Leli Village, Wanfenglin Street, Xingyi City, Qianxinan Prefecture
Leli Village is a traditional Buyi village in Wanfenglin. In 2020, it was rated as a provincial-level rural tourism key village. The village is surrounded by green hills, towering ancient trees, and has a pleasant environment.
Rich history and culture
The traditional folk customs of Buyi village are well preserved. Most of the residential buildings are modern bungalows. The ancient stone tile houses in the village are still inhabited. You can feel the strong ancient atmosphere when you enter the lanes.
There is a Leli Bridge in the village, which spans the Nahui River and was built in the eighth year of Guangxu in the Qing Dynasty (1882). For more than a hundred years, several towering ancient banyan trees have grown near the bridges on both sides of the river, silently surrounding and guarding the ancient bridges and villages. The villagers hang red knots on the old trees, hoping that the old trees can protect the safety and health of the villagers.
Strong ethnic customs
Leli in Bouyei language means that there are many paddy fields in the valley, and the village lives up to its name. Leli has abundant water sources, abundant rain, and fertile land. One side of water and soil supports one side of people, and the villagers of Leli are enthusiastic, honest and hospitable.
Every year during the third month of the lunar calendar, the Buyi people in Leli Village hold a unique "Langwhistle Festival". This is a tradition with strong national and regional characteristics formed by the local people in their long-term productive labor and social life festival.
Buyi girls in festive costumes, sweet and mellow Buyi rice wine, beautiful Buyi songs, and the Buyi family are waiting for guests from afar with the highest etiquette. When the guests enter the village, the girls will sing toast songs while persuading them to drink wine. Tourists can only enter the village after drinking the wine held by the girls in both hands, and continue the following program.
Every year in June of the lunar calendar, Leli will hold a ceremony of offering water and releasing animals with strong local characteristics and ethnic customs. The elders of the village welcome the gods and offer sacrifices such as livestock and wine. The elders of the Buyi village read sacrificial texts, offer sacrifices and worship, offer incense and release life in the Nahui River to pray for good weather and a good harvest in the coming year.
beautiful natural scenery
Leli Village has a beautiful environment and a wide area of vegetation coverage. There is a tourist plank road next to the market, leading to Wanfenglin Square. The whole journey is about 4.5 kilometers, with picturesque scenery and shady trees.
Walking on the sightseeing plank road, you can not only see the idyllic scenery of the village, but also the villagers who are fishing. When it is not raining, local villagers are fishing by the river almost every day. If you live in Leli Village, the problem of fishing can be easily solved here.
If it happens that red bayberry, peach and other fruits are ripe, you can pick one or two to taste along the way. You can enjoy the scenery while eating local fresh fruits, which is quite pleasant.
play around
Wanfenglin Scenic Area
Leli Village is only 3 kilometers away from Wanfenglin Scenic Area. Wanfeng Forest is composed of nearly 20,000 strange peaks and emerald mountains, and is one of the three major karst landforms in southwest China. The dense and peculiar peaks and forests are magnificent and magnificent, which can be called the China Cone Karst Museum and is known as the "Wonder of the World".
Among them, there are Dashun Peak, Jiangjun Peak, Zhongxing Pengyue, Tiankeng, Baguatian, Wanfo Temple, Duobao Cave and other scenic spots to visit. If you have time, you can come to Wanfenglin Changliu for a period of time to explore and experience one by one.
twin village
Leli Village is adjacent to Shuangsheng Village, which is an ancient Buyi village and a provincial key village for rural tourism. The village has ethnic characteristics such as Buyi eight-tone sitting singing, dragon dance, lion dance, and lanterns. There is also a 30-acre pitaya orchard. You can go to Shuangsheng Village to feel the ethnic customs and experience fruit picking.
go to market
There is a market in Leli, which is very lively every time the market is held. Going to the market can buy fresh local vegetables and fruits, and you can also explore local authentic snacks and delicacies.
Food recommendation
special snack
The snacks of Leli Village are known to everyone in Wanfenglin. In your spare time, you can walk around, sample a product, and feel the charm of Leli snacks.
cold shear powder
Crystal jelly
Fennel Artichokes
Chilled Plantain and Taro Jelly
Catch up
The "Whistle Whistle Festival" can not only experience the customs of the Buyi ethnic group, but also experience the delicious "watch-catching meal". The authentic and authentic "catch-up rice" made of fresh pork, such as fragrant meat cubes and cabbage, will surely satisfy you and make you unforgettable.
Bouyei cuisine
Qingming cake
The Buyi special snacks in Leli Village are rich and colorful. Qingmingba is one of the Leli Buyi snacks. Every spring, the Qingming grass grows tender shoots, and Leli people pick them, wash them and pound them together with glutinous rice noodles to make Qingmingba. Qingming rice cakes are complete in color, aroma and taste, and have medicinal effects such as nourishing yin and nourishing qi, so you must try it.
glutinous rice cake
Leli people make glutinous glutinous rice cakes for Chinese New Year, after the crops are harvested, and for weddings and ceremonies. They are used to greet guests or give to relatives. It is a delicacy of the Buyi people that means auspiciousness.
Five Color Rice Rice
Five-color flower rice is one of Leli's special delicacies. It is steamed with five kinds of edible and fragrant peanuts, wild plant stems, and leaf juice soaked in glutinous rice. The rice is dyed brightly and colorfully. The taste is fragrant and glutinous.
Leli Village also has special delicacies such as blood tofu, buckwheat tofu, dried beef, and pancakes. If you have time, you can go to Leli Village to explore by yourself.
Accommodation recommendation
Featured B&B
There are many Internet celebrity homestays in Wanfeng Forest around Leli. Fengxi Banshan Homestay, Yuejingwan Inn, Jingtang Holiday Inn and other Internet celebrity homestays are all located in the beautiful Wanfenglin Scenic Area. Each has a unique style and has its own Landscapes and stories.
Fengxi Banshan Homestay
Fengxi Banshan Inn is located between the high-lying Banshan in Wanfenglin, Xingyi City. The inn is surrounded by greenery and clouds, and every evening, it looks like a fairyland. There is no hustle and bustle of the city here, and you can see the sky when you look up. At night, the lights are dim and the sky is full of stars.
Homestay Address: Dashuzhuang Group, Wanfenglin Street, Xingyi City
Yuejingwan Inn
Yuejingwan Health Inn is located next to the Nahui Bagua Field in the core scenic area of Wanfenglin, Xingyi City. Living in the inn, you can watch the sea of clouds in the morning, and enjoy the sunset at night. You can see groups of peaks and forests everywhere, and the scenery is unobstructed.
B&B Address: Next to the Nahui bus plate in Wanfeng Forest, Xingyi City, Guizhou Province
Traffic routes
Leli Village is 7 kilometers away from the urban area. The road facilities are complete and the transportation is cheap. It is the junction of the urban area. There are 3 buses to reach the destination. There are 4 bus stops in the jurisdiction for tourists and citizens. In particular, tourists from other places can directly take the bus to Leli Village after getting off the plane.
The internal traffic extends in all directions and runs through 12 villager groups. Signs are prominently marked along the way. The riverside trails in the village are safe and clean. It is a good place for tourists and citizens to relax and exercise in the morning and evening. At the same time, some hotels are also equipped with special pick-up vehicles for tourists.