Chapter 317: Entering the Miao Territory

Li Fenghua, since he saw the corpse of Miao Jiang Wu reappeared in the rivers and lakes with Xu Changqing at the Hongzhou Martial Arts Conference on that day, he came all the way to the southwest to replace Xu Changqing, who was originally going to enter Miao Jiang.

Every five years, Qingyun Mountain and Shushan are going to send people to Miaojiang, but as for the reason, the three parties don't know. For more exciting, please visit, which can only be said to be a precept handed down by the ancestors. However, two hundred years ago, it caused chaos in the rivers and lakes in Miao Xinjiang. The black witch clan in Miao Jiang used witch corpses and Gu magic as a disaster, not only Miao Jiang was persecuted, but also the Central Plains martial arts were also affected. In the end, Qingyun Mountain, Shu Mountain, and Beiliang Xiao family worked together to quell the disaster this time.

Li Fenghua walked all the way to the southwest, with his feet alone, all the way to Miaojiang in a month, but he was stopped by a person on the road, the man was holding a Dongying knife, wearing ephedra clothes, and he was pulling out the knife to himself without saying a word, and his knife was only called Zongzuo Sanwen, as for what the person's name was Li Fenghua didn't know, he hadn't asked, the person was rushing up.

However, Xiao Qingchen had already mentioned this person to Li Fenghua before, although he didn't know the name, but Li Fenghua also had some guesses in his heart.

A sword and a sword met the two, Li Fenghua's swordsmanship was fluttering, without a trace, and the cultivation was profound, and Oda Nobunaga, who was holding the three characters of Zuozong, fought all the way, the two were not up and down, and finally ended with the two being injured one after another.

Li Fenghua also rushed to Miaojiang on this day. Although there is an official road to this Miao Jiang, it is only the periphery, and this official road was established by the king of Xiangnan in order to monitor Miao Jiang.

Li Fenghua is in the dense forest, where Miao Jiang is full of towering trees, walking in the dense forest, the light is naturally darker. Step by step, Li Fenghua also left a heart, the Gu technique in Miao Jiang is pervasive, if he is not careful, the next step may be in Miao Jiang in order to guard against the danger of the enemy.

It's just that the road Li Fenghua is walking on now can be seen to be often walked, although this road is mixed in the dense forest, but there are very few weeds in the middle of the road, and you can see the footprints left by the predecessors.

Li Fenghua walked alone in the bleak and irrelevant dense forest, turning and turning along the path without knowing how many turns. If ordinary people walk alone in this dim and somewhat gloomy dense forest, I am afraid that they will also murmur in their hearts.

Li Fenghua walked for a few hours, and finally turned a towering tree, the light turned on, Li Fenghua walked out quickly, and his eyes were open. He saw that there was a Miao village below. Li Fenghua looked at Miao Village for a while.

Surrounded by mountains and water on three sides, Li Fenghua looked at the house and the mountain, just like the Taoist said that the unity of heaven and man, he stood there like enlightenment and like Leng.

Miaojiang is mountainous and hilly, so that the traditional residential construction strives to be close to the mountains and rivers, shelter from the wind and the rising sun, pay attention to the natural situation, and make a reasonable layout according to different terrains. The stilted buildings in Miaojiang are all based on time and place to create the fundamental residence of people. When seeking a living environment, it is generally the back of the mountains and rivers, negative yin and yang. The back can block the cold wind of winter, the front is open and can get good sunshine, can accept the cool breeze of summer, and the surrounding hills can provide wood and fuel.

The stilted building is the traditional building of Miaojiang, it is its unique ancient architectural form, the upstairs dwells people, the downstairs is overhead, the stilted building is a unique building of Miaojiang, it is by the mountains and rivers, row upon row, cascading up.

The foundation for the construction of the wooden building on stilts must be dug into two layers; Each floor is more than six feet deep, and the area of each floor is about 100 square meters. The difference between the upper and lower layers is about four feet, and the mountain wall between the layers and the outer mountain are made of stones. When building a house, the front row of floor-to-ceiling pillars is placed on the lower foundation, and the outermost layer of non-flooring pillars is level with the floor slab of the upper floor extending out of the foundation, forming suspended hanging feet, and the space between the upper and lower foundations becomes the bottom floor of the stilted building, which is the so-called "uneven land" stilted building characteristics. The stilted building adopts a bucket-type structure, with five columns per row? Up to seven, between the pillars with melons or fangs to connect to form a solid network structure. The central pillar must be made of maple, because the maple tree is the totem tree of life in Miaojiang, and it is a sacred tree that symbolizes the soul of the ancestors.

Although Li Fenghua has seen the description of the village of Miao Jiang in the ancient books on Qingyun Mountain, it is very different from what he has seen with his own eyes.

Standing on the hillside opposite the village, the overall layout of the Miao Village is not chaotic because it is on the hillside, the road is narrow, there is a unique charm and the mountain is connected, and the visible Miao Village is still a towering tree, and more importantly, the scenery outside the village is introduced into the village, so that Li Fenghua can only sigh a paradise.

