2021 A quiet ancient town suitable for relaxing, suitable for a few quiet days alone

People say that you should travel at least three times in your life, one alone, one on your honeymoon, and one with your family.

Among them, only traveling alone is my favorite, because traveling alone is not a pastime when you are alone, but a journey to find yourself.

I would like to find an ancient town, in the name of tranquility,

Stay for a few days, see the mountains, water, and bask in the sun...

Don’t think about trivial matters, ignore work,

Bring the innocence of the past, carry the curiosity of the past,

Walk through the streets and alleys, feel life The little beauty in.

But more and more ancient towns are being swallowed up by commercialization,

It is difficult to find the charm of the past.

If you have been to Xitang, the dreamy water town

You have seen the small bridges and flowing water, and the Wuzhen where the flowers and flowers are flowing through the rain

You have also arrived at Wuzhen, which is full of charm. Wuyuan, where the green smoke curls up

If you are tired of the liveliness and impurity of well-known small towns,

Want to stay away from the secular world, in the winding paths and deep alleys,

Find a small courtyard and wait quietly for old friends to come.

Then follow me,

Go to these 11 ancient towns suitable for one person,

Walk around and feel lost.

1. Ancient Yan Painting Village: Walking in the Picturesque

Seeing both sides of the bank, the grass is delicious and the fallen flowers are colorful, and you suddenly forget how far the road is.

The thousand-year-old ancient village stands hugging the weir, with ancient camphors blocking out the sky and sun, ancient pastoral songs, gurgling ancient canals, ancient bridges and ancient temples, whitewashed walls, gray tiles, and lingering smoke, just like a pastoral landscape painting, attracting many people. Photography artist.

In Yantou Village, groups of three- and four-piece patio courtyards are neatly arranged, and there are exquisitely carved animals on the horse head walls, such as tengu, turtle, and nursing chicken. The village retains 20 ancient buildings from the Qing Dynasty to the Republic of China. Many places, antique.

There is an ancient camphor tree at the head of the village, which is lush and lush and has experienced vicissitudes of life.

Wenchang Pavilion is dedicated to Emperor Wenchang and promotes the culture of Ming Confucianism. Zhannan Sima Temple is a collection of ancient Chinese inscriptions from the Tang Dynasty to the present.

The Tongjiyan Arch Dam was started in the Southern Dynasties and is actually the world's first arch dam water conservancy project. The Tongji Ancient Road was built in the Southern Song Dynasty. It is the only way for southerners to enter Beijing. It has remained intact after thousands of years.

The riverside is full of reeds, rough grass, and beach forests. Every late autumn, thousands of acres of thatch flowers float along the river. When the wind blows, they rise one after another like waves. It is extremely spectacular. Walking on the ancient road, you can see it at a glance There is no end in sight.

In the autumn and winter, the Oujiang River is full of river fog, and layers of thick fog shroud the lake. From a distance, it looks like a sea of ??clouds in Huangshan Mountain. The golden sun shines through the morning fog and shines on the lake. A lonely boat Water birds are like paintings.

On the bank of Oujiang River, the old street of Dagangtou is full of charming painting towns. Painting studios, oil painting academies, and handicraft shops are all over the street. Countless people came to collect and sketch.

The best travel time is suitable for all seasons

Recommended attractions: Ancient Tongji Yan, Dagangtou Old Street, and Yantou Village

Coordinates: Dagang, Liandu District, Lishui, Zhejiang Head Town

2. Nianbadu Ancient Town:

A cultural enclave left behind in the mountains

Huzang Yanpu, with furniture and paintings, is just "Nianbadu" The name "Badu" makes people feel like they were in another world. During the Northern Song Dynasty, there were 44 capitals in the country, and this town ranked 28th, so it was named "Badu".

This small town hidden in the deep valley of Xianxia Ridge was a prosperous commercial port in ancient times, with a large number of merchants and a battleground for military strategists. It is a unique "Dialect Kingdom" with 130 people here. There are 9 kinds of surnames and 9 dialects.

All this is because Huang Chao, the leader of the peasant uprising, opened an ancient Xianxia Road here in the late Tang Dynasty more than 1,000 years ago.

It began in the Tang Dynasty, flourished in the Ming and Qing Dynasties, and declined in the middle of the last century. Today's Nianbadu still retains the style of a traditional ancient town. It is a dream left in the mountains and is rarely known by people.

The Fengxi River in the town flows from north to south. Shui'an Bridge crosses the Fengxi River. Residential houses are built along the stream. There are black tiles and green walls among the green mountains and green waters. The ancient buildings of the Ming and Qing Dynasties are well-proportioned, including the Confucius Temple, Dawang Temple, etc. There are more than ten temples and other temples, which are magnificent and magnificent.

The large and small Wenchang Pavilions are located at the north and south ends of the town. They are magnificent and exquisite. There are more than 300 ancient paintings preserved among the beams, fangs and caissons, which entrust the people of the 28th capital to "learn well and become officials". dream.

In ancient times, there were four city gates in the southeast, northwest and northwest. Up to now, only the "Maple Creek Key" at the south gate has been used.

