Small ancient towns are all treasures.

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Speaking of ancient towns in Yunnan

Dali Ancient Town, Old Town of Lijiang and Heshun Ancient Town

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Everyone is familiar with it.

But beyond that,

There are still many characteristic towns in Yunnan that are unknown to people.

These places are sparsely populated, but full of historical vicissitudes.

A visit here really follows the remains of the ancients.

Nuodenggu village/

"Millennium Bai Village"

Nuodeng, formerly known as Shimenjing, is one of the five salt wells in Yunnan, a Bai village with a history of thousands of years. It is the best place to learn about the ancient salt well culture in China, an ancient village with a thousand years' history, which reproduces the elegant demeanor of the bustling town of the "Tea-Horse Ancient Road".

During the Ming and Qing Dynasties, residential buildings were scattered on the hillside. In the village, you can see temples, archways, halls, ancestral halls, houses, alleys, tombs and other buildings. In the past, the shadows of caravan and cattle gang can be seen in "Guzongping" and "Huimin Ping".

Dousha ancient town/

"Yunnan first pass"

"A hero is not a hero until he reaches Shimen, but a hero passes Shimen Pass", "Set foot on a five-foot road and pursue a dream for 3,000 years". Dousha Town has a history of more than 2200 years. Since ancient times, it has been an important channel for Yunnan Province to go out of Yunnan and enter the connection between Sichuan and the Central Plains. Known as "the gateway of Yunnan and Sichuan".

However, this kind of bean paste can not be compared with bean paste, but is named after a Guan Shou named Dou. Because of its local accent, it was named Dousha Pass, which was called Shimenguan in ancient times. It was the first dangerous pass for the ancients to enter Yunnan from Shu. Central Plains culture, Jingchu culture, Bashu culture, Bohai culture and ancient Yunnan culture meet and merge here, forming a unique "three rivers and half streams" culture.

Chengzi ancient village/

"The Living Fossil of Zhang Fang"

The whole ancient village is located on the Fengfei slope more than 200 meters high, with Longpan Mountain in the east, Yuping and Bijia Mountain in the west, Furong Mountain in the north and Jinding Mountain in the back. The river winds through, the old Zhongshan Mountain is picturesque and steep, and the smoke from the waterfall is transpiration. The moat flows into Nanpanjiang River from east to west, and the scenery of "Miao Ling Zhuanggu" is an alternative terrace.

Chengzi ancient village is simple and quiet, with simple folk customs. The unique landscape of ancient villages with the combination of Yi and Han nationalities has a long history. The earthen palm houses made of mud and tree trunks are large in scale, and they can be called "living fossils" in the history of residential buildings in China. The crew of CCTV 7' s "Local China" column also filmed here.

Lin 'an Town/

"Zou Lu, a famous literary country"

Jianshui in southern Yunnan, formerly known as Lin 'an, is known as "a famous country in literature" and "Zou Lu in southern Yunnan". According to the book Dian lue written in Wanli period of Ming Dynasty; "The prosperity of Lin 'an is in the middle of Yunnan". There is a folk proverb that "Lin 'an is gold and Dali is silver".

Jianshui has many historical and cultural sites. Built in the Yuan Dynasty, Jianshui Confucian Temple, Chaoyang Building in the East Gate of Jianshui in the Ming Dynasty and Shuanglong Bridge in the Qing Dynasty are all provincial key cultural relics protection units.

Yisa Town/

"Original Ecological Red River Ancient City"

"The mountain is my hometown, with a river on the left and a river on the right; High mountains and high grain are hard to come out, and water is hard to make a life-saving soup. " Yisa, a mountain city standing on the south bank of Ailao Mountain and Honghe River, is a European-style ancient town that combines western architectural style and caravan culture.

It is synonymous with "hometown of overseas Chinese in southern Yunnan", "grand view garden of architecture outside the river" and "little Hong Kong outside the river". This is a small town which was famous for its prosperity at the beginning of last century. Although the place is small, it is particularly prosperous. The crowded and narrow streets are crowded with many old houses, showing their unique personalities. The road is vertical and horizontal, and the slope goes up and down, with seven bends and eight turns, extending from top to bottom to the distance. Rows of shooting holes on the wide and thick walls overlook the mountains, scaring those with malicious intentions.

Baisha ancient town/

"Mu's hometown"

Baisha ancient town is the largest family in Lijiang, which is also the birthplace of Lijiang Tusi "Mu". Lijiang Jinsha Tourism has always believed that Baisha Ancient Town is the ancient town with the most Naxi legacy and the most original Naxi village.

