1. Geographical location

Leishan County is located in the southwest of Qiandongnan Miao and Dong Autonomous Prefecture, between 107 °55′～108 °22′ east longitude and 26 °02′～26 °34′ north latitude. It is adjacent to Taijiang, Jianhe and Rongjiang counties in the east, Sandu Shui Autonomous County in Qiannan Autonomous Prefecture in the south, Danzhai County in the west, and Kaili City in the north. The total area of the county is 1,204.36 square kilometers. It is 184 Guiyang and kilometers away from the provincial capital 42 kilometers away from the provincial capital Kaili.

2. Administrative division

townships The county has a total area of 1,204.36 square kilometers, and it has jurisdiction over 9 ( towns and streets) , 154 administrative villages, 323 natural villages , and 1,305 villagers' groups in Longtou Street. In 2024, the total registered population of the county was 165,203. There were 5 ethnic groups with more than 1,000 people, including Miao, Han, Dong, Shui and Yao. The ethnic minority population accounted for 92.71% of the total population, of which 140,000 Miao people accounted for 84.51%, 42,000 Dong people accounted for 2.51%, 7,000 Aquatic people accounted for 4.27%, 1,200 Yao people accounted for 0.73%, and other ethnic minorities accounted for 1%.

3. Natural resources

The existing arable land area in Leishan10，688.48Hectares, of which 9004.50 hectares of paddy fields, 8.47 hectares of irrigated land, and 1675.51 hectares of dry land. Leishan County has abundant forest resources and the county's forest area has reached93，060.28Hectares, 410,798 million mu of national key public welfare forests outside the protected area, 891,200 mu of national key public welfare forests in the region, and 90,000 mu of local public welfare forests; the stock of live standing wood reached 9.275569 million cubic meters, and the forest coverage rate reached 72.8%. There are 23 second-class protected animals such as black bears and musk sheep, and more than 200 precious wild Chinese medicinal materials such as Gastrodia elata and Eucommia ulmoides, which are known as the "natural green treasure pot". The silver ball tea, Qingming tea and other tea products produced in Leishan County have won provincial and ministerial honors many times. "Silver Ball Tea" was rated as "Top Ten Famous Teas in Guizhou". Wild vegetables such as bamboo shoots, konjac, and fern products are sold to Hong Kong, Macao, Taiwan, and Japan. Leishan has abundant water resources, with a basin area of 1204.4 square kilometers, a theoretical hydraulic reservoir of 98,000 kilowatts, and a development capacity of 52,600 kilowatts.

4. Tourism resources

Leishan is a typical mountainous county with "nine mountains, half water, half field". Due to the special geographical environment, Leishan's natural ecology and Miao culture are preserved relatively well, forming unique tourism resources. The population of ethnic minorities accounts for 92.71% of the total population, of which 140,000 Miao people account for 84.51%, 42,000 Dong people account for 2.51%, 7,000 Aquatic people account for 4.27%, 1,200 Yao people account for 0.73%, and other ethnic minorities account for 1%. The Miao villages, Miao language, Miao clothing, Miao lifestyle and other Miao cultures in the country are well preserved. There are more than 350 Miao villages in the county, 68 national traditional villages, 22 ethnic minority characteristic villages, and 15 national intangible cultural heritage lists. It is the county with the largest national intangible cultural heritage list and the largest national traditional village density in the country. It has national nature reserves, national geological parks, national forest parks - Leigong Mountain, national 4A-level tourist attractions, Xijiang Qianhu Miao Village, Langde Miao Village and other scenic spots. It has successively won the honorary titles of China Miao Culture Center, China's top ten most fun places, China's Miao Silver Jewelry Hometown, China's ace tourist destination, China's best charming tourism county, China's homestay development demonstration county, China's tea culture hometown, China's national leisure agriculture and rural tourism demonstration county, and the world's top ten rural resorts, etc., to promote the sustainable development of tourism industrialization.

