Despite their spectacular scenery, large parts of Guizhou are still very poor and are very difficult to reach. This relative isolation has enabled many minority groups in the area to retain their rich cultural heritage and preserve ethnic distinctiveness. In the more remote parts traditional textiles are still very much a part of daily life, in other areas they are used extensively at festival times. The Miao’s elaborate festival costumes are not only their most important possessions, but can be considered the major living visual art form of their culture.

On this trip, you will study embroidery, weaving and dyeing with the Miao and other ethnic groups. Enjoy the wide variety of elaborate costumes - batik, woven, silk, and embroidered jackets; pleated skirts; and hand-worked silver headdresses. At the same time, celebrate festivals, learn the myths, visit the markets, see the museums, and experience the rhythm of local village life

Day 1 Arrival in Guiyang.
If enough time we can visit a tea house.
Stay at a 5-star hotelDay 2 Guiyang-Libo
Discover Little flower Miao, they are expert about batik and indigo dye, they make also cross stitch embroidery
Stay in 3-star hotel at Libo.

Day 3 Visit of the Xiaoqikong nature reserve, a unique valley of karstic landscape with numerous caves and water falls.
Visit of a Buyi village (where a rare type of traditional tapestry loom is still in use) and a Yao village.
Stay at Libo.

Day 4 Libo-Rongjiang,
Via Sandu (visit of a Shui village where can be seen the unique Shui technique of embroidery using horse hair as well as the calendaring of indigo dyed cotton fabric using a 200 kg stone) and the Duling river valley. (possibility of visiting a local ethnic market and a Dong village along the way.)
Stay in Rongjiang

Day 5 Rongjiang to Zhaoxing.
Visit of the village of Yingtan (Dong minority), where can be seen the brown indigo shining cloth, also called beaten cloth.
Stay in Zhaoxing in a traditional wooden guesthouse. Zhaoxing, located in a remote valley, is one of the most picturesque Dong villages with several examples of the sophisticated and elegant Dong traditional architecture (drum towers, wind and rain bridges).

Day 6 Zhaoxing
Visit of a Miao mountain village where another type of traditional tapestry weaving can be observed, visit of the Dong Culture Museum located in a small Dong mountain village.
Second night in Zhaoxing.

Day 7 Zhaoxing-Kaili
Going through the Miaolingshan mountain range, including the
Leigong mountain (mount of Thunder). Visit of a short-skirt Miao village and a tea plantation in the mountains.
Night in Kaili at Tenglong Hotel.

Day 8 Visit the Kaili museum for discovering different minorities’ costume. Trip to Xijiang, the biggest Miao village in China, with more than a thousand traditional houses gathered on the steep slopes of a high mountain. Lunch in a Miao home with traditional Miao food.Night in Kaili.

Day 9 Kaili-Guiyang.
Discover the silkwork in Qingman Miao village and the papermaking in ancient way in Shiqiao Miao village.
Then Kaili to Guiyang. Night in Guiyang.

Day 10 Guiyang-Dafang
Visit of Miao villages in the Zhijin area, where some of the finest cross stitch embroidery and hand drawn batik are produced.

Day 11 Dafang
Visit of the Long-horns Miao village of Dafang where hemp threads are still prepared and woven by hand in the traditional way. Preparation of traditional oiled fabric can also be observed.
Night in Dafang

Day 12 Dafang-Guiyang
Come back to Guiyang, visit the hilly Qianling Park where hundreds of people practice many different activities such as taiqiquan, opera singing, gathering with singing birds or learning waltz, all among wild monkeys. This is also the site of an important Buddhist temple and monastery which can be visited.
Night in Guiyang.

Day 13 Departure from Guiyang by flight or by train, trip will be finished.