#Zhaoxing Gulou Group Travel Recommendations for 2024 (Updated in May)
Historical Architectures
Address:
Provincial Highway 202, Liping County, Qiandongnan Miao and Dong Autonomous Prefecture
Recommended sightseeing time:
2-3 hours
The ancient village recommended by National Geographic! A beauty that can't be described in a thousand words!
Zhaoxing Dong Village is located in Liping County, Guizhou Province, backed by lush mountains and embracing babbling streams. It is one of the largest Dong settlements in the world and enjoys the reputation of "the first village of Dongxiang". As a "Global Important Agricultural Cultural Heritage" certified by UNESCO, it is famous for its unique drum tower architecture group, wind and rain bridge and Zhaoxing Dong Village·Liping's completely preserved traditional farming culture.
🍀Recommended photo spots
①Panoramic shooting point: Ascend the viewing platform to overlook the magnificent panorama of the entire Dong Village, with five drum towers of varying heights set against layers of wooden stilt buildings, especially when the morning mist is lingering or the sunset is slanting, the scenery is poetic and picturesque.
②Drum Tower Close-up: Each drum tower is the essence of Dong wooden architecture. Choose different time periods to shoot from various angles, especially the drum tower after the lights are turned on at night, the light and shadow effects are unique.
③Rural scenery: Go deep into the path between the terraces, capture the ecological landscape of the coexistence system of rice fields and fish ponds, or the harmonious picture of bluestone roads and ancient dwellings under the blue sky and white clouds.
🍀Traffic guidance
It is very convenient to go to Zhaoxing Dong Village. You can first take a plane to Guiyang Longdongbao International Airport, then transfer to a long-distance bus to Liping County, and finally take a local bus or taxi directly to the Dong Village. In addition, self-driving tourists can reach it through highways and national highways, and you can also enjoy the beautiful natural scenery of Guizhou mountainous area along the way.
🍀Authentic food experience
When you come to Zhaoxing Dong Village, how can you miss the local food temptation:
①Sour soup fish: Choose local fresh river fish and cook with secret sour soup, sour and spicy, delicious, and endless aftertaste;
②Pickled meat glutinous rice: Select Dong's bacon, paired with soft and fragrant glutinous rice, rich in taste, and fragrant;
③Dong's roast fish: The fish is roasted to a slight char, paired with Dong's special chili sauce, which greatly increases the appetite;
④Wild vegetable tofu ball soup: The tofu balls made by hand are paired with mountain vegetables to make a clear and sweet tonic.
Whether it is to visit the mysterious Dong culture, or to taste the thick human fireworks, Zhaoxing Dong Village will leave you an unforgettable journey with her unique charm. Bring a camera and let the lens freeze the beauty of this thousand-year-old Dong Village! outdoors the colors of the journey humanities notes roaming guide to go on weekends
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Guizhou｜The quaint Zhaoxing Dong Village and Tang'an Dong Village
At the end of December, Guizhou is not crowded, not cold, and very suitable for travel. Zhaoxing Dong Village is a place recommended by National Geographic and Lonely Planet in China, and it is the largest natural village of the Dong nationality. There is a bustling main street inside, and both sides are residential areas. The people in the village are all surnamed Lu, centered on the drum tower and divided into five major families: benevolence, righteousness, courtesy, wisdom, and faith. It is said that the higher the drum tower, the more people there are. This group of drum towers has been included in the Guinness World Records. There is a brief welcome performance at the entrance of the village at 10 am and 4 pm every day. There are rice fields outside, and it looks beautiful from the viewing platform.
The village is not big, strolling around, from watching the locals make fire and cook in the morning, to watching them talk around the fire at night, passing the drum tower, stage, flower bridge, stilted building, watching the waterwheel irrigate the rice fields, the simple life is relaxing and calm. The food here is also surprisingly delicious. In addition to sour soup fish, there are also stir-fried bamboo shoots with firewood bacon, cold beef, beef soup, braised small potatoes, glutinous rice balls with meat, etc. are all delicious, super rice.
Take a minibus from Zhaoxing Dong Village and drive up the mountain for 20 minutes to Tang'an Dong Village. It is a very small village, but it is a well-preserved Dong ethnic ecological museum. Norwegian ecologist John Jestron fell in love with this place after visiting many villages and promoted the cooperation between China and Norway to build the only Dong ethnic ecological museum in the country. Old stone steps, ancient tombs, ancient ladle wells, open terraces, and many original ecological materials and intangible traditional cultures have been preserved, and the entire village is ancient and peaceful.