It’s time to stay in the dam to enjoy the autumn. Explore the secrets of the Qinling Mountains on foot and experience the pastoral life of the mountain people.
Lewan highly recommends this place. It’s so interesting. Xujiashan retains the most original style of the Qinling Mountains. The primitive yellow-coated house, rammed earth walls, and green tiles vaguely maintain the appearance of the original construction. When the smoke curls up, it feels like Li Ziqi's "poetry and pastoral". Isn't this the rural life that urbanites yearn for? ?
Due to the rugged mountain roads, the village is only suitable for hiking. After we parked the car, we headed there lightly. We first passed a long suspension bridge. The bridge deck was a bit shaky, so just be careful when passing by.
All the young people in the village have moved out to live at the foot of the mountain, leaving only some old people who still retain their original lifestyle of beekeeping, fungus cultivation, mushroom cultivation, and medicinal herb collection.
Here we see that every household has an apiary. They placed a beehive next to the house. The beehive was very special. He made a beehive by breaking a thick tree in half and hollowing out the middle.
The honey produced by this kind of beehives is locally called "Bangbang Honey". The beehives are scattered under the eaves of every household in the village, becoming another unique cultural landscape.
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Location: Xujiashan, Liuba County
Highlights: Walking in the forest, exploring the apiary, and experiencing the life of Qinling people
Travel Tips: The entire journey requires hiking
On the suspension bridge, I saw the red leaves of the mountain opposite, whose scientific name is Cotinus cogitata. It is the most common tree in southwest China, and its leaves are round and eye-catching. You can recognize it.
The most original old house in Liuba County has been preserved in the village. From an architectural point of view, the roof is built in the southern Shaanxi style, but the walls are in the Guanzhong style, so it is said to be Guanzhong and southern Shaanxi architecture. combination.
The reason is that there is a lot of rain in southern Shaanxi, and the house can no longer be built on the other side like the eight monsters in Guanzhong.
Then, the walls were decorated with patterns, which maintained the architectural style of Guanzhong.
There are many plants in the Qinling Mountains, many of which have medicinal value. Like this one, it is said in a Tang poem, "A stranger in a foreign land, I miss my family even more during the holidays. I know my brothers from afar. , one less person is planted with dogwood." The dogwood described in it.
Cornus officinalis is a medicinal material that grows in the Qinling Mountains.
Placed next to the wall and on the woodpile are beehives.
The two small holes in the middle are the entrances for bees to enter and exit. Because the weather in Qinling Mountains is cold in autumn and winter, some old clothes are spread on them to keep the bees warm.
I saw old farmers beating castor seeds. After collecting these castor seeds, they will be sent for frying, which is very lifelike.
On the trail we hiked up the mountain, there is a 500-year-old pine tree on the mountain behind the village. If you are interested, you can go and have a look.