Xijiang, China Travel Blogs

Sun and Rain along the Xi River
Aug 19, 2008 (53 photos)

... the largest village of the Miao racial minority in China. The Miao are known as Hmong among themselves and outside of China. XiJiang occupies the western shoulders and basin of a long river valley. The eastern part of the valley is terraced with ...

Where very little changed in a millennium.
Sep 28, 2007 (29 photos)

... national holiday in China for that is the day Mao Zedong proclaimed the creation of the People's Republic of China. I happened to be in Xijiang the day before and the celebrations were already going strong. The local Miao tribe treated us with quite ...

It's harvesting time
Sep 13, 2006 (32 photos)

... *Xiding had kids throw plastic bags that have been tied up. I felt so sorry for them I had to give them some real balloons. *Xijiang had kids making mud blocks from a puddle off the side of the dusty road *Xijiang also had a kid pull a piece of metal ...

Xijiang
Dec 15, 2005

Nice minority village with allot of bagio

Xijiang
Aug 22, 2007 (17 photos)

... 45 when we were giving up hope and had no choice but to go. After a tube, a fast ferry, border crossing back into China and a flight, we arrived in Kaili for our overnight stay.  The next morning we left Kaili for a trek through Xijang, where ...

Our first authentic village experience
Aug 19, 2009 (4 photos)

19/8 - Xijiang Xijiang (pronounced Shijiang) is a picturistic village near Kaili, populated by the "Miao" people. In fact, we understood that most of the region is populated by Miao. We arrived at Xijian at the afternoon, and went about to see the town. ...

Miao village
Apr 16, 2008 (2 photos)

The largest Miao village. Unfortunately I got very drunk on rice wine...

Among the Miaou
Apr 19, 2006 (55 photos)

... train, too big a risk when we have to be back in Hong Kong by Sunday at the latest. We have just bought our tickets for Xijiang, by direct bus. It leaves at 10:30 a.m. We plan to stay the night and come back to the Xinlong Hotel tomorrow for a bit of ...

Xijiang
Sep 25, 2006

... tiny and really quiet, and surprisingly since it is listed in the guide books it has very few tourists. Xijiang is the largest village of the Miao minority. China has 55 peoples or races, 92% of the population is han chinese which means that all of the ...