19 beautiful small ancient villages in China, with blue bricks and black tiles, and smoke curling up from cooking fires, suitable for staying for a few days

The spring breeze is full of tenderness, and the spring scenery is picturesque.

Those beautiful ancient villages forgotten by time,

wake up in the mottled mist and rain,

The colors are becoming more subtle and the artistic conception is richer,

It is like a simple Jiangnan ink painting.

01 Cangpo Village

Founded in 955 AD, the existing Cangpo Village was designed by Li Shiri, a state minister in the fifth year of Chunxi reign of the Southern Song Dynasty. It has a history of more than 800 years. Despite nearly a thousand years of vicissitudes, the old appearance has not changed. Beacon Hill, Ink Pond, Inkstone, Bi Street, and Paper Village, the entire elegant village is like the four treasures of the study, quietly dwelling in the mountains and rivers.

Coordinates: West side of Xianqing Highway south of Yantou Town, Yongjia, Wenzhou

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02 Cheqian Village

Hidden among the mountains at an altitude of 900 meters, it stands among the clouds and mist all year round, with layers of terraces and yellow walls and black tiles. Ancient village. Some locals in Suichang don't know this place. Only after the "2013 Cheqian International Photography Competition" did this village hidden in the mountains gradually become known. Nowadays, in front of every house, there are photographers holding SLR cameras.

Coordinates: Dazhe Town, Suichang County, Lishui, 9.5 kilometers away from the town, 9 kilometers winding mountain road

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03 Chepankeng

An ancient village with a history of more than 480 years. Because the entire village is built along the stream, Surrounded by two mountains, it is shaped like a cart and is named after it. The insistence on tradition has left an intoxicating scenery. Chepankeng people have not only preserved the pear trees all over the village, but also preserved more than 100 acres of ancient woods behind the village. They are like a beauty in the mountains, naturally beautiful and unparalleled.

Coordinates: Chepankeng Village, Longquan City, Lishui City

The air here is fresh and the ecology is intact. The folk houses with yellow walls and black tiles are inlaid in the hillside terraces in an orderly manner, forming a unique Ming and Qing Dynasty mountainous area in southern Zhejiang. The appearance of the ancient village. Because it is a famous photography creation base, when walking on the road in the village, I met an old man by chance. Seeing us coming with a camera, he would tell us where the best shooting spots are.

Coordinates: Caiyuan Township, Suichang County, Lishui, 50 kilometers southwest of the county

05 Daitou Ancient Village

It was built during the Chenghua period of Emperor Xianzong of the Ming Dynasty. The ancient village is built on the mountain, with well-proportioned and distinct layers. The ancient village is centered around the Chen clan's ancestral home and Wollongong. It is dotted with ancient buildings such as the Chen clan's ancestral hall, Jicui temple, Monumachi, Monumushengxiang, Yuhou Temple, and Qulu. Surrounded by mountains and rivers, the fields are fertile, the environment is quiet, and the scenery is beautiful.

Coordinates: 6KM east of Daruoyan Town, Yongjia County, Wenzhou

06 Dushan Village

An ancient village along the Wuxi River, named after Tianma Mountain, which is independent of the east bank. In the Ming Dynasty, the village had a prosperous literary style, with numerous celebrities and famous sites, and the village became large and prosperous. The remaining buildings of the Ming Dynasty are well-known. The ancient streets, stone monuments, gates and walls of the past continue and preserve the historical and cultural context, and are known as "a street in the Ming Dynasty".

Coordinates: Nanjiatan Township, Suichang, Lishui, 48 kilometers away from the county seat

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07 Furong Village

Started in the late Tang Dynasty, it is the oldest and most famous among the ancient villages on the Nanxi River. The village is surrounded by a wall made of pebbles, more than 2,000 meters long and 2 meters high. The entire village is like a small castle. Walking on the path and looking around, it seems like an ancient unawakened dream is lingering in front of and behind the house.

Coordinates: West side of Xianqing Highway south of Yantou Town, Yongjia, Wenzhou

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08 Gongyu Village

Gongyu Village was formerly known as Gongyu, and its earliest record was in the Ming Dynasty.

Surrounded by strange peaks, terraced fields are stacked on top of each other, and old villages are scattered among them. Only 15 families live here, and it takes 2 hours to walk to get there. There are no roads here, and there are no cell phone signals on some sections of the road. The original dirt road and stone steps are the only way up the mountain. Because of this, the most original style and the most precious tranquility are preserved here.

Coordinates: Gongyu Village, Xianjutian Town, Taizhou City

09 Gaoqian Village

Gaoqian was built in the Yuan Dynasty. It has an antique architectural style, with courtyard-style buildings connected one after another, white walls and black tiles, narrow The alleys, courtyards, entrance halls and deep alleys have a Jiangnan charm. The carvings that can be seen everywhere in the door hall and on the window lattice are very fine in workmanship. They are either ancient, elegant, simple or complex, and all are just right.

