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After breakfast at Rongjiang, drive about 90 kilometers (about 2 hours) toward Congjiang, known as the "Holy Land of Spiritual Nourishment", beginning today's exploration.
First stop, visit the mysterious [Basha Miao Village], China's "last tribe of gunmen", which still preserves customs such as shaving hair with a sickle and tree worship. It has been called one of the "21 most mysterious primitive tribes in the world". Basha men have the right to carry guns for life; firearms are a symbol of the tribe's identity and bravery, and their "guardian bun" hairstyle is uniquely distinctive, using a sickle to shave the hair around the head, leaving only a bun on the crown. When a Basha man turns 15, a grand coming-of-age ceremony is held by worshipping the tree of life, shaving the hair with a sickle, and receiving a firearm as a gift.
In addition, the Basha people regard trees as deities. Every Basha person plants a "tree of life" at birth, and at death a tree is used to make a coffin, while an evergreen tree is planted at the grave to continue life. Their clothing is also very special, mainly black. Men wear traditional black clothing as a symbol of bark, while women add colorful ornaments on a black base. Interestingly, if the hem of a skirt is white it means married, black means unmarried. You can stroll through Basha Miao Village, deeply experience the mysterious Miao culture and traditional ecology, and also have the chance to watch the spectacular gun-firing ceremony, the sickle hair-shaving ceremony, and an excellent lusheng performance.
Then, continue to [Zhanli Dong Village], known as "China's No. 1 Population Culture Village", a Dong village famous for the mysterious birth custom "flower gender change" and a traditional ecology isolated from the outside world. Over hundreds of years, almost every family has had one son and one daughter according to custom, with no phenomenon of having extra children. You can explore the "men's well" and "women's well" in the village, which are said to influence the sex of a baby when drunk from, full of mystery. You can also stroll through the village and terraced fields, photograph rural scenery combining Dong village and terraced fields, check in at traditional handicrafts such as Dong cloth weaving and dyeing and bamboo weaving, and experience the authentic life of the Dong people.
Then, drive about 1.5 hours toward Zhaoxing, visit [Zhaoxing Dong Village], known as the "No. 1 Dong Village", one of China's largest and most complete Dong villages. It still fully preserves traditional Dong architecture (drum towers, wind-rain bridges, stilt houses), intangible heritage handicrafts (Dong grand song, indigo dyeing) and traditional activities (Yueye, Sama Festival). It has been called a "Dong Culture Museum". The five famous drum towers in the village are named after "benevolence, righteousness, propriety, wisdom, trust", corresponding to the residential areas of the five major clans, up to 28 meters high, with all-wood structures without nails or rivets, and curved roofs carved with exquisite plant and animal patterns. In 2016 it was recorded in the Guinness World Records, a unique architectural marvel among China's Dong villages. You can go up to the viewpoint at the village entrance, overlook the panorama of the entire Dong village, or walk through the ancient alleys in the village and experience the authentic Dong atmosphere.
Suggested free activities
1. Night view of Zhaoxing Dong Village: when night falls, the drum towers of Zhaoxing Dong Village light up like stars, as if entering a fantasy scene from "Spirited Away". You can watch the wonder "drum tower in the water" at the viewpoint, or stroll through the ancient alleys and see the wind-rain bridges and stilt houses glowing.
2. Dong grand song performance: the unique multi-part harmony singing of the Chinese Dong people without instrumental accompaniment. In 2009 it was inscribed by UNESCO as a representative item of the intangible cultural heritage of humanity. You can listen to this melodious "heavenly sound of world heritage" at the drum tower or the transmission center.
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