Situated some 41 kilometers from Stone Forest, Danuohe Village originally built in 1816 is home to Yi people for hundreds of years. The slabstone road winds through the whole village. You will find the old trees in the courtyard of most of the houses in the village.

When the villagers are free or when it is during the local festivals, they will wear the Yi costume and dance the traditional Sani Dance. If interested, you could visit the Folklore Museum in the village. At the museum, you will find the old production tools, and daily necessities, tools and some artifacts used by the ancestors of Sani, such as woven straw hats, the exquisite cloth bags, etc. Villagers live a simple and unchanged life as before. Some artists create their works at the village from time to time. If interested, you could try the Banquet of the King Yi.

All the villagers can speak Yi language. Mizhi Festival is the most important festival in the village. It is the sacrificial festival when the Sani people pray for the good conditions for themselves and the livestock and they hope they could get a good harvest of the grain. During the daytime, they do the sacred activities. When the moon rises, they return back to the village, shouting “Hagou, Hagou”. On the way back, they will constantly condemns those who have violated the law, morality, and done bad things. The festival is always held in the lunar November.

If you would like to experience the local life more, you could stay overnight at one of several inns at the village. You could visit several local houses as well.