These ancient towns hidden in Ankang, Shaanxi Province are all free.

Speaking of ancient towns, you may only know well-known ancient towns such as Fenghuang Ancient Town and Lijiang Ancient Town. In fact, in Ankang, Shaanxi, there are also many ancient towns worth visiting, which are not well known because of insufficient publicity. However, the more places like this, the more you can experience different artistic conception.

Shiquanlao steet

Shiquan Old Street is located in the south of Shiquan County, Shaanxi Province, with a total length of 1km. In history, it used to be a bustling commercial street with many businessmen, and now it is the seat of Shiquan County.

Shiquanlao steet

From 2007 to 2008, the old street and the east and west gate buildings in Shiquan County were restored, and the architectural features of Ming and Qing Dynasties were reproduced.

Shiquanlao steet

Shiquan Old Street is the best preserved ancient block in Ankang. There are east and west city gates, Jiangxi Guild Hall, county government, Guandi Temple and other ancient buildings.

Tiegu town

The ancient town of ironing is also located in Shiquan County, with a history of thousands of years. It is a post station on the ancient Sichuan-Chu road.

Tiegu town

Ironing town is built on karst landform. Most of the existing ancient streets are Ming and Qing buildings, especially the diaojiao building, which gives up three feet of land and takes up one more day. The ancient town is built by mountains and rivers, surrounded by rich rivers. Although it has undergone thousands of years of changes, it still retains its quiet, simple and elegant style, which is quite poetic.

Baiheqiao Gouer Ancient Town

Qiaoergou is located in Baihe County. Because there are many stone bridges in the ditch, such as Changchun Bridge, Guanlan Bridge, Inviting Moon Bridge and Linjiang Bridge, it is named. There is Longgang Mountain in the west and Kuixing Mountain in the east. During the Ming and Qing Dynasties, the flowers on both sides of this ditch were in full bloom all year round, and autumn and winter were still like spring, so Qiaoergou was also called "Changchun River".

Baiheqiao Gouer Ancient Town

Typical examples are Qingwaicheng North Gate, Changchun Temple, Baihe County Gospel Hall, Huizhou Ancient House in South Geng Shi, Tongshanshe Ancient House, etc.

shuhe old town

Shuhe Ancient Town is located 53 kilometers east of Taiji Mountain in Xunyang County, with the towering Qinling Mountains in the north and Yiyibashan Mountain in the south.

shuhe old town

shuhe old town

Shuhe River is the seat of the ancient Shu State, and a county was established in the Han Dynasty. It flourished in the Ming Dynasty and in the middle and late Qing Dynasty. Famous landscapes include