Guizhou: Xijiang Miao Village

Xijiang Miao Village, also named 'China's Miao stockade village of one thousand households’, because there are more than 1,000 households, hence the name.

Located at Leigong Mountain in Leigong County which is under the jurisdiction of Miao and Dong Autonomous Prefecture in southeastern Guizhou Province, a continuous row of unique houses spreads in line of the hilly area with verdant trees. It is supposed to be the largest Miao village in China.

If you go to Guizhou without visiting Miao village, then you are not supposed to have been there. There are numerous Miao villages in southeast Guizhou, you are not forced to go to “Miao stockade village of one thousand households”, but since it is the most famous and largest one, absolutely I chose the best.Researchers believe the village is the 'living fossil' to study Miao ethic minority's history and traditional culture. 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 jeweler which is worn at special festivals throughout the year. The Miao costume is beautifully decorated, and I could’t help to have a try.