Wuyuan, located in the northeast of Jiangxi Province, bordering Anhui and Zhejiang provinces, is a beautiful place and is known as the most beautiful village in China. It is located in the golden triangle of Huangshan, Lushan, Sanqingshan and Jingdezhen, and is now a popular tourist destination of ancient towns.
Wuyuan County was built in the 28th year of Kaiyuan in the Tang Dynasty (AD 740), with lush forests, overlapping peaks, deep canyons, gurgling streams, strange peaks and rocks, ancient post roads, tea pavilions and covered bridges, and several ecological protection communities, which constitute the beautiful natural landscape of Wuyuan. Lingyan National Forest Park has more than 30 caves and has been a tourist attraction since the Tang and Song Dynasties. Each cave has more than 2000 sculptures of ancient celebrities, and there are thousands of pairs of Yuanyang Lake in the park. Wuyuan has not only beautiful natural scenery, but also profound cultural heritage. Since ancient times, it has been known as the "hometown of books". Since the Song Dynasty, Wuyuan has produced cultural celebrities such as Zhu Bian, philosopher Zhu, editor He Zhen and railway engineering expert Zhan Tianyou. Wuyuan is one of the best preserved ancient buildings in China. Between the green trees and ancient trees, there are houses with cornices everywhere. Among them, the Shi Yu Ancestral Temple in Wangkou is magnificent and exquisite in craftsmanship, and is praised by experts as an "art treasure house". Zhu Zuji is preserved in Ziyang Ancient Street; Built in the Sui Dynasty, the ancestral tomb of Zhan attracts millions of descendants of Zhan in Taiwan Province Province to worship their ancestors every year.
Lingyan ancient cave, ancient and famous trees, Ming and Qing architecture and ancient culture are the four characteristics of Wuyuan landscape. If you want to savor these landscapes, you'd better travel in Wuyuan on foot. In the green mountains and green waters, an old tree, an old vine, a broken wall and a deep well that passes by inadvertently may contain a beautiful legend. For tourists who have visited the seashore of famous mountains and rivers, they will feel another kind of quiet and leisurely enjoyment when they travel to Wuyuan.
Anhui Hongcun village
Hongcun is located in the northeast of Yixian County, the "Peach Blossom Garden", which is 1 1km away from Yixian County. It has a long history and a beautiful environment. The whole village covers an area of 19. 17 hectares (more than 300 mu), and there are 138 ancient buildings in Ming and Qing dynasties. Hongcun was founded in Shaoxing during the Southern Song Dynasty (A.D. 1 13 1), so it was named Hongcun. It has a history of more than 870 years since it was changed to Hongcun during the reign of Qing Qianlong. This used to be the place where the king lived.
The location, layout and beautiful scenery of Hongcun are directly related to water, and it is an ancient village that has been carefully planned. The planning and design of artificial water system inside and outside the village is quite exquisite and ingenious. Experts say Hongcun is "a rare ancient village with detailed planning in the world, and the human landscape and natural landscape complement each other". It is praised by Chinese and foreign architectural experts as "a pearl of China tradition" and "a living textbook for studying the history of ancient water conservancy in China".
Hongcun is known as "the village in Chinese painting", and UN experts praised it as "the unparalleled water street landscape in small towns". Because it is backed by Yangzhanling and Leigang Mountain. Among the remaining veins of Huangshan Mountain, the terrain is relatively high. Sometimes the clouds steam and glow, such as thick ink and heavy color, and sometimes it seems to be freehand brushwork. The surrounding mountains and white tiles are reflected in the lake, and people, ancient buildings and nature are integrated, like a slowly unfolding landscape painting.
Water plays an important role in Hongcun site selection. Wang in Hongcun lived in Shexian County in the late Tang Dynasty and Qishuhu Village in yi county, but they all suffered from fires. Later, Wang's family moved to the foot of Leigang Mountain. At first, the 13 building was built and named Hongcun, which means "Hong Guang is developed". In view of the past lessons, Hongcun pays great attention to the layout of artificial water system in planning to improve the fire prevention ability. After more than 400 years and several generations' efforts, especially during the Yongle period of the Ming Dynasty, Wang Siqi, the 76th founder of Hongcun, asked Mr. Feng Shui to delimit the environment and rearrange the buildings, and the design and structure of Hongcun were finally realized.
