If you are considering a visit to the village of Dehang, in Hunan Province, you don’t have to take my word for its beauty. Jeremiah of Jottings from the Granite Studio just got back from Hunan and has this to say about Dehang:
Dehang is a Miao village tucked into a river valley of striking beauty. [...]
Filed under: Travel in China by Jess on July 14th, 2009 | Tags: Dehang, Hunan Province
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As mentioned below, I spent part of the Dragon Boat Festival holiday in Dehang (德夯), in western Hunan Province. This beautiful village is located approximately 550 km west of Changsha, near the border with Guizhou and Chongqing. To get there, I took an eight-hour overnight train to Jishou, the gateway city to Dehang and many [...]
Filed under: Travel in China by Jess on May 31st, 2009 | Tags: Dehang, hiking, Hunan Province, off the beaten path
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I just got back from two days in Dehang, a small village nestled in the mountains of western Hunan Province. Historically, it was an agricultural community belonging to the Miao minority group, also known as the Hmong. Now, the center of the village has been spiffed up for tourists, with plenty of shops, restaurants and [...]
Filed under: Photos, Travel in China by Jess on May 31st, 2009 | Tags: Dehang, hiking, Hunan Province
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