SCYTC-024: 23-DAY WESTERN CHINA MINORITIES CULTURE TOUR
This program on the most traditional and least touched minorities of
Southwestern part of China. During this 21 days, you will have the chance to visit more than 10 minorities, you will have the chance to visit different peoples, see the different costumes, visit different kinds
of villages or hamlets and their different cultures. You will see a lot and learn a lot. Among the places you will cover, there are 11 minorities in Guangxi Province include Zhuang, Yao, Miao, Dong, Mulao, Maonan, Hui, Jing, Yi, Shui and Gelao. And during this tour you will visit the most tipical Maonan: more than 99% of them live inside Guangxi Province, especially Huangjiang and its vicinity areas. Maonan People call
themselves "Anan", which means the people who live in the Maonan areas. Always a very big group of families live together in one hamlet. Their houses are always tile-roofed, with two stories: people live in the upper floor and the ground floor always for keeping domestic animals and pile up sundries. Then you will visit the tipical Mulao People in Luocheng areas, in which more than 80% Mulao People live. For Mulao people, no matter how big the village or hamlet is, most of the people there are kins. They also live in tile-roofed houses, but with only one floor, and the house for domestic animals is not together with people's houses. Miao People are a very big minority. Miao has a population of about 8 million and about 380 different branches--that's why we will visit different Miaos in both Guangxi and Guizhou Provinces (we can also see other branches in Yunnan, Sichuan and Hunan province.) Miao People themselves have different dialects. Miao's houses are different from place to places, but the Miao people like to afforest their surroundings very much. There are always bamboos, flowers or fruit trees around their houses. Guizhou has 16 minorities, and minorities have a population of more than 10 millions, around 1/3 of the total population of Guizhou Province. Among all the minorites in Guizhou, the most colourful one should be Miao, that's why in the itinerary we arranged most of the time in Guizhou to visit different Miao--Basha Miao, Long-skirt Miao, Multi-embroidered Miao, etc. and watch the different Miao Dance and folksongs. Yunnan has the biggest number of minorities in China. There are 44 minorities there. Among these 44 minorities, 15 minorities have more than 96% population of their own people. During this tour, you will visit the Ancient Dali Town of Bai, where even more than 3000 years' ago, the Bai people began to live here. The Dali Town itself was built in 1382 AD. In Dali, you will also visit the Bai Billage of Zhoucheng and its traditonal hand industry batik, traditional Bai Fare, etc.. Lijiang itself means the place with a lot of gold and clean water. Naxi people lived there for two thousand years already. Despite the earthquake a few years ago, the old town is kept very well. All the houses here are tile-roofed, with wooden framework and alay walls. Most of the houses are built in square construction, with flowers planted in the middle of the houses. During this tour, we will not only visit the old Square Town, the Naxi People, but also enjoy the more than 1000 year Tang Dynasty Music, the 600 year Ming Dynasty Fresco, ect. On the way to Lugu Lake, we will visit some Yi People. Yi People is one of the biggest minorities in China. Yi has a population of about 7 million. While in Lugu Lake, we will see the only living matriarchal society in China there. Then in Xishuangbanna we will visit some more typical local minorities living in the tropical forests or by the streams in their bamboo houses: Dai, Lahu, Bulang, etc. each is different from the other.
Day 1: Hong Kong--Guilin. Overnight at Guilin Hotel
Day 2: Guilin to Huanjiang(340km): Visiting Maonan Minorities on the way if time avaible. Overnight at a local guesthouse.
Day 3: Visit Maonan villages and people. Overnight at a local guesthouse.
Day 4: driving to Luocheng(150km) and visit Mulao People on the way.
Overnight at a local guesthouse.
Day 5: Visit Mulao villages and people in the morning, going to Rongshui
in the afternoon(65km). Overnight at a local guesthouse.
Day 6: Visiting Miao Village and people in the morning, going to Sanjiang
in the afternoon. Overnight at a local guesthouse.
Day 7: Visiting Dong Village and families. Overnight at a local guesthouse.
Day 8: Driving to Zhaoxing. Visiting Diping Wind and Rain Bridge and Dong
People on the way. Attend Dong Folk Song Show in the evening. Overnight at a local guesthouse.
Day 9: Zhaoxing to Congjiang to Rongjiang : visiting Basha Miao Village
and Chejiang Dong Village on the way. Overnight at Rongjiang Hotel.
Day 10: Rongjiang to Kaili: Visiting Langde Long-skirt Miao Hamlet.
Overnight at Kaili Hotel.
Day 11: Kaili to Guiyang: Visiting Wengdun Multi-embroidered Miao village.Overnight at Guiyang Hotel.
Day 12: Flight to Kunming. Overnight at Kunming Hotel
Day 13: Early flight to Dali: visit Xizhou Bai villages and people, the
Dali Ancient Town, etc. Overnight at Dali Hotel
Day 14: Driving to Lijiang (180km, about 4 hours): visit Baihua Naxi
villages and People and Naxi countryside village. Enjoy Naxi songs and dances in the evening. Overnight at Dali Hotel.
Day 15: Visit the Old Naxi Square Streets Town areas, Dayan Old Village,
Basha Ancient Frescos and Suhe Naxi traditional village. Enjoy Naxi Ancient Music in the evening. Overnight at Dali Hotel.
Day 16: Drive to Lugu Lake. Overnight at Lugu Lake Hotel.
Day 17: Sightseeing Lugu Lake areas. Overnight at Lugu Lake Hotel.
Day 18: Drive back to Lijiang. Overnight at Lijiang Hotel.
Day 19: Visit Yuhu Village and fly to Xishuangbanna in the evening.
Overnight at Xishuangbanna Hotel
Day 20: Visit Lahu Hamlets and Bulang Hamlets, then visiting Dai villages
by bamboo raft along the Daluo River by China-Burma border.Overnight at Daluo Forest Park Guesthouse, attend minorities' folk songs and dances show in the evening.
Day 21: Visit the early morning Dai Market before the dawn (also called
the Goasts' Market.) Visit Aini Villages (a branch of Hali) and Lahu Hamlets on the way back to Jinghong.
Overnight at local Hotel
Day 22: Visit Dai Villages and Menhan Markets. Overnight at local Hotel
Day 23: Fly back to Kunming. Overnight at Kuming Hotel
July 24: Leave for Hong Kong or your own city. End of Tour
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