The strange village at the foot of the Taihang Mountains has been hidden deep in the canyon for thousands of years and was not discovered until 1997.
There is a saying that goes like this: The soul of the Yellow River is in Shanxi, the Great Wall Expo is in Shanxi, and the Great Beauty Taihang is in Shanxi.
Accelerating the culture, tourism and development of Shanxi has an important influence on the layout of the entire Shanxi Province, and there are many natural landscapes in Shanxi that are difficult to see in other places.
Located at the border of the southeastern border of Shanxi, it is the source of the Taihang Grand Canyon. The natural scenery here is very beautiful and the folk customs are extremely unique. "Shenlongwan Village" is one of the most magical villages.
There is a magical village that has always been called "the bottom of the well". In fact, it is not an exaggeration to say this. This village is deep in the Taihang Mountain Canyon. It is surrounded by a ring. If Looking down from above, it looks like a "well", so this village has become famous in the hearts of many people.
According to the villagers themselves, their ancestors had already lived here hundreds of years ago. Their ancestors lived in such an isolated place and gradually fell out of touch with the trends of the times. Living a life of isolation from the rest of the world, no one cared about it for a long time.
Due to the unique landscape, it also has a very alternative name: Guidi Village.
Regarding the past of this village, there are still some ancient legends circulating in the local area.
In the past, the labor force was mainly people and animals. The location of Guidi Village was very special. It once became a distribution center for logistics and passenger transportation. Moreover, it was also full of inns, shops, grain stores, etc. every day. All very lively.
Perhaps it is also because of the reasons mentioned in this legend that Guidi Village became an ancient village. Later, the ancient roads were gradually abandoned, but Guidi Village still exists, with many original features. That's how it was passed down.
Today, the interior of the village is also "built on the mountain." The buildings in the village are mostly made of stone, stone streets, stone houses, stone walls, etc., forming a very distinctive architectural form.
Especially the material on the top of the house looks obviously maroon, but the thickness is quite different, with a very rich natural landscape. For locals, the cost of this kind of material selection is also very high. Inexpensive and therefore easy to make.
The earliest remnant stele in Guidi Village is the "Longmen Temple Stele", which is engraved with the word "Mingde". Based on this, it is estimated that Guidi Village was already inhabited as early as the Zhengde period of the Ming Dynasty. , but as for when that ancient road was built, it has still not been investigated.
After the founding of the People's Republic of China, there was no road access to the village, and it gradually turned into a small isolated mountain village. This hindered the economic and social development of the village. However, from another perspective, it It also allowed Guidi Village to retain its ancient folk customs and customs.
In 1997, the construction of a 16-kilometer-long road leading to the village began, and outsiders re-discovered this ancient village.
In 2001, the 1.5-kilometer-long wall-mounted highway was opened, and in 2003, the supporting facilities corresponding to the highway began to be further improved. In the initial stage of "poverty alleviation", there was such a saying in the world Quote: If you want to be rich, build roads first.
Such words also apply to Guidi Village.
In 2000, after the road was built, the economic income of Guidi Village doubled from 1998, and in 2004, the income doubled from 2000.
There are many natural resources in mountain villages that are rare in the outside world, such as Codonopsis pilosula, Astragalus and other precious Chinese medicinal materials. In the era of inconvenient transportation, these Chinese medicinal materials were rotten at home and could not be sold. After opening, they were finally able to flow into the outside world through the highway, and also brought very valuable wealth to the local villagers.
Later, a power station was built in the village, which made the residents' lives much easier.
More and more families are equipped with telephones, televisions, etc., and there are hundreds of mobile phones.
There are more than 80 students in the village and 6 teachers. It can be said that the teacher-student ratio is very high. With roads, children can go to the county to study when they grow up, which is more convenient.
What the people are most concerned about are actually the issues of education and medical care. With the roads, the hanging stones in the hearts of the people have gradually been put down. Moreover, there is also a clinic in the village, where some basic diseases can be treated. It can be solved here. This clinic is one of the 100 Grade A clinics in the county.
With the highway, the people here have lived a poor and difficult life for generations, which is gradually coming to an end.
In the past, in order to facilitate travel, the villagers of Guidi Village specially dug a small trail on the cliff about a hundred feet high. It was composed of more than 1,800 steps. People were climbing it. The process is extremely laborious, and the sound of "Hello, hello" will be made when gasping for breath, so this section of the stairs is also named "Ha Stairs".
At the same time, Changzhi, where Guidi Village is located, is also an extremely important place. It is adjacent to Taihang in the east and Taiyue in the west. This has also created Changzhi’s rich and colorful tourism resources, opening up ancient books on history. It can also be found that Changzhi is the birthplace of prehistoric cultures such as "Jingwei Reclamation" and "Nuwa Created Man".
Other media also spoke highly of the place after coming to Guidi Village.
It is not difficult to imagine that in the past ten years, the people of Guidi Village have also undergone great changes, and they have gradually begun to come into contact with people and things from the outside world.
This wall-mounted road also has a very nice name, called "Heavenly Road into the Clouds". It is hundreds of meters away from the top of the mountain and at the bottom of the valley. There are more than 30 caves, and you can see it from a distance. , like windows being opened.
Before the wall-hanging highway was completely completed, the villagers of Guidi Village had almost no contact with the outside world for generations. At that time, they were extremely simple, and during the process of building the road, they even behaved There was a slight discomfort, so many tourists who arrived chose not to stay too much in Guidi Village after learning about this history.
