In this area, lives the Miao nationality: they speak Miao dialect; girls and boys are free for love; and they exchange feelings and love with songs. Women like to bear silver wares, and wear broidery blouses with flower designs but without collars; boys like to wear leg wrappings, and blow wood leaves as musical instruments. The local people like to raise silk worms to make their own textiles. They use the traditional way for oil extraction, papermaking and rice grinding. Also the locals use special wheels with buckets to lift water for irrigation.
Tourists can also extract oil, make papers, weave cloth and grind rice by themselves. In this scenic spot, there are such programs being guests in Miao family as exchanging songs at the gate, offering wines, Miao drum dance, saying good bye to guests with lanterns. Therefore coming to Dehang for a tour is just like coming to a beautiful and fairy-tale world.
Transport: A tourist bus from Fenghuang Ancient City goes there
Tel: (86)743-8665350.
Admission (for reference): 80 yuan/adult
Updated on March 28, 2022