It was built as part of Wanda Group's poverty alleviation program in Danzhai County, Guizhou Province.

The village is featured in the short story "Monster" by Naomi Kritzer, a finalist for a 2021 Hugo Award.

Danzhai sits administratively under the Qiandongnan Miao and Dong Autonomous Prefecture.

[2] In 2014, the Wanda Group designated it as the site for its ‘Enterprise Sponsored County-wide Comprehensive Poverty Alleviation’ program.

[3] The Wanda Group has committed to invest 300 million yuan to a Danzhai vocational school, 500 million yuan for a Danzhai poverty alleviation fund, and 700 million yuan for a Danzhai Wanda Village, which includes a hotel and a town district built in the Miao architectural tradition.