Langde Miao Village
On the Third day of Apr Guizhou photo workshop, we visited Langde Miao village. We are greeted by the twelve courses of rice wine coupled with firecrackers and sweet Miao folk songs. This is a traditional Miao welcome ceremony for their honored guests and the most ceremonious etiquette in Miao villages.
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Hmong welcoming music from Langde, Leishan County, China
Hmong welcoming music from Langde, Leishan County, China
Leishan Hmong New Year Festival
Guizhou Province, China
November 2017
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GUIZHOU 貴州 Jidaocun (季刀村 & 郎德镇) Langde Zhen Miao Nationality Village, Leishan.
Mała wioska Jidao (季刀村), oddalona jest od Kaili o 30km.
Zamieszkuje ją ludność mniejszości etnicznej Miao. Ludnośc Miao, jest jedną z najbardziej fascynujących,
z pośród 55 grup etnicznych zamieszkujących Chiny. Na szczególną uwagę zasługuje drewniana architektura
#Guizhou #Miao #Leishan #Qiandongnan #ThirstyForChina
w stylu Diaojiao, która ściśle harmonizuje z górską naturą. Ze względu na podmokłe strome tereny, do budowy domów używa się odpornej na wilgoć jodły. Stosuje się tu konstrukcję słupowo-nadprożną zwaną Chuandou, gdzie ciosane kołki zaczepiają się o belki bez użycia gwoździ. Wizerunek motyla jest szczególnie ważny w kulturze Miao. Według opowieści ludowej motyl był przodkiem wszystkiego na ziemi, w tym bogiń, duchów, istot ludzkich, zwierząt, roślin, a także grzmotów i błyskawic, ponadto Miaosi uważają go za Matkę Rodu.Na styku wioski Jidao i Langde nad rzeką Bala rozciaga się drewniano-stalowy most, którego bramy wejściowe stylizowane są na instrumenty Lusheng,
stanowiące kwintesencję kultury i muzyki mniejszości Miao.
W Langde, mężczyźni trudnią się głównie rolnictwem,
kobiety natomiast zajmują się rękodziełem i gospodarstwem.
Drewniane domy, drewniane koła wodne...
ryżowe tarasy, bujnie zielone góry i rzeki o turkusowym kolorze, tworzą przepełniony pięknem idyllizm prowincji Guizhou.
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People of Xijang Miao Village
A collection of photos of the people living in Xijang Miao Village. You will note, as with other villages visited, most of the young children are under the care of their grandparents, as many of the parents work outside of the village as part of China's migrant work force, many visiting their family only once a year during the Chinese New Year holiday.
Senior Miao women wear their long dark hair coiled up in neat buns on the top of their heads while the younger Miao women prefer to adorn them with large colorful plastic or bone combs and pretty flowers. Each woman has her traditional clothing, head dress and other jewelery which is worn at special festivals throughout the year.
On the Road with WildChina: Miao Minority Performance in Leshan County, Guizhou, China
Members of the Short Skirt Miao minority group in Guizhou, China perform for American guests on a WildChina journey.
The welcome dance at Biasha Miao Village, Guizhou province, China
This video was shot by Jose Luis during 2014 Guizhou Photo Tour.
Lying on the southern border Guizhou, Basha village is famed for being China 's last tribe of gunmen. This primitive miao village is hidden away in a forest and filled with stilted wooden houses by the river.
Basha village is home to over 1,000 residents living in more than 400 households. Their ancestors were frontline troops who charged through forests and fought the bears there -- all to guard the land where they lived. Through hundreds of years, they have been guarding their homeland. Still today the men in Basha preserve their musketeer heritage, which makes Basha the only tribe that can legally carry real guns in China. A strong sense of precaution inherited from their ancestors keeps this village isolated from the outside world. The villagers lead a self-sufficient life in the hilly areas and retain the dressing and living customs hundreds of years ago.
The villagers in Basha worship trees, especially maples, as gods. They believe the buns on their heads represent trees, while the purple clothes they wear represent bark. (The color is a special bluish purple. Biasha people usually add egg whites into the indigo when dying the coarse cloth, making it shiny and waterproof.) In Basha, a tree is planted whenever a baby is born. Often it will be cut down to make the coffin when the person eventually dies. Cutting down ancient trees is forbidden in the village.
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Armed and Dangerous, Biasha Miao Village in Congjiang County
Lying on the southern border Guizhou, Basha village is famed for being China 's last tribe of gunmen. This primitive Miao village is hidden away in a forest and filled with stilted wooden houses by the river. Basha village, in the southeast corner of Guizhou in Congijiang County is home to over 1,000 residents living in more than 400 households. Their ancestors were frontline troops who charged through forests and fought the bears there -- all to guard the land where they lived. Through hundreds of years, they have been guarding their homeland. Still today the men in Basha preserve their musketeer heritage, which makes Basha the only tribe that can legally carry real guns in China. A strong sense of precaution inherited from their ancestors keeps this village isolated from the outside world. The villagers lead a self-sufficient life in the hilly areas and retain the dressing and living customs hundreds of years ago.
The villagers in Basha worship trees, especially maples, as gods. They believe the buns on their heads represent trees, while the purple clothes they wear represent bark. (The color is a special bluish purple. Biasha people usually add egg whites into the indigo when dying the coarse cloth, making it shiny and waterproof.) In Basha, a tree is planted whenever a baby is born. Often it will be cut down to make the coffin when the person eventually dies. Cutting down ancient trees is forbidden in the village.
