Sanpai Yao Village

Liannan Yao Autonomous county has been called "little Guilin" where the aboriginal Yao people still keep their traditional lifestyle. About 11 kilometers (7 miles) south of the Liannan County situated in the Sanpai Village situates the Sanpai Yao Village. This Yao Village is a vivacious scenic resort comprehensively reflecting the history, culture, art, customs, architecture, costumes and folk entertainment of the Yao ethnic minority.

Nestled at the foot of the gorgeous Sanpai Mountain, the rows of houses in the Yao Village rise with the slope. Often, the roofs of the houses in the front rows are level with the floors of the houses in the back rows. The houses are connected together by corridors and lanes, forming the typical architectural layout of Yao villages.

The Yao people retain a traditional way of living by do weaving, embroidery and agricultural production. To see how they live, visitors are able to enter their rooms. There antique and unique stilt-houses, also known as pile dwellings, can be seen in the village. There are bamboo pipes hanging in the midair which resemble spider webs. They are the water pipes used by local people. Still, there exist a number of original breweries, bean curd mills, oil mills and granaries. Brick, tile and the ancient houses represent the age-old life style of the Yao nationality.

In the spectacular village, tourists can visit the traditional Yao breweries and have a taste of the fragrant rice wine and the lighter wines which are peculiar to the Yao nationality. In the antique oil mills, oil made by the indigenous methods is a popular performance. Learning to make wine and bean curd are also recommended as special experiences. There are also many workshops producing various local folk craftworks, including beautiful Yao ethnic costumes, ingenious embroideries, fine curios and local specialties.

In the evening, visitors are usually invited to join a camping fire program with Nan Yao traditional dancing and singing performance. Tourists to the Yao Village will also have the chance to know the wedding and funeral customs of the natives. The passionate Yao people will present wonderful folk singing and dancing to their visitors and amuse with them in the auditorium.

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