http://villagechina-travel.com festival, travel information, trip tips, guide diary about minority village in guizhou, yunnan, southwest of china. professional travel service Fri, 15 May 2009 17:06:04 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en 25/6 Arrive in Guilin or Yangsuo 26/6 Guilin-Chengyang, appreciate tea plantation garden, visit the Dong ethnic villages and Cheng Yang roofed bridge, which is the biggest one in Guangxi province. 27/6 Changyang-Zhaoxing, discover more about Dong ethnic. Zhaoxing is the biggest Dong ethnic village in the world with almost a thousand households. ... http://villagechina-travel.com/2009/summer-date-festivals [gallery=1] http://villagechina-travel.com/2009/gallerytest Vacation in Indigo Hotel (1 h from Guiyang) Indigo hotel is located in Shuitou Buyi village, it is about 1 h drive (60 kms) to the north of Guiyang city. Located in the riverside, live with bamboos, Indigo Hotel offers you a charming stay, the encounter of Guizhou nature, inhabitants and culture. As ... http://villagechina-travel.com/2009/vacation-in-indigo-hotel Many thanks to you for your kind message. Both Freddy and I also wish a all the very best for the New Year, a good health and happiness. We take advantage of this occasion to thank you once again for the excellent organization of our trip. It proved to be a ... http://villagechina-travel.com/2009/william-and-freddy 30 November 2009 After harvest, when the new rice goes into grinary, it is time for black Miao celebrate their new year.This celebration lasts for 3-5days. 1st day is for killing pig, then they have meat to eat in the following, it is important for drinking ricewine, of course, all the ladies are ... http://villagechina-travel.com/2008/new-year-of-black-miao 13-15 November 2009 It is the Carnival to Miao people. Miao people in Huangping area like to celebrate their harvesting by a "Carnival". During that time, all the boys are cheking and reparing their Lusheng---a tradinal musical instrument to Miaos, all the girls there are busy making their tradinal costume which is full of embroidery work ... http://villagechina-travel.com/2008/lusheng-meeting-of-miao 12-14 November 2009 http://villagechina-travel.com/2008/lusheng-meeting-of-gejia-and-miao 9,21,28 October 2,10,14 November 2009 The Shuis have a calendar of their own which takes the ninth lunar month as the beginning of a new year, and their biggest festival is the "Duan" holiday which is celebrated with great pomp after the autumn harvest between the ninth lunar month and the ... http://villagechina-travel.com/2008/duan-festival-of-shui Lusheng Festivals and Tiaohua Festival Lusheng is so prevailed in Miao community in many aspects that they spend Lusheng festival across the province. Having busied with farming over the last year, villagers, temporarily escaped from burdens, wholly dedicate to the celebration for this festival. Stunning costumes with layers of silver lead ... http://villagechina-travel.com/2008/winter-tide With boundless mountains and innumerous valleys, southeast Guizhou is like a refugee for minorities, the Dong, Miao, Shui etc. are living in the traditional life and keep their immemorial unsophisticated custom and culture in the modern world. Miao and Dong Explore, 9 day’s trip. Day 1 Guiyang-Shuitouzhai Arrive Guiyang, then drive to Shuitouzhai, ... http://villagechina-travel.com/2008/hidden-civilizationssoutheast-guizhou