​Located in Leishan County, QiandongnanPrefecture of Guizhou Province, the village has atotal of 1,468 households with over 6,000residents. Among them, 99.5% are indigenousMiao people. Spanning 5.5 square kilometers, it isreputed as the largest Miao-inhabited village inChina and even the world, and has earnedaccolades like "open-air museum of Miao culture"and "China's most beautiful Miao village." "VisitXijiang to know all about Miao villages."

        Surrounded by mountains with rolling peaks, theterraced felds follow the mountain contours all theway to the sky. The Baishui River flows throughthe village, dividing Xijiang Miao Village into twoparts. Inside the village, stilt houses rise tier upontier along the mountainside, stretching into acontinuous and magnificent expanse.