Welcoming Ceremony
You find it amidst hills and bound by waters. On arriving at the entrance you could behold some beautifully dressed girls blocking your path. It's a welcome party and guests are allowed in after drinking their twelve courses of way-blocking wines -- a most ceremonious etiquette. Here, people are wearing colorful festival dress. Women wear gorgeous and complex silver jewelry, and some young ladies adorn silver horned coronal on their heads; men robe themselves in blue-black, with chuddar of the same color covered their heads. Each man carries a Lusheng (a bamboo-made music instrument) and stands in line to play the Lusheng pipe music.


Miao-style House (Stilted building)
After the welcoming ceremony, you walk into the Langde Miao Village. The Miao-style Houses are of wood and high above ground. Each has several wood pillars as support. Therefore, it is called "Diaojiaolou" in Chinese, which is also known as "the stilted building" . Homes are usually two to four storeys. Upper layer is used to store the provisions; people live in the middle; while fowls are sheltered under the house. An ethnic minority museum was built in this village where some ancient ethnic cultural relics are exhibited. Seen from a distance, the whole village looks like a mirage.

Performance & Festivals
Festivals are occasions for the Miao people to get together and show off their culture.They have many traditional festivals all year round. But Lusheng Festival,Sisters' Festival and Dragon Boat Festival are best known. Miao girls'costumes are used in their dance, during which you could hear their silver ornaments twinkling lightly.

After enjoying the wonderful performance, you may be invited to their homes by the local peopleOf course, if you still want to linger here, guest rooms on Diaojiaolou are ready.

Travel Tips
Add: Langde Town,Leishan County, Qiandongnan Prefecture, Guizhou
Entrance Fee: CNY 60
Opening Hours: 08:00-21:00
Tel: 0855-2266552