Water plays an important role in the scientific layout of villages. The whole village adopts the bionic "ox" shape layout, with Leigang Mountain as the bull's head, two ancient trees at the entrance of the village as horns, Moon Marsh as the tripe, South Lake as the tripe, Qushuikeng as the tripe, residential houses as the bull's body, and four ancient bridges as the bull's feet, which is called "Mountain as the bull's head tree and bridge as the four-hoofed house". Vivid modeling, the whole village is like a buffalo lying motionless leisurely.
The rise and fall of Hongcun is closely related to the rise and fall of Huizhou merchants and Huizhou culture. Before the Southern Song Dynasty, Hongcun was a place with lush valleys and rugged paths. Hongcun was founded in Shao Xi period of Southern Song Dynasty (A.D. 1 13 1). The rise of Huizhou merchants in Ming and Qing dynasties provided a strong economic foundation for the glory of Hongcun. During the Wanli period of the Ming Dynasty, Hongcun had a patchwork of buildings and a large population. However, after the middle and late Qing Dynasty, Hongcun gradually declined with the decline of Huizhou merchants.
Heshun ancient town in Yunnan
Heshun ancient town is the hub of the ancient South Silk Road. Long-term international trade, cultural, diplomatic, military and religious exchanges have made it the first important town in China facing South Asia.
Heshun Town covers an area of 17 square kilometers and is a national-level scenic spot. Surrounded by volcanoes on all sides, the famous trees on the mountain are lush. The seasons are like spring, and the resources of hot springs and mineral water are rich, which is a resort for people's life and leisure travel.
For generations, Heshun people used caravans as the main means of transportation, resulting in a number of male businessmen, such as Jade King, Cotton King and Rice King, and formed a lifestyle of traveling overseas Chinese and agricultural Confucianism. Here, you can appreciate the charm of Huizhou architecture with white walls and tiles, appreciate the figure of small bridges and flowing water in Jiangnan ancient town, and see the elements of western architecture and South Asian architecture. The eight ancestral halls are well preserved, and the genealogy and clan activities have been passed down to this day. In the seven temples, Buddhism, Taoism and Confucianism coexist. The 600-year history has given birth to many histories, such as philosopher Ai Siqi and educator Cunshusheng.
Laitan Ancient Town, Hechuan, Chongqing
The ancient town of Laitan should actually be called Laitan Ancient Village. It has been more than 200 years now. How to find a story that the air is still a little damp by walking deep into an old yellowed photo. According to local people, in order to prevent Taiping Army from entering Sichuan and Li and Lan Uprising, Laitan carried out large-scale reinforcement and maintenance during Tongzhi period, and built stone defense facilities around the whole ancient village. Today, this stone wall is still strong enough to prove that history.
Laitan Village covers an area of 0.25 square kilometers. The four gates are crossed and symmetrical, and the walls in the village are all made of stones more than half a meter long, which is very strong. There are also 200-meter-long bluestone streets and more than 400 houses in Qing Dynasty in Sene. Looking back through just visiting, I returned to the Xianfeng period of the Qing Dynasty. Because it is close to Qujiang, it is good for boating. Bed beach is also a famous water pier, which can attract businessmen when there is water. At that time, merchants gathered in Laitan Village, and the market was prosperous and very prosperous. The two Buddhist temples built on the mountain were also treasures of geomantic omen.
Time flies, starring Huang Lei and Rene Liu, was shot in this quaint town, and the romantic love color makes it more amorous. ...
At that time, a small water town in a province in the south of China was ancient, quiet, serene and quiet. You can't find its shadow on the map at all. There are high eaves, dark windows, long bluestone roads, narrow streets, faint water lanes and thin covered boats. Smoke rises and fog falls, clouds steam and glow, grass grows and warblers fly, flowers bloom and fall, and years are like water. There is a person who fascinates me deeply. He stood on the bridge gracefully and solemnly and said to me, "No matter how the personnel changes, Wuzhen will always be Wuzhen, the most beautiful corner of the Jiangnan water town, so warm and moist. Like a dream in the evening, like a swaying rose in the morning light. ...
