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Xijiang

Town in Guizhou, People's Republic of China

Photo: MDRX, CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons

Overview

Xijiang (西江, Xījiāng) is a village in Eastern Guizhou, known as the largest Miao village in China. It bears the title 'thousand household village' (千户苗寨) and has a little over a thousand residential dwellings, which amounts to a population of over 5000, of which 99.5% are Miao.

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Xijiang Miao Museum
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西江苗族博物馆
Hours
09:00-17:00
Price
Entry fee is included in the village entrance fee
Details

Where to eat, drink and stay

Sleep1 place

Xijiang Yue Hotel
Address
Neat, clean two and three bed rooms, all with bathroom. Comfortable lounge area, and restaurant/bar patio. The main reason to stay here is the view of the village on the opposing hillside, amazing both at night when the lanterns are lit, and in the mornings/afternoons
Directions
Start walking downhill from the entrance gate, and look for a new, large wooden house with 4 red lanterns hanging from the front, and three red Chinese characters posted up
Phone
+86 8553348678, +86 15870263478

Getting there and around

Getting there

There's a new road here from Kaili, it takes under 1 hour.

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Getting around

The village is compact and may take 15 minutes to walk along the main road from one end to the other.

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Kaili Huangping Airport

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Get inThere's a new road here from Kaili, it takes under 1 hour.

Get aroundThe village is compact and may take 15 minutes to walk along the main road from one end to the other.

See

DoThe village is situated within a deep valley in the protected LeiGongShan national park, and the surrounding countryside makes for hikes ranging from short to up to a few hours, into the surrounding rice fields and…

BuyThere are a range of items on sale, including local embroidery, Batik textiles, silverwork and other works of art.

EatAt some guesthouses and restaurants, be greeted by an entourage of Miao women, who will hang a boiled egg enclosed in a cotton necklace, and demand that you drink a bull's horn full of 'Mijiu' or rice wine before…

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Photo: MDRX, CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons

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Overview

Sights and activities

Xijiang Miao Museum