Coordinates: Baita Town, Xianju County, Taizhou, adjacent to Shenxianju Scenic Area

10 Guanshan Village

During the Sui Dynasty, the fifth ancestor of the Tiantai Sect came here to teach sutras. Later generations named this place "Guanshan" in commemoration, commonly known as "Guanshan". In ancient villages with a history of more than 1,000 years, historical and cultural relics can be seen everywhere, and the large-scale "well"-shaped ancient dwellings are well preserved. Single courtyard ancient dwellings are scattered sporadically among the new buildings. Although the ancient ancestral hall is slightly damaged, the pattern and style are basically intact.

Coordinates: Southeast of Xianju, Taizhou, 3 kilometers away from the county seat

11 Heyang Ancient Houses

There are still more than 1,500 ancient houses from the Ming and Qing Dynasties, 15 ancient ancestral halls, 6 ancient temples, and a Qing Dynasty bridge... Although It does not have the Ming and Qing architectural style of Huizhou, but it is more original: the horse head wall is towering, poetry and murals are everywhere, and the Ming and Qing courtyard houses with green bricks and black tiles have mottled walls.

Coordinates: Xinjian Town, Jinyun County, Lishui City

12 Huagang Fishing Village

The sea house in front of the door and the green hills behind.

The fishing village has a history of 150 years. It is located in the middle of the Five Islands, surrounded by the sea, with many passages and beautiful scenery. More than two hundred stone houses built in the 1950s look simple and elegant, full of the atmosphere of an island fishing village.

Coordinates: Huagang Village, Yuanjue Township, Dongtou County, Wenzhou City

13 Lin Kenggu Village

With a history of 700 years, it is the most complete preserved mountain dwelling in Nanxi River.

The houses have a history of more than 100 years, and the oldest wooden house is more than 200 years old. The exquisite and clear wooden houses are nestled in the green mountains and green waters, which are simple and natural; the folk houses built on the mountains are well-proportioned and harmonious; the small bridges and flowing water of the houses, and the curling smoke from the cooking stoves, make people wonder where they are.

Coordinates: 3KM northeast of Huangnan Township, Yongjia County, Wenzhou

14 Pingtian Village

Coordinates: Pingtian Village, Sidu Township, Songyang, Lishui, 12 kilometers away from Songyang County Kilometers

15 Shengkeng Village

Led by Du Hu, the nephew of Du Fan, the right prime minister of the Southern Song Dynasty Four thousand elite soldiers from Taizhou followed Wen Tianxiang to fight against the Yuan Dynasty and restore the Song Dynasty. After the failure, the people of Dujia Village supported the old and the young one after another and fled to other places. One of them came here to avoid disaster. For more than 700 years, villagers have built houses with stones, paved roads with stones, and built bridges with stone strips along the river.

The jagged stones have been polished by wind and rain and eroded by the years. Many of them have become broken walls and ruins. Some only have an outer wall left, still vaguely retaining the outline of the past.

Coordinates: Xiaozhi Town, Linhai City, Taizhou, 41 kilometers east of the city

16 Wuli'ao Village

In the 1980s, CCTV filmed a feature film on the fishing village here, and the stone houses became famous. The stone houses here are naturally formed, with the houses touching the mountains and the mountains hugging the houses. Some neatly overlap and some are abrupt, with orderly heights and a strong sense of rhythm, forming a group of stone sculptures that are beating against the wind and waves. It is full of the quaint atmosphere of a strong island fishing village.

Coordinates: Wuli'ao Village, Shitang Peninsula, Wenling City, Taizhou

17 Xiazhang Village

Xiazhang is known as Yunwu Ancient Village in history and has a history of thousands of years.

It is located at the top of the "Shuanglong Waterfall" in the mid-mountain dock. "The lake is full of white clouds and there is no end to the plowing, and there is no trace of fishing in a pool of bright moon", which describes the infinite artistic conception of the pastoral scenery here. There are endless natural attractions in the village, such as beautiful water, strange rocks, strange rocks, white clouds, lush forests and bamboos. It is like a fairyland on earth, just like a paradise on earth.

Coordinates: 6 kilometers northwest of Longquan City, Lishui

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This ancient village in the Qing Dynasty is more than 700 meters above sea level, surrounded by mountains on all sides, and has rich characteristics of ancient houses. Due to its unique geographical location and climatic conditions, it presents an unpredictable wonderland of steaming clouds, flying dragons and leaping tigers. The clouds here are full of negative oxygen ions and smell like the sweetness of fresh blueberries. They can not only be seen but also touched.

Coordinates: Xikeng Village, Sidu Township, Songyang County, Lishui City

19 Yanxia Village

"China National Geographic" named it one of the five most beautiful ancient villages in Zhejiang.

Located in the valley under the majestic and steep Baizhang Rock, the stone houses are built of stone and are scattered around the mountains and rivers in dots. Surrounded by forest.

The unique and integrated stone houses, stone bridges, stone roads and stone mills use simple materials, simple and rough.

There are more than 200 existing stone houses, 28 ancient houses, and the oldest courtyard house is more than 300 years old.

Coordinates: 15 kilometers east of Huzhen Town, Jinyun County, Lishui

In the ancient town

Qing Bricks and tiles, smoke curling up from cooking fires

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