金秀大瑶山——乡土中国的深处

Dayao Mountain in Jinxiu: Deep in the Heartland of Rural China

秘境大瑶山,峡谷岩峰绝壁陡峭、林涛唱和云海万象,河谷阡陌盘梯、耕者耘耥高天,观止于此,何须臆想“桃源”?五瑶相异相依,石牌制度、古村瑶寨、黄泥鼓舞、神奇绝技,瑶家人世代与山林为伍,苦乐其中。费孝通曾五进瑶山“为农民找出路”,而他的新婚妻子却将年轻的生命留在了瑶山。大瑶山自然生态是最好的也是最脆弱的,民族生态文化是最珍贵的也是最难留住的。城镇化进程中,乡土中国深处经济社会发展和文化进步,如隔山相海,看似很近,却还很远......

The mysterious Dayao Mountain, where deep valleys and steep peaks form a remarkable contrast, vastly stretched forests and a sea of cloud constitute a picturesque scroll painting and the terrace fields tower into the sky, is a true Xanadu. Living in the mountain and the forests, five clans of Yao people have been living in harmony with each other in generations. On this land, they share the joys and sorrows with the mountain, where you will be amazed by the locals’ stone steles, ancient villages, group drum-dancing. Fei Xiaotong, a famous scholar, has been to the mountain for five times seeking for a way out for local farmers, but he has lost his young newly-wed wife forever in this noble mission.The eco environment of Dayao Mountain is the best and also most vulnerable, for the local ethnic eco culture is too precious and too difficult to retain. When Chinese urbanization has become prevailing, the social economic development and cultural progress still are very hard to push ahead in the deep of rural China. It is like chasing a mirage: You believe it very near yet it is still in the distance.