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What is life like in Basha Miao Village?

Nowadays, many hikers who like to explore like to go to hidden places, such as Xanadu or some primitive ecological tribes. There is a strange tribe in our country, which is strange because it is the only place in China where guns are allowed. We know that the sale of guns is forbidden in China, and only the police and some other special occupations are allowed to carry guns, but this tribe is the last one in China with guns.

This armed tribe is Basha Miao Village, located in congjiang county, China. This tribe is a pure Miao village with a total population of 206 1. The village still retains the oldest mode of production, mainly rice, accompanied by hunting.

According to the documentary, everyone in Basha Miao Village can carry a gun. They think that it is a custom handed down from ancestors that they would rather die than hand in their guns, so there is nothing the country can do, but the villagers in Basha Miao Village are very quiet and will not do anything illegal with guns. The gun control in the stockade is very strict, and there have been no public security incidents for many years. And if the adult man in Miao village dies, the villagers will straighten his shotgun and put it in the coffin.

In addition to the custom of carrying guns, men and women in Bazaar Miao Village are also strange in confirming their love relationship. People in Miao village like to swing. If a young man takes a fancy to the girl who is swinging, he will jump on the swing with the girl and step on the girl's foot with his foot to show his love. If a girl likes each other, he will step on the boy's foot, so they become lovers.

For thousands of years, few people went in and out of Basha Miao village, so Miao village is also called? Living fossil of Miao culture? . But now Basha Miao Village has become a regular tourist attraction, and many curious tourists come to find out every year. People in Basha Miao Village have a gun in their hands since childhood. Whenever tourists and distinguished guests arrive, they will fire guns and play lusheng in front of the village to welcome them. There are folk song and dance performances every day in Lusheng Pavilion on Miaozhai Mountain, as long as there are many tourists.

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