the primitive society era (Chiyou, Yandi, and Huangdi were The three common ancestors of the Chinese nation are the three ancestors of China).

Building types in Miao villages

The buildings in Miao villages in Guizhou are mostly civil structures, most of which are brick-concrete structures, with thatched platform roofs. There are horse houses, double-storey houses, etc. The four walls of the roof are brick walls and stone walls. The thickness of the walls is generally more than 50 centimeters to protect the interior from the external environment.

Miao villages in Guizhou are mostly distributed in a ring, and there are many forms of ring distribution. There is a city wall around the Miao village. The thickness of the wall is at least 2 meters and can be as thick as 5 meters. There are multiple towers on the tower. The tower has three floors. There are quarrel drums, chimneys, etc. on the tower. There are various internal buildings in Miao villages in Guizhou. Most of the internal buildings are wooden structures. Some Miao villages also have a pool inside. Depending on the size of the Miao village, the size of the pool is also different. Some pools can be hundreds of meters wide and deep. They are also different, some can be as deep as ten meters.