What are the eight ancient towns in Guizhou?

Located in the traffic fortress of Yunnan, Guizhou and Guangxi provinces. Throughout the ages, traffic and merchants have gathered here for thousands of years. It has the reputation of "invincible stone city". In the ancient town, the ancient buildings of Ming and Qing dynasties with exquisite design and exquisite craftsmanship are intertwined, and temples and pavilions are painted with carved beams and painted buildings, flying over eaves and walking on walls.

2. Bing 'an Ancient Town, Chishui

Bing 'an Ancient Town is a typical ancient town at the junction of southern Sichuan and northern Guizhou, bounded on three sides by Chishui River. The beautiful environment is a good place to relax.

3. Chishui Datong Ancient Town

Located in the ancient town of Datong River Tunnel in Chishui City to Sidonggou Scenic Area. Ancient street, ancient pier and ancient well are a pier that has experienced ups and downs. Quiet and elegant Datong is described as "an ancient town that has never been trampled".

4. Weng 'an Caotang Ancient Town

China Caotang Millennium Ancient City Tourist Area is located in Monkey Town, Weng 'an County, one of the four ancient market towns in northern Guizhou, which is 14 km away from the main city of Weng 'an County. Caotang Ancient Post Tourist Area has a beautiful environment and outstanding advantages in natural and human landscape. The tourist area integrates Tusi culture, merchant culture, dragon and lion culture and red culture, and has profound folk culture of Sichuan, Hunan, Yunnan and Guizhou. The tourist area is a national 4A-level tourist attraction integrating leisure and vacation, tourism and industrial supporting services.

5. Anshun Jiuzhou Ancient Town

Jiuzhou Town is a town under the jurisdiction of Xixiu District, Anshun City, Guizhou Province. It is located in the southeast of Anshun City, 37 kilometers away from Xixiu City. The streets are arranged according to the five elements of yin and yang, and there are many ancient temples in the city.

6. Songtao Zhaiying Ancient Town

Zhai Ying Ancient Town is located in the southwest of Songtao Miao Autonomous County, 65 kilometers away from the county seat, and the Songtao River (mouth) third-class oil circuit runs through the whole territory. It is the only place for people of Sichuan and Chu to enter Gufanjing East Road for religious pilgrimage. It is also the largest ancient architectural complex in Fan Jing, Guizhou Province, and is known as "Fanjing Ancient Capital".

7. Yuangu Town, Qiandongnan Town

In 2009, Zhenyuan Ancient Town was named "Top Ten Most Beautiful Ancient Cities in China". There are not only a large number of historical sites such as Qinglongdong Ancient Building Complex and Heping Village, which are national key cultural relics protection units, but also rich natural scenery and ethnic charm. There are more than a dozen ethnic minorities living here, such as Dong and Miao, with unique and rich ethnic customs. Wuyang River, a national scenic spot, is located here. Famous scenic spots include Peacock Tian Ping and Lion Peak. Tiexi River, a tributary of Wuyang River, is a good place to find seclusion and explore wonders.

8. Pingba Tianlong Tunpu Ancient Town

Tianlong Tunpu Ancient Town is located in Pingba County, western Guizhou Province. Tianlong Tunpu originated 600 years ago when Zhu Yuanzhang, the emperor of the Ming Dynasty, made a tour of the north and south, and then transferred the north and filled the south. After the Ming army conquered the southwest, in order to rule the southwest, it ordered the army to station fields, and then moved some craftsmen and civilians from Nanjing, Jiangxi and Anhui to Guizhou. With the changes of history, these people have thrived in the process of fighting for the soldiers and the people, and persistently adhered to the customs of cultural life handed down from generation to generation, forming a unique cultural phenomenon of the Han nationality that we call "Tunpu culture" today.