Kaili, which is the capital city of Guizhou's southeast autonomous prefecture of Miao and Dong people, offer you the greatest way to some of the most fascinating minority villages you're like to encounter in China. It is called as Qiandongnan as well in Chinese as it is located in southeast part of Guizhou.
Those Miao people who moved to America and Europe are known as Hmong people. Entire region hosts more than 100 festivals every year, with the greatest concentration around February, March, October and November.
The original ethnic culture, the primitive natural ecology and the primitive face mix together and become a varied and colorful, mystic and special spirit original ethnic cultural circle of Qiandongnan. There are a lot of beautiful ingenious roofed bridges, magnificent drum towers, bright and nice clothing, and numerous and complicated festivals. There are also the Miao's sturdy, bold and unrestrained wooden drum dance, brisk graceful Lusheng dance, and Flying Songs, and the Dong's sweet and harmonious chorus. Over thousands years, the ethnic minorities here still preserve their culture by singing and dancing, record their history by clothing, show their feelings of preserving hearts by wooden drum dance and romance their life by Lusheng dance. You will see those in all Miao villages mentioned in TCT's Guizhou Tour.
Area Code: 0855
Zip Code: 556000
Area: Kaili spans an area of roughly 1300 square kilometers.
Geography: Kaili, the capital of Miao and Dong Autonomous Prefecture in southeast of Guizhou province, is located at the foot of Mt. Miao, on the bank of the Qingshui River.
Population: There live 33 nationalities in this mystic and fascinating place such as the Miao, Dong, Han, Buyi, Zhuang, Shui, Yao and Tujia and so on. About 65 % of the prefectures population is Miao, clustered to the east and northeast of Kaili.
Administrative Division: Kaili is located on the east side of Guizhou Province. It is divided into 2 country sides, 8 towns and 5 districts.
Climate: The climate of Kaili belongs to subtropical monsoon climate zone, which is characterized by cold, humid winter and cool summer. The weather there is very humid because of half of the year sees rain. It enjoys four distinctive seasons. The annual temperature is 16ºC, with an upper limit of 26ºC at the height of summer, and a coldest point of 4ºC.
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