Where is Ma Street located?

Ma Street

Weining Ma Street is a natural village where the Yi people live together. It belongs to Yungui Township, Weining County, Guizhou, 85 kilometers north of the county.

Guzhai is located in the plateau and hilly area at an altitude of 2,400 meters. The mountains are gentle and it is locally called "Liangshan". There are tall trees such as red pine and metasequoia on the hillside, which are green all year round; there are rhododendrons and camellias in the bushes; the depressions are covered with green grass, luxuriant water grass, and fat cattle and sheep. Because it is located in a high-altitude area, the sunshine is long, the temperature difference between morning and evening is large, the weather is clear, the air is fresh, and it is full of scenery of the northwest Guizhou Plateau.

There are now more than 20 households with about 80 villagers in the village. There are four surnames: An, Li, Luo, Long and so on. In addition to the surname An, they call themselves Qing Yi and their Yi name is "Guosu". There are three main festivals, Yi New Year, Dragon Boat Festival and Torch Festival. Every year in the middle of the Tiger Month (the seventh lunar month), the Yi people celebrate the Torch Festival. On this day, young men and women in the village dress up and carry out bullfighting, horse racing, wrestling and other activities. At night, all the villagers held high torches symbolizing exorcism and ward off evil spirits, and walked around the fields and mountains, which was very spectacular. Men, women, old and young are good at singing folk songs, including love songs, wine songs, funeral songs, children's songs and narrative songs. Dances include wine ceremony dance and bell dance, with various dance music and postures. He can also play Yueqin and blow wood leaves.