Congjiang Travel Recommendations for 2024 (Updated in Apr)

Jibang Terrace

Stunning area and well worth the 3 hour (ish) bus ride from Congjiang Railway Station. There are frequent busses leaving from there to downtown where you have to change to another bus taking you directly to the Jibang Terrace. plenty of hotels and a few shops to get basic things. Sunrise is well worth the wake up! #summervacation

Chasing the wind among the mountains and fields

Nestled in the secret depths of Guizhou's mountains, the vast terraced fields Created by the Miao people over thousands of years with their labor and wisdom, a pure land on earth. The village is small, and it's easy to become familiar with the locals. At the homestay, you can drink with the village head and the party secretary. The ferry car driver says if the weather is good, he can take you fishing. As a designated poverty alleviation area for the Greater Bay Area, the people of Shenzhen also enjoy the benefit of free admission. Jiabang Terraced Fields are worth visiting any season of the year.

Punching in at Jiabang Rice Terraces

The sunset at Jiabang Rice Terraces is intoxicatingly beautiful. As the sun gradually sinks into the horizon, its afterglow spills over the terraces, turning them a golden hue. A cool breeze wafts through the mountains, and the contours of the terraces soften in the twilight. At this moment, time seems to stand still, with only the beautiful scenery keeping you company.

The romance that belongs exclusively to Guizhou

The Golden Week of Jiabang Terraced Fields is coming. As the hospitable people of Guizhou, we have traveled all over the province's 5A, avoiding the crowd I recommend a hidden gem for travel. It took me nearly 4 hours to drive from Guiyang. Everything is good, just don't go in winter. Definitely! Definitely! Definitely! Don't go in winter If you come to Guizhou, I recommend this. Jiabang Terraced Fields Located in the northeast of Jiabang Township in the belly of Moon Mountain in the western part of Congjiang County, Qiandongnan Miao and Dong Autonomous Prefecture, Guizhou Province, 80 kilometers away from the county seat, it is one of the best terraced fields in China. The terraced fields are scattered with the unique stilted buildings of the Miao region. It is a masterpiece left by the Miao people from generation to generation. The Miao people are a "rice and fish soup" nation. Jiabang Terraced Fields have few tourists and simple folk customs. From April to October every year, it is the most beautiful season here! is a national AAA-level tourist attraction, one of the three major terraced landscapes in our country, located in the belly of Moon Mountain. The scale of Jiabang Terraced Fields is huge, with a total area of nearly 10,000 mu, stretching for 25 kilometers. The terraces vary in size and shape, with thousands of postures. In the early autumn, after the rain in Jiabang Terraced Fields in Congjiang County, the clouds and mist are lingering, the golden rice fields and the scattered stilted buildings are looming in the clouds and mist, as if they are covered with a layer of cloud clothes, which is beautiful and constitutes a beautiful autumn day picture

The most mysterious place in Guizhou, 700 years of "zero population growth"

This is a beautiful Dong village with a strong ethnic style. Outside the village, there are green mountains, and inside the village, there are babbling streams and scattered stilted buildings. This place is quite primitive. After a tour, it seems that only one or two small shops can be seen. The smell of life is strong, with smoke rising from the kitchens, which is very atmospheric. There is also a mysterious "flower exchange" legend here. The people of Zhanli village follow the course of nature for the birth of their first child, and only when they have their second child will they choose whether to have a boy or a girl based on the gender of the first child. If the first child is a boy, then the "flower exchange" will make her second child a girl; if it is a girl, then the second one will definitely be a boy. It is said that only the pharmacist is qualified to know the true face of the "flower exchange", and the pharmacist is not allowed to reveal the secret recipe of the "flower exchange" to outsiders, otherwise the medicine will not work, and this medicine can only be taken by the villagers. 🚗 Zhanli Village, Congjiang County, Qiandongnan Miao and Dong Autonomous Prefecture, Guizhou Province (no admission fee) 🅿️ Free Transportation: Self-driving Road conditions: There are basically no cars on the road, the mountain road is quite narrow, not suitable for beginners.

A hundred years of Qiangzhai Tianyin, the most concentrated original ecological feast here is the ocean of the big song of the village, the second day of the trip to eat breakfast in this time to listen to a little yellow song is wonderful. "The Big Song of the Dai" originated from the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period. It has a history of more than 2,500 years. It is a form of folk chorus with multiple voices, no command, no accompaniment and natural chorus in the Chinese Yi area. In 1986, at the Golden Autumn Festival in Paris, France, the Dai songs were unveiled and they were shocked. They were considered to be "clear spring-like music, passing the melody of the edge of ancient dreams." If you can choose the gender of your child, would you like? This is illegal in the metropolis, but it is a well-known secret in [Zhanli Village]. The generation is passed down by generation. The "flower-changing" is the birth secret of a family and a man. The woman gave birth to a boy in the first child, drinking the water of the female well and adding a second child called "flower change" to give birth to a girl, and vice versa. Science can't be explained today, but it is a fact that the natural population growth rate is almost zero in the past few decades. Zhanli Yuzhai built a village for more than 700 years, from generation to generation, the strict rules of the village: not allowed outside, not allowed to marry, to conservatively change the secrets of flowers and plants. And the secret of changing flowers and plants is only in the hands of a pharmacist. This ancient and legendary humanistic color adds a touch of mystery to Zhanli.