In 1997 , Langdezhen was awarded the title of "Hometown of Chinese Folk Art" by the Ministry of Culture.

In 2001 , the Langde Shangzhai Ancient Building Complex was named "National Key Cultural Relics Protection Unit". In the same year, Leigong Mountain was approved by the State Forestry Administration to establish the "Leigong Mountain National Nature Reserve".

In 2002 , Leigong Mountain was approved by the State Forestry Administration to establish the "Leigong Mountain National Forest Park".

In 2004 , Leishan was rated as one of the "Top Ten Most Funest Places in the Country" by CCTV and other media.

In 2005 , the National Museum of Ethnic Affairs approved Leishan County to establish the "Chinese Miao Culture Research Center" and establish the "Xijiang Qianhu Miao Village Museum of China".

In 2007 , Xijiang Town was approved as a "famous historical and cultural town in China"; in the same year, Xijiang Qianhu Miao Village and Langdeshang Village were rated as "Chinese Landscape Village" by the Chinese Society of Land and Economics, and Wudong Village was rated as "Chinese Classic Village Landscape".

In 2008 , Leishan was named "Top Ten Influential Scenic Spots in Guizhou" and "Hometown of Miao Silver Jewelry in China".

On December 30, , the People's Government of Guizhou Province approved the "Overall Plan of Leishan Scenic Spots" with the Qianfu Letter [2008] No. 233. The plan is mainly distributed in the administrative areas of Danjiang Town, Xijiang Town, Langde Town and Datang Township in Leishan County, with a total 2008 area of 63 square kilometers.

From April 25 to 27 , , Leishan County was awarded the honorary title of "China Tourism Ace Destination" at the Boao Summit of the World Tourism Elite. It was rated as "China's Most Beautiful Small Town" by the China Traditional Culture Promotion Association and other institutions; it was rated as "China's Best Charming Tourism County" by the China Selected International Tourism Brand Promotion Event.2009

In 2019, it was included in the national list of agricultural product quality and safety counties.

In 2020 , the "Live-Gongshan Sports Tourism Boutique Route" was included in the national sports tourism boutique Route.

On December 17, 2021, the Ministry of Culture and Tourism announced the second batch of 97 national comprehensive tourism demonstration zones. Based on the preliminary review and acceptance of various places, the results of the comprehensive meeting review and on-site inspection, and after public announcement, it was decided to identify 97 units including Changping District, Beijing as national all-round tourism demonstration zones. Leishan County has successfully established a national all-round tourism demonstration zone.

In June 2022, according to the "Work Plan for the Selection of National Intangible Cultural Heritage Integrated Development Selection of National Intangible Cultural Heritage and Tourism" by the China Intangible Cultural Heritage Protection Association, Leishan County actively carried out application work , and 4 villages were selected as the "National Intangible Cultural Heritage and Tourism Integrated Development Selection Project List" in 2022. Among them, Langde Miao Village, Leishan County was selected as an intangible cultural heritage tourist attraction, and Malia Village, Nanmeng Village, and Langde Shangzhai were selected as an intangible cultural heritage tourist village.

On August 25, 2022, according to the "National National Night Cultural and Tourism Consumption Clusters Announced List of the Second Batch of National Night Cultural and Tourism Consumption Clusters", Qianhu Miaozhai, the West Jiangqianhu, Qiandongnan Prefecture, won the title of the Second Batch of National Night Economic Clusters .

"Xijiang Fantasy Land" was included in the 10 typical cases of smart tourism in the province in 2023.

In 2024, "Aunt Basketball" won the third prize in competitive performance events in the National Ethnic Traditional Sports Games.

In 2024, Leishan was selected as the second batch of pilot counties for common modernization in the country.

Leishan Yinqiu Tea won the 2024 China Good Green Tea Conference and the 16th Guizhou Tea Industry Expo Spring Tea Competition Green Tea Gold Award, selected for the China Good Green Tea Map and the 2024 China Good Green Tea List.

