Our driver will meet you of
Zhaoxing Dong village gate at 9:00am, Guilin is 300KM away from Zhaoxing, The journey takes 6-7 hours by private car, because we also need to stop at the
Chengyang Dong village, If we don't stops at Chengyang Dong village, just take a 4hours.
Sanjiang County is located in the Guangxi, Guizhou and Hunan three provinces border region, it is a Dong Minority County; and Chengyangwhich is also named Saier, is a representative Dong Minority community in Sanjiang. Here in Chengyang, you could not only enjoy Dong style clothing and cultures, but also discover amazing Dong sytle architectures. Chengyang Dong Villages include 8 traditional natural villages, they are Ma'an, Ping Zhai, Yan Zhai, Pingtan, Dong Zhai, Da Zhai, Pingpu and Jichang. In this 12.55 square kilometers area, the eight villages have about 2200 Dong families and over 10000 people.
When you walk in Chengyang, you will find yourself in a natural Dong Minority Museum, eight natural villages, each village has a wind and rain bridge, a drum tower and a stage, different villages have different styles on design of these public Dong architectures, if you have time, you could rent a local villager to tell you the differences of each village, very interesting.
Itinerary:
9:00--10:30: Zhaoxing village gate--Chengyang Dong village.
10:30--13:30: Visit the Chengyang Dong village area
by yourself and have a lunch there
13:30--15:30: Transfer to Guilin or Yangshuo hotel.