But even so, there are still many unknown unpopular ancient towns, with pure local conditions and customs, quiet and peaceful, just suitable for the New Year!
1. Shangli Ancient Town
Shangli ancient town is surrounded by mountains and rivers, with idyllic mountains and many wooden houses. So far, many diaojiao buildings with Ming and Qing styles have been preserved.
With its beautiful natural scenery, it is a good place to relax and feel the ancient charm.
Coordinates: Yucheng District, Ya 'an City, Sichuan Province
2. Xizhou Ancient Town
Xizhou is a famous historical and cultural town of Bai nationality with a history of 1000 years.
There are famous butterfly spring at home and abroad, Huadian Dam in Cangshan where azaleas are blooming, Haixinge, a seaside attraction, and natural sea tongue.
Coordinates: Xizhou Town, Dali City, Yunnan Province
3. Luocheng Ancient Town
Luocheng Ancient Town was founded in Ming Dynasty, and its architectural layout is extremely unique. The whole town is located at the top of the mountain, and the houses on the street are like a boat.
Today, this surviving old street still retains some humanistic characteristics of the old Sichuan culture in the Ming and Qing Dynasties.
Coordinates: Qianwei County, Leshan City, Sichuan Province
4. Nayun Ancient Town
Nayun ancient town has a history of more than 700 years, which is composed of upper, middle and lower cities, Mangfanggang and Mangfangmao. From top to bottom, in the order of registration.
It is also full of exotic customs. The currencies of Myanmar, Thailand and China are common, which makes people feel like they are in Southeast Asia.
Coordinates: Menglian County, Pu 'er City, Yunnan Province
5. Chikan Ancient Town
Chikan Ancient Town is built on the Tanjiang River, with towns in the north and arcades in the south, with simple folk customs.
There are a large number of overseas Chinese buildings in the ancient town, where Chinese and western cultures meet. As soon as I set foot here, it was like going back to the last century. There is a 3-kilometer-long arcade in the ancient town, where the film "A Generation of Masters" was filmed.
Coordinates: Chikan Town, Jiangmen City, Guangdong Province
6. Dangkou Ancient Town
Dangkou ancient town is a typical water town in the south of the Yangtze River. The main attractions are Canghe North Street and Canghe South Street on both sides of Guzhen River. Most of them are the life stories and cultural relics of local celebrities.
When you come here, you must try some local delicacies, such as walking meat, bean curd with water and gold, Jinjia sesame seed cake, medicated cake and so on.
Coordinates: Ehu Town, Xishan District, Wuxi City, Jiangsu Province
7. Moxi Ancient Town
Moxi Ancient Town is the tourist reception base and entrance of Hailuogou Scenic Area.
There are only a dozen families in three streets in the town. The biggest attractions are the old residence of Grandpa Mao, the ancient street in the late Qing Dynasty and the early Republic of China, and the Catholic church built by the French.
Coordinates: Moxi Town, Luding County, Ganzi Prefecture, Sichuan Province
8. Chazi
Laiji is a well-preserved ancient architectural complex, and there are still more than 40 ancient buildings in/kloc-0.
Small bridges and flowing water, rows of ancient houses, solemn ancestral halls, towering pagodas and elegant pavilions, Chaji is a quaint and elegant ancient village.
Coordinates: Jingxian County, Xuancheng City, Anhui Province
9. David Ancient Town
Dawei ancient town, one of the "four big towns" in ancient Guangxi, was founded in the early years of Northern Song Dynasty.
Laodaxu Old Street stretches for 2 kilometers along the Lijiang River, and the houses along the road are mostly two-story buildings of Ming and Qing Dynasties with blue bricks and tiles. Historical vicissitudes can be seen everywhere.
Venue: lingchuan county, Guilin, Guangxi
10. Wenquan Ancient Town
Wenquan Ancient Town is a typical castle building in Ming Dynasty, and is known as "the first fort of China folk customs".
There are more than 180 ancient houses in the ancient town, and the North Gate Wengcheng in the town is the location of the movie Let the Bullets Fly.
