The Spring Festival is coming. Taking advantage of the annual leave, besides having a family reunion dinner, we should also plan to travel and play. Living in a busy city for a period of time will inevitably make people bored. So, I want to find a small town with an antique atmosphere. Here, we can recall a certain segment in the TV series. If we have the opportunity to visit such an ancient town, it is estimated that you will have a feeling of crossing in an instant.
There really is an ancient town in China, Luocheng, which is located in Sichuan. The pace of life here is very slow, and people's daily life also seems carefree. Every afternoon, there are people everywhere in the teahouse. Some of them are drinking tea, some are watching a play, some are playing chess in groups of three or five, and some are even playing mahjong. They are all in high spirits and very happy.
Overlooking this ancient town from top to bottom will make you feel like a ship rippling in the water. There is also a sad legend about this special terrain. According to insiders, as early as the Ming Dynasty, the terrain of this small town was relatively dry. By chance, a scholar came, and he instructed the local people to build the houses where people lived into the shape of ships to fight against the dry weather.
Until now, people still live a comfortable life leisurely every day. Seeing their slow-paced life, tourists will gradually forget their unhappiness after coming here with the pace of people's life. The ancient town does bring very good visual enjoyment to tourists. You can learn from the local people, drink tea, go to the opera, taste the local specialties and visit the unique scenery here.
As early as 1982, an Australian came to China to play. By chance, he came to Luocheng. Because he likes the architecture here so much, after returning to China, he built an almost identical China City in Melbourne. Since then, the reputation of Luocheng ancient town has been known by more and more people. In fact, it was first built in the late Ming Dynasty, that is, during the Chongzhen period, and it did not reach a certain scale until the Qing Dynasty. Because the ancient city is located in the border, it used to be an important military base in ancient times.
The architecture of the ancient town is quite distinctive. The town is built on the top of the mountain, and the houses on both sides of the street look like a sailboat from a distance. The main street runs north and south, with narrow ends and wide middle. The street is uneven, like a rough splint.
In the middle of the street is a theater, like a sail raised in the wind. The Lingguan Temple at the end of the street seems to be a small house, so it is also called Boat Street. There are relatively complete ancient buildings here. Bringing the whole family here to play will definitely make you leave good memories in the new year.
Address: Xinjie, Qianwei County, Leshan, Sichuan Province
Transportation route: it is 60 kilometers away from Leshan city, and it takes about 1.5 hours to get to Luocheng by shuttle bus from Leshan intermodal bus station. It only takes about two and a half hours from Chengdu Shiyangchang Bus Terminal to Luocheng via Le Cheng Expressway, or you can take a through train from Zigong Bus Terminal to Luocheng.