The Wushui River passes through Chengbu, Suining, Huitong and Hongjiang4 counties (cities), with a total length of 244 kilometers. The basin area is 4,205 square kilometers and the river slope is 1.81‰. There are overlapping peaks and mountains in the basin, and the river meanders among forests of pine, fir, and bamboo. It is one of the main forest areas in Hunan province, with abundant bamboo production.
It passes through the Xuefeng Mountains, and there are many river canyons downstream from Chengbu, including Luyangwan to Dazhou, Dawan to Kuangtang, Meikou to Qinjiawan, Dawan to Rongyan, and Huangjiadang to Il There are 8 sections from Pingchong to Taipingjiang. to Diyangtou, Bailiangpan to Langzijiejiao, Jiangxi Tuan to Yuliangping, with a total length of 87 kilometers, accounting for about 47% of the river length.
Customs of lifee
The Miao people living on the banks of the Wushui River mainly eat rice and other various grains. They eat three meals a day, including pork. , beef, mutton, chicken, duck, goose, fish, shrimp, eel, etc. Delicious marinated vegetables, wild vegetables, dried vegetables, salted vegetables. They are very hospitable. When guests come to their door, they are treated with cigarettes, tea and wine.
There are also many festivals for the Miao people along the Wushui River, such as Black Rice Festival, Day of the Dead, Mountain Games Festival, Lusheng Festival, New Tasting Festival and the Ox King Festival; weddings and marriages of the Miao people along the Wushui River, childbirth, burial customs, language and customs, Miao medicine, Miao songs and ballads, cross-stitch embroidery, carving and blacksmithing, textile printing and dyeing, belief and worship. all have theirs own unique, colorful and shiny characteristics. This can be seen in the records of Bao Ruji's "Nanzhong Jiwen" of the Ming Dynasty.