Qianjiadong(千家峒): the Holy Grail and Paradise Lost of Yao Nationality

2015-09-04 01:15:57 Author：culture Source：National culture Browse number：0 Comment 0 A

Qianjiadong is believed as the originating place of Yao people. In ancient time, it was occupied by 1000 households, and the villagers were the descendants of 12 tribes. Due to the constant wars, they had to bid farewell to their hometown and parted with each other. A leader divided a bull horn into 12 pieces before handling them to 12 tribe leaders. They promised to see each other again after 500 years. To gaining back their lost paradise, Yao people staged numerous uprisings, but all in vain. By now, Yao women still wear horn-shaped pectoral decorations divided into twelve parts.

Nangang Yao Village (Nangang Thousand-Year Yao Village, Yao Nationality Village of Nangang,南岗千年瑶寨)

Located in Liannan County, Qingyuan City, Guangdong province, Yao Nationality Village of Nangangis over 1400 years old. Constructed during Song Dynasty (960-1279), it is the largest, biggest and most unique Yao village on earth. Hundreds of quaint architecture compounds of Ming and Qing dynasties (1368-1911) cling to the middle waist of a mist-shrouded mountain like Potala Palace. Serene and picturesque, it is a place true to its past. Artifacts and remnants abound here, testifying to its past. In its heydays, there were over 5000 villagers. The remaining 200 Yao villagers here still live on rice cultivation and observe ancient and interesting festivals...