Thousands of echoes between the mountains and rivers of Guizhou
When the sun rises, the first ray of morning light penetrates the mist on the Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau and gently touches the top of Jiaucaiping Mountain with an altitude of 2,900 meters in Hezhang County. In this case, the day in Guizhou begins quietly on this land full of majesty.
This ray of light will illuminate the mountains and rivers of Guizhou covering an area of 176,100 square kilometers, and will also illuminate the memory of civilization that has accumulated over thousands of years in this area.
Guizhou, located on the eastern slope of the Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau , has been the cultural corridor of southwest China since ancient times.
During the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, a mysterious Yelang culture was active here. Although the idiom "Yelang is arrogant" is biased, it can prove the independence and self-confidence of the ancient civilization in this land.
When the envoys of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty crossed the steep mountain road and arrived at Yelang, what they faced was an ancient country with a complete social system and a unique civilization.
The independence of this culture is just like the karst peaks in Guizhou, which have experienced the erosion of wind and rain, but still stand proudly without falling.
Where the Miaoling Mountains stretch from east to west, the Yangtze River system and the Pearl River system, which divide from north to south, are not only geographical boundaries, but also the relevant transmitters for the spread of culture.
The exciting Bashu culture is carried by the rushing Wujiang River; the gentle Baiyue culture is carried by the meandering Liujiang River.
Guizhou has become a melting pot for the migration, intersection, and integration of multiple ethnic groups, nourished by these two major water systems.
The history of ethnic migration, which is continuously sung in the ancient songs of the Miao people, and the origin of the world, which is constantly narrated in the songs of the Dong people, are all without exception in the sound of the surging waves of these rivers. They are passed down from generation to generation as the years change, and they continue to exist.
Walking into the Miao Village and Dong Village in southeastern Guizhou, time seems to slow down.
The stilted buildings here are built on top of the mountains, layer upon layer, and blend in perfectly with the mountains and rivers.
The lights in the place called Qianhu Miao Village in Xijiang are like the stars scattered in the world. Behind each light are the joys and sorrows experienced by a family.
The pleated skirts worn by Miao women represent and outline the mountains and rivers that their ancestors passed during their migrations in the past, which have a different meaning; and the double eaves and corners of Dong drum towers, layered upon layers, are all concrete symbols of the unity of the tribe, full of deep friendship.
These existences, called tangible and intangible cultural heritage, are not objects displayed in museums. They are actually the kind of cultural genes that still exist in people's daily lives.
In the Buyi villages in southwestern Guizhou, the ancient eight-tone sitting singing is still played on festival days.
The tune contains the legacy of the Tang and Song Dynasties, as well as the Buyi people’s love for life.
The houses are built of stone and are warm in winter and cool in summer. They bear witness to the wisdom of the Buyi people in using local materials and their tenacity in cultivating layers of terraces on the karst landscape.
This kind of survival wisdom exists in harmony with nature. It is what the ancestors of Guizhou left to future generations, and it is the most precious legacy.
As Hailongtun in Zunyi, it is the ruins of a Tusi castle located on an isolated mountain top. It silently tells the legendary story of the Yang Tusi family's management of Bozhou for more than 700 years.
When the war of the Three Great Expeditions of Wanli was fully ignited in the southwest, this fortress, which was described as "indestructible", finally fell to the Ming army's offensive posture and fell. This announced the end of the chieftain system, and also marked the deepening of the central government's governance of the southwest border.
Where there are ruins now, weeds are growing thickly, but the magnificent history has long been integrated into the wind of the mountains in northern Guizhou, thus becoming an important page in Guizhou's history and culture.
Guiyang, the provincial capital city known as the "Forest City", walks in the intertwining mixture of tradition and modernity, blooming with a unique style and attraction.
Jiaxiu Tower, which stands above the Nanming River, witnesses the tremendous changes that a city like this has undergone since its founding in the Ming Dynasty until it became a transportation hub in the southwest.
Walking on the stone road in Qingyan Ancient Town, it seems that you can still hear the ringing of the caravans of merchants passing by during the Ming and Qing Dynasties. Those buildings that combine the styles of Han, Miao, Buyi and other ethnic groups are themselves a condensed history of ethnic integration.
When entering Gui'an New Area, the pulse of modern technology will make people realize that this ancient land is exuding vivid new ideas and vitality.
There are four major Chinese medicinal material producing areas in China, one of which is Guizhou. There is a folk proverb that goes, "There are no idle grasses in the night, and there are many good medicines in Guizhou." It describes another gift of this land to Chinese civilization.
Starting from Gastrodia elata and Eucommia and then to Ganoderma lucidum and Dendrobium, over a long period of time, the herbs produced deep in the mountains not only have a healing effect on the bodies of local people, but are also exported to all parts of the country through trade routes, and then integrated into the extensive and profound traditional Chinese medicine culture.
Behind this, there are Guizhou people who have a reverence for nature. These people also have a deep understanding. This is also an eternal contract they have reached with the mountains, rivers and vegetation.
The train passed through tunnels one after another, crossed bridges one after another, and headed towards eastern, southern, and western Guizhou. What we saw at this time was not only the transformation of geographical space, but also the deep extension of time.
Following the mysterious traces of the ancient Yelang country, we arrive at the realm that is related to the rise and fall of Tusi culture; we proceed from the persistence of Tunpu culture to the point where red culture becomes turbulent; we start from the trapped situation caused by the "three-mile flat land" and move towards the "high-speed plain". "The stage of reaching the leap - the historical context of Guizhou can be clearly seen: it is an epic involving the blending and coexistence of multiple ethnic groups, a hymn that reflects the harmony and coexistence of man and nature, and a magnificent picture of the mutual reflection of tradition and modernity.
Today's Guizhou still maintains its unique calmness and calmness.
If tourists linger in the mist of Huangguoshu Waterfall, walk in the mountains and forests of Libo Karst, and indulge in the songs from the Zhaoxing Dong Village, they will experience not only the visual impact, but also the deep echoes of the past and the warm humanistic sentiments of this land.
Such feelings are hidden in the blood of every Guizhou person, evolving into the source of their strength to protect their homeland and their endless motivation to create the future.
In the Qianshan Guishui region, there exists the most touching spiritual core. This core has gone through a span of thousands of years and still shines with bright and moving brilliance today.
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