Jiaodingshan hmong village, under gospel of Jesus

In Guizhou, southwest of China, among karst cone-shape hills, Jiaodingshan village holds about 20 families of big flower Hmong people. In this village almost all villager are christians, pious Christians. They are no difference with any earnst christians inside. They worship Jesus, prayer befor dinner, attend sermon in church, celebrate same festival in christianity. But their bibles are in hmong language, sermon in hmong dialect. The suit for important occasion are in big flower hmong’s costume with big piece of wool embroidery. What is a amazing when you see full costume oriental minorities in a simple church for choir, priest, attendance of sermon. You will realize there are so many common place with you inside and so much different with you on apprance.

The village is situated on the half way of mountain, just like other Miao villages in Guizhou. All villager are peasent and grow the corn. As on the half way the water for drinking is always problem of the village. All the houses in village are clay, grassed roofed or cement tiles roofed. Even they are very poor they still insist to offer their best to their god and to their friends from out.

Maybe there are few people who can image that there is a group in the remote region have same religion with western world especially in Guizhou, the minority area of China, a socialism country. But it really exist!

The village has their own chior. They can sing anthem very good even without any instrument. They hope get a organ for the christmas celebration and hope get help from outside.

From Guiyang to Kaili, via Kaiyang county.
This route makes a possible to discover curiosities of kaiyang, in north Guiyang.In this region Buyi people inhabit. Little flower miao live in this county with colorful costume, traditional wood-stone grass roofed or tiles roofed house which are sign of ineterated inveterated culture. At the end of march, rape flower cover mountains with brilliant yellow.

Arrangement: A car is essential in this two days trip. It is possible to get accommodation in Shuitouzhai village, on the bank of Qinglonghe river.( there is a charming hotel, indigo hotel)

Qinghe and Shuitouzhai
Situated in a valley, Qinghe was surround by a serial buyi villages along the Qinglonghe(blue dragon) river. The traditional architexture are particularly good preserved. The houses are mix chinese and buyi style: they are wood stilted house with very exqusite sculpture decoration windows. The wall of ground floor are brick with wood frame. The brick are cover with white color of lime.
Matouzhai village is a big village with 1000 habitants. Built on a platform of hill, the Matouzhai village was the capital of buyi kindom of Song family, This powerful family control the central Guizhou between 7th and 17th century. In 1301, the family uprised against central government of Mongal.

Shuitouzhai one kilometer from matouzhai against the Qinglonghe river. It is a quiet peaceful village. Here the tradition house with nice yard, water mill houses, brew house and Toufu workshop are working for the villagers.
You can stay in Indigo Hotel here with good situation: on the bank of river, surround by bamboo,friendly and absolutely charming atomsphere.

Tips:
Indigo hotel
Tel.: 86 851 7477033
Mobile.: 86 13885087496(english speaker)
Blog: www.indigoculture.com

Gorge of Nanjian
The Nanjiang gorge is 45km long in total,with a maxium depth of 320m. An 18.5km are open to tourist. The gorge can offer a impressive view of cultivating terraced field. You can sweep over a series of rapids and shoals by boat. There are 48 waterfalls in various size in the gorge. We can also walk through the cave behind travertine waterfall.

Guangzhong
Guiangzhong is a very beautiful village with 200 family of little flower miao ethnic. The houses are tipical tradition village house in north and central Guizhou. Most houses in the village are wood stilted house brick house roofed with stubble or tiles. Wood frame and white lime painted walls are very good for keeping from humid wether and various insects. We can have good view of nice shape hills around village. The costume and batik traditinal hairdress are wore everyday. The hemp skirt of indigo batik make women particular elegant and sexy especially when we see a group of walking women with costume by distantance. Their costume jacket mix with colorful embroidery and batik pattern of flower (This group named with this). The costume of girls makes the girls more attractive.

Jiangbian
Leaving Guangzhong, take the road towards Fuquan, after 9 km you reach the village Jianbian, a small flower Miao village stand on halfway of cliff in gorge, and here we have good view.

Xianqiao
Here is place for marketing, the little flower miao with costume come for sell their agricultre product and indigo paste. And then they get the staff for their costume back home.
From Xianqiao, you can take road to Fuquan and then continue to Machangping. Here you reach the highway connect Guiyang and Kaili.

The Yi ethnic group, with a population of 7,762,286, is mainly distributed over the provinces of Sichuan, Yunnan and Guizhou, and the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region.

There are more than one million Yis in Sichuan Province, and most of them live in an area south of the Dadu River and along the Anning River.

Most Yis are scattered in mountain areas, some in frigid mountain areas at high altitudes, and a small number live on flat land or in valleys. The altitudinal differences of the Yi areas directly affect their climate and precipitation. Their striking differences have given rise to the old saying that “the weather is different a few miles away” in the Yi area. This is the primary reason why the Yis in various areas are so different from one another in the ways they make a living.

A place in deep mountains of Guizhou,
Graceful karst hills surrounds a small basin,
On the basin, there is a Buyi village, Buyi people is a minority in south of China, of Thai group.
Homestay there is available.
Still karst caves in the hills there.

Bamboo rafting in Dajing

A small but crystal river flows out from a karst cave, and cut this small basin into two halfs.
Both shores of the river are dotted with bunches of bamboo, taking bamboo raft on the river.