What are the famous mountains and rivers, scenic spots, historical sites, ancient towns and villages in the motherland?
Wuyuan Ancient Town in Jiangxi
Located in the northeast of Jiangxi Province and bordering Anhui and Zhejiang provinces, Wuyuan is a place with beautiful mountains and clear waters, and is known as the most beautiful countryside in the country. It is located in the golden tourist triangle area of Huangshan Mountain, Lushan Mountain, Sanqingshan Mountain and Jingdezhen. It is now a popular ancient town tourist destination.
Wuyuan County was founded in the 28th year of Kaiyuan of the Tang Dynasty (AD 740). It has lush forests, stacked peaks, deep canyons, gurgling streams, strange peaks, strange rocks, post roads, ancient trees, tea pavilions, and corridors. The bridge and multiple ecological protection areas constitute Wuyuan’s beautiful natural landscape. There are more than 30 caves in Lingyan National Forest Park. This area has been a tourist attraction since the Tang and Song Dynasties. There are more than 2,000 inscriptions of ancient celebrities in each cave. The Yuanyang Lake in the park is home to thousands of pairs of mandarin ducks. Wuyuan not only has beautiful natural scenery, but also has profound cultural heritage. It has been known as the "Hometown of Books" since ancient times. Since the Song Dynasty, Wuyuan has produced writer Zhu Bian, Neo-Confucian Zhu Xi, editor and engraver He Zhen, railway engineering expert Zhan Tianyou, etc. Cultural celebrities. Wuyuan is one of the places with the most complete preservation of ancient buildings in my country. Among the ancient trees in the green forest, there are houses with cornices and cornices. Among them, the Wangkou Yu Family Ancestral Hall is majestic and exquisite in craftsmanship. It is praised by experts as an "art treasure house"; Ziyang The ancestral home of Zhu Xi is preserved on the ancient street; the ancestral tomb of the Zhan family built in the Sui Dynasty attracts millions of Taiwanese descendants of the Zhan family every year to visit and worship their ancestors.
Lingyan ancient caves, ancient and famous trees, Ming and Qing architecture and ancient culture are the four major features of Wuyuan scenery. If you want to carefully appreciate these landscapes, it is best to travel in Wuyuan on foot. In the green mountains and green waters, an ancient tree, an old vine, a broken wall, or a deep well passing by inadvertently may contain a beautiful legend. For tourists who have visited the seaside of famous cities and famous mountains and rivers, traveling to Wuyuan will give them a different kind of tranquility and leisurely enjoyment.
Anhui Hongcun
Hongcun is located in the northeast of Yixian County, the "Peach Blossom Spring", 11km away from the county seat of Yixian County. It has a long history and beautiful environment. The entire village covers an area of 19.17 hectares ( More than 300 acres), there are 138 ancient buildings from the Ming and Qing Dynasties. Hongcun was built in the Shaoxing period of the Southern Song Dynasty (AD 1131) and was named "Hongcun". It was renamed Hongcun during the Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty. It has a history of more than 870 years and was originally a place where the Wang surname lived.
Hongcun’s site selection, layout, and beautiful scenery are all directly related to water. It is an ancient village that has been rigorously planned. The planning and design of the artificial water systems inside and outside the village are quite exquisite and ingenious. Experts commented that Hongcun is "a cultural landscape and a natural landscape that complement each other. It is one of the few villages in the world with detailed planning in ancient times." It is called "a pearl of Chinese tradition" and "a living textbook for studying the history of ancient Chinese water conservancy" by Chinese and foreign architectural experts.
Hongcun is known as "the countryside in Chinese paintings", and United Nations experts praised it as "unparalleled small town water street landscape". Because it is backed by the Yangzhan Ridge and Leigang Mountains in the Huangshan Mountains, the terrain is relatively high. Sometimes the clouds are steaming and the clouds are bright, like thick ink and heavy colors, and sometimes it is like freehand brushwork with splashed ink. The surrounding mountains and pink walls and green tiles are reflected in the lake, and people, ancient buildings and nature blend together. As one, it is like a slowly unfolding landscape painting.
