Yanjiao Dong Village

Yanjiao village is a hilly and mountainous area, and the whole village is of Dong nationality. Here, you can see the well preserved Dongzhai group in Yanjiao village. There is a winding stream in front of the gate of the village, with beautiful scenery. Yanjiao village is known as "the ancient post station on the Silk Road of Dong village in Miao township". There are also ancient dwellings in the Qing Dynasty, road steles built from Qianlong to Jiaqing, Qingshiban road and ancient post roads leading to Guizhou and Guangxi. The red army passed by this village during the long march. It is a good place to explore history and ancient relics.

Every year, the villagers celebrate the "April 8 girls' Day" and other ethnic festivals. If they are lucky, they can also hear the brilliant performance of Lusheng Pipa team specially set up in the village.

Yanjiao Dong Village

Yanjiao Dong village is located in zhaiya Township, Jingzhou Miao and Dong Autonomous County. It was built in the Song Dynasty. It has a long and mysterious matriarchal culture, simple and thick history of post station, rich and unique cultural customs, and fairyland like landscape. It is one of the first batch of national key rural tourism poverty alleviation villages and a national 3A scenic spot.

brief introduction

Yanjiao Dong village was founded in the Song Dynasty. It has a long and mysterious matrilineal culture, simple and thick history of post station, rich and unique cultural folk customs, and fairyland landscape. It is one of the first batch of national key villages for rural tourism poverty alleviation and a national 3A scenic spot. In 2016, Yanjiao Dong village was awarded the second "the most beautiful minority characteristic village in Hunan".

Matriarchal culture

Starting from Jingzhou County, walk eastward along provincial highway s319. After 25 kilometers, you will arrive at Yanjiao Dong village in zhaiya township. The Dong village, surrounded by mountains, still has some traditions left behind by matriarchal clan. Here, men are the ones who take the children to cook, and the family has the final say.

The elder and authoritative Sam is in charge of the important affairs in the clan

"It's a big deal in the village. Every household is signed by a woman, but a man's signature doesn't count. (man) where is the financial power? All the money in the family is in the hands of women. " Mo Shengyu, who is 90 years old, is the last Sam before the liberation of Yanjiao Dong village.

When Mo Shengyu was 8 years old, her parents opened a small workshop in the county town, so she had the opportunity to study in a private school in the county town for several years. Later, the county was in turmoil, so the whole family closed the workshop and returned to Yanjiao Dong village. When Mo Shengyu was 24 years old, Sam, the former leader, died. The Council of women in charge of all ethnic groups in the village elected her to take over Sam and lead the Council to deal with the affairs of the village.

In the life of the Yanjiao Dong family, women are responsible for building bridges, houses and fields, while men are mainly responsible for taking care of children and fighting. Here, the visiting son-in-law is respected by the society, the daughter has the right to inherit property, and the elder and prestigious Sam is responsible for all the family affairs.

After the founding of new China, Mo Shengyu became the first rural female party member in the township. So far, Mo Shengyu is still in a detached position in the clan. Whenever there is a big event around, an invitation will be sent to her.

The earth God and the earth woman sit side by side in the earth temple

The feminist culture of Yanjiao Dong village is not only reflected in Sam's power.

In Yanjiao Dong village, there is an ancient post road in Ming and Qing Dynasties. Experts found many records of local women's status in three well preserved stone tablets and earth temples beside the ancient post road. In addition to women's names on the stone tablet, the list of donors engraved on one stone tablet is all women. In addition, in the temple of the earth beside the ancient post road, the earth Lord and the earth woman sit side by side. The earth woman's left hand goes around the earth Lord's shoulder and strokes his beard. Generally, the earth temple has only the earth God. In addition, the eaves of every room here are decorated with dragon body and phoenix head, with the Phoenix above and the Dragon below, reflecting the respect for female culture.

