Recommended by Little Lucky Star! Dong Grand Song~ Liping, Guizhou!

I am Little Lucky Star, the great travel wizard. In previous episodes, we have explored Yuanyang in Yunnan, Nankang in Jiangxi, Taishun in Zhejiang, Shitai in Anhui, Zhenghe in Fujian... This time, we unlock a small town that has never appeared in mainstream guides but hides millennia of frontier civilization and plateau secrets— 📍 "Qiandongnan Secret Realm · Liping Stroll" · Three days and two nights in-depth travel guide Step into Guizhou’s most overlooked "heart of Dong culture": the drum tower galaxy of Zhaoxing Dong Village, the sea of clouds rolling over Tang’an Terraces, the centenarians of Huanggang Ancient Village, a bowl of "Niubie Soup" so fragrant that locals smile and say "You’re in for a treat" — avoiding the crowds of Xijiang Qianhu Miao Village, skipping "ticket-bundled" attractions, this time, with three days and two nights, we truly enter a Qiandongnan small town’s "ballads and fireworks": Wake up to birdsong at Tang’an Terraces at dawn, learn to weave Dong cloth in Huanggang Dong Village in the afternoon, watch children perform the stepping hall dance under the drum tower at dusk in Zhaoxing, and drink homemade rice wine while listening to grand songs in an old wooden house courtyard late at night. No expensive "folk parks," no purely commercial tours; centered on the drum tower as heart, grand songs as soul, terraces as veins, and fireworks as breath, within a 3,000 RMB budget, complete a warm, storied, wild, and lingering slow trip in Dong country. 🌿【Recommended City】: Liping, Guizhou (a county under Qiandongnan Prefecture, at the junction of Hunan, Guizhou, and Guangxi) ✅ Reasons: - "Hometown of Dong Grand Song": UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage, no conductor, no accompaniment, multi-part choral singing - Zhaoxing Dong Village: China’s largest Dong village, five drum towers symbolize five major clans - Tang’an Terraces: Globally important agricultural cultural heritage, quieter than Biabang - Huanggang Dong Village: "Longevity village" with many centenarians, preserving original Dong cloth craftsmanship - Affordable prices: a bowl of glutinous rice ¥6, a meal of sour soup fish ¥75 for four people - Excellent ecology: 75% forest coverage, humid air, suitable all year round - Slow pace, locals sing grand songs, weave Dong cloth, pickle sour food, build drum towers > ✅ Especially suitable for: students, artistic youth, photography enthusiasts, families with children, reverse travelers, ethnic culture explorers, sound therapy seekers 🗓 Trip Theme "Wake up at the drum tower, daydream in the terraces, listen to grand songs in the wooden house, drink rice wine by the fire pit" — led by song, inked by wood, rolled by fields, breathed by fireworks, start a low-commercial, high-resonance slow trip in Dong country. 🗓 Day 1: Arrive in Liping, enter the drum tower galaxy 🚌 Transportation suggestions (budget: ¥800) - High-speed rail to Congjiang Station (nationwide departure approx. ¥500–700, take ¥650) - Congjiang Station → Zhaoxing Dong Village: bus ¥20 (30 minutes) - Zhaoxing → Tang’an/Huanggang: walk or local motorcycle ride (¥20) - Total local transport: ¥130 💡 Tips: You can also tour via Guilin or Kaili, keeping total transport under ¥850 🏡 Evening: Stay in a century-old wooden house homestay in Zhaoxing Dong Village (budget: ¥260/night × 2 nights = ¥520) - Recommended: a Qing Dynasty Dong stilt wooden house converted homestay by the stream, with terrace, tea area, and drum tower view - Choose: quiet, with electric heated blankets, host can sing grand song excerpts 🌇 Dusk: Free stroll in Zhaoxing Dong Village - Free entry, no ticket (night sightseeing requires ¥80, optional) - Photo route: - Rentuan Drum Tower → Lituan Drum Tower → Xintuan Drum Tower - Capture: elders resting, children running, rising cooking smoke, lanterns lighting up 🍽 Dinner: "Grandma’s Sour Soup House" in the village (budget: ¥70) - Must order: - Sour soup fish + stir-fried bamboo shoots with cured meat (¥65) - Glutinous rice steamed sausage + wild vegetable soup - Small bowl of homemade rice wine (¥20, mildly sweet) 🌙 Night: Listen to grand songs at Drum Tower Square (non-commercial) (free) - Villagers often sing spontaneously at night - Shoot: candlelight