I have always been curious about the sparsely populated, original villages. Zhanli Village in southeastern Yunnan is the place I always wanted to go. I heard that it is covered by a dense forest. The low-rise wooden building under the shade looks like a primitive tribe "Song" The team took a long time on the winding mountain road, passed countless turns and finally reached Zhanli. When you get off the bus, you are attracted to everything in front of you. The well-defined and well-respected dwellings of the Dangzhai are like a natural painting surrounded by mountains. Because they are not built on the same plane, they form a stepped shape from top to bottom, which constitutes a three-dimensional architectural space. This is the layout feature of the village. The low-rise building of the wood with traces of time, occasionally a few fireworks rise, are a bleak freedom. I deeply feel that the times outside are constantly changing, and it seems that they have little to do with the world in this small village.

I have traveled all over the 34 provinces in China, and I am fascinated by Guizhou in the magical world!

Today I want to tell everyone if you don't know where to travel Try Guizhou! A place that is 100% likable Good food, fun and economical . Guizhou has many mountainous areas and villages So it is suitable for self-driving tours . 🌸【Recommended attractions in Guizhou】 1⃣Libo Xiaoqikong: Worth it, but too many people 2⃣Zhaoxing Dong Village: A very magical village, my favorite place 3⃣Jiabang Terraces: Few people, primitive, suitable for staying for a few days 4⃣Huangguoshu Waterfall: Many people, very spectacular, better to go in autumn . 👭【6 days and 5 nights self-driving tour itinerary】 day1: Arrive in Guiyang Evening Jiaxiu Tower night view, the landmark building of Guizhou, after watching the night view, go to eat Silkworm Baby Old Vegetarian Powder Lamb Powder Stay: Yunhe Hotel . day2: Guiyang-Lizhi Xiaoqikong Stay in the scenic area with a ticket of 120, the area bus is 50 yuan, our tour route: the hotel at three o'clock in the afternoon-take the scenic area bus to the west gate, there are basically no people on the road at this time, to Xiaoqikong Ancient Bridge in the afternoon seven or eight o'clock Stay: Xiaoqikong Ruijing Hotel . day3: Xiaoqikong tour-Zhaoxing Dong Village Zhaoxing ticket is 80 yuan, the hotel will send a car to pick you up, I really like Zhaoxing Dong Village, I feel like I have come to a particularly magical world, it is recommended to turn around in the village in the evening and morning Stay: Ancient Song Homestay . day4: Dong Village tour-Tangan Terraces The terraces are beautiful during the irrigation period from April to May and the rice harvest period in September. It takes 30 minutes to drive from Dong Village to the terraces. The round-trip minibus is 20/person. Take the car from Zhaoxing Shangzhai, the journey is 20 minutes . day5: Zhaoxing-Jiabang Terraces One of the top ten terraces in the country, very few tourists and primitive, the homestay we stayed in is simply amazing, it feels like you are living in a paradise Stay: Yunhuan Homestay . day6: Jiabang-Guiyang Walk in the rice field in the morning, the terraces in the mist are particularly beautiful. Then drive back to Guiyang and leave . 🍃【Other things to note】 1. Sunscreen, hat 3. Mosquito repellent water, floral water 4. Large umbrella, Guizhou is rainy, and it can also shade

Qiandongnan~ Jiabang Terraces~ Stay in a homestay in the painting~ Cloudy Mystery!

Address: Jiache Village, Jiabang Township, Congjiang County, Qiandongnan Miao and Dong Autonomous Prefecture, Guizhou. The scenic area is located in the mountains at the junction of Congjiang and Rongjiang. It takes about two hours to drive into the mountains from both places. The mountain road is winding and not easy to walk, and the car can't drive fast. After booking the homestay, the service staff will send the location. The car is parked on the platform by the main road. The homestay will have a small car to tow the luggage. It takes about ten more minutes to walk from the main road to the homestay at the foot of the mountain. The entrance is narrow, and the terraces are on the side. It's okay during the day, but it's quite dark at night. Hotel environment: It's not easy to go to Jiabang Terraces once, and it's a mountainous journey. When you arrive at the homestay, you will feel particularly good. This is a homestay built in the mountains, but it is very modern. The main structure of the hall and rooms is wood, and there are some strange and quiet styles. The place for shooting is the platform at the door. It is located on the hillside of the terraces. You can see the core beauty of the scenic area without going out or opening the window. The room is very clean, near the window is a tea seat, I live on the second floor, the afternoon sun shines on the distant terraces, the entire terraces line is very beautiful, like a landscape painting, looking far away is magnificent, very spectacular, especially in the terraces there are several stilted buildings, said to be Miao villages, very special, there are also artists who have made some fish-like lights on it, such a dreamy beauty is just outside the window, I really want to live here. I can probably understand why the homestay is called Cloudy Mystery.

