Yintan Dong Village

Yintan Dong village is a magical and poetic pure Dong village, surrounded by green mountains and towering ancient trees.

The folk customs here are primitive, simple and unique, with Jindao officials, "Lahan" and "lamean" (male and female youth in Dong Language) swinging under the red bean fir trees to convey their feelings.

Yintan, located in the deep mountains, is known as the habitat of human exhausted soul.

All the buildings in Yintan are of wood structure, which is easy to cause fire. You should be careful with fire during your tour.

Yintan Dong Village

Yintan is a magical and poetic Dong village. The village is 20km away from Congjiang County, and Congjiang Guping highway passes by the village. There are 323 households and 1669 people in the village. The village is surrounded by green hills, ancient trees, and houses with row upon row. The stilted building with fir structure is close to the mountain and water. In the 13 storey Drum Tower, a clear stream runs through the village. The orderly paddy fields and streams around the village reflect a silver light in the sunshine, so it is called Yintan. The folk customs here are primitive, simple and unique, with Jindao officials, "Lahan" and "lamean" (male and female youth in Dong Language) swinging under the red bean fir trees to convey their feelings. There are many national festivals, mainly including Dong year, June and June, guzang Festival and so on.

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Yintan, a peaceful Dong village. 20.5km away from Congjiang County, the village has more than 240 households and more than 1300 people. It is located in a deep valley surrounded by mountains with green trees. Standing on the mountain overlooking Yintan, there is a clear stream winding, hanging wooden buildings row upon row, green tile eaves arranged in order, and two drum towers facing each other from afar. There are more than 140 first-class rare and endangered Taxus growing around the village. The scenery here is pleasant, the ethnic customs are rich, and the festival content is rich and colorful. During the festival, there are bullfighting, young men and women playing on the swing under the yew, singing and other customs, among which Jindao officials and Yintan marriage customs are more unique.

Sitting on the bench in the drum tower, you can watch the old people living and weaving, the village women pounding rice and spinning, the village girls washing yarn and beating cloth, and the children playing and frolicking. It's a leisurely and happy scene. It can be called "paradise" and a good place for people to "daze". It is known as "the habitat of human exhausted soul".

Detailed introduction

Yintan Dong village, only 20 kilometers away from Congjiang County, is a typical Dong village that maintains the original clothing culture and traditional production and life style of the Dong nationality. It is known as "the home of human tired soul". Yintan Dong village is located in the valley of the top of the mountain. The surrounding vegetation is rich, the plant population is various, and the ancient trees are towering. There are many S-shaped meandering streams flowing along the valley in the village. More than 40 small bridges connect the residents on both sides of the stream, just like the water town in the south of the Yangtze River. On both sides of the Taiwan Strait, stilted buildings of "Ganlan" style are standing, extending all the way to the foot of the mountain, while drum towers are standing, which makes the whole village well arranged. Paddy fields, ponds and streams are shining silver in the sun. It is said that Yintan got its name. But there is another saying: in ancient times, in order to oppose the marriage system of cousins, a young woman took a jar of silver from her family and eloped with her sweetheart overnight, and came to the deep mountain to get married and start a business, thus giving birth to Yintan Dong village. Although the names of Yintan are different, they are poetic and picturesque. The former is a beautiful picture of pastoral scenery, while the latter is a moving ballad yearning for freedom of marriage.

Located in the deep mountains of Yintan, folk houses, drum towers, Hehang, hecang and stage keep their unique rough, true and original qualities. The mysterious, simple and original national original ecological culture is unique. It is not too much to say that Yintan is ancient everywhere. One is the ancient stilted building, Drum Tower and stage in the style of "Ganlan", which stand quietly in the valley and endure the baptism of years, regardless of the world. Most of the buildings are 50 to 100 years old. Yintan has three drum towers, of which Shangzhai Drum Tower was built in 1826 of Daoguang. It covers an area of 74 square meters and is about 21 meters high. It was listed as a key cultural relic protection unit at the county level in June 1984. Among the more than 100 drum towers in Congjiang, the number of double eaves is odd. Only two drum towers, such as Yintan Shangzhai, have even number of double eaves, which is very strange. Yintan stage is very gorgeous and exquisite. It is an antique stilted building with a suspended Hill roof, covered with small green tiles. There are painted sculptures of dragons, birds and figures on the high corners at both ends of the roof. The characters are in the middle, surrounded by animals and birds. The front cornice is painted with two phoenix. On the stilts on both sides of the entrance, there is a figure of Wu Sheng hanging in the air. In the middle of the stage and in the left and right false entrance, there is a painting of dramatic figures. The painted sculptures and paintings of the whole stage are consistent with those of the drum tower, which fully embodies the high degree of harmony and unity between man and nature, and reflects the simple philosophy of the Dong people that heaven and earth are one and man and nature are the same.

Among the more than 100 Drum Tower Buildings in Congjiang, most of them have odd number of double eaves. Only two drum towers, such as Yintan Shangzhai, have even number of double eaves, which is very special. It is said that when the Drum Tower of Shangzhai in Yintan was first built, it had 13 stories of double eaves, a double-layer hexagonal tower shaped wooden structure with a cusp, and each eaves was covered with fir bark. After the completion of the drum tower, the people in the village were not united. The majority of women were born. The wizard thought that the drum tower was too prosperous and exceeded the number of people. He suggested that the drum tower should be reduced by one floor. In the early years of the Republic of China, the rafter skin, purlin and cover board were replaced, and a layer of roof was removed. In 1984, it was repaired again, replaced with small green tiles and decorated.

Most of the ancient wells in Yintan were built during the reign of Qian and Jia in Qing Dynasty. Three of the most famous ancient wells. Fangjing one, Yuanjing two. The square well takes stone as the pillar and stone slab as the wall and bottom. A crab is engraved in the middle of the bottom. The upper part of the column is round. The shape is like a human head, with eyes, nose, mouth and ears; the lower part is square, with grains, which is used to hold stone slabs. One round well is round inside and outside, and the other is round inside and outside. The shaft wall is made of three barrel shaped stones. On the top four corners of the well are engraved with the patterns of Yuanyang Jiaojing, Sanyu gongtou and Tongqian, while on the sides are engraved with the patterns of flowers and plants and diagonal lines. Some of the decorative patterns are worn out, and a few places can't be seen clearly. There is an overflow in the front. There are two low wooden piles with holes in the back, which are supposed to be used for carrying poles, and an arc-shaped stone slab, which is probably used to prevent debris from falling into the well. The well water is clear and transparent.

Yintan has beautiful mountains, water, scenery, green trees, beautiful scenery and fresh air. The people in Yintan are simple and hospitable. Whenever guests come to Yintan, villagers hold a unique and grand welcoming ceremony to welcome them. The warm and hospitable Dong family members often entertain their guests with their common food such as glutinous rice, pickled meat, pickled fish, red meat, shriveled beef, shriveled sheep, roast fish, raw fish, rice wine, rice stew, etc. during the dinner, Dong girls often sing toasts to the guests to express their enthusiasm for the guests and make them feel the customs of the Dong nationality. Yintan's traditional festivals include the year of Dong, the XiaGu festival in March, the cotton festival in April, the cattle festival in June and the new eating Festival on July 7.

Address: Guping Township, Congjiang County, Qiandongnan Prefecture

Longitude: 108.85318660736

Latitude: 25.834291438577

Tour time: half a day

Traffic information: Yintan Dongzhai is 20km away from Congjiang County

There is no direct bus. It takes about 1.5 hours from Congjiang County.

Ticket information: Free

Opening hours: all day

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