What are the top ten ancient towns in China?

Huangyao Ancient Town, Danba Zangzhai, Kanas Lakeside Ancient Village, Wuyuan Ancient Town, Wuzhen, Zhouzhuang, Tongli Town, Xitang Ancient Town, Chikan Ancient Town, Changting County.

Introducing the first three ancient towns:

Huangyao Ancient Town

Huangyao is located in Zhaoping County, Guangxi, 200 kilometers away from Guilin. It is an ancient town with a history of more than 900 years. The historical and cultural ancient town of the Ming and Qing Dynasties is located in the lower reaches of the Li River and is known as the "Poetic Homeland". The ancient town has a radius of 1 square kilometers and has a typical karst landform.

Huangyao is a poetic place. There is no need to search for every scenic spot. If you walk slowly along the stone road, you may inadvertently find something that surprises you.

The town has more than 600 households and eight streets. Most of the houses maintain the style of the Ming and Qing Dynasties, and the streets are all built with bluestone slabs. The ancient town has preserved more than 20 temples and temples, and more than 10 pavilions and pavilions, most of which were built in the Ming and Qing Dynasties. The famous ones include Wenming Pavilion, Baozhu Temple, Xingyu Temple, Lion Temple, Ancient Stage, Wu Family Ancestral Hall, Guo Family Ancestral Hall, Zuolong Temple, Jianlong Temple, Dailong Bridge, Hulong Bridge, Natural Pavilion, etc.

The cultural landscape also includes the ink inscriptions of Han Yu and Liu Zongbiao, the statue of martyr Qian Xing, the residences of cultural celebrities such as He Xiangning, Gao Shiqi and Qian Jiaju, as well as many poetry couplets and inscriptions. Generally speaking, the more common attractions include the Memorial Hall of the Former Site of the Guangxi Provincial Working Committee of the Communist Party of China, the Ancient Stage, the Emperor's Edict, the Baozhu Temple, Carp Street, the Eight Immortals Sleeping Banyan Tree, Zuolong Bridge, the Millennium Ancient Banyan Tree, the First Stone Street in Lingnan, etc. .

Danba Tibetan Village

Danba County is located in the eastern part of Garze Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture in western Sichuan, bordering Daofu and Kangding counties and Xiaojin and Jinchuan counties in Aba Prefecture. It covers an area of ??5,649 square kilometers and governs one town and fourteen townships. It is home to more than 57,000 people from 15 ethnic groups, mainly Tibetans. Danba County is where the Bayan Har Mountains, Qionglai Mountains, etc. converge. It is also the origin or flow path of the Geshizha River, the Yak River, and the Jinchuan River. "One city".

The mountains here are undulating, dotted with lakes, and boundless forests. The local Tibetan people describe this feature as "the top of the mountain is covered with snow, the mountainside is lush with woods, and the foot of the mountain is sparkling with the sea." It is a little-known paradise hidden deep in the Hengduan Mountains. It has magnificent and charming scenery, infinitely mysterious beauty valleys, quiet and poetic rural houses, unique ancient stone watchtowers, and colorful customs. The magic and beauty of Ba.

Ancient Village on the Bank of Kanas Lake

Tuwa Village is located in the Kanas Valley 3 kilometers south of Kanas Lake. Surrounded by beautiful mountains and rivers, it has a beautiful environment. The only way to travel to Kanas Lake in the county. There are more than 100 households and more than 1,400 people living in Tuva Village. Tuva people mostly live in tower-shaped wooden houses built of pine wood. This type of building is called a "wooden corrugated house". The four walls are made of logs, with a ceiling and a floor. The roof is pointed and sloping to adapt to the rainy and snowy weather in the mountainous areas. environment.

The production and lifestyle of the Tuva people is mainly based on animal husbandry, supplemented by hunting, fishing and gathering. When the spring is warm and the flowers are blooming, they drive their cattle and sheep to summer pastures in the mountains; in late autumn, they drive their livestock down the mountains and live in wooden houses to spend the long winter. The Tuva people mainly live in Hemu Village, Kanas Village in Hemu-Kanas Mongolian Nationality Township, and Baihaba Village 18 kilometers west of Kanas Lake, with a population of about 2,000.