Li Fenghua read: "Immeasurable Heavenly Venerable." It is to jump down the hillside and land on a field on the top of this hillside, where the fields are not tiled like the paddy fields in other places, but terraced fields, one layer after another, continuing at the foot of the mountain.

In the eastern part of Miao Xinjiang, many Miao and Yao worship Pang. They have been telling the story of the "god mother dog father" for generations, and regard Pan Gu as their ancestor. Some Miao people in the central region of Miao Xinjiang believe that their ancestor Jiang Yang originated from the heart of the maple tree, so they regard the maple tree as a totem. In other areas, the Miao people use buffalo and bamboo as their totemic worship objects. In general, ancestor worship occupies a very important place in Miao society. They believe that although their ancestors are dead, their souls will always be with their descendants, and they must worship their ancestors with wine and meat during the New Year's holidays, and even worship their ancestors at all times in their daily diet. In many areas, ancestor worship ceremonies are held regularly or irregularly, once every seven or thirteen years. They believed that the souls of their ancestors dwelt in wooden drums, and that the sacrificial drums were struck to summon the spirits of their ancestors to enjoy the offerings of their children and grandchildren. The chief priest is called the Dirty Head, and the sacrificial Dirty Ox is specially bred for this purpose. Each festival lasts for three years.

And most Hmong people are devout in witchcraft. The main witchcraft activities include yin, god judgment, ghost sacrifice, etc., in addition to Gu arts. Witchcraft events are conducted by shamans. In some places, the sorcerer also serves as the elder of the village. In addition to being familiar with the methods of sacrifice, most of the shamans can also tell the genealogy of their own sect, the major historical events of the sect and the routes of the migration sources, and are familiar with various myths and legends, ancient songs and folk tales, and some wizards also have the functions of singers and dancers. Therefore, shamans are important inheritors of Miao traditional culture. In addition, the sorcerer also has a certain amount of medical skills and knows some herbs.

This time, the place where Li Fenghua came can only be regarded as the outer area of the Holy Mountain of Miaojiang, but it is the depths of Miaojiang. Although there are so many beliefs in Miao Jiang, in the vein of the saint, they only worship the blood snake that fought with the black snake in the legend, and the war horse of Chiyou's ancestors.

Although every five years Shushan and Qingyun Mountain send people to the holy mountain of Miaojiang, they are all led by locals, and the route is different each time, so in order to find the holy mountain, Li Fenghua must first come to this Miao village, which is called Xijiang. He had to stop here for a few days before he could go to the holy mountain with the sorcerer or the elder of the village to meet the holy woman.

Li Fenghua smiled, walked all the way down, and saw the Miao Jiang men wearing dark blue Miao clothes, working in the fields, those Miao Jiang people raised their heads, saw that they were outsiders, and stood up one after another, and several sturdy men walked towards this side with their trousers and bare feet.

Li Fenghua stood on top of Tian Ken, and when he saw a few sturdy Miao Jiang men coming, he thought that they had made a joke.

Those Miaojiang men, standing in front of Li Fenghua, looked at Li Fenghua's appearance, smiled innocently, and also learned from Li Fenghua's appearance to make a detective. Li Fenghua smiled and said, "Hello." Li Fenghua didn't understand Miao language, so he could only speak in Daqian's language.

I don't know if those men understood it, one man said a few words to the other men, but they were all Miao language, Li Fenghua couldn't understand it, after the man finished speaking, a man ran in the direction of Miao Village.

The man who spoke pointed to the location of Miao Village, and Li Fenghua nodded. The man just made a look of walking with himself, and walked in front, and Li Fenghua also walked with him. The men in the back also stopped the work in their hands and accompanied Li Fenghua to the front.

Walking out of the terraced fields, they walked forward along the side of the stream that surrounded Miao Village, and the men first scrubbed the soil on their bodies in the stream, and then walked forward with Li Fenghua.

Across the creek is a wooden bridge, also known as the Wind Rain Bridge. The wind and rain bridge is all made of wood, the bridge deck is paved, and there are railings and benches on both sides, and the roof of the bridge is covered with tiles to form a corridor-style walkway. Tower, pavilion built on the stone bridge pier, there are many layers, the eaves are warped, and there are decorations such as treasure gourd on the top. Because pedestrians can shelter from the wind and rain in the past, hence the name. Walk across the wind and rain bridge, and you can see the walled gate in it.

The walled gate is made of cedar wood, although it is not as good as the city gate of Daqian, but it is another flavor, there are two high-rise buildings above the walled gate, above the high-rise building, you can see the big bell, and two Miao men are holding bows and arrows and spears on one side to guard there. When Li Fenghua entered, the gate was open.

Li Fenghua looked up at the four men guarding the gate of the village, and made a joke again, while the four men smiled at Li Fenghua. Li Fenghua followed the men in front of him into the village.

As soon as you enter the village, you can see that the roads inside are all stone roads or cobblestones, and there is a feeling of old and long.

Li Fenghua smiled again.

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