Explore the historical heritage of Sanya and walk into Yazhou District to show you a different Sanya

I have arrived in Sanya countless times, and I know all the famous scenic spots in the country. Sometimes I just lie down in the hotel and bask in the sun out of boredom. A travel destination without cultural heritage has no soul. If Sanya is the soul of Hainan, then where is the soul of Sanya? The history book jumped out and gave us an answer - Yazhou.

This issue of "The Condor Heroes" will take you to explore the most in-depth Yazhou District in Sanya. It not only has China's southernmost thousand-year-old city, but also "living specimens" of traditional Hainan residential complexes in the Ming and Qing Dynasties. There is also the largest port in the southernmost part of China, follow our lens to see it!

The first stop is the ancient city of Yazhou, which was prosperous in the past and is now gradually fading out of people’s sight. Yazhou Ancient City is located in Yazhou Town, Sanya City. It can be said that Yazhou Ancient City is the southernmost thousand-year-old ancient city in China. Its earliest historical roots can be traced back to the Southern and Northern Dynasties.

Driving past the "First Gate of Southern Xinjiang", the only civilized gate that has been preserved in the ancient city, the mottled city walls are piled up with time. After the disaster, only the ancient city is still standing upright against the wind of the South China Sea. The neatly arranged city walls bring a dynamic wind to the ancient city that has experienced vicissitudes of life.

Many people think of Sanya as young, but you must know that people who came to Sanya during the Tang and Song Dynasties were not traveling. Most of them were demoted officials, refugees, immigrants, etc. As a result, Sanya changed from a place of refuge to a multi-ethnic settlement. After the population prospered, under the leadership of the exiled intellectuals and officials, Yazhou gradually became the political, cultural and economic center of Sanya. The immigrants brought advanced farming and craftsmanship and other skills, and also promoted the development of local culture and education, so the ancient city in the southernmost tip of China came into being.

The Shaositu Archway is behind the city gate. On the red wall are the four characters "德崔天地", and the corresponding back of the wall is inscribed "Dao Guan Ancient and Modern". These eight characters are Yacheng Academy. the essence of.

Yacheng Academy is the highest institution of learning in ancient Yazhou and the southernmost Confucius Temple in China. It has a history of more than 900 years. This has always been the center of power in Yazhou, and the academy still retains rich historical and cultural heritage.

Walking along the Academy, the Nanyang-style arcade old street is bustling with people. Children carrying schoolbags are heading towards the "Academic Palace" in Yazhou today.

Dongguan Street and Puzi City are home to the earliest old business buildings in Yazhou. These arcades built during the Republic of China have gone through many vicissitudes of life. Most of them have begun to be renovated, and their original appearance has become blurred.

In the small alleys behind the streets, there are still a few Chinese-style brick buildings and ancient houses from the Ming and Qing Dynasties. Together with the newly built modern buildings around them, they form the unique style of Yazhou. Traveling through the intertwining of history and modernity, you will be filled with emotions! The glory created by the ancients for centuries has now changed, and things and people have changed.

Compared to Sanya next door, Yazhou Old Town seems to have been forgotten, and there is very little visible history. But fortunately, its soul is still there. This city has cultural accumulation and historical baptism. The ancient city is just waiting for the moment to be restored!

In order to better explore the ancient residential buildings in Yazhou, there is another such village eight miles southwest of Yazhou District, Sanya. There are many ancient residential buildings in the village, exuding an ancient and awe-inspiring atmosphere. There are almost no tourists here, only the locals live a peaceful and contented life day after day. This is Baoping Village.

Although Baoping Village is small in area, it has a long history. It was built in the Tang Dynasty and has a history of more than 1,100 years. It was once an important border town and coastal defense gateway in ancient Yazhou.

The ancient village road winds and twists. The closer you get to the center of the village, the newly built small western-style buildings gradually disappear. The outer walls of the buildings become shorter and shorter, and the appearance of blue bricks and gray tiles becomes more mottled and vicissitudes of life. This is It is the best-preserved, largest and most concentrated traditional residential complex of the Ming and Qing Dynasties in Hainan Province.

There are almost no tourists here. Only the local old people are basking in the sun in the yard, continuing the living habits of thousands of years, and the years look peaceful.

Most of these well-preserved ancient houses from the Ming and Qing Dynasties are courtyard houses, which carry a heavy sense of history and are now preserved as living specimens.

Under the warm sunshine of Sanya, wandering around in various alleys, wandering in front of and behind deserted courtyards, the old buildings tell distant stories, and the lush green shades tell the story. life today. These ancient buildings have their own unique value in terms of historical value and architectural art.

Although Baoping Village is currently facing the invasion of the wave of modernization, and small western-style buildings built by villagers are constantly being built around it, its identity as a representative building community in Hainan will not change.

This traditional village not only has the "skin" of the ancient building complex, but the villagers also adhere to the inheritance of the "soul" of the original culture. There is no pseudo-culture or pseudo-folklore, which is probably its charm.

Nowadays, Baoping Village has received national intangible cultural heritage protection and the title of Chinese Historical and Cultural Village. It is also undergoing renovation of public facilities. It is hoped that this architectural community represents the ancient soul of Sanya. Never disappear.

If you also want to trace the history of Sanya back to its roots, then you must not miss this area of ​​Yazhou!