In August, Guizhou, the sunshine is bright and the sky is clear; it is the most pleasant season in Guizhou. To enhance team cohesion, promote communication among team members, enrich employees' spare-time life, and allow everyone to take a breath and release pressure in the hot season and busy work life, Tongshunjie organized a three-day Guizhou travel team-building activity.

01 Zhaoxing Dong Village

In the morning, all the team members got ready to go, set off from Guangzhou, and after more than 4 hours arrived at the beautiful [Zhaoxing Dong Village].

Beautiful Guizhou, here we come!

[Zhaoxing Dong Village] is located in the southeast of Liping County, Qiandongnan Miao and Dong Autonomous Prefecture, Guizhou Province. It is one of the largest Dong villages in the country and has long been known as "the first village of Dong Township." Zhaoxing Dong Village is the core scenic spot of the Liping Dong Township Scenic Area.

In Zhaoxing Dong Village, we saw the unique Miao architecture—the drum tower complex. Walking in Zhaoxing, the most eye-catching thing at street corners and beside streams is the drum tower. Building drum towers in Dong villages is a symbol of auspiciousness and a sign of prosperity, built with funds pooled by the whole village. The drum tower is built in imitation of the shape of a fir tree and is named because a drum is placed on it. When the Dong people encounter major matters, they beat drums here and gather people to discuss affairs; on ordinary days they relax, socialize, receive guests, and hold festival gatherings here. The drum tower carries nearly a thousand years of cultural accumulation of the Dong village. Zhaoxing Dong Village prospered because of the drum towers; the drum towers blend with the surrounding green mountains, clear waters, and pastoral scenery, harmonious and unified, bringing out the best in each other.

After a day of long-distance travel and enjoying the beautiful Dong village, while our souls were cleansed, we also needed to give some comfort to our hungry bodies!

High Mountains and Flowing Water · Long Table Banquet

Get into position, ready to eat.

Hey, how come we have two more Miao village beauties (Miao clothing experience)?

The more you drink High Mountain and Flowing Water, the more there is.

02 Basha Miao Village

Basha Miao Village still retains ancient living customs such as carrying firearms (Basha's gun carrying has obtained special approval from public security organs), shaving heads with sickles, and worshipping ancient trees. It is also called "the last gun-carrying ethnic group under the sun."

Traditional wedding custom experience—"Look how happily our young man is smiling! You can tell this trip was worth it!"

Sickle shaving & lovely Miao girls

02-2 Site of the Liping Meeting After a simple lunch, we went to the second stop of the day—the Site of the Liping Meeting.

Site of the Liping Meeting: it is an ancient building of the Qing Dynasty, covering an area of nearly 1,000 square meters, surrounded by a fire-sealing wall about 20 meters high, strict and quiet. Afterwards we went to [Liping Qiaojie], also called Dongmen Street, where relatively well-preserved Ming and Qing building complexes remain; it is the Long March historical and cultural street of Liping County. This street starts from the east gate of the city wall in the east and ends at Erlangpo Lotus Pond in the south, with a total length of nearly 1 km; it is high at both ends and low in the middle, shaped like an upturned wooden shoulder pole, so it is called "Qiaojie." On December 18, 1934, during the 25,000-li Long March of the Central Red Army, the "Liping Meeting of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee" was held in a shop on Qiaojie; Mao Zedong, Zhou Enlai, Zhu De, and others attended the meeting. Now, the "Memorial Hall of the Site of the Liping Meeting" has become a place of "red tourism." In addition to the Liping Meeting site, the main historical remains on Qiaojie also include: Mao Zedong's residence, Chen Yun's residence, the former site of the Central Red Army Cadre Convalescent Company, the former site of the Central Red Army Teaching Division, the "Lianghu" Guild Hall, the Gospel Hall, the Red Army Square, etc.

Do not forget the original aspiration · Pass on the torch.

03 Tang'an Dong Village Last stop

Beautiful time and scenery—of course we have to take lots of photos!

Tang'an Dong Village is surrounded by mountains on three sides and has open terraced fields on one side, with a broad field of vision. Peaks rise one after another, field paths crisscross, and terraced fields are layered. The dwellings on the mountainside follow the terrain and are suspended on stilts, in good order. The drum tower in the village is the mascot of the village and can hold the souls of the Dong people. The drum tower, opera tower, and song ground form a trinity, showing the characteristics of Dong villages. The village is accessible in all directions, with winding paths. The passages in the village are all paved with bluestone slabs. Village gates are built at the intersections of nine roads leading out of the village; the ancillary facilities in the village also include grain drying racks, granaries, water mills, stone mortar oil pressing houses, fish ponds, well pavilions, Jisa Pond, and other buildings, all of which have their unique cultural characteristics.

Happy Reunion

Happy times are always brief. At the end, everyone was fully loaded with Guizhou specialties, enjoyed the beautiful records of this trip, and returned with a joyful mood! Welcome the new day with full enthusiasm!

In the future, Tongshunjie employees will continue to uphold the vision of "harmonious coexistence between people, harmonious coexistence between man and nature, and harmony and universal love within the individual," unite as one, create the future, and strive together for a better life!