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Brief introduction of Zhenyuan ancient town

Zhenyuan, located in the eastern edge of Guizhou Province, China, is an ancient civilized city with a long history and rich materials. It is one of the counties and cities under the jurisdiction of the national reform and opening-up experimental zone in Qiandongnan Prefecture approved by the state. Known as "Venice of the East" by Chinese and foreign tourists, it occupies a place among the "Ten Most Beautiful Ancient Cities in China" and is listed as a national historical and cultural city by the State Council. Zhenyuan ancient city has a history of more than 2,000 years, but it was not until the Song Gaozu period that the name "Zhenyuan" was used, meaning that Zhenyuan relied on this city.

Where is Zhenyuan ancient town?

Zhenyuan ancient town is located on the banks of Wuyang River, surrounded by mountains. The river twists and turns, passing through the city in an "S" shape, with the old Fucheng on the north bank and the old Acropolis on the south bank. From a distance, it looks like a map of Artest. Both cities were built in the Ming Dynasty, and some city walls and gates still exist. There are a large number of ancient buildings, traditional houses and historical docks inside and outside the city. Qinglong Cave in the east of the city is a group of extremely large-scale religious buildings in the Ming and Qing Dynasties, including both Buddhist temples, Taoist temples and Confucian temples, which are spectacular. In addition, there are tourist attractions such as Tianhou Palace, Wuwangdong, Shiping Mountain and Tiexi along the Wuyang River.

Must-see attractions in Zhenyuan ancient town:

1, Wuyang River

Wuyang River, a national scenic spot, consists of three parts: Wanglongxia, Zhuge Gorge and Xixia, and is known as the Little Three Gorges. The Three Gorges of Wuyang River is the essence of the scenic spot, with a main water length of 35 kilometers, featuring strange gorge, dangerous peak and green water. Yuntai Mountain is located in the upper reaches of Wuyang River, with obvious topographic relief and overlapping peaks, which constitute the karst wonders of Qian Shan Wanhe, and there are also many temple sites and cliff stone carvings. Tiexi is a tributary of Wuyang River, with abundant native vegetation on both sides and strange peaks and rocks standing in the valley.

2. Zhu Sheng Bridge

It's a seven-hole bluestone arch bridge. In the center of the bridge, there is a three-story octagonal pavilion with a pyramid roof, which is called "Zhuangyuan Building" and "Kuixing Pavilion". It is said that ten years after the building was built, Guizhou really produced two champions for the first time.

3. Qinglong Cave

Zhenyuan can not only accept merchants from all directions, but also naturally accommodate different sects and cultures. The intersection of various cultures in the town has created the famous Qinglong Cave, which integrates Buddhist temples, Taoist temples and academies.

Qinglong Cave is the closest ancient architectural complex to the city among the ancient architectural cave communities in China, while maintaining the true colors of landscape gardens. Built on a steep cliff, it is called the three ancient "aerial ancient buildings" in China, together with Maiji Mountain in Gansu, Hanging Temple in Shanxi and Guizhou Ancient Architecture Museum.

4. The ruins of the Acropolis

Guizhou is known as "the archway of Anshun and the wall of Zhenning". In fact, Zhenyuan's ancient Ming city wall is no less than Zhenning.

Both Fucheng and Acropolis were built in the Ming Dynasty, and they were built by mountains. Fucheng stands at the top of Shiping Mountain, with a total length of1.5 km; Weicheng spans Wulaoshan in the south and Wuyang River in the north, with a total length of 3 kilometers. Wuyang River has become a natural moat for the government and Weifang, making Zhenyuan ancient city more magnificent. Even today, local people are still used to calling Wuyang in Hebei as "Fucheng" and Wuyang in Henan as "Acropolis".

5. censer stone

It is a protruding boulder in front of the cliff in Qinglong Cave and beside the Wuyang River. It is wide at the top and narrow at the bottom, and looks like a censer, hence the name. Li Liejun, a famous soldier in his early years, used to fish here when he was stationed in Zhenyuan.

6. Wanshou Palace

Ziyang Cave, also known as Jiangxi Guild Hall, is one of the eight guilds in Zhenyuan. Including memorial archway, Shikumen, front yard theater, etc. Among them, two brick carvings are worth mentioning. There are two brick carvings on both sides of the horizontal line of "Shuide Ridge Field" in Gongmen Archway. Four groups of ancient buildings, Qinglong Cave, Zhongyuan Cave, Ziyang Cave and Wanshou Palace, with an area of nearly 10,000 square meters, are carved in miniature on the brick surface of 130×450cm.