Where is Hongcun? What are the tourist attractions in Hongcun?

Hongcun is located in the northeast of yi county, in the Peach Blossom Garden, which is away from yi county 1 1 km. It has a long history and a beautiful environment. The village covers an area of 19. 17 hectares (more than 300 mu), with 38 ancient buildings in Ming and Qing dynasties. Hongcun was founded in the Southern Song Dynasty (A.D. 1 13 1) in Shaoxing. It has been more than 870 years since Hongcun was changed in Qianlong period of Qing Dynasty.

This used to be the place where the king lived. With their own intelligence, the people of the ancient village initiated bionics, made overall planning and rational layout, and built a cow-shaped ancient water system village, which is a must for China. Become a miracle of world historical and cultural heritage. This village is called the village in Chinese painting because it combines human landscape with natural landscape. United Nations experts also praised it as a unique water street landscape in small towns. Because of the back of Huangshan Yumai Yangzhanling and Leigang Mountain, the terrain is high, sometimes it is foggy, such as heavy rosy clouds, and sometimes it seems to be freehand brushwork. The surrounding mountains and white walls and blue tiles are reflected in the lake, and people, ancient buildings and nature are integrated, like a slowly unfolding landscape painting.

There are hundreds of ancient houses in the village, among which Chengzhitang is the best preserved ancient house in yi county. The wood carvings on the beams, arches, flower doors and window frames of its main hall are exquisite in craftsmanship, complex in hierarchy, numerous in figures and different in spirit, and can be called the fine wood carvings among the four major carving arts of Huizhou School. All domestic and foreign tourists who come here will fall for it. In particular, the whole village has a cow-shaped structural layout, which is known as the miracle of world historical and cultural heritage. The towering green thunder hills are bull's heads, the towering old trees are horns, and the residential buildings scattered in the east and west are like a big cow. In the northwest of the village, there is a small stream around the canal that transfers the ownership of houses, with nine bends and ten bends.

The natural spring water in the village is collected and stored in a barrel-shaped pond shaped like a cow's stomach. Finally, the canal flows into the lake in the south of the village, commonly known as tripe. So, people set up four bridges on the river around the village stream as cow legs. A few years later, a cow totem jumped out. This cleverly designed and scientific village water system not only provides water for fire fighting for villagers, but also can adjust the temperature, which provides convenience for residents to use water for production and life, and creates a good environment with clear water in front of every household. Hongcun is the most representative of many Huizhou residential villages in southern Anhui. From the overall appearance, Hongcun is a peculiar cow-shaped ancient village in the Peach Blossom Garden of the giant salamander, which has both the interest of Shan Ye and the water town style.

Every household in the village is connected by canals, and gurgling spring water flows through every household. Layers of courtyards and lakes and mountains set each other off into interest, with scenery everywhere and step by step. The sense of leisure in the meantime is so strong that it is fascinating.