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French documentary introduces the Miao Stockade Village 　　ON April 12， 2016， Meeting at Unknown Places： Guizhou was first broadcast on France 2 and became the highest-rated of all the programs shown on that night. The documen- tary gave 5.23 million French viewers a glimpse of the old， mysterious， rustic， and beautiful scenes of the Miao stockade village in Guizhou. The Miao are one of the 56 ethnic groups in China and mainly live in the southwest province of Guizhou. The stockade village is where the Miao people have lived for thousands of years. 　　Meeting at Unknown Places presents local customs and practices of countries all over the world to Francophone viewers. The series was launched in 2006， and this particular episode was the first one filmed in China. 　　 China Mandatory 　　Preparation for the stockade village episode began more than two years ago. Its head writer， Franck Desplanques， said， “In the globalized world we live in today， we couldn’t miss out China.” 　　In each episode of the program， the anchor， Frédéric Lopez， invites a celebrity guest to accompany him to an unknown place and live with the locals. They talk about the philosophies adopted by the people living in remote and difficult circumstances， inspiring modern viewers to think about the world in a different way. The design of the program is original： Guests have no idea of their destination before boarding the plane， so the feelings they reveal in the “unknown place” they arrive at are authentic. The production group of Meeting at Unknown Places： Guizhou had a connecting flight in Shanghai， got on a transfer bus in Guiyang， capital of Guizhou， and then walked for two hours before they finally arrived at their destination， the Yangkai Miao stockade village of Rongjiang County in Guizhou. 　　The guest of this episode was the French movie star Colovis Cornillac. It was his first time in China. When he found out he was going to the Middle Kingdom， Cornillac， who claimed to be the type of