What to see?
Jidao Long Skirt Miao Village consists of two parts: Shangzhai, namely, Upper Village and Xiazhai, namely, Lower Village. Shangzhai, with about 100 households and 530 Miao inhabitants, takes mountains as background and is adorned with limpid river. Xiazhai, smaller than Shangzhai, is home to 70 households and 450 Miao people.​Jidao Miao village is a typical minority village without the flood of outside vanity, that is to say it is still original tranquil and peaceful.


​These hospitable and friendly villagers are adept at singing and dancing. Before getting into the entrance of the village, guests are usually served several cups of home-made rice wine and offered wonderful shows.
The Miao females would wear ornamental silver-large necklaces, earrings, bracelets, beads and sheaths during festival days. Miao people are renowned to the world for their dancing and singing that have been handed down from generations to generations. Visitors may watch them dance and sing and enjoy them.

There are many traditional festivals in Miao ethnic areas. New Rice Eating Festival is in the 3rd lunar month. The Miao New Year or Miao Nian, a very important traditional festival marking the beginning the Miao New Year, is held in the 10th Chinese lunar calendar month. Another significant festival is Miao Guzang Festival, which is held once every 13 year regularly.

There are many traditional and well-designed wooden stilts, namely, Diaojiaolou in Jidao Long Skirt Miao village, some of which have a history of more than 100 years. Stilts usually have several storeys, domestic fowls living in the first storey and inhabitants living in the upper storeys.
It is said that approximately 3.5 million Miao people dwell in Guizhou. Back to Qing Dynasty, Qing Empire was trying to surpress Miao people, so there were several wars between them. The last war between them happened during the Taiping rebellion in the middle 19th century. Once they got lost, they moved from their territory in Guizhou to southeast China. The Miao Ethnic Minority there is called Hmong.

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Add: Sankeshu Town, Kaili City, Qiandongnan,Guizhou Province
Entrance Tickets: CNY 50
Opening Hours: 08:00-18:00
 

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