Basha men are also famous for their unique hairstyles. Like the men in the Qing dynasty, Basha men wear their long hair in braids. They attach great importance to their hair bun, which they believe is a symbol of masculinity, as well as an emblem of power. This is a hairstyle that 's existed for thousands of years.
Young boys have to take part in a shaving ceremony between the ages of seven and fifteen. The tribe leader wets a sickle with the water used to boil eggs, and shaves off all of the boy's hair except for the central part, which is coiled into a bun. The blade caresses the scalp, and patches of hair fall to the ground. This shave is done without any shaving cream, or even a rinse. Boys get their first haircuts as a rite of passage, and then are given a hunting rifle at the age of 15 as a sign that they've become adults.
This Biasha Miao is quite different from other Miao groups in terms of clothing and daily life. Biasha people belong to the Miao branch that is least affected by modern civilization. Even in the modern times, they still lead very traditional lives.
The local villagers' ethnic costumes are made and dyed (mostly in deep blue biotic dyes, egg white and pig's blood) by themselves in the traditional way, with almost the same design pattern, usually diamonds and lines, and most have an eggplant color. Some Biasha people do not wear shoes, even in winter.
Men are often seen carrying a claymore (type of sword) in the waist and a hunting rifle over the shoulder, which remains a common ornament, though there are no longer many animals and birds to hunt.
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Being welcomed to the Qingman Miao Village near Kaili
During our RoadScholar trip to China, we visited a number of minority peoples near the city of Kaili. Here we are being greeted at a Miao village where we were given 2 drinks of a 50% alcohol drink they call wine.
Pheasant Miao Dance - Maniao Village, Guizhou, China
Up, up, up for many hours we drove into the high mountains of Danzhai County, switching to smaller vehicles, hair-pin turn after hair-pin turn until finally we reached the village of the Pheasant Miao. The drive was its own reward with splendid views deep down into the valley, beautiful terraced hillsides and mountains layered into the far distance.
On arrival we were met by Lusheng flutes and 50 or more women dressed in stiff short skirts that project out from the waist and have short aprons in front and long colorful embroidered strips hanging down over the back to look like pheasant tails. The women's hairstyle is unique to this group. Their hair is treated with tea tree oil to make it stiff and coiled into complicated and imposing structures which are pinned with spiky silver combs in the back. For dancing the women wear delicate silver headdresses with flowers, embossed dangles and long silver pheasant feathers. They made quite a sight as we followed behind them up the steep muddy paths through the village of 500 to the dancing ground at the top.
After the dancing we wended our way back through the village to the leader's home for lunch with the villagers.
Miao Performance: Proposing A Toast
Miao people are warm-hearted and hospitable. If any honorable guest comes, girls will present a patterned band and propose a toast with a special drinking vessel made of antelope horn or sheep horn. According to their customs, the guest has to drink it up by himself.
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Tunshang Miao Village Highlights
Tunshang is a small Miao village, located near Kaili, in Taijiang County in southwest Guizhou Province. It is headquarters to the county's government offices and home to an annual mid-July (lunar calendar) festival which hosts 60 total villages for three days, with thousands of people attending.
As a special feature for the twenty-third FAPA Directors Meeting, a special edition of the complete Miao festival was held. Special features included:
Dragon Lantern Dance - In this version of the traditional Dragon Dance, sparks and traditional bamboo fireworks are fired towards the dragon with the intent to set it on fire. The men carrying the dragon wear hard hats and protective clothing and try to defend the Dragon. Very crazy as are many fire throwers, and loads of spectators. The local government building is the center of activity. Once you've seen one performance, it is repeated, with more than a dozen dragon performances. The excitement lasted until midnight.
Bull Fights - no its not man fighting a bull, but a series of contests each with two water buffalo bulls fighting each other by ramming each other until one wins. This is a really popular sport
Parade - All the Miao villages take part in a long parade, ending at the square outside the government offices, all in their native costumes, including musicians and dancers. At the conclusion of the parade, various Miao village tribes then put on a show at the village square.
Miao Embroidery Museum - this is a permanent location of various Miao villages doing embroidery and needlepoint, for which the Miao are famous.
Dinner Performance - by Miao singers and dancers, attended on our last night of the Directors Meeting.
All in all, it was a great introduction to the Miao culture and its beautiful people.
Bamboo pole dancing of Miao national minority
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Bike Aways Guizhou Rice Terrace Ride
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This trip is designed around the new high speed rail that links both Guangzhou through Guilin, and Guiyang to our bike trail head near Rongjiang.
Hong Kong, Guangzhou, Guilin and Guiyang are all access points to join this trip. Please advise us in advance so we can help coordinate your arrival.
This is a biking/hiking trip with brilliant photography opportunities of steep cascading rice terraces, the customs and culture of the Dong and Miao nationalities, and outstanding village architecture. Please check out our rides at bikeaways.com
Miao Women Drum Dance
Langde Miao Village, Guizhou, China.
Shot by Jose Luis, my group member of Apr 2014 Guizhou Photo Workshop
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WildChina Journey: Old Country Living - Wandering the Rustic Landscapes of Guizhou and Guangxi
With its pastoral landscapes and rich ethnic minority culture, the southwest provinces of Guizhou and Guangxi are the adventurous travelers paradise.
Selected as one of National Geographic Travelers Tours of a Lifetime, this WildChina journey takes you on hikes through lush rice paddies, overnight homestays in remote villages and biking excursions in the Yangshuo countryside.