It is called Xiaohuang Yuzhai, a "hometown of songs", located in the northeast of Congjiang County in southeastern Yunnan. It is a small village worthy of our pride. As early as 1996, Xiao Huangs four Yi girls Just in Paris, singing Chinese folk art with singing, unaccompanied and undirected harmony is even more fascinating to the Parisian who is picky about art. This is rare in the international music scene at the time. It is like spring music. It has created a veritable "hometown of Chinese folk art." Understanding Xiao Huang, you have to start from the song, understand the history of the song, understand its culture, and feel the simplicity and kindness of the Yi people. In Xiaohuang, the name of the Yi people is very different from that of the Han nationality. The boy of the Yi nationality calls it Luo Han, the girl calls it wax , the child calls it wax , and the old man calls it silver old. From the beginning of the study, the wax scorpion will be sent to the musicians to start learning children's carols. Adult wax scorpions and arhats have fixed time learning exercises every day. Their lives are carried out and accompanied by songs and musical instruments. There are also many categories of Acura, and there are similarities in listening to them. Listening is different. There are also many categories of acura, and there are similarities in listening to them. Listening is very different. The waxy songs mainly sing the pastoral life, the sound is pure and bright, innocent and lively. It sounds like a warm sunshine. Silver is based on narrative songs. Low and soft, in the voice of Xiao Huang, the secrets and stories that are unknown. The song is the warmest touch and the hardest fist.

The Han family has a book that can't be read, and the family has a song that can't be sung. The Yi people have no words, so their wisdom and history are preserved by language and songs. The children grew up listening to the songs, and the songs told them the truth of life, the history of the Yi people. Young men and women are in groups of three and five, gathered in "Yuetang", using songs to convey affection and find people they like. The old man sat by the campfire and sang, and the time passed. Just stepped into Xiaohuang, a two-and-a-half-year-old Yi nationality girl hung two small noses and ran to me in front of me. I sang non-stop, I was very surprised at the time, until her grandfather told me This little guy is singing songs to us, and I was surprised to find that the "singing voice" of the little guy is really high, low, slow, and inconsistent, and occasionally mixed with a little melody. At this moment, I suddenly remembered what Mr. Pan said along the way. In the eyes of Xiao Huangren, "songs raise the heart, raise the body," singing and eating are just as important. They sing and sing to fill the spiritual gap and develop a good "singing with singing and singing for fun". habit. From the time of learning, the children began to teach singing, teaching the ox leg, teaching the playing cymbals, etc., and they have been singing, pulling, and playing to the old, and have been passed down from generation to generation. Its no wonder that since ancient times, it has been the birthplace of big songs.

The last gun village in China

Went for a few hours to this very old village. The view was amazing from the village. Very clear skies and green mountains. This is a great place to visit if you are interested in diving deep into ancient Chinese lifestyles. There are performances through out the day last one starting at 15:00. They have the last gun man tribe. #summervacation #ancienttowns

There are more than 2,100 people in the Lisha people, which is a branch of the black scorpion. It is said to be the descendant of the third son of Chiyou. Their ancestors fled to settle here, and the hardships and beliefs made them unique. The people of Zhangsha worship the forest and think that the soul of the ancestors is attached to the tree. As a result, rare species that have grown for hundreds of years can be found everywhere in the village. In order to protect the forest, the ancestors set the rules, and the man had to keep a long hair on his head. The Shasha man loves to arm, and he will bring a waist knife and a shotgun when he goes out. In order to respect their customs, the relevant departments approved a special approval to allow each of the sands men to have a shotgun. But how many mysterious stories are there in the sands, no one can make it clear... Men carry seven pieces of equipment: firearms, wine cellars, machete, pipe, gunpowder gourd, purse, flower bag, After pondering, this equipment can be regarded as just having softness. The flower bag is probably sent by the sweetheart, and the combination of embroidery and dyeing is quite fine. The gun was squatting on the shoulder, the flower bag was slanting back, and the other equipment of the wine cellar machete was neatly hung on the waistband of the belt; wearing a black high-waisted coat with a rounded copper buckle on the left and right, a large trousers with straight legs, and a pair of big feet; Resolute and generous, holding the vertebrae on the top of his head, wrapped around a strip of headscarf, and escaped from a Warring States warrior.

The last gun tribe

In the foot of the Moon Mountain in Southeast Guizhou, the mysterious Basha Miao Village, the last gun-holding tribe. What impressed me was the Tree of Life, there are five trees in the life of Basha people. "A Tree of Life when born, a Disaster Relief Tree when growing up, a Faith Tree when becoming an adult, a Lover Tree when in love, and an Evergreen Tree when passing away."

The momentum of Guizhou tourism is really strong

This is a very small Miao village in Qiandongnan, Guizhou, located on the top of the mountain, surrounded by lush trees and surrounded by mountains. It is the 'last gunman tribe in China'. Basha Miao Village. There is also a touch of red, which is a memory I will never forget. It is a red ribbon falling on the earth. It is a new landmark for Guizhou tourism. The first national immersive digital technology experience hall with the theme of the Long March, 'Red Ribbon'.