Local history

Ups and downs of the post road is the rise and fall of Dong village

There are many fish ponds in Yanjiao Dong village, up to 28. Local villagers say that the Ming and Qing Dynasties were the most prosperous period of Yanjiao Dong village, when there were 48 fish ponds.

Why are there so many fish ponds? Yang Xiaoping, director of the Joint Working Committee of the Chinese people's Political Consultative Conference in zhaiya Township, said that during the Ming and Qing Dynasties, there were a lot of merchants here, and the Dong family was hospitable. When the guests came, they would leave them to eat and drink. The fish in the fish pond was just the delicious food the Dong family entertained the guests.

Today, Yanjiao Dong village still retains the mark of prosperity at that time. Starting from the drum tower at the foot of the village, a 1.5-meter-wide Qingshiban road goes up the mountain, passing through the village and heading west. This is a well preserved ancient post road for hundreds of years. Lu Tongzhi, head of zhaiya Township in Jingzhou County, said that the ancient post road built in the Ming Dynasty flourished in Jiaqing of the Qing Dynasty. At that time, it was an important business road connecting Hunan and Guangxi. At that time, there were more than 400 households in Yanjiao Dong village, with a permanent resident population of more than 2000 and a floating population of more than 1000. "At that time, it was also a place of light and wine.". "With the development of waterways and highways, the post roads gradually became deserted, and many people migrated." Lu Tongzhi said that the rise and fall of the post road is the rise and fall of the Dong village.

Local beauty

beautiful scenery

Paiyashan Forest Park

Paiyashan Forest Park is located in the southwest of Jingzhou Miao and Dong Autonomous County, which is composed of paiyashan, shizichong and Mayuan. The unique vegetation and good ecological environment form the unique forest microclimate of Paiya mountain, which enjoys the reputation of "magic green lung" in Southwest Hunan.

Zhu Jian, 38, will drive to camp from Huaihua if he has nothing to do. "Let's have a look at the scenery. Next we are going to Yanjiao Dong village." Their tents and hammocks are set up in a Metasequoia forest in paiyashan area. This Metasequoia forest has built a walking path to shuttle through the forest. Birds are singing and sunlight is pouring down through the green leaves.

Wang tie, a staff member of Jingzhou County Tourism Bureau, said that paiyashan area was developed earlier and better. Mayuan and shizichong are basically the original forest area, especially shizichong area, which has no development at all, but they are also the most beautiful areas in paiyashan Forest Park, with strange mountains, fantastic clouds, strange rocks, secluded forests, gorgeous flowers and beautiful water, all of which are concentrated.

The best season for Paiya mountain is summer and autumn. In early November, all the leaves will turn red. Wang tie said that if you want to walk through the paiyashan area, it will take one day. If you want to walk through the three areas, it will take two or three days.

Local cuisine

Beautiful to the mouth carved preserves

Wax gourd, pumpkin, cucumber, grapefruit In Jingzhou, there is a special way to eat these fruits and vegetables: they are carved with birds and animals, flowers, birds, fish and insects, portraits of people and other exquisite patterns, and then they are made into preserves, so beautiful that people can't bear to eat them. This is the famous carved preserves in Jingzhou.

Jingzhou carved preserves originated in the Five Dynasties period, has a history of more than 1000 years, and has a long-standing reputation in the local and surrounding areas. Together with salted fish, bacon, fragrant oil tea, fried tea and Dong rice, they are known as the "six treasures on the tip of the tongue" of Jingzhou. In March 2009, Jingzhou carved candied fruit art was listed as the second batch of intangible cultural heritage projects in Hunan Province.

Offer information

On February 20, 2020, it was announced that free admission tour will be implemented for medical workers from the end of the epidemic to December 31, 2020.

Address: Yanjiao village, zhaiya Township, Jingzhou County

Longitude: 109.83076307935

Latitude: 26.523724227627

Tour time: half a day

Ticket information: Free

Opening hours: all day

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