Huangluo Yao Village

Tour Code : C2188

Type : Natural landscape

City / Province : Guilin

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Huangluo Yao Village in Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region is home to descendants of the Yao ethnicity. The women here are characterized by their red embroidered dress and their long hair, which is long enough to have their home recognized as the "world's longest hair village" by Guinness World Records.

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Huangluo Yao Village

Located at the foot of a mountain with a beautiful river zig zagging around,is the only village of ethnic Yao in Longji scenic area. All the villagers, totaling just over 400, are.
The villagers are hospitable and fond of singing and dancing. Yao girls extendto tourists by wearing their ethnic costumes, singing and dancing. One of the local traditions is to keep long hair.
In the past, local women's long hair was not supposed to be seen by others, even by their husband or children. Therefore, Yao women used a long cloth to twist and hide their hair into a knot. During summer and autumn, Yao women would get down to the river to wash and comb their hair with women friends. Such tradition has abandoned.
Hair is very important to women, who generally use it to highlight their features, but for the women of the ethnic Yao people of Huangluo Village, China, hair is their most precious possession.
The Yao settlement has received a Guinness certification for the “world’s longest hair village” and is also known as the “Long Hair Village” across China. Considering the average hair length of the 120 women in Huangluo is 1,7 meters and the longest locks exceed 2.1 meters. The women of Huangluo can only cut their hair once in their lives, when they turn 16, and they can start looking for a lover. But the hair isn’t simply thrown away, it’s given to the girl’s grandmother and made into an ornamental headpiece. When she marries, the hair is gifted to the groom, and later becomes a part of the woman’s everyday hairdo. It’s said a Red Yao woman’s hair is made of three bunches. One is the one that grows every day, the other is the cut headpiece, and the third is made from thestrings of hair, which are collected every day. They all come together to form elaborate hairstyles which represent the social status of the bearerAll the women of Huangluo wear their long black hair in a tray-like hairstyle, but there are certain details that say a lot about her. If the hair is simply wrapped around her head, it means she is married but has no children. If she has a small bun at the front, it means she is married with children, and if she wears a kerchief around her head, it means she is looking for a lover. Regardless of their status, it’s impossible not to notice the beauty of every Red Yao woman’s dark hair. It’s said it comes from the special “shampoo” they use to wash it with “rice water” (water used to rinse)If you were curious as to why these women let their hair grow so long, it’s because they believe it brings longevity, wealth and good fortune. The longer the hair, the more fortunate one will be

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