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Qingmuchuan is located in the northwest corner of Ningqiang County, Hanzhong City, Shaanxi Province, at the junction of Shaanxi, Gansu and Sichuan provinces. The town is connected to Qingchuan County of Sichuan Province to the west, Wudu County and Kang County of Gansu Province to the north. Shu, known as "one foot in three provinces", is the westernmost town in Shaanxi Province. It is 136 kilometers away from the county seat and 227 kilometers west to Jiuzhaigou Valley. The ancient town has a long history. It was once an area where Qiang and Han people lived together. In the Ming Dynasty, it was first called Caochangba. Later, Huilong Temple was built, so it was renamed Huilongchang. In the early days of liberation, the river was renamed Qingmuchuan because the trees on the river road were tall and tall and the cane sky blocked out the sun.
The population of Qingmuchuan continues to multiply. After a hundred years of vicissitudes, there are now a large number of well-preserved ancient streets, ancient temples, ancient plank roads, ancient buildings and other historical monuments with different styles. In addition, with beautiful mountains and rivers, it has rich cultural heritage Tourism resources.
1. Ancient buildings
Huilongchang Street: This street was first built in the Chenghua period of the Ming Dynasty. The lower half of the back street was damaged by water. It has been built successively since the Xianfeng period of the Qing Dynasty. During this period, people surnamed Wei in Qingmuchuan also carried out repairs and built three Wei family residences. The street buildings stretch 866 meters from bottom to top. The Jinxi River turns a corner around the ancient town, and the ancient streets are stretched into an arc by the river. Shaped like a crouching dragon, it now has 260 ancient buildings and houses with unique simplicity, carved beams and paintings, and elegant style. It is a historical and cultural heritage that cannot be recreated. Most of the nearly 100 houses on the ancient street are courtyard houses, two-story structures with two entrances and two exits. The architectural styles range from the land boat style of the Ming and Qing Dynasties to the Western church style.
Ancient ancestral halls: There are existing ancestral halls for the Qu family, the Wei family, the Zhao family, and the Tu family in the Ming and Qing Dynasties, with steles and inscriptions on them, and the preservation rate reaches 70%.
Ancient plank road: 5 kilometers away from the ancient street, there is an ancient plank road for commercial transportation to Gansu left over from the Ming and Qing Dynasties, which is more than 6 kilometers long. The road goes up the river and is cut along the cliff. , the road is very steep. Along the way, literati wrote inscriptions and left messages, which is of great value for postgraduate entrance examinations.
Revolutionary Martyrs Monument: In the early days of liberation, in order to liberate the Guangping bandit leader, Red Army Captain Cao Tinglin heroically sacrificed his life in Tooling Mountain. To commemorate the Guangping martyrs, a monument has been erected.
2. Natural landscapes
Natural landscapes can be seen everywhere. Yamawangqi, Wangxiang Terrace and Guimen Pass are located on cliffs, facing narrow valleys and abyss. After passing through these rugged and secluded paths, you will feel People are intimidated. There is a stone ladder in Yuquanba with more than 250 steps. The stone gates on both sides of the top stand upright in the cliff. There is nearly an acre of Longchi in Longchi Mountain, and the stone remains dry all year round. Phoenix Mountain has its own scenery in each season, and the general stone has stories of people flying here.
Characteristics of the landscape: dense ancestral halls and temples, all built in the Ming and Qing dynasties. One square kilometer around the town government. There are as many as nine ancestral halls and temples in the area. The ancestral halls of Zhao, Wei, Qu and Tu are about 70% intact. Among the five temples, Wenchang Temple and Huilong Temple are the most famous. The temple sites are quiet, the temple statues are solemn and majestic, and the sculpture craftsmanship is exquisite. Five miles south there are the Guanyin Rock cliff statues, Huangjiayuan Lin's Taoyuan Three-Cave Tomb, etc.
Qingmuchuan Nature Reserve: with a total area of 10,200 hectares, it is a well-protected natural forest, of which 2,450 hectares are the main habitat for wild animals. There are a large number of rare wild protected plants. The main tree species and vegetation are rich and diverse, with as many as 10 families and 35 genera. Among them, 5 species are relics of the Tertiary paleotropical flora. They are endemic species and rare species in my country: species. The animal distribution includes 6 species of national first-level protected animals and 17 species of second-level and first-level protected animals, especially rare species represented by giant pandas, golden monkeys and takin, which have become indicator animals in the region. In Majiashan, wildlife biologists discovered that golden monkeys and macaques are distributed in the same locality. This phenomenon was published on the overseas page of the People's Daily on November 14, 2003, which aroused the curiosity of the world's wildlife community and became a "mystery" that needs to be solved in the wildlife community. The reserve is located at the intersection of the Qinling Mountains and the Minshan Mountains. It has an obvious discontinuous distribution and a specific natural climate. It is praised by animal and plant experts as: "a natural animal and plant gene bank."
3. Food culture
The food culture of Qingmuchuan involves all aspects of cooking, with distinctive local ethnic characteristics, which is both compatible and special. From ancient times to the present, it has been passed down through generations and introduced new ones. Based on the concept of "five grains" nourishing the "six internal organs", we attach great importance to human body health care in catering. The combination of various foods is guided by the rational understanding of yin and yang harmony such as mutual reinforcement, mutual restraint, and mutual complementation.
Mountain products such as fungus, shiitake mushrooms, gastrodia elata, walnuts, raw lacquer, and honey have been famous since ancient times. There are many types of mineral resources with high grade and large reserves. There are 9 proven mineral species.
Qingmuchuan is a beautiful, fertile, magical and yet to be developed geomantic treasure land. It is rich in resources, has a long and profound cultural heritage, and also has many intoxicating natural and cultural landscapes. In recent years, with the increasing prosperity and development of the tourism industry, a large number of tourists who lived in Jiuzhaigou Natural Scenic Area stopped here for sightseeing. As a result, the ancient town became popular and attracted a large number of literati. Scholars have studied extensively and unearthed a large amount of evidence from scientific and social historical research