Water played an important role in the site selection of Hongcun. According to legend, the ancestors of the Wang family in Hongcun lived in Tangmo in She County and Qishuhu Village in Yixian County, but both suffered fires. Later, the Wang family moved to the foot of Leigang Mountain. They initially built a thirteen-story building and named it Hongcun, which means Hongguang developed. In view of past lessons, Hongcun paid great attention to the arrangement of artificial water systems during planning to improve the ability to prevent fires. After more than 400 years and several generations of efforts, especially during the Yongle period of the Ming Dynasty, Wang Siqi, the 76th ancestor of Hongcun, asked Mr. Feng Shui to survey the environment. The building was rearranged, and Hongcun's design and structure were finally realized.
In the scientific layout of villages, water plays an important role. The entire village adopts a bionic "cow"-shaped layout, with Leigang Mountain as the cow's head, the two ancient trees at the entrance of the village as the cow's horns, the moon marsh as the cow's stomach, the South Lake as the cow's tripe, and the winding Shuizhen as the cow's intestines. It is a cow's body and the four ancient bridges are cow's feet. It is said that "the mountain is the cow-headed tree as the horns, and the bridge is the four-hoof house as the body." The shape is lifelike. The whole village is like a leisurely buffalo lying quietly in the green mountains and green waters.
The rise and fall of Hongcun are closely related to the rise and fall of Huizhou merchants and Huizhou culture.
Before the Southern Song Dynasty, Hongcun was an area with "secluded valleys, lush forests, and blocked roads." Hongcun was established during the Shaoxi period of the Southern Song Dynasty (1131 AD). The rise of Huizhou merchants in the Ming and Qing Dynasties provided a strong economic foundation for Hongcun's glory. During the Wanli period of the Ming Dynasty, Hongcun's buildings were scattered and the population multiplied. "There were thousands of houses, and it was a dense metropolis." However, after the middle and late Qing Dynasty, Hongcun gradually declined with the decline of Huizhou merchants.
Heshun Ancient Town, Yunnan
Heshun Ancient Town was the hub of the ancient Southern Silk Road. Long-term international trade, culture, diplomacy, military, and religious exchanges have made it a place where China faces South Asia. the first important town.
Heshun Town covers an area of 17 square kilometers and is a national-level scenic spot. Surrounded by volcanoes, the mountains are lush with famous and ancient trees. It is like spring all year round and is rich in hot springs and mineral water resources. It is a resort for people's life and leisure travel.
Heshun people went out for generations, using caravans as their main means of transportation. They gave birth to a group of powerful merchants such as the Jade King, the Cotton King, and the Rice King, forming a business, overseas Chinese, and farmer society. Confucian way of life. Here, you can appreciate the charm of Huizhou architecture with pink walls and black tiles, you can admire the small bridges and flowing water in the ancient town in the south of the Yangtze River, and you can see elements of Western architecture and South Asian architecture. The eight major ancestral halls are well preserved, and the genealogy and clan activities are passed down to this day. There are seven major temples where Buddhism, Taoism and Confucianism exist. Six hundred years of history have nurtured a large number of historical figures such as philosopher Ai Siqi and educator Cun Shusheng.
Laitan Ancient Town in Hechuan, Chongqing
Laitan Ancient Town should actually be called Laitan Ancient Village. It has been more than 200 years ago. How can you walk through the deep rows and walk into a yellowed old photo? , to find a kind of story that is still a little damp in the air. According to local people, after it was built in the Xianfeng period, in order to prevent the Taiping Army from entering Sichuan and the Li and Lan uprisings, Laitan underwent extensive reinforcement and repairs during the Tongzhi period, and stone defense facilities were built surrounding the entire ancient village. Today, the stone city wall can still be seen to be strong, which is enough to authenticate that period of history.
Laitan Village covers an area of 0.25 square kilometers. The four gates are cross-symmetrical. The walls are all made of stone strips more than half a meter long and are very strong. There are still 200 meters of bluestone streets and more than 400 Qing Dynasty houses preserved in the city. Looking through the tunnel of time, we go back to the Xianfeng period of the Qing Dynasty. Because it is close to the Qujiang River and has the advantage of boating, Bedtan is also a famous water pier. If there is water, it can attract merchants. At that time, merchants gathered in Laitan Village , the market is prosperous and very prosperous, and the Erfo Temple built on the mountain is also full of incense. It is a prosperous Feng Shui treasure place.
"In Time" starring Huang Lei and Liu Rene was filmed in this quaint town. The romantic love color made it more charming...
