Festivals in September

rice terraces in Guizhou

Planting on rice terraces

 

No special Festival in September
You might visit a small village, a step out of time. And recommend you stay in three different villages in Guizhou.


It likes to travel via a time machine.  Many traditions are kept through centuaries and never changed.

 

Learn some interesting things from their daily works.

 

How, do farmers construct the rice terraces?
A casual glance might lead you to believe that farmers carve them into hillsides, using the dug-up rock to build the retaining walls and the excavated earth to level the terraces.Well, looks can be deceiving.

This is the building site for the new rice terrace. A good terrace site has a gentle slope, a year-round water source, and easy access to building materials. The location of some of these materials, gravel and topsoil, for example, should be uphill from the site, and the stones that will form the retaining wall should be close by.

The terrace builders lay down marking stone, so called because they will mark the boundary between the new terrace and the existing one. These stones, sometimes split from boulders manually and carried to the site by hand, will serve as the foundation for the terrace's retaining wall. Behind the stones the builders add a coarse fill.

 

Must-see Villages in Guizhou and Guangxi
      Basha      Zhaoxing      Tang'An      Xijiang      Sanjiang      Longsheng     

 

Festival Calendar in Guizhou


 

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8 Days Southeast Guizhou Ethnic Culture and Guilin Tour

 

      Itinerary detail of this trip

 

More places to go in Guizhou

Basha village

In Guizhou, Miao ethnic in Basha village might be the only native trible who still dress in traditional clothes during their work. ...more

Miao Ethnic in Kaili

Kaili is a city in the Qiandongnan Miao and Dong Autonomous Prefecture, a significant population of Miao and Gejia live in Kaili. Kaili is host to more than 120 Miao festivals throughout the year....more

Zhaoxing

Zhaoxing is one of the largest Dong villages in the region, many local people continue to wear traditional clothing and speak only their native Dong language. ...more

 

 

Frequently asked questions in Guizhou

Questions and answers