{"id":7723,"date":"2023-08-04T14:31:59","date_gmt":"2023-08-04T06:31:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pureviewartfoundation.org\/?page_id=7723"},"modified":"2026-02-06T12:02:45","modified_gmt":"2026-02-06T04:02:45","slug":"mountain-river-miao-village-market-day-child-eye-what-exactly-is-pure-view-pure-view-liangdeng-miao-village","status":"publish","type":"project","link":"https:\/\/www.pureviewartfoundation.org\/zh\/project\/mountain-river-miao-village-market-day-child-eye-what-exactly-is-pure-view-pure-view-liangdeng-miao-village\/","title":{"rendered":"Mountain River Miao Village Market Day: Child + Eye, What Exactly is Pure View? | Pure View\u00ae Liangdeng Miao Village"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u5bf9\u4e0d\u8d77\uff0c\u6b64\u5185\u5bb9\u53ea\u9002\u7528\u4e8eEnglish<\/a>\u3002 For the sake of viewer convenience, the content is shown below in the alternative language. You may click the link to switch the active language.<\/p>

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]In Mountain River Town, there is a small market on the third day of every lunar month and a large one on the eighth.<\/p>\n

August 4th happened to be a big market day, so the city kids and the children from Liangdeng Village woke up at 6 am to head out![\/vc_column_text][vc_single_image image=”7724″ img_size=”full”][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n

Bathed in the morning sun at six o’clock, we set off for the market.<\/span><\/p>\n

[\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”2vw”][vc_column_text]The bus carried us through narrow alleys, and as soon as we got off, we could hear vendors calling out. The main street was bustling with people, and the market was lively, exuding an atmosphere of vitality.[\/vc_column_text][vc_media_grid grid_id=”vc_gid:1722493998464-8d40832b-3273-6″ include=”7725,7726,7727″][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n

On our way to the market, we encountered locals coming to trade.<\/span><\/p>\n

[\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”2vw”][vc_column_text]On designated days, people from within several or dozens of kilometers gather to buy and sell freely\u2014this is what a market is.<\/p>\n

This is the most down-to-earth place in any location, filled with the hard work and daily necessities of each household, fruits, vegetables, and more. It hides many stories of the Miao people and provides us with the most direct and authentic way to understand the place.[\/vc_column_text][vc_media_grid element_width=”6″ grid_id=”vc_gid:1722493998465-e1e8937e-f99e-2″ include=”7728,7729″][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n

Under the morning light, having breakfast at a roadside stall at the market.<\/span><\/p>\n

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A local dentist working on teeth at his stall along the street.<\/span><\/p>\n

[\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”2vw”][vc_column_text]The goods on display were varied, including unfamiliar curiosities and unnamed medicinal herbs. Elderly people wearing hats and headscarves and dressed in colorful Miao costumes traded essentials and seeds.[\/vc_column_text][vc_single_image image=”7731″ img_size=”full”][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n

Locals wearing Miao costumes.<\/span><\/p>\n

[\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”2vw”][vc_column_text]Costumes are specific symbols that convey cultural information, recording the history and beliefs of a people and carrying the rich cultural heritage of a nation.<\/p>\n

Throughout history, the Miao people have been a migratory group. Despite thousands of years of migration and upheaval, they have left no written records. However, Miao women have used their skilled hands to create beautiful embroidered garments, engraving the traces of their people’s continuous development and inheritance. They use needles as pens and threads as ink to record mountains, rivers, the sun, birds, and beasts they encountered during their migrations, creating a rich and romantic “wordless history book.”[\/vc_column_text][vc_media_grid element_width=”6″ grid_id=”vc_gid:1722493998466-10969a9e-6868-3″ include=”7732,7733”][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n

Mostly seen wearing Miao costumes are the local elders.<\/span><\/p>\n

[\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”2vw”][vc_column_text]The sun pattern and the meandering pattern on this year’s activity uniforms are totems from Miao clothing.
\nThe sun pattern symbolizes dignity, courage, creativity, and self. Due to the rising and setting of the sun, it also represents rebirth and immortality.
\nThe meandering pattern symbolizes health, wealth, continuity, and auspiciousness.[\/vc_column_text][vc_single_image image=”7734″ img_size=”full” alignment=”center”][vc_empty_space height=”2vw”][vc_column_text]We hope the children see a different world and that through them, we see a world full of courage, creativity, and self.<\/p>\n

At lunchtime, in the “stone house” where we rested, Aunt Ma, who according to Uncle Wu has always been outspoken, sang a melodious Miao song in her loud voice.<\/p>\n

Aunt Ma said that learning and passing on the Miao language isn’t easy because they don\u2019t have a written script.<\/p>\n

Seeing our team uniforms, Aunt Ma asked, “What does ‘Pure View’ mean?” and she managed to make all of us laugh.<\/p>\n

What is Pure View? Our original intention:<\/p>\n