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Basha Miao Nationality VillageSix kilometers from downtown Congjiang County dwellsBasha Miao Village, a hidden kingdom occupied by the legendary BashaMiao people, who arethe only authorized civil gunmenandthe last "barbarians" inChina. Legend had it that Chiyou, the ancestor of Miao Nationality, has three sons, and Basha people are the descendants of Chiyou’s youngest son.
Basha people greet guest in their own way: Basha men will stand in front of the village entry and play Lusheng (a music instrument with several bamboo pipes) while girls will present rice wine contained within horns to guests. Then, men will shoot into sky three times as a sign of warm welcome. After that, you can enter their village and enjoy the ethnic flavor shows.
Basha people live on cultivating rice, fishing and hunting. Due to its extreme remoteness, they live a self-sufficient and isolated life during the past millennia.Basha men are notable for their quaint attires, fancy and weird hairstyles as well as barbarian lifestyles.Nurtured in forest, Basha men are born hunters and warriors, who can climb the trees like monkeys and hunt like leopards. Baisha women, who are not less brave and unrestrained, do not lack of feminine charm. When dressed up with embroidery decorated attires and sparkling silver jewelries, they are stunning fairies amid the woods. After harvest time, men will hang out together hunting and women will stay in home, cooking and weaving.
For Basha men, four things are most important: Hugun(their braids), guns, strong bodies and outstanding fishing&hunting skills. Inherited from Chiyou who lived over 5000 years ago, Hugun, a symbol of gender, masculinity and maturity, could be the most ancient hairstyle living in China. For outsiders, the most incredible and thrilling part lies in observing how these “barbarians” have their hairs cut by a sickle. Baisha people worship trees and sun. Their hairs symbolize the trees and their clothes symbolize the trucks. “Born from nature, return to nature” is their prevailing philosophy. Hence, you can seldom see trees cut down by local people. |