Living in the mountains isolated from the world is a life scene that is difficult for contemporary city people to imagine. This also requires extremely strong willpower and rich survival wisdom to complete. It has been passed down from generation to generation among the villagers.
There are about 200 households in the village. For them, traveling before roads was an extremely complicated matter. They had to go through the "Harbin Stairs".
What attracts the painter is naturally the smoky scenery here in the morning and evening. Being in it feels like a hunter hunting.
Chinese herbal medicine is one of the main sources of economic income here. Now, more and more people know about Guidi Village and want to escape the hustle and bustle of the city and take their families to travel here. This is very important for Guidi Village. For Dicun, this is obviously good news.
However, the villagers of Guidi, who were accustomed to simplicity, did not choose to over-develop the village. They only built a few more "inns" for tourists to rest.
According to the photos sent back by some tourists, it can be seen that these "inns" are located at the foot of the mountain, allowing you to experience the fun of overlooking the distance. As a result, as the reputation of Guidi Village has greatly increased, the "inns" here "It gradually became famous and became the later "Cliff Inn".
The pastoral life is also what many "tired people" yearn for, and Guidi Village will gradually assume this important function in the future.
On the lake in the village, there is also a "Lake Viewing Pavilion", which is refreshing and refreshing.
On the pavilion, there are fish playing, and the boat always makes ripples in the water. Everything is as beautiful as a painting.
Although it is in Shanxi, Guidi Village feels more like being in the misty Jiangnan.
After gradually learning about the outside world, the people of Guidi Village began to gradually adjust their thinking. They also wanted to embark on a road to get rid of poverty and become rich.
Looking back at the past 1980s, the annual output of pineapples in the village could reach tens of thousands of kilograms, as well as a series of crops such as persimmons, hawthorns, and peppercorns. The common people could not eat them all, so these products were left to rot. in the ground.
As early as 1982, some villagers who had been abroad built a canned fruit processing factory locally after returning. The products produced were very fresh and sold to Inner Mongolia, Hebei and other places. In the land, many families have gained an extra income, although they do not understand what is happening in the outside world, and most of them only hear about it.
However, as time went by, coupled with the constant changes in natural weather conditions, the already inconvenient transportation became even worse. Because products were often not delivered on time, the factory gradually stopped working after a short period of operation. .
When building that road, the villagers also made great efforts.
After swinging hammers, fighting stones, carrying radish heads, basking in the sun, and nibbling steamed buns, the people of Shenlongwan Village finally penetrated the mountains.
A wall-mounted highway with a total length of 1,526 meters, 33 conjoined holes, and 39 windows has been hanging on Taihang’s waist since then.
The old party member Hu Shulin is also remembered by the villagers. Unfortunately, he suffered from esophageal cancer at that time. In the later stage, he could not even eat normally, and he insisted on bringing fried noodles and glutinous rice noodles to build roads. To support the construction of this road, all the coffin boards were sold and donated.
When asked about the reason, Hu Shulin once told everyone: "Grandpa fell to death while going up the mountain to cut firewood, and his leg was broken while walking on the mountain road. If there is no road, the baby in the future will It’s still going to fall.”
After having a road, retired soldier Zhou Shuyu opened the first restaurant in the village. After him, the villagers gradually felt the business opportunities, so farmhouses in Guidi Village sprung up like mushrooms after a spring rain. .
As the number of tourists increases, Zhou Shuyu’s farmhouse has been upgraded again and is now equipped with TVs, bathrooms, wireless Internet and air conditioning. What he fears is that tourists will not adapt to the conditions here.
He said: "There are currently more than a dozen people working here. In the past, some people started their own business after working for a few years. Now there are more than a dozen farmhouses and the development is very good." < /p>
Moreover, tourism also drives the development of other local economies.
Many of the peppercorns, persimmons, wild vegetables, etc. that used to rot in the fields have been bought by tourists. This alone can make a lot of money a year. These were all in the past. Unimaginable.
There are more and more types of jobs in the village. In addition to running travel agencies, there are also people who take on the work of sanitation, drivers, and tour guides. Especially in recent years, due to the rise of e-commerce, many young people have begun to work Along this road, many specialties from Guidi Village were sent to other places.
It is precisely because of the rise of that highway that shopping has become much more convenient for people in the village.
In order to meet the actual needs of villagers and tourists, the village has also opened bank service points. Many villagers and tourists can make withdrawals and transfers here. In the past, these businesses could only be handled outside the village.
All villagers have felt the great convenience brought by transportation. Many companies have sensed business opportunities and began to invest in Shenlong Bay. Changchun's Eurasia Group has landed in Shenlong Bay and plans to carry out in-depth development of the scenic spot. , the impact is far-reaching.
Zhou Haiyu told several media friends: "There are now more than 90 farmhouses and farm supermarkets in the village, which has solved the employment problem of 450 people. The villagers have gained income from the tourism service industry. It has already exceeded 10,000 yuan.”
With this road, all the problems that troubled the people in the past have been solved. With the road, the remote villages that were no one cared about in the past have gradually become popular and have become “Internet celebrities.” "Punch-in place", the poor people who have no way out have picked up the "golden rice bowl" one after another.
What this road connects is also the road to well-off society in Guidi Village.
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