Shaxi is a small town with a long history, which can be traced back to the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period more than 2400 years ago. During the Tang and Song Dynasties, Nanzhao and Dali Kingdom rose in the southwest, which became a buffer zone between the Tang Dynasty and Tubo at that time, a link between the strong, and one of the main ways to communicate their economic and cultural exchanges.

Zhang Lang Guzhai/

"Millennium Brown Village"

Zhang Lang Village is a Bulang village that has lived on tea for generations, and it is also the only Bulang village in China. This thousand-year-old village still inherits the ancient Bulang culture and life customs. People here believe in Buddhism, and the Myanmar Temple in the village is a necessary stage for every boy to become a monk. Some people even become monks all their lives.

Walking into Zhang Lang Village, everything in the village looks primitive and shabby. The ancient Buddhist temple in Zhang Lang has stood in the village for thousands of years, simple and beautiful. The century-old ancient Pu 'er tea tree is full of traces of years, and the black tile wooden houses are layered and exquisite.

Shaxi ancient town/

"Ancient market under the ancient tea-horse road"

Shaxi ancient town is a real ancient town, antique, and still maintains the most primitive architectural style with a long history, which can be traced back to the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period more than 2,400 years ago. It is a well-preserved ancient market on the ancient tea-horse road.

Old houses, ancient temples, ancient theatres, ancient shops, ancient slate streets, century-old trees, Gu Xiang and ancient curtilage doors, which have maintained the characteristics of Bai nationality and local architecture, can be seen everywhere here ... just like a living history museum, it is silently showing its past.

Tuanshan village/

"The most exquisite ancient residential group in Yunnan"

Tuanshan,/kloc-an original ecological village with 0/9th century characteristics, was officially listed in the 2006 world memorial architectural heritage protection list in 2005, and it is an original ecological village with Yunnan characteristics.

The earliest aborigines in Tuanshan Village are Yi people. At present, there are 15 square courtyards with the rural features of southern Yunnan in the19th century, such as "Huang 'en Building", "Sima Di Building" and "Xiucai Building", which are composed of three building types: square courtyards with blue bricks of Han nationality, houses with earthen roofs and houses with earthen palms of Han and Yi nationalities. Known as "the most exquisite ancient residential building in Yunnan", it was selected into the world memorial architectural heritage list in 2006.

Shiyang ancient town/

"Yandu, Yunnan, a holy place to worship Confucius"

Shiyang Ancient Town, known as "Baijing" and "Yanfeng County" in ancient times, is located 35 kilometers northwest of Dayao County. It is a small town with a long history and profound cultural heritage, and it is also a famous "salt capital of Yunnan, a holy place to worship Confucius".

Historically, Central Plains culture and Yi culture collided and blended here, and Confucian culture, salt culture, Buddhism, Taoism, Islam and other religious cultures stirred up each other here, leaving a splendid historical culture and customs. It is the famous "Millennium Salt Capital, the Holy Land of Confucius Sacrifice".

Bixi ancient town/

"hundred years of historical precipitation"

The word Bixi has a unique charm. Formerly known as Bishuo, it originated from Qingshan, and the new moon originated from the original intention. Later, because there was a crystal clear river on the east and west sides of Bishuo, there was fertile countryside in front of the village and green hills behind the village, so it was renamed Bixi.

The ancient tea-horse road in Bixi ancient town is the only way for merchants from the south to the north. Bixi ancient town can be described as an ancient town left by the sound of hooves.

Nayun ancient town/

The Last Dai Ancient Town

The most complete historical and cultural city of the Dai nationality in China is the most authentic and special witness of the extinct Tusi culture of the Dai nationality in China.

Buddhism prevails in small towns, and the Dai people have a strong atmosphere. Tusi, religious architecture, diet, costumes, festivals, music, dances, folk customs and other cultures have shown the world the true history and culture of Nayun Dai society for nearly 700 years.

Yunnan Post/

"The Pearl on the Ancient Silk Road"

Xiangyun County, the source of Yunnan, known as "ancient Yunnan" and "little Yunnan", is the bridgehead for the introduction of Chinese culture into Yunnan. China Yunnan Post still retains the original name of Yunnan Province.

Walking into this ancient post station, Qingshiban Road winds from the distant Central Plains, winds through the ancient town, and gradually disappears between the vast mountains and the sea of clouds. The sunken pavements on both sides of the street, the old Mara stone in the center of the street, and the faint horseshoe prints seem to tell the disappearing history.