Coordinates: Yuxian County, Zhangjiakou City, Hebei Province
1 1. Yangloudong Ancient Town
Yang Lou Cave is the birthplace of "Songfeng Tea", and Shiban Street in the ancient town of Ming and Qing Dynasties is a historical epitome of the development of tea industry in China.
There is almost no commercial development here, it is very quiet, and there are aborigines living here.
Coordinates: chibi city, Xianning, Hubei.
12. Longtan Ancient Town
Longtan ancient town belongs to a typical Sichuan-Chongqing town with weak commercial atmosphere. It has more than 400 years of slate old streets and quadrangles.
The largest ancient architectural complex is the Zhangjia Courtyard, and the uphill wall is its unique building.
Coordinates: longtan town, Youyang County, Chongqing
13. Yunshuiyao Ancient Town
Yunshuiyao is an ancient village with a long history, with a long ancient road, century-old banyan trees, magical earth buildings and clear water in Lingshan.
In 2005, the film "Shuiyun Ballad" was filmed here, which made this town famous and changed its name to "Shuiyun Ballad".
Coordinates: Pushan Village, Nanjing County, Zhangzhou City, Fujian Province
14. Fu Bao Ancient Town
Still very primitive, the original ecology is underdeveloped, and the building is very old. People who like historic towns will like it here.
There are still many people living in it, with a strong atmosphere of life. Unlike other commercial ancient towns, it is super comfortable to relax. At the same time, the architecture of the ancient town is also very distinctive, which is very suitable for taking literary photos.
Coordinates: Hejiang County, Luzhou City, Sichuan Province
15. Tea Cave
Tea Cave is the border town of Xiangxi and one of the four famous towns in Xiangxi.
The mountain city here is majestic, the city walls are winding, the diaojiao building is antique, and there is the habit of going to the market on the eighth day of the second lunar month.
Coordinates: Huayuan County, Xiangxi, Hunan Province
16. Bing 'an Ancient Town
Bing 'an ancient town has been a famous post station and commodity distribution center for Sichuan salt to enter Guizhou since ancient times, and it is one of the four ancient towns in Guizhou.
Surrounded by Chishui River on three sides, we can see that there are many diaojiao buildings supported by hundreds of logs along the river, which is very spectacular.
Coordinates: Bing 'an Township, Chishui City, Zunyi City, Guizhou Province
17. Huanglongxi Ancient Town
Huanglongxi has a history of 1700 years. It is one of the top ten ancient water towns and a well-known natural film and television photography base at home and abroad.
The ancient archways, temples, houses and banyan trees in the town are integrated, and the streets paved with bluestone slabs are full of antiques.
Coordinates: Shuangliu District, Chengdu, Sichuan Province
18. Qikou Town
Qikou was a famous commercial town in northern China from the Ming and Qing Dynasties to the Republic of China, enjoying the reputation of "the first town of the Yellow River in Jiuqu".
There are a large number of well-preserved Ming and Qing buildings in the town, which are more magnificent than the ancient towns in Jiangnan.
Coordinates: south of Linxian County, Lvliang City, Shanxi Province
19. Qingmuchuan Ancient Town
Qingmuchuan is located at the junction of Shaanxi, Gansu and Sichuan provinces, and has truly achieved "one foot in three provinces". It is named after an Aoki tree on Sichuan Road.
It was once one of the main roads into Sichuan, the throat of Qin and Shu, a battleground for military strategists and a border trade town where merchants gathered.
Coordinates: ningqiang county, Hanzhong City, Shaanxi Province
20. Yaoli Ancient Town
Yaoli is the birthplace of Jingdezhen ceramics. Surrounded by mountains and deep virgin forests, Yaoli is a quiet leisure place.
There were a large number of houses in ancient towns in Qing Dynasty, and the commercial street in Ming and Qing Dynasties was one of the most prosperous commercial streets on ancient Huizhou Avenue, as well as ancient bridges and docks.
Coordinates: Fuliang County, Jingdezhen City, Jiangxi Province
After seeing the 20 most unpopular ancient towns in China,
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