Yaoshang Gelao Cultural Village

Yaoshang Gelao Cultural Village

Yaoshang Gelao cultural village is located in Yaoshang formation of fudingshan village, Pingshan Township, Shiqian County, Guizhou Province. It is subordinate to Shiqian County, Tongren City, Guizhou Province. It covers an area of 3.8 square kilometers and has 67 households and more than 300 people.

Yaoshang Gelao cultural village is located in Yaoshang group of fudingshan village, Pingshan Township, Shiqian County, Guizhou Province. The cultural village is located at the foot of fudingshan and the Bank of Baoxi River, 38 kilometers away from the county seat. It takes about an hour to drive from the county seat.

Gelao nationality is the oldest nationality in Guizhou. It is a nationality that once established the ancient Yelang state. There is a folk saying that "barbaric Gelao, open up wasteland and open up grass". The origin of Gelao nationality has experienced three historical periods: Pu people, Liao people and Gelao people. Due to historical reasons, the Gelao nationality has formed a situation of large dispersion and small settlement. Shiqian is one of the main residences of Gelao people in China. The place we are going to today is Yaoshang Gelao cultural village.

Yaoshang Gelao cultural village is a beautiful village with mountains and rivers and bamboo forests. It belongs to Pingshan township. The village covers an area of 3.8 square kilometers, with more than 300 people living in 67 households. The villagers of Gelao nationality are hospitable and good at singing and dancing. The whole ethnic cultural village obviously and completely retains the characteristics of Gelao nationality from clothing to architecture, from catering to customs, and the ethnic culture is very strong. In October 2007, Yaoshang Gelao Cultural Village won the title of "flying swallow Award for best folk culture of rural tourism in China".

In order to enter the village, it is necessary to drink and listen to the music of blocking the way, which is a way for the children of the Ge family to welcome guests from afar

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Address: in Pingshan Township, east foot of Fuding, Shiqian County, Tongren City

Longitude: 108.16092

Latitude: 27.335918

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