Since the county was founded in Zhao Haoqi, Qin Dynasty, this ancient city with a long history of more than 2,000 years has been located on the main road to Guizhou, and is known as "the key of Yunnan and Chu, the gate of eastern Guizhou". Zhenyuan is an ancient Miao town with a long history. It belonged to Wuling County in the Western Han Dynasty. Yuanyang County was established in the fifth year of Emperor Gaozu. Zijiang County was established in Sui and Tang Dynasties. Song Gaozu established Zhenyuan County in the first year of Shaoxing. In the eighteenth year of Yuan Shizu Zhiyuan, Zhenyuan was appointed as the recruiting department of Yanhe Cave, and later changed to the General Administration of Military and Civilian Affairs. In the fifth year of Hongwu in Ming Dynasty, Zhenyuan House was relocated, belonging to Huguang. In the 11th year of Yongle, Zhenyuan House was established, belonging to Guizhou. Clear attack and clear system. In the early Republic of China, the town was far away. Walking on the bluestone road in the ancient city, I feel that every brick and tile has its own story.
People turn into the long and narrow Renshou Lane at will and are curious about these old alleys. All the doors opened in the alley will never be parallel or vertical to the alley, and the alley will never face the hall. Instead, deliberately turn the door at an angle and lean against the street, which is the so-called "crooked door" and "evil" (oblique) road. This "crooked" and "crooked" look simple, but actually follow Mr. Feng Shui's statement that "south is the most important thing" is a kind of wealth. Most of the people who lived here before were businessmen and wealthy families. In order to hide their wealth, such crooked ways just fit people's psychology of "not revealing wealth". Isn't it exquisite?
There is an indescribable sense of historical vicissitudes in homesickness in the night. Although ancient, it is unbreakable. Although it is quiet, it will not make people feel scared. The alleys here are as quiet as the old hutongs in Beijing, but there will be no hard and fast rules. They have the exquisite elegance of the alleys in the south of the Yangtze River, but they are not flat and straightforward, and they have the style of "living in a mountain alley" in Chongqing.