V. National Culture

※Golden pheasant dance:Golden pheasant dance is a unique folk traditional dance among the Miao people's Lusheng dance. It originated in Danzhai County and Leishan County in southeast Qiandongnan, Guizhou Province. It is mainly circulated in the Jinji Miao people wearing Jinji clothing in the "Galong" branch of the Miao people, such as the Danzhai County area, Yerchang, Addition, Dangzao, Madiao, Yangxian, Yanggu, Yedu, Yahui, Shuilong, Wuwan, Kongqing and other Miao villages, and Dunan in Leishan County area,Wu, Qiaogang, Xinqiao, Zhangpi, Paili, Zhanglei, Nanba, Lai, Luguo, Yanzhai, Taojiang, Ganna, NannaowaitMiao Village.

※Gupu Dance: Gupu Dance is a dance accompanied by Piaoqin. This kind of dance is danced in Miao villages such as Yemeng, Beiluo, and Dale in Leishan. Most of the ancient dances are men playing the ancient piano in front of them. The girls stomp the piano sound, their hands swaying in a round shape, twisting their waists and shaking their hips.，Light steps，The silver jewelry worn on the body jingles with the swaying of the figure, which is pleasant and interesting. The ancient piao dance is somewhat similar to the Lusheng dance. It has two steps, four steps, and five steps. Turn right and one circle in an orderly manner. Therefore, you can dance gracefully on the same Lusheng field at the same time, slowly moving forward, with graceful dances and expressing love. The simple and simple ancient picnic and ancient picnic dance originated from the long-standing historical life of the Miao people, and its cultural heritage reveals profound information about the ancient Miao culture.

※Bronze Drum: Bronze Drum is a dance that dances with the rhythm of the drum beats when hitting the bronze drum. The method of beating the drum is: place the bronze drum in the center of the spacious drum pillar, tie the two ears on the side of the drum with rope, hang them on the drum pole and lift them up on the drum pole and hand, and then the drummer holds the drumstick with the right hand and beats the drum surface with a small wooden stick with the left hand, which can make two sounds. Some people also need to carry a sound barrel the size of a wooden barrel (commonly known as the echo barrel). At the same time, the drum mouth faces the drum rouge, one person hits the drum and "receives the drum" back and forth, so that the drum sound is vigorous and spreads from afar. Due to the different branches of the Miao people, the drum beats and the dance postures of the bronze drum blows are also different. "The inheritance of bronze drum dance" Zhangao Village still retains 11 kinds of drum beats and dance steps. Xinqiao Village and Langde Shangzhai each have their own unique colors. The dance postures have been accumulated and innovatively improved, forming a combination of drums, dances, sounds and songs, and are uniquely passionate and unrestrained, simple, solemn and open-minded. The bronze drum dance and the reed sport dance are performed simultaneously. The dancers are surrounded by men, women, old and young. The Miao girls wear festive costumes and light makeup on their faces and eyebrows. The silver jewelry they wear is shining brightly and dazzling. Amid the low and thick brass drum beats and the crisp and pleasant sound of the reed slew, the dancers walked lightly, slowly, orderly, and graceful.

※Lusheng Dance: Lusheng Dance is a national folk dance unique to the Miao people. The more common one is "Zhu Gale", which is played by three, five, seven, and nine large, medium and small reeds in the same tune, and is led by the head of the reeds or the hands of the reeds. Then girls in full costumes, middle-aged women, and elderly women dance in circles and follow them. Following the tune of the reeds, they move slowly forward with a unified pace. Compared with other Miao areas, Leishan Lusheng dance has two characteristics: the first is to break through the traditional custom of women not playing the Lusheng, and there are many female Lusheng experts; the second is to break through the taboo of not playing the Lusheng on non-major festivals, and you can hear the beautiful Lusheng song and see the cheerful Lusheng dance at any time. As early as the 1950s , Yang Bingfang, a young man from Nanmeng , blew the song of Leishan Lusheng at the Moscow World Youth Festival Gala.

