In Xikeng Village, Tongan, Xiamen, there are terraces, tea gardens and unique colored stone houses.

Xikeng Village is located in the northwest corner of Tongan, Xiamen, in the hinterland of Yund

In Xikeng Village, Tongan, Xiamen, there are terraces, tea gardens and unique colored stone houses.

Xikeng Village is located in the northwest corner of Tongan, Xiamen, in the hinterland of Yundingshan Mountain at the junction of Tongan Lotus, Quanzhou Anxi and Zhangzhou Changtai, with an altitude of nearly 1000 meters, which is very similar to Tibet's position in the Chinese territory, so it is called "Tibet" in Xiamen. Xikeng Village, located in the deep mountains, is one of the top ten most beautiful villages in Xiamen, with a sparse foreign population and simple folk customs.

On the way from Tongan to Xikeng, it is bumpy and all the way up the winding mountain. The sky outside the window is blue, white clouds are lightly dotted, and the trees are lush and very lush. I don't know how many slopes I have climbed and how many bends I have bypassed. The higher I climb, the fresher the air is. Some netizens have roughly calculated that they have to go around more than 200 bends.

Continue to drive all the way up the Panshan Mountain, and you will see houses in twos and threes on both sides of the road. Not far away are terraced fields, all over the mountains. When you open the window, a faint scent of tea hits your face. When we entered the village, the sign of "Top Ten Most Beautiful Villages in Xiamen" was erected at the entrance of the village, and we drove all the way along the cement road in the village to the end. There is a relatively open place, which is also several parking spaces in the village. The village is clean and tidy, and the house is very simple. The most attractive thing is the painted stone house, which is strewn at random. The traces of the years are clearly visible here. Every old house has a story waiting for people to listen. Sun-dried firewood is neatly piled under the eaves at the door or by the roadside. On the ancient wooden door, bright red couplets are particularly eye-catching.

The most famous ancient plant in Xikeng Village is Alsophila spinulosa. It is said that there are only three plants in Xiamen, and Xikeng may be the first wild spinulosa spinulosa found in Xiamen. Its ancestors can be traced back to more than 3 million years ago, which is100000 years earlier than the appearance of the one hundred and fifty dinosaur. It is the main food of ancient herbivorous dinosaurs and has the reputation of "living fossil in plant kingdom". It has two strange things: first, the tree shape is strange, and the trunk epidermis is covered with dense rough lines and small holes, as if it had been bitten by insects; Second, there is only one tree in a big mountain.

The most beautiful scenery must be on the road, and the beauty of Xikeng is particularly prominent, just like a fairyland on earth. The best place to shoot scenery in Xikeng is the top of the mountain behind the village and the downhill road before entering the village, with a panoramic view of terraces, villages and mountains. To go to Xikeng, you must climb to the top of the mountain behind the village to see all the beautiful scenery of Xikeng.

The road from Tongan to Xikeng is deeply loved by all riders, and it is the longest slope and the most beautiful road in Xiamen. Therefore, this route to Xikeng is called the ultimate test site for new and old riders in Xiamen cycling industry. You can go to Tibet after riding Xikeng. Catch up with weekends or holidays, you can often meet three or five groups of cyclists riding in the mountains.

Self-driving mileage: It is about 70 kilometers away from downtown Xiamen and 46 kilometers away from Tongan.

Go on road trip Route: Tongan-Lianhua-Shang Ling Work Area-Barracks (direction)-Baijiao Temple-Xikeng.

Special reminder: there are many bends in the mountain road, so the speed should not be fast. Pay attention to the road signs along the way.