At a Glance (China Coffee Network): A cafe tucked into the hillside of the Xijiang Thousand-House Miao Village has been drawing steady holiday crowds—thanks to a new "scenic trail" that diverts visitors from the main viewpoint, it serves nearly 400 orders a day.
“During the National Day holiday we get around 400 orders a day—we’re just too busy to keep up,” said Yan Cheng, manager of the “Cunshang Study Art Museum,” catching his breath between serving guests on October 3.
This cafe, opened halfway up the hillside of the Xijiang Thousand-House Miao Village, has become a stopover for many visitors taking in the Xijiang scenery.
“We had planned to go to the viewpoint for the Xijiang scenery, but after seeing this cafe online we found it lets us enjoy the forest along the way and sit quietly to take in the full panorama—best of both worlds,” said Ms. Chen, a tourist from Jiangsu.
This cafe, located on the “Scenic Beauty Trail” of the Xijiang Thousand-House Miao Village, stays busy from opening in the morning until late at night.
“I found this place through Xiaohongshu, and the whole vibe is especially cozy,” said Ms. Feng, a tourist from Guangxi, reclining in a window-side lounge chair on the third floor with a cup of coffee in front of her and the layered rooftops of the Miao village outside. She had planned to sit for only half an hour, but “ended up lounging all afternoon—take some photos, sip a coffee, watch the village scenery; it just feels wonderful.”
Yan Cheng said the whole venue spans four floors, with an art exhibition area as well as indoor and outdoor coffee lounges. Inside, there are 20 “photo spots”—almost every window and corner frames a view of Xijiang. “Every zone offers a different sightline of the village,” he said.
This year, to divert crowds from the core viewpoint, the Xijiang Thousand-House Miao Village built the Scenic Beauty Trail along the natural lay of the mountains and water. The trail overlooks the village in a 360-degree panorama, with teahouses, intangible-heritage workshops, and the Cunshang Study Art Museum staggered along its length, creating a roaming layout of “a scene at every step, an experience at every stop.”
The liveliness inside the cafe is linked to the diversion of visitor flow brought by the Scenic Beauty Trail.
The viewpoint is still the same viewpoint, but more and more people are now following the “Scenic Beauty Trail” signpost—toward the hillside cafes, toward the teahouses by the trail, toward a Xijiang where one can finally slow down.
“The original intent of the Scenic Beauty Trail was to let visitors see Xijiang from a different angle,” said Zeng Yanhong, a supervisor at the Xijiang Tourism Group. After the trail opened, visitors stroll and savor it at leisure, deeply experiencing the cultural richness of the Miao village, instead of just jamming onto the viewpoint for a quick photo and leaving.
Tianyan News reporter: Jiang Hongqi
Editor: Li Li
Second review: Yu Guangyan
Third review: An Tong
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