Classic essay on travel notes: 1000 Miao villages.

When traveling to Guizhou, Xijiang Qianhu Miao Village is a must-see attraction. Sitting in the car, the beautiful Miao tour guide introduced us in standard Mandarin, occasionally said a few Miao words, or sang a Miao song to enliven the atmosphere.

The ancestor of Miao nationality is Chiyou, who was captured by the Yellow Emperor on a mountain after being driven by deer. In order to prevent him from dying soon, many incisions were made on him. Legend has it that his blood flowed all over the mountain, and lush blood maple trees grew everywhere. Therefore, the Miao people regard maple as their home tree, and every household in every village should plant maple.

Is Xijiang Qianhu Miao Village a preserved Miao nationality? Primitive Ecology A place with complete culture is also the largest Miao village in China and even the world at present, which consists of more than a dozen natural villages built by mountains.

Walking into Qianhu Miao Village, the first thing you see is the wooden diaojiao building. The second half of it is built on a steep hillside, and the first half is supported by wooden columns, forming a hanging leg column, so it is called? Diaojiaolou? . Diaojiaolou has two kinds, full suspension and semi-suspension, and generally has three floors. According to the tour guide, in the past, food was stored on the upper floor of the diaojiao building, people lived on the middle floor, and debris was piled up on the lower floor or livestock were shut down. We didn't see livestock, but we saw more Miao people doing business with diaojiao buildings. There are restaurants, clothing departments, department stores, hotels and jewelry stores. Miao people are very rich. It is said that when Chiyou was defeated and fled, everything he couldn't take with him was changed into money. Later, he thought it was too heavy, so he made it into armor and let men wear it to fight. Some men died, and the women and children in the family struggled, so the man gave it to his wife. Now Miao women love to wear clothes decorated with silver, which evolved from armor.

There is a street in Qianhu Miao Village, which sells all kinds of silver ornaments, silver bracelets, necklaces, earrings, rings, chopsticks and bowls. There is a jeweler jingling at the door of every shop. Listen to them, all the jewelry in the shop is made by ourselves. Looking at the dazzling array of silver ornaments, we can't believe it, but as long as you look patiently for a while, a beautiful and exquisite silver ornament will be ready. Silver sellers are good at guessing tourists' hearts. One person gives you a fantastic introduction, and another gives you a tinkling demonstration. You have to choose your favorite from a cupboard full of silver ornaments, and they will tell you that the silver ornaments here are the most authentic and are also gifts that people who come to Guizhou like to take back to their families. Please take some to your relatives and friends. ? As soon as you hesitate, they will persuade you that you can get a discount if you buy more, and you can get some souvenirs or something. You must be advised to buy some.

We found all Miao girls wearing silver bracelets on their right hands. The tour guide told us that it was because they all loved playing mahjong. Why? Win. Win? .

Silver can be tested for poison. I have seen it in costume dramas. It can test the health of the body. I remember my sister said this when she bought a silver bracelet for her mother. When Miao people look for a daughter-in-law, they always put a silver bracelet on the girl when they meet for the first time and get it back three days later. If the bracelet is clean, it will be fine. If it is black, they can't get married. The reason is that a clean bracelet represents a girl's health, while a black bracelet represents a girl's poor health. We don't know if this is credible, but there are at least two doubts: first, what if the girl takes off her bracelet and doesn't wear it? Is two or three days too short? Has silver changed so much? That's what people say. Let it go, too. After all, this is their custom.

The food of thousands of Miao people is very simple. The tour guide said that they are all diet meals, small and light. The most exquisite is the long table banquet. Miao family? Long table banquet? This custom has a long history and originated from the friendship between Miao families and visiting guests from other villages. Later, it gradually developed into a festive way for the Miao family to celebrate the New Year and became the highest form and grand hospitality etiquette of the Miao family. We were lucky enough to eat twice? Long table banquet? ,? Long table banquet? Our dishes are very common, including Chinese cabbage, wild vegetables, bacon and so on. There is a hot pot every once in a while, which is similar to our hot pot here. It is the bottom of Wang Miao's fish pot, with many cabbages, and it tastes delicious. Hot pot, you can add vegetables after eating, but there are no wide noodles, bean curd skin, gluten, Flammulina velutipes, kelp and so on that we like to eat. They also have rice tofu, fried powder, fried rice cakes, fried potatoes and so on. They are famous for their freshness, tenderness, fragrance and beauty.

We are enjoying this exotic food. Suddenly I heard someone shout:? Miss Miao is here to propose a toast to everyone. ? We all looked at the stairs and saw two beautiful Miao girls coming upstairs leisurely, dressed? Pleated skirt? Wearing a silver crown, a silver collar around his neck, a silver lock and a silver collar on his chest. Big silver earrings, bracelets. One man has a big glass and hip flask in his hand, and the other man has a big barrel and hip flask in his hand. Followed by a man, dressed in exquisite Miao costumes, holding a big Tao Di.

As soon as they came up, they toasted one by one. This is rice wine made by local people, which is similar to the rice wine made by my mother when I was a child.

Miao people are very particular about toasting. They can't touch the glass with their hands They can only raise their heads, open their mouths and drink directly: don't touch miss's hand. If you violate these two principles, you will be fined. The way to punish wine is also different from ours. Two ladies held up the hip flask, one poured it into the other's, and the other poured it into the glass. The cup will never leave the mouth of the drinker. This lasted for a long time. The bagpiper has been playing beautiful music, and the two ladies are singing: I like to drink three cups, but I don't like to drink six cups. Whether you like it or not, you should drink all the good songs and float outside the building. Passers-by knew it was another toast, so they left with a smile, and some went upstairs to watch the fun.