摘要：苗山的十月,已有些寒意。凉飕飕的山风,不管你乐不乐意愣头愣脑地从车窗外扑进来,顽皮地扰乱你的头发,搅乱你的思绪。晚稻已收割,层层梯田里耸立起座座“金字塔”。有水牛漫不经心地昂起头来,注视着苗山里发生的一切,偶尔“哞哞”叫问几声,大有不识生面之感。毛毛小路,有人流涌动,象花团锦簇朝火车站方向漫流。到融水县城已是傍晚。山里日光隐退得早,抬眼四周,

摘要：黔东南州为苗族聚居地区,剑河柳富苗族妇女,秉性聪敏贤惠敦厚勤劳,能工巧绣,善于自理生活。妇女服饰分为童装,未婚装、已婚装、有盛装、便装的区分。便装是日常的穿着,其质及制作较为简便,不加精挑繁绣,费工不多,少于耗费。盛装即为礼服。凡逢年过节,吃薪过卯,斗牛跳芦笙,以及外出走亲作客,必穿盛装以示体面,盛装材料力求讲究。

摘要：I am just back from Guizhou...land of tribal people, rice fields, water buffalo. What contradictions I was faced with...it seems not possible to save a culture unless the people remain removed from the modern changing world. Hidden away in the mountains without the advantages of electricity, health care, new products that make life easier, education... yes the results are beautiful songs and dances;fascinating celebrations related to the circle of life, mating,birth, death, harvest, planting; incredible handcrafted items, weaving, embroidery; but also ignorance, untreated diseases, and inequality. It makes me cry.

摘要：11月13日，芷江万和鼓楼广场人声鼎沸，芦笙吹出的宏亮深沉之音引来了四面八方的观众，筹备近半年之久的“芷江三里坪小学侗文化艺术节”在这里隆重举行。