At that time, the southern provinces of China A small water town, ancient, quiet, peaceful and quiet. It can't be found on the map at all. There are high eaves, black window lattice, long bluestone road, narrow streets, secluded water alleys, and skinny awning boats. The smoke rises and the fog falls, the clouds steam and the clouds bloom, the grass grows and the orioles fly, the flowers bloom and fall, and the years pass by like water. There was a man who I had been deeply fascinated by. He stood elegantly and gracefully on the bridge and said to me: "No matter how people change, Wuzhen will always be Wuzhen. In this most beautiful corner of the Jiangnan water town, it is so warm. Like in the dusk. A curtain of dreams is like a swaying rose in the morning light...
Shanxi Imperial City Prime Minister's Mansion
Shanxi Imperial City Prime Minister's Mansion is located in Beiliu, Jincheng City, southeastern Shanxi Province Within the town, it borders Jiaozuo City in Henan Province to the east, the ancient capital Luoyang to the south, intersects Linfen City and Houma City of Shanxi Province to the west, and is closely connected to Changzhi City of Shanxi Province to the north. Currently, Yangkou Thermal Power Station, the largest pit mouth thermal power station in Asia, is located in the town. The city power plant is within easy reach, the communication network covers the whole village, and the geographical location is very advantageous. Jinyang Expressway passes by, and the transportation conditions are convenient. In recent years, the number of tourists visiting Shanxi Huangcheng Xiangfu Scenic Area has increased year by year.
Huangcheng Village is home to 234 households with more than 680 people, cultivating 480 acres of land. The village has a total area of 1.7 square kilometers. There are rich and unique coal resources underground, and there are teachers from Emperor Kangxi of the Qing Dynasty on the ground. Since the reform and opening up, coal mining, light industry, agricultural and sideline product processing, tourism services and other industries have been established. Chengxiang Mansion was designated as one of the top ten new tourist attractions by the Shanxi Provincial Government in 2001.
At present, the Prime Minister's Mansion in the Imperial City is crowded with tourists every day. Tourists from all over the world are welcome to visit Shanxi Huangcheng Xiangfu Scenic Area.
Zhouzhuang, Jiangsu
China's first water town - Zhouzhuang, with a long history of more than 900 years and a cultural heritage of more than 900 years, constitutes the Jiangnan water town "small bridges, flowing water, "People's" unique style. The beautiful water town scenery, unique cultural landscape, traditional architectural layout, and simple folk customs are fascinating and lingering. It is worthy of being called "Zhouzhuang embodies the beauty of China's water towns" and a model of ancient water towns in the south of the Yangtze River.
Surrounding the town are Cheng Lake, Baixian Lake, Dianshan Lake, Nan Lake and more than 30 large and small rivers. There are four main rivers in the town. Therefore, Zhouzhuang has been known as the "Water Country" since ancient times, with a total area of 36 square meters. Kilometers, the round town looks like a lotus leaf floating on the water. Zhouzhuang was called Yao City in ancient times and was originally the fiefdom of Prince Yao of Wu Kingdom during the Spring and Autumn Period. Zhouzhuang is also known as Zhenbanli. Zhou Digonglang, a local in the Northern Song Dynasty, believed in Buddhism and gave up his former residence and 200 acres of farmland to the temple as temple property. The people felt his kindness and changed its name to Zhouzhuang.
The bridges in Zhouzhuang have simple and ancient meanings and are of various shapes and are thought-provoking. The poems beside Zhenfeng Bridge are melodious; the bridge towers of Fu'an Bridge are combined; the two bridges are built side by side, each with its own characteristics.
The water in Zhouzhuang has a long history, and the sparkling "well"-shaped river forms the charm of the water town. The water alleys are full of tourists, and the rivers are full of boats.
Zhouzhuang people are built on water, with deep houses and courtyards with white walls and black tiles, and water pavilions facing the river with carved beams and painted buildings. In particular, Shen Hall and Zhang Hall are of extraordinary momentum. After hundreds of years, their style remains the same.
"China's No. 1 Water Town" has not only attracted countless tourists from all over the world with its unique charm, but has also won the United Nations "Dubai Best Example of Human Settlements Award" and the UNESCO Asia-Pacific "World "Outstanding Achievement Award for Cultural Heritage Protection" and many other international awards. On March 6, 2006, Zhouzhuang won the "U.S. Government Award". It is reported that the U.S. Government Award is an award established by the United States to commend those who have made outstanding contributions in the field of world culture and art. It has considerable influence and authority in the field of international culture and art, and "China's No. 1 Water Town--Zhouzhuang" It is the first Chinese town to win this honor.