Traditional Culture Encyclopedia - Tourist attractions - This ancient village deep in Taihang is built on a cliff and waterfall, just like Pingshun Hongni Village in a paradise.

This ancient village deep in Taihang is built on a cliff and waterfall, just like Pingshun Hongni Village in a paradise.

Hongni Village is located in Hongtiguan Township, 30 kilometers southeast of Pingshun County, and 35 kilometers away from Linzhou City. It is an important attraction in the Hongtiguan Grand Canyon Scenic Area. Hongni Village is known as the ancient village on the cliff by travel friends. The Hongni Waterfall flows down with great momentum, and its sound shakes the world. Under the waterfall is the Hongni Gorge, with abrupt ravines, like an endless abyss.

Hauni Village is bounded by the Hauni River and is divided into Beizhuang and Nanzhuang. Beizhuang is mainly residential, while Nanzhuang is a business area derived from the Shanxi-Henan Ancient Road. The shops and businesses are mixed with residential buildings, and the space is suitable. . Changhong Bridge is the only passage in and out of the village. It crosses the Hauni River and connects the north and south banks of Hauni Village. It quietly bears witness to the past and present of Hauni Village.

Hongni Waterfall and Tihou Yanghui Gorge are two special attractions in the Shangdang area; cliff roads, cliff canals, cliff hydropower stations, and cliff reservoirs are miracles created by mankind. Ten natural caves constitute a A picture of the ever-changing scenery of Hauni Canyon. In recent years, the development of the Internet has made Taihang Mountain more and more famous, and has also made Hongni Village, a once quiet mountain village, lively and become a tourist attraction again.

Hongni Village has complex geology, steep rock masses, spectacular mountain topography, and continuous mountains, forming natural landscapes such as strange peaks and rocks, dangerous cliffs, valleys and abyss, as well as many cultural buildings. . Legend has it that there are three relics left by Huang Feihu, King Wucheng of the Yin Dynasty: Shuaigui Mountain, Whip Mountain, and Niutoushan; there is the Hanwang Village left by Liu Xiu of the Han Dynasty, and the Tiaoma Stream left by Li Shimin of the Tang Dynasty.

Hongni Village has rich remains of ancient buildings, with 8 existing large and small temples. The Minghui Master Pagoda, which was built in the third year of Changxing in the Tang Dynasty (932 AD) after the Five Dynasties, is a national key cultural relic. There are also Guandi Temple, Wa Palace, Guanyin Temple, Shanshen Temple, Dragon King Temple, Mawang Temple and other ruins from the Qing Dynasty. .

The Guandi Temple is a relic of the Qing Dynasty, with a five-purlin front porch structure. Opposite the temple is the Guandi Temple stage. Engraved on the stone pillars in front of the main hall are the left and right couplets of "Red face and green robe, majestic Tao Wu Temple, loyal heart, red gallbladder, loyalty to the blue sky".

Carved stone tools can be seen everywhere in the village, such as the windward stone carvings on door stacks, stele carvings, brick carvings, door plaque inscriptions, wood carvings and window lattice carvings, etc., which highlight the rich history and culture here and the simplicity and simplicity of the mountain village farming era.

Walking here is like entering the ancient historical and cultural corridor of Guzhai, with alternating mountains and rivers, local customs, historical stories, and cliffs. It is definitely a shocking enjoyment of the collision between culture, art and the natural environment.

In an alley not far to the north of the Changhong Bridge intersection, there is an ancient apricot tree growing on a stone. It is very strange. The villagers told us that the apricot tree still bears fruit every year, and it is very fruitful. tasty. As for how old this tree is, there is no way to tell. The old man said that this apricot tree has been around for as long as he can remember, which must be at least a hundred years old.

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