Goulan Yaozhai Ancient Village Tourist Attractions

① Ancient city wall series. After Gou Lanyao was recruited by the court in the 29th year of Hongwu in the Ming Dynasty (1396), in order to guard the Guangdong Pass, he built 9 stone gates and stone walls at the pass entrance according to the mountain. There is a night watch tower (similar to the beacon tower of the Great Wall) built on the stone city gate, and there is an alarm bell. It has a solid wood gate panel about 2 inches thick, which opens early and closes late, and is bolted by an iron rod.

②Wind and Rain Bridge series. There are also many pavilions built on the water and main roads in Lanxi Village to provide shelter from wind and rain, called wind and rain bridges or covered bridges. There are 6 relatively complete ones in existence. They are exquisite, comfortable and beautiful in shape, with wooden or stone benches for people to rest, forming a unique landscape of "a bridge over the water, a pavilion on the bridge, a well under the pavilion, and people's homes next to the well".

③Gujing series. Lanxi Village is located among thousands of mountains and has the most ancient wells in Hunan and Chu. In Lanxi, there are more than 100 large and small wells; there are no less than 50 wells that can be used for drinking by humans and animals and can also support a field. Among them, Puli Well is the source of Lanxi River. It is located next to the ancient stage in Shangcun. The well is deep and bottomless. The ancient well of Qingshui'an is located next to the social altar of Dingtian Palace, with ancient trees and clear water and quiet water.

④Social forum. Social forum culture is a relatively common phenomenon in Jiangyong County. There is a large-scale Dingtian Palace social altar in Lanxi Village. Unfortunately, most of the "ghost cubs" (social ministers) were destroyed and lost during the "Destroying the Four Olds". There are nearly 10 "ghost cubs" in existence, including the "Shadow King" " is complete, with the character "王" in regular script engraved on the forehead, and the inscription "The sixth year of Zhengde in the Ming Dynasty" on the side of the body.

⑤Huang’s Ancestral Hall. Each surname in Lanxi Village has an ancestral hall, which is the clan's temple. There are 13 ancestral halls in Lanxi Village, the most representative of which is the Huang Clan Ancestral Hall built in the Wanli period of the Ming Dynasty. It is also the most prosperous commercial district in Lanxi Village. On the side of the ancestral hall, there are the words "Wealth of wealth and waves" written, which is the name of Lanxi Village. "Wangfujing".

⑥Rangquan Lane, also known as He's Jinshi Square. Although Lanxi Village is a village of the Yao ethnic group, it does not reject the civilization of the Han nation. It has established academies, bookstores, Wenchang Pavilion and other educational places, with a prosperous literary style and numerous talents. According to genealogy records, Lanxi Village once produced 8 Jinshi. There is an archway of "Rangquan Lane" in existence, with a screen wall of "Bijian Fish and Dragon" in front of it.