Four ancient towns in Xiangxi

The four ancient towns in Xiangxi are: 1. Riye, 2. Wangcun, 3. Puxi, 4 years old. Chadong. Xiangxi, the province of Xiangxi Tujia and Miao Autonomous Prefecture, is located at the junction of Hunan, Guizhou, Hubei and Chongqing provinces on the northeast edge of Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau. It is a typical area where Tujia, Miao and Han people live together, with beautiful scenery, outstanding people and rich historical and cultural relics.

I. Riye

Liye Town is located in the south of Longshan County 124 km. There are Neixi Township in the north, Zanguo Township in the east, Baojing County in the south and Xiushan and Youyang counties in Chongqing in the west, which are closely related to each other and are the land and water of two provinces and four counties. Liye swims on both sides of Youshui, belonging to Longshan and Baojing counties, and to the east of Youshui belongs to Longshan. It is a big and rich old commercial port. Generally speaking, the career is here. Baojing in the north and west is close to the mountain, much smaller and close to the village. Youshui, which runs through Hubei, Chongqing and Hunan provinces, is the largest tributary of Yuanjiang River in Dongting Lake system. Flowing through mountains, dangerous roads and deep valleys, it has always been the traffic artery for the people at the junction of the three provinces and cities to the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River. The ancient city discovered in Liye Town is in the throat of swimming in the water.

Second, Wang Village

Wangcun, a historic site in Xiangxi Tujia and Miao Autonomous Prefecture, is an ancient town with a history of 2,000 years. Located on the shore of Youshui, 565,438+0 kilometers away from Yongshun County. Originally the county seat of Youyang County in the Western Han Dynasty, it was convenient to go to Sichuan and Guizhou for Dongting. It has been a trading port of Yongshun since ancient times and is known as the "Golden Boy of Chu and Shu". Enjoy the reputation of "Youyang Xiongzhen", "Four Famous Towns" and "Little Nanjing" in western Hunan. It is also called "furong town" because all the exterior scenes of the famous film masterpiece "furong town" are gathered here. Furong town is not only a thousand-year-old ancient town with a long history, but also a tourist attraction integrating natural scenery and ancient ethnic customs. It is also the gateway to Mengdong River scenic spot and the best scenic spot to visit ancient times. Small towns surrounded by green mountains and green waters, winding and deep streets, Tujia wooden houses hanging from the water, and Wuli long street paved with bluestone slabs are permeated with simple Tujia folk customs everywhere, which makes tourists full of praise and linger.

Three. Urushi

Pushi Ancient Town is located in the southeast of Luxi County, a famous historical and cultural town in China, and is the first of the four famous towns in western Hunan. An ancient post road paved with green slate closely connects Pushi ancient town with Fenghuang ancient city. Pushi ancient town has a long history and culture. From the Ming and Qing Dynasties to the Republic of China, there are many places of interest here, such as Jijia Courtyard, Zhoujia Courtyard, Lijia Ancestral Hall, Wanshou Palace and Cultural Palace. The local cultural customs are rich and unique, with many ancient commercial streets, freight docks, temples, ancient theaters, halls, alleys and workshops. Due to the developed waterway transportation, the commerce and culture of the ancient town are extremely prosperous in history, so there is ". The ancient town originated from the Yuanjiang River and is an important material distribution center for water tourism in Yuanjiang River. Agricultural and sideline products such as water chestnut, garlic, lotus root and sweet orange are exported to all parts of the province. The people in the ancient town are as simple and kind as the name of the ancient town, and because of its short development time, it has the reputation of "virgin land" for tourism and holiday.

Fourth, the tea cave

Tea Cave is located at the junction of Hunan, Guizhou and Chongqing provinces. Founded in the eighth year of Jiaqing (1803), it is known as "one foot in three provinces" and is one of the four famous towns in western Hunan. Before liberation, the mountain city was majestic, with winding walls and long rivers. The bluestone road is neat and elegant, the diaojiao building is antique, the white tower stands tall and picturesque. As the poem says, "the scenery in the border town is intoxicating, and I suspect that I am traveling in a world of pictorial." The famous writer Shen Congwen created the novel Border Town with the tea cave as the background, which is famous at home and abroad. After liberation, although the city walls and the White Pagoda were destroyed, new buildings, bridges and farmers' markets sprang up depending on the ancient style, adding new scenery to the tea cave in the border town. Films such as Lianxinba and Border Town were all shot in the tea cave. Many tourists take Shen Congwen's novel Border Town as a guide map, looking for the white pagoda, the stone mill and the boatman's tomb: stepping on the ancient stone road, climbing the diaojiao building by the water, listening to the fishing songs floating in the moonlight and remembering the beautiful and moving story. Tea Cave is famous for its background of Shen Congwen's famous novella Border Town.

Xiangxi is the only minority autonomous prefecture in Hunan Province and one of the cradles of Wuling culture. Xiangxi Prefecture has a long history and splendid culture, and Fenghuang County has the first batch of national historical and cultural cities.