Guidelines for Xijiang Qianhu Miao Village Scenic Area

The Thousand-Household Miao Village in Leishan County, Qiandongnan Miao and Dong Autonomous Prefecture, Guizhou is the only Thousand-Household Miao Village in China and unparalleled in the world. The wooden stilt houses of 1,285 Miao families are built against the mountain. They are stacked on top of each other and are magnificent. Xijiang is the transliteration of Miao, which means the place where the Xi branch of the Miao people live. Qianhu Miao Village in Xijiang is known as the "Miao Capital" because of the large number of Miao people living there. There are too many legends and mysteries hidden in the depths of this layered and scattered Miao village.

When outsiders come to Xijiang and have not yet entered the village, they are all shocked by its huge scale and grandeur: it is not so much a village as a forest, a stretch of stilted wooden buildings. The forest spreads from the top of the mountain to the foot of the mountain, tightly wrapping the entire mountain. In the evening, when smoke from cooking was everywhere in the village and gathered in the air like clouds and fog, the scene became even more indescribable. The village is located in a river valley, surrounded by mountains on all sides. The Baishui River originating from Leigongping meanders through the village. The river divides the Xijiang Miao Village into two. The layers of stilted wooden buildings meander upward from both sides of the river according to the mountains. The continuous red boards are brilliant under the sunlight.

Xijiang Qianhu Miao Village is a provincial-level historical and cultural city (town). It is one of the 13 protected and constructed ethnic towns in the province. It is known as the "Miao Ethnic Culture and Art Museum" and is a research center for Miao ethnic groups. A "living fossil" of history and culture.

Xijiang has the famous Silversmith Village, where the Miao silver jewelry production is at a very high level. Most of the treasures of Miao silver jewelry, such as big horn silver, small horn silver, silver crowns, silver clothes, etc., come from Xijiang.

The Xijiang Guzang Festival (Miao Year) is famous all over the world. Small festivals occur every year and major festivals occur every 13 years. The Guzang Festival focuses on the Miao people’s reed pipes, bronze drums, silver ornaments, clothing, cross-stitch embroidery, and wedding celebrations. , bullfighting, cockfighting, antiphonal singing, New Year dinner and other ethnic customs are the best time to appreciate and study the traditional culture of the Miao people.

Miao Village is like a modern person walking into a history museum. When touching those historical relics, he will think of the living conditions of our human ancestors