The houses are all rectangular courtyards with four pillars and three floors. They have a unique style and lifelike wood carvings on the doors, fans and windows.

Here we still preserve the ancient weird wedding customs such as "joined knife meat", "carrying burden ceremony", "wind stove", etc., including running land boats, making lanterns, cutting paper flowers, holding puppets, etc. Walking on stilts is their art of celebrating festivals from generation to generation and is the "hometown of Chinese folk art".

Opening hours 8:00-17:00

The best travel time is all year round

Recommended attractions Xianxia Ancient Road and Wenchang Pavilion

Coordinates are Jiangshan City, Quzhou City, Zhejiang Province

3. Chikan Ancient Town:

The filming location of "The Grandmaster"

This town has 3 kilometers A long arcade street with about 600 ancient houses, Wong Kar-wai's "The Grandmaster" was born here.

Walking on the street, the buildings on both sides look dilapidated, but you can get a glimpse of the prosperity of the past. There is no renovation or maintenance. It is the original appearance. As soon as you step here, you feel like you have returned to the last century.

Chikan is built along the Tanjiang River, with a town in the north and all arcades, and a village in the south with simple folk customs.

When you come here, rent a bicycle and walk along the street to see the beauty of the ancient town.

You can send a postcard to a friend in the special souvenir street. You can taste Chikan specialties at the snack street, including goose eggs, fried tofu, fried fish, maltose, salted bamboo and honey bean paste, sweet potato noodles...

Six kilometers away from Chikan Town, there is a place called Majianglong Village, "the most beautiful village in Guangdong", is home to clusters of watchtowers and bamboo groves. It was the filming location for "Let the Bullets Fly". The bamboo groves are stacked on top of each other, and the flowers are fragrant and the birds are singing. Master Tang was full of praise for this.

Recommended route Guangzhou - Chikan Ancient Town - Majianglong Village

Coordinates of Chikan Town, Jiangmen, Guangdong

Recommended attractions: Chikan Arcade, European Style Street, Kaiping Chikan Film and Television City, Ma Jianglong Watchtower Group

Special reminder: You have to wait for notification when it will reopen

4. Gongtan Ancient Town:

A holy place for adventure and adventure

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"The yellow water is rising in the sky, the Wujiang Gallery is booming, the ancient town of Gongtan is still there, and the most beautiful place is indeed in Apeng."

This ancient town with a history of more than 1,700 years is located in the middle of the Wujiang River. The mountain looks like an axe. It is a paradise for many adventure enthusiasts. It is the only thousand-year-old ancient town in the world that is still well-preserved by the river. It is beautiful. The beauty is comparable to the ancient town of Lijiang.

The 3-kilometer-long stone street has ups and downs, deep twists and turns, and more than 50 stilted buildings in different shapes rising into the sky are notes on the cliff. Yuanyang Tower, Weaver Girl Tower and Jin Tower are antique.

There are more than 150 wind and fire walls, which are unique, and more than 200 courtyards, which are simple and quiet. On the cliff opposite the ancient town, there is a huge cave enshrining the statue of Chief Bazi, the ancestor of the Tujia people.

Here, you can often hear the clear and loud Konoha love songs of the girls and boys on the stilts.

Wu Guanzhong once visited here and painted "Old Street".

Opening hours 8:00-17:00

Address: West of Youyang Tujia and Miao Autonomous County, Chongqing City

Recommended attractions: Tongjia Ancestral Hall, Tujia Diaojiaolou, Weaver Girl Building, Wujiang Shanxia Baili Gallery

5. Chaji Ancient Town:

Three strange sculptures complement each other

“Ten miles of Cha Village, nine miles of smoke, three streams converge among thousands of households , Under the shadow of the temple pavilions and towers, there are small bridges, flowing water, and apricot blossoms in the sky." When you come here, you will find that there are often people sketching and painting on the banks of the streams and on the small bridges, which is quiet and pleasant.

This is one of the largest existing ancient residential groups in China. Different from other neat ancient towns, the residential buildings here are relatively scattered, with countless alleys and streets connected to each other, and winding paths leading to quiet places. Like a maze.

There is only the simplest farm life here. The sun rises and the sun sets. In the sunny afternoon, the girls wash their clothes in the stream.

There are more than 100 thousand-year-old bridges, ancestral halls, and temples here, and there are more than 140 Qingming buildings. Villagers live in the houses, and the atmosphere of life is rich.

There are three sculptures everywhere, carved beams and painted buildings, which are beautiful and full of charm. The horse-head wall looks up into the sky. On the doorway, wall skirts, door lintels and window lattice, the sculptures of flowers, birds, figures and landscapes are lifelike, and the fish leaps over the dragon gate. The dragon plays with the pearl, the red phoenix rises to the sun...

The gurgling blue stream, the small bridge and the flowing water of the people, the charm is all there.

