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שיג'יאנג , הכפר הגדול ביותר של שבט מיאו בסין~Xijiang , Largest Meo Village In China

Xijiang. There are about a thousand houses in this village, the largest one among the Meo villages. Most of the houses are made of brown wood, giving them a special look on the mountain’s slope. The village is built within a valley. Houses are scattered on the slopes of mountains from both sides. A river crosses the two parts of the village. You can cross it by walking on one of the wind and rain bridges, typical to Meo villages of the province. Beautiful rice terraces are all around the area. There are a couple of possibilities to tour Xijiang – in the center of the village located at the bottom of the valley, climbing the southern slope or climbing the northern slope, where mose rice terraces are.

I left the hotel in Kaili with my huge bag in order to travel from Kaili to Xijiang and directly to Congjiang. Since there was no bus connecting the two, I had to take a bus from Kaili to Xijiang (two hours), go back to Kaili by bus and take another bus to Congjiang. Leishan is somewhere on the way, and the bus from Kaili to Congjiang stops in Leishan on its way. To make a little shortcut, instead of going on the bus directly to Xijiang, I took the bus from Kaili to Leishan (13 yuan, one hour and a half), I left my huge bag in luggage storage (there is no such thing in Leishan. It was left in the ticket lady’s office) for 4 yuan a day, and went on another bus from Leishan to Xijiang leaving at 14:30 (10 yuan, one hour).

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שיג'יאנג על הבוקר ונסיעה מתישה אל צ'ונגג'יאנג~Exhuasting Trip From Xijiang To Congjiang

After spending half a day in Xijian village I went on a bus for a long trip of thousands of steep curves between Leishan and Congjiang. Only after the bus has arrived in Rongjiang, the curves calmed a little. Overall it was a five and half hours in a minibus.

At 10:00 in the morning I walked out the hostel to investigate the Southern, less interesting side of Xijiang. A few art students sit on the mountain’s slope. They came here to practice their expertise. The brown wooden houses, so typical to Xijiang are seen everywhere. I climbed for fifteen minutes from the village till I reached the main road. This is where tourist groups come on buses to watch the view of the village and the river crossing it. The village is covered with fog during the day. It’s not easy to take a picture from a distance.