Miao Nationality Villages in Southeast Guizhou Pro

With the countless Miao villages around the country I must have visited a dozen already. Miao minority has become one of the most popular tourist ones due to their festive dances and especially the dress and silver jewelry headdresses. The nomination only specifies a certain portion of villages in the southeast of Guizhou, where according to the 2000 census 48% of the Miao clans live. Currently the site doesn't specify which exact village (it says 21 villages) but rather a range of where these villages are. I went to two of these for sure: Datang and the biggest one - Xijiang aka Xijiang Qianhu. I will focus on the latter because I feel that is more likely to be inscribed even with the very commercial nature that has befallen it.

Xijiang is an hour away from Kaili, the biggest town in the area. You can either take the normal coach from the city center or directly from the high-speed train station. I would actually recommend the latter even though I didn't personally do it. I stayed in town and the traffic there is pretty tight. It will take the bus 20-25 minutes just to reach the city's edge and if you go directly from the railway station you are saving all that hassle. You should stay in the village over night rather than Kaili. Once you reach the tourist center you have to get a ticket (100 yuan), then choose to get an e-bus ticket (it's 20 yuan), or …