Huang Shanxi Fu Chengxiang
Shanxi Huangcheng Xiangfu is located in Beiliu Town, Jincheng City, southeast of Shanxi Province. It is adjacent to Jiaozuo City, Henan Province in the east, Luoyang, the ancient capital in the south, Linfen City and houma city City in Shanxi Province in the west and Changzhi City in Shanxi Province in the north. At present, Yangcheng Power Plant, the largest pithead thermal power station in Asia, is close at hand, with communication network covering the whole village and convenient traffic conditions. In recent years, the number of tourists in Xiangfu Scenic Area of Shanxi Huangcheng has increased year by year.
There are 234 households with more than 680 households in Huangcheng Village, with 480 mu of cultivated land, with a total area of 1.7 square kilometers. There are abundant coal resources in the underground, and there are teachers of Emperor Kangxi of the Qing Dynasty, college students of Wenyuange, the chief reader of Kangxi Dictionary, and the hometown of Chen Tingjing, the official minister. Since the reform and opening up, many industries have been established, such as coal mining, light industry, agricultural and sideline products processing and tourism services. 200 1 huangcheng xiangfu was identified as one of the top ten new tourist attractions by Shanxi provincial government. At present, the Forbidden City is crowded with tourists every day. Visitors from all over the world are welcome to visit Xiangfu Scenic Area in Shanxi Imperial City.
Jiangsu zhouzhuang
Zhouzhuang, the first water town in China, has a long history of more than 900 years and a cultural heritage of more than 900 years, which constitutes the unique style of "small bridge and flowing water family" in Jiangnan water town. The beautiful scenery, unique cultural landscape, traditional architectural pattern and simple folk customs of the water town are fascinating and lingering, and it is worthy of being called "Zhouzhuang gathers the beauty of China water town" and is a model of the ancient water town in the south of the Yangtze River.
There are more than 30 large and small rivers around the town, including Hucheng Lake, Baixian Lake, Dianshan Lake and Nanhu Lake, and there are four major rivers in the town. Therefore, Zhouzhuang has been known as the "Water Town Zeguo" since ancient times, with a total area of 36 square kilometers. It is a round town, just like a lotus leaf floating on the water. Zhouzhuang, called Yaocheng in ancient times, was originally the fief of Prince Yaocheng of Wu in the Spring and Autumn Period. Zhouzhuang, also known as Zhenbanli, a Buddhist Zhou Di Gong Lang from the Northern Song Dynasty, gave up his former residence and 200 acres of fertile land as temple property. People felt its kindness and changed its name to Zhouzhuang.
The bridge in Zhouzhuang is of primitive simplicity, different shapes and intriguing. Zhenfeng Bridge has a pleasant rhyme; Fuqiao building wall; The two bridges are built together, each with its own characteristics.
Zhouzhuang has a long history of water, and the sparkling "well" shaped channel constitutes the charm of the water town. All the water lanes are crowded with tourists, and all the rivers are rippling on canoes.
Zhouzhuang people built by water can be seen everywhere, including deep house compound with white walls and tiles and Linjiang Shuige with carved beams and painted buildings. Especially the Shen Hall and the May Hall, the momentum is extraordinary. A hundred years later, their charm remains the same.
"China's No.1 Water Town" has not only attracted countless tourists from all over the world with its unique charm, but also won many international awards, including the United Nations "Dubai Award for Best Living Model" and the UNESCO Asia-Pacific "Outstanding Achievement Award for World Cultural Heritage Protection". On March 6, 2006, Zhouzhuang won the "American Government Award". It is reported that the American Government Award is an award established by the United States to recognize people who have made outstanding contributions in the field of world culture and art, and it has considerable influence and authority in the field of international culture and art, and Zhouzhuang, the first water town in China, is the first China town to receive this honor.