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Block Houses of Qiang |
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They live in blockhouses made of
piled up stones of different sizes. Unique in style, solid and
practical, these houses are two or three stories high. The first floor
is for livestock and poultry, the second retained as bedrooms and the
third for grain storage. The Qiang people are skilled in opening up
roads on rocky cliffs and erecting bamboo bridges over swift rivers. The
bamboo chain bridges they built, laid with boards, stretch up to 100
meters with no nails and piers being used. Some of the Qiangs are
excellent masons and are good at digging wells. During slack farming
seasons they go to neighboring places to do chiseling and digging. Their
skills are highly acclaimed. The famous Qiang Towers (Qiang Diao in Chinese), Qiang village and Tibetan Towers as follow: |
| Taoping Qiang Village
1st Qiang Village, (Xianfeng village, Mianchi town) |
| Tour: experience of folklore, customs, unique landscape and block house. |