Shigu town/

"the first bay of the Yangtze river"

Shigu Town is located in the west of Old Town of Lijiang, bordering Jiuhe Township and Longpan Township in the east, Shishou Township in the south and Liming Township in the west and north. It is a battleground for military strategists in past dynasties. It is named after a drum-shaped stone tablet carved with white marble in the town. The stone tablet has a diameter of15m and a thickness of 0.7m.. It is one of the earliest stone tablets found in Lijiang at present.

In Shigu Town, you must not know that there is a mysterious "base" in Songpingzi, Daxin Village, Shigu Town, in addition to the first bay of the Yangtze River, the statue commemorating the Long March of the Red Army and Shigu. Five men from different places are going to do something that no one in China has ever done, starting from scratch.

Nagu town/

"Wan Li's first stop in Beijing"

Nagu and Yi languages mean "black land" or "black dam", and it is a typical characteristic tourist town that integrates human landscape and rural scenery. After thousands of years of baptism, there are still some ancient buildings, houses and streets.

Wu Bai Village, including Yunfeng Temple, Yunfeng Ancient Post Road, Masons' Room Copper Road, Longwang Temple, Changju Bridge, Fulai Bridge and Desheng Bridge, is like a living history museum, showing the wisdom and diligence of predecessors.

Lushi town/

"The ancient tea-horse road will rush to the hometown of tea"

Lushi Town belongs to Fengqing County, Lincang District, Yunnan Province. Originally named Arusi, it evolved from indigenous languages in history. There are more than 20,000 people of Han, Yi, Miao and Bai nationalities.

Lushi Town, located at the crossroads of the ancient tea-horse road extending to Southeast Asia, is a famous "tea town" at home and abroad. Lushi section of the ancient tea-horse road has become the seventh batch of cultural relics protection units in China. In this historic town with ancient culture and worn by horses and stones, the bells of the caravan still reverberate in the vast mountains.

Heijing Town/

"One of the four ancient towns in Yunnan"

Heijing Town, located in Lufeng County, the "hometown of dinosaurs" in Wei Chu, has been a place of tribute salt production since ancient times. It is a small town enclosed in Longchuan Valley for almost a century, and it is one of the four ancient towns in Yunnan.

Heijing still retains a relatively complete traditional urban pattern, with 2 1 cultural relics protection units. It is a famous cultural relic town in Lufeng County and even Chuxiong Prefecture. After thousands of years, the style of the ancient town remains the same, with clear historical context and distinctive features.

Guanglu ancient town/

"Yi's western name is Bang"

Guanglu Ancient Town is the first ancient town with profound cultural heritage in China, with a glorious history of more than 3,000 years and profound cultural heritage. It is called "the hometown of lanterns".

Guanglu ancient town is an important stronghold of the ancient Southern Silk Road leading to Southeast Asia and India, with rich cultural heritage, and it is called "a Yaozhou city, half the history of Yunnan".

Ye Zhi Ancient Town/

"A little-known pure land on earth"

About 86 kilometers away from Weixi County, Diqing Prefecture, there is an ancient town. Just listening to its name makes people feel very gentle-the ancient town of Ye Zhi. However, it is located in such a magnificent place at an altitude of 4880 meters. On the one hand, the river is swift, the valley is warm and humid, the rice is in pieces, the mountains are towering and the highland barley is continuous. The scenery along the way is breathtaking.

The Lisu culture here is a unique and valuable historical and cultural heritage in national culture. It was named as "provincial historical and cultural town" by the provincial government and "Shangri-La Lisu characteristic cultural town" by the Diqing Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture government.

Huize ancient town/

"Museum of Ancient Buildings in Ming and Qing Dynasties"

The ancient town, also known as Huize Shicheng, is one of the earliest four counties in Yunnan in history. In ancient times, it was famous for its abundance of copper and lead. In the Qing Dynasty, copper mining and smelting developed further and became the center of coinage in southwest China.

Huize ancient city is known as the "Museum of Ancient Buildings in Ming and Qing Dynasties" because of its numerous halls and unique shapes, which is very eye-catching. Now, Jiangxi Temple, Xilai Temple of the Great Buddha Temple, Confucian Temple and Wenchang Palace are well preserved.

After seeing so many ancient towns with profound historical background, are you also moved? Hurry up and arrange this spring!