The best viewing time is Spring and Autumn

Address: Hou'an Township, Jing County, Xuancheng City, Anhui Province

Recommended attractions: Chaji Ancient Building Group, Chaji Scenic Area, Yishu Mountain

6. Xinshi Ancient Town:

The forgotten water town in the south of the Yangtze River

"Willow trees grow on both sides of the river. "Shadowside, you can get into the boat as soon as you step out of the door." It is built next to the bridge, the market, and the river. It is a typical Jiangnan water town.

The new city borders Wuzhen and Xitang to the east, Zhouzhuang and Tongli to the north, and is one of the seven ancient towns in the south of the Yangtze River.

Different from other ancient towns, the new city is more peaceful. There are no luxury shops, crowded people, deep houses, old alleys, and ancient trees.

This is one of the birthplaces of the ancient Silk Road in China. It was a famous commercial and cultural center in Jiangsu and Zhejiang in ancient times. It began as a new city in the Jin Dynasty and has a history of more than 1,000 years.

The famous film and television works "Lin's Shop" and "Silkworm Flower Girl" both left behind the beautiful ancient lanes and ancient bridges in Xincheng.

The best travel time is spring and summer

Scenic spot opening hours 8:30-11:00, 12:30-16:20

Coordinates: Huzhou City, Zhejiang Xinbei Road, Xingu Town, Deqing County

Recommended attractions: Ming and Qing Dynasty residences, Juehai Temple, and ancient bridges

7. Huangyao Ancient Town:

Landscape, countryside, nature and man unite

As one of the ten most beautiful ancient towns in China, Huangyao is rarely visited due to inconvenient transportation and low publicity.

Compared with the bustling Lijiang, Wuzhen, Fenghuang, etc., it is like a thousand-year-old poetry collection that has been forgotten on the bookshelf, living alone in a corner, simple and elegant.

This is a typical karst landform, with beautiful mountains and clear waters, deep caves and underground rivers, pavilions and pavilions, ancient tree ancestral halls, deep mountain temples and temples. It is a natural landscape garden town.

After seeing too much of the Yanyu Ancient Town, and then encountering the crystal clear Huangyao, you will marvel at the uncanny craftsmanship of nature and how miraculous it is.

Staying in the ancient town, on a summer night, when you open the window, the fireflies are twinkling and the sky is filled with stars. Occasionally, couples in love pass by each other downstairs, which is romantic and tender.

The best time to travel is September to December

Located in the northeast of Zhaoping County, Hezhou, Guangxi

Recommended attractions include Dragon Bridge, Shiban Street and Dragon Claw Banyan Tree

8. Peitian Ancient Town:

Folk Forbidden City

Speaking of Fujian’s architecture, many people will think of the magnificent Yongding Earth Buildings, a world heritage site, but Peitian Ancient Town’s The architectural complex of ancient Hakka residents in the Ming and Qing Dynasties is comparable to it.

Peitian Ancient Town has a history of more than 800 years. It is one of the oldest mountain villages in the Hakka ancestral land. It was the commercial market of Peitian in ancient times and has the reputation of "Folk Forbidden City".

The kilometer-long street runs through the whole village, with ancient temples, shops, academies, archways, monasteries, Taoist temples, and residential buildings in clusters, row upon row, well-proportioned, and exquisitely designed.

The ancient streets are winding and interconnected with alleyways. Walking along them in the mist and rain, holding an oil-paper umbrella and wearing a coarse cloth, looks like a girl from the old days, innocent and innocent.

The best travel time is suitable for all seasons

Coordinates are Liancheng County, Longyan City, Fujian Province

Recommended attractions: Enrong Archway, Longmen Fang, Gaotanghuawu

9. Qiantong Ancient Town:

The last breath of old Jiangnan

Compared with many prosperous ancient towns, the most beautiful thing about Qiantong is its vicissitudes, haggardness, quietness and elegance The beauty.

White tiles, black walls and ivy, carved stone windows covering the windows, carved beams and painted gatehouses, white streams surrounding each house, flowing quietly and shallowly, flowing into every household. "Every house has carved beams, and every household has running water." This is what it means.

From the Southern Song Dynasty to the present, it still preserves the original original style of Jiangnan dwellings in the old days, with a strong ancient charm.

When I came here, I pushed open the wooden door, and a smell of time hit my face, as if I was thousands of years away. The room was dark and gray over time, and the walls were mottled with time.

Among them, the Tongda Ancestral Hall, built in the early Ming Dynasty, is the most famous, covering an area of ??1.2 acres. It has a stage in the south and a sacrificial room in the north. It is surrounded by dark blue and pink walls and hairpins and hairpins on the peaks.

The first stop in Xu Xiake’s travel notes is the beautiful Lianghuang Mountain. If you want to understand the most original and authentic folk customs of eastern Zhejiang, come to Qiantong.

The best travel time is suitable for all seasons

Located in Ninghai County, Ningbo City, Zhejiang Province

Recommended attractions include Nanxi Hot Spring, Double Rainbow Falling Color, and Cliff Carvings

Every ancient town that looks similar,

has its own uniqueness,

and more importantly,

we Every story left there is different.

2021,

Tired, tired, and confused,

Why not find a quiet place,

Have a conversation with your soul