Tourism Strategy of Chongren Ancient Town

When traveling in Chongren Ancient Town, you can visit temples, ancestral halls, stages and other buildings and feel the charm of ancient buildings.

Chongren is a beautiful and quiet ancient town in the south of the Yangtze River. It retains a huge ancient architectural complex, and its style remains the same despite thousands of years. Ancient buildings have the characteristics of Song Dynasty and Ming and Qing Dynasties. There are temples, ancestral halls, ancient stages, houses, archways, pharmacies, shops, small bridges, ponds and wells in the group. With Yushan Temple as the center, there are well-preserved old terraces 100, and terraces are connected by cross-street buildings, which is not only a perfect combination, but also an independent chapter, reflecting the legacy of ancestors' "separation and reunion".

Chongren Ancient Town, located in the west of Shengzhou, Zhejiang Province, has a history of nearly a thousand years. Formerly known as Xinghua Village, Yimen Qiushi, sealed by the emperor, moved here from Wuzhou during the Xining period of the Northern Song Dynasty. Qiu Shi advocates benevolence and righteousness, hence the name Chongren.

Architectural features of Chongren ancient town;

Chongren ancient town is large in scale, with a total area of 30 hectares, including 3 hectares of elite area. There are a large number of ancient buildings in Chongren, from Ming and Qing Dynasties to the Republic of China, with complete sequence and rich types. There are basically 154 houses and ancestral halls, 14 tea kiosks and road kiosks, and more than 50 modern buildings such as casinos and post offices. Many of its architectural types, especially the large old platform doors and ancestral halls, are typical.

Its exquisite construction technology, large scale and exquisite materials represent the superb technical level of local residential architecture design and construction in the middle and late Qing Dynasty, and have high research value in the fields of architectural history and traditional residential architecture. In particular, its architectural decoration is exquisite, and its stone carving, brick carving, wood carving, gray plastic carving, stone inscription and calligraphy and painting skills are skilled and superb, which has high artistic value and ornamental value.

Reference to the above content: Baidu Encyclopedia-Chongren Ancient Town