6. Scenic Spots

※Langde Shangzhai: Leishan Langde Shangzhai is a Miao village, away from KailiDowntown 29km away from the county governmentLeishan 7Kilometers are one of the key villages for ethnic customs tours on the eastern front of Guizhou Province. Langde Shangzhai is a translation of the Miao word "Nengdu Angjiu". "Nengdu" means the lower reaches of the Oudui River. The village is named after the river, and "Angjiu" means Shangzhai. The clothing of Miao people in the village is characterized by long skirts, so it is also called "long skirts Miao". Langde Town has the "Hometown of Chinese Folk Song and Dance Art", "Hundred Open-air Museums in the Country" and "Hometown of Lusheng" that are well-known at home and abroad. The Langde Shangzhai Ancient Building Complex has been listed as the fifth batch of key cultural relics protection units in my country.

※Leigong Mountain Forest Park: Leigong Mountain, the top of Miaoling, is the eastern section of the Miaoling Mountains in GuizhouGeneral name, main peakAltitude 2178.8 Rice, Leigong Mountain is located in the northeast of Leishan County, away from the county town30 km. Leigong Mountain, known in history as "Niupi Daqing", is called "Fangbile" in Miao language, which means the place where Leigong lives. The peaks of Leigong Mountain Nature Reserve are undulating, including Lengtang Mountain, Wudong Mountain, Wild Grass Point, Mujiangao, Leigongping, Lengzhu Mountain, Maobiling, Jiudong MountainWait 11 Altitude1800 metersThe above mountain peaks are composed of four counties: Leishan, Taijiang, Jianhe and Rongjiang.Total area 71 Ten thousand acres. Leigong Mountain is Mother Mountain, located in the watershed area between the Yangtze River and the Pearl River water system. It is the birthplace of the main tributaries of Qingshui River and Duliu River. The annual average temperature at the top of Leigong MountainOnly 9degrees Celsius.

※Xijiang Qianhu Miao Village: Xijiang Qianhu Miao Village is located in the foot of Leigong Mountain in the northeast of Leishan County, Qiandongnan Miao and Dong Autonomous Prefecture, Guizhou Province . It is 36 km from the county seat , Qiandongnan Prefecture Prefecture , and 35 km from Kaili, about 260 km from the provincial capital Guiyang City . It is connected by more than ten natural villages built on the mountain, and is currently the largest Miao village in China and even the world. Xijiang is a place that preserves the completeness of the Miao people's "primitive ecological" culture and is the first choice for understanding and understanding the long history and development of the Miao people in China. In 1982 , Xijiang was listed as a tourist attraction in the eastern Guizhou by the Provincial People's Government, and was listed as a provincial cultural relic protection unit in 1992. In 2004 , it was listed as one of the five key ethnic villages and towns in the first phase of the village protection and construction project in the province. In November 2005 , the "Xijiang Qianhu Miao Village Pavilion of the Chinese Ethnic Museum" was listed here. In 2010, Xijiang Scenic Area won the honors of "Top Ten Colorful Guizhou Brands", "Top Ten Colorful Guizhou Brands", and "Top Ten Charming Tourism Scenic Areas in Guizhou". In 2011, Xijiang Scenic Area was rated as a national 4A scenic spot by the National Tourism Administration; in 2012, Xijiang Scenic Area won the titles of "Top Ten Most Beautiful Villages in China" and "Guizhou's Most Charming Ethnic Villages". In 2014, it won the titles of "China's Minority Characteristic Village" and "Provincial Ethnic Unity and Progress Creation Activities Demonstration Village"; in 2015, Xijiang Miaozhai Scenic Area was rated as the world's top ten rural tourism resorts.

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