silhouettes, multi-part chorus, focused expressions of elders 🗓 Day 2: Terraces, Dong cloth, earthly fireworks 🌄 Morning 8:30｜Light hike at Tang’an Terraces + sea of clouds photography (free) - 1-hour walk from Zhaoxing, original stone steps, stunning scenery - Activities: - Walk along ridge paths, watch clouds roll - Shoot: flowing light and shadow, farmers leading cattle, terraces like mirrors 🎨 Afternoon 13:00｜Learn to weave Dong cloth in Huanggang Dong Village (free) - Centenarians still practice traditional skills - Activities: - Learn to weave on a waist loom - Experience plant dyeing (indigo) - Shoot: close-ups of hands, colorful threads flying, finished products 🍱 Lunch: Farmhouse meal in Huanggang (budget: ¥65) - Must order: - Pickled fish + stir-fried fern with cured meat - Glutinous rice + sour soup tofu - Homemade rice wine 🐂 Evening: Experience "Niubie Soup" culture (optional) (budget: ¥60) - Qiandongnan’s "top flavor," also called "Hundred Herb Soup" - Actually essence extracted from undigested cow stomach contents, taste fragrant and slightly bitter, locals regard it as a delicacy - Shoot: preparation process, locals’ reactions, your expression memes 🍜 Dinner: Zhaoxing night market "Glutinous Rice Street" (budget: ¥50) - Must eat: - Glutinous rice + braised meat platter (¥25) - Charcoal-grilled skewers + grilled tofu - Chilled rice wine 🗓 Day 3: Ballads to calm the heart, gentle before departure 🌅 Morning 8:30｜Learn to sing Dong Grand Song or weave straw shoes (free) - Village elders open for experience - Can take small works home (like mini straw shoes) - Shoot: multi-part practice, laughter, drum tower background ☕ Morning 10:00｜Drink morning tea at old teahouse + write postcards (budget: ¥25) - Recommended: "Drum Tower Book House" teahouse - Order a pot of Liping fragrant tea + glutinous rice cake - Write a handwritten postcard to your future self 🛍 Morning 10:45｜Buy souvenirs (budget: ¥150) - Recommended: - Handmade Dong cloth small items (coasters/bookmarks) (¥60) - Dong Grand Song audio USB or handmade silver keychain (¥50) - Sour soup powder pack or small bag of handmade cured meat (¥40) 🚌 Afternoon 11:30｜Check out + head to Congjiang Station (bus + high-speed rail ¥130, included in transport fee) - Suggest buying return tickets after 13:00 for a relaxed departure 💰 Total budget breakdown (per person) | Item | Cost (RMB) | | Round-trip transport (high-speed rail + bus + motorcycle) | ¥800 | | Accommodation (2 nights) | ¥520 | | Meals (6 meals + snacks) | ¥185 | | Tickets + experiences | ¥0 (all free) | | Souvenirs + emergency | ¥150 | | Emergency reserve | ¥1,245 | | Total ≈ ¥3,000✅ | 📸 Little Lucky Star warm tips! 1. Why recommend this city? - Liping is China’s most overlooked "sound and wooden structure symbiosis sample": ethereal grand songs, majestic drum towers, fierce Niubie, soft glutinous rice - It tells you with one song and one wood’s truth, one field and one village’s calm, one bowl of soup’s courage, one jar of wine’s warmth: the true beauty of travel is not in trending searches, but the moment you learn your first Dong word "Ga Nao" (singing) 2. Fun facts: - Dong Grand Song is one of the world’s earliest multi-part folk songs - "Niubie Soup" was rated by The New York Times as "the world’s bravest food experience" - Huanggang Village’s centenarian ratio is three times the national average - Dong village drum towers are built without a single nail or bolt, relying solely on mortise and tenon joints 🎵 Conclusion: In three days, you listened to grand songs, walked terraces, and drank a whole bowl of rice wine by the fire pit. Liping has never been just a place "with scenery." It tells you with one song and one wood’s truth, one village and one field’s calm, one bowl of soup’s courage, one jar of wine’s warmth: the true beauty of China is not in Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, or Shenzhen, but the moment you sing your first harmony and Grandma smiles saying "Next year’s rice planting festival, you must come eat new rice." If you want to experience this kind of "quiet, true, and heartfelt" travel, 👉 Like + Save + Follow me, I will continue to take you into more underestimated small town secrets in China, walk the oldest paths, hear the truest stories, and be a "wanderer of life."