Tourist guide to Chengkan ancient town
In Huizhou District, Huangshan City, Anhui Province, there is an ancient village comparable to Hongcun. Although it is not as famous as Hongcun, its history is earlier than Hongcun 1000 years.
Chengkan is just a small mountain village in Huangshan city, but it contains many mysteries, so it is called "the first village in the south of the Yangtze River". However, in fact, because the mystery of life is displayed here, countless people have explored it.
Chengkan, which was founded in the Eastern Han Dynasty, has a history of 1800 years. The whole village has achieved the superb combination of yin and yang in the Book of Changes. As can be seen from the name of Cheng Kan, Yin represents Kan and Yang represents Cheng.
Because of the traditional geomantic culture, Chengkan ancient village is full of mystery, so it is regarded as a treasure trove of geomantic omen in Huizhou. Although most of the preserved styles are from the Ming Dynasty, they are mainly based on the Eight Diagrams Feng Shui in the Book of Changes.
In Chengkan, you can also see various ancient buildings from the Song Dynasty to the Qing Dynasty, as well as pavilions and pavilions with different styles unique to Huipai. If you go to Huangshan instead of Chengkan, you have never been to Huangshan.
Anyone who has been to Chengkan will say: This is the best place to visit in China. Its main manifestations are the geomantic culture and ancient architecture sites here.
The most representative ancient building in Chengkan is Luodong Book Temple. Streets and alleys are paved with granite, and the scattered houses make the whole Luodong Bookstore look like a maze. Because the houses around Luo Dongshu, Chengkan has the reputation of being the first house in the world.
There are more than 100 Ming and Qing buildings in the village, and the combination of natural landscape and humanities has reached the realm of "harmony between man and nature", but such a village has been covered up by Hongcun's reputation.
Exploring the mystery of life comes from the geomantic omen of Chengkan. Therefore, the landscape of Feng Shui concept is amazing, and Chengkan Old Street is the best example of Feng Shui. I didn't know about Huangshan until Chengkan.
Another ancient village in Anhui became popular, known as "the first village in the south of the Yangtze River", but it was hidden in Huangshan Canyon without losing its macro village.