Six beautiful ancient towns you must go to in your life. If you are tired, you can stay for a few days
Do you want to leave your life behind and stay quietly in an ancient town for a few days every once in a while like me?
It is either a place surrounded by rivers, or a place with simple colors, or a place that seems very simple but is rare in this complicated world
Willows are like smoke, flowers are full of fragrance, bridges are flowing
No one will urge you to succeed, return to the most comfortable and comfortable life state, and be the most real yourself for a few days~
1. Lijiang • Shuhe Ancient Town
Shuhe Ancient Town is an important part of Lijiang Ancient City, a world cultural heritage, a national 4A scenic spot, and is known as "China's Charming Town – the Best Residential Environment Town".
Shuhe, called "Shaowu" in Naxi language, means "village under the peak". Shuhe Ancient Town is one of the earliest settlements of Naxi ancestors in Lijiang Bazi.
Shuhe Ancient Town is 2440 meters above sea level, with a core area of about 3 square kilometers, 1000 households and more than 4000 aboriginal residents.
Although the ancient town is not big, it is full of the smell of time. There is always a quiet smell in the air. It is a place where you can slow down.
2. Jiaxing • Xitang Ancient Town
There are more than three types of Xitang: bridges, lanes and corridors.
Xitang Ancient Town has a history of more than 1000 years. It is one of the first batch of historical and cultural towns in China and a national 5A scenic spot.
Xitang is located in one of the birthplaces of the ancient Wuyue culture. It has completely preserved 250000 square meters of residential buildings in the Ming and Qing dynasties and the Republic of China, and is a model of residential buildings in the water town of Jiangnan.
Xitang is the most beautiful place after sunset. The red lanterns hanging high, the canopies sailing leisurely, and the brightly lit houses make people stop at every scene.
3. Shaoxing • Anchang Ancient Town
Anchang Ancient Town, about 10 kilometers away from Xiaoshan International Airport, is known for its economic prosperity and cultural prosperity. The 1.2 square kilometers of ancient town area is well protected. It is a famous historical and cultural town in China, and has the title of the hometown of Chinese master culture.
There is a three-mile-long Yihe Ancient Street in the ancient town, with traditional shops and workshops, well-arranged pavilions, terraced dwellings with white walls and black tiles, zigzag and deep stone alleys, various stone bridges with ancient styles, and small boats in Wupeng that shuttle back and forth
"Thousands of people live across the street with clear water, and 17 bridges across the river with rainbow" deserves its reputation! It can even be said that it is a typical "Qingming River Map".
4. Wuzhen
Wuzhen, whose name and address have not changed since the town was built in 872 AD, is still well preserved after a hundred years of wind and rain.
Since ancient times, Wuzhen has four main streets: east, south, west and north, and the blocks running through are also divided into four areas.
As the largest ancient town under protection in China, Wuzhen's profound cultural heritage shows the infinite charm of ancient oriental civilization.
More than 400000 square meters of exquisite buildings in the Ming and Qing dynasties, nearly 20000 meters of crisscross river courses, inheritance of the history and culture of the previous year, simple and beautiful water scenery, unique cuisine, colorful folk activities
5. Huangling, Wuyuan
Huangling, located in Wuyuan County, Shangrao City, Jiangxi Province, was built in the middle of the Ming Dynasty with a history of more than 500 years.
The terraced fields here are green and the villages gather gas and nest clouds, so they are called "ladder cloud family".
Huangling is a typical mountain village. Every harvest season, hundreds of scattered Hui-style folk houses in the sun and colorful harvest fruits on the sun stand form a gorgeous "sunning autumn" landscape.
6. Zhouzhuang
Zhouzhuang, formerly known as Zeguo, covers an area of about 39 square kilometers and is one of the six famous towns in the south of the Yangtze River.
In the early morning, the water town woke up, the fire on the bank rose, the residents washed, and the criss-crossing rivers sang ancient and simple songs.
Walking on the Zhongshi Street, the mottled white walls and white tiles hide the past, and the prominent roof sunshades in summer. Walking on the bluestone slab, without umbrella, the cross wind playfully stirs the long skirt of pedestrians.
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