Tour code: SWGZF001
12 Days Guizhou Miao Lusheng Festival
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Trip highlights
Lusheng are most commonly played at festivals related to
courtship. Take photos of Lusheng dancing, horse racing, rooster fights & buffalo fights...
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Tour price
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Destinations
Beijing, Guiyang, Kaili, Rongjiang, Zhaoxing, Sanjiang, Guilin
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Tour type
Private tour available everyday, private tour guide & driver
Day by Day Itinierary
| Day 1 Beijing, Guiyang ( ) |
| The airfare to Guiyang is not included in the quotation. You'll be met at Guiyang airport by our English speaking tour guide and drive to the hotel. Relaxing at the remainder of the day. Activities in the evening: you might to go the Hequn evening market after your dinner, it will leave you an impression of Guizhou's most popular and spicy food.
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Guiyang | Guiyang is the political, economical, cultural and traffic center of Guizhou province. The city is situated on the Nanming River, a headstream of the Wu River, which eventually joins the Yangtze River at Fuling in Sichuan province. |
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| [ Optional ] DaNanMen: DaNanMen is the old food street in Downtown Guiyang, 5 minute walking distance to Jiaxiu Tower. Lots of local flavors and famous dishes can be founded here. It is originally known as the Food Paradise of Guiyang. |
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| Day 2 Guiyang, Kaili ( B,L ) |
| Morning do a sightseeing tour in Guiyang city. Later, we'll drive 2.5 hours along the scenic mountain roads to Kaili City. Pay a visit to the Kaili Museum (not open in Sunday), where leave you an overall view of the ethnic costume in Guizhou. |
Qianling Park | The Qianling Park is located in the northwest corner of Guiyang City. Named after Mount Qianling which has awarded the title of "First Mountain in south Guizhou". Incorporating the soul and spirit of the Guizhou Plateau, there are towering old trees, limpid springs and queer rocks in it. More than 1…… | Jiaxiu pavilion | Jiaxiu Pavilion was initially built by a provincial governor in the 25th Year (1597) of Wanli's Reign in the Ming Dynasty , with the purpose of encouraging scholars to make progress. |
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| [ Optional ] Kaili Ethnic Minorities Musem: one of the "100 Distinctive Museums of China", is entitled "the Origin of Chinese Folk Arts". The Kaili museum has a collection of over ten thousand items of different ethnic groups. |
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| Day 3 Kaili ( B,L ) |
| Today we will drive for 3 hours through the beautiful countryside with its terraced hillsides and quaint towns on our way to Chong'anjiang. Visit the Miao's Lusheng Festival, seeing the girls' traditional costume and silver ornaments. Later we'll drive back to Kaili City. |
Xijiang One Thousand Family Miao village | Xijiang is thought to be the largest Miao village. It's a superbly picturesque place, set in a natural basin and bordered by paddy fields drenched in green, with wooden houses rising up the hillside. The village is a site in itself and there are also plenty of pleasant walks you can take around the …… |
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| [ Optional ] KuaiHuoLin/LiangHuanZhai: The most famous local dish in Kaili was Sour Soup Fish. This restaurant serves the best Sour Soup Fish Hotpot in Kaili. The fish and the soup are definitely tasty! The KuaiHuoLin restaurant is decorated in the style of Miao ethnic architecture, all waitresses are Miao girls. |
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| Day 4 Kaili ( B,L ) |
| Today, we will drive 2 hours to Gulong village, Huangping County, another place to see the Lusheng Festival celebration. The big different is over 1,000 bamboo pipes are played here, a majestic scene yet to be seen anywhere else in this world. After our visiting and enjoying, transferred back to Kaili City. |
Paika village | The PaiKa village is known for its manufacture of Lushengs, the characteristic musical instrument of the Miao. Visit the home of a Lusheng maker and know more about Lusheng-the Miao people's most important musical instrument. |
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| [ Optional ] Miao New Year Festival: For the colourful Miao minority in rural southeast China Guizhou province, the Miao New Year Festival is the most important celebration of the year. It's the time for the Miao people to celebrate their harvest. The celebrations will be held in every village by the locals. |
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| Day 5 Rongjiang ( B,L ) |
| We will drive 5.5 hours (204 km) from Kaili to Rongjiang. visit the beautiful Chejiang Dong village and the cluster of old Banyan tree on the way. The Dong can be recognized by their turbans (for men), and pleated skirts (for women). Stay overnight in Rongjiang Country. |
Chejiang Dong Village | Dong village in CheJiang is famous lots of acitivities under dozens of Banyan trees. People are busy pounding the life out of some black (indigo-dyed) cloth with a heavy, wooden mallet. The pounding softens the cloth and then it into a shiny blue-black color. It takes hours and days of pounding to …… |
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| [ Optional ] Music of Dong Ethnic: Dong choruses imitate sounds from nature. Birds, insects, and murmuring brooks, have long inspired the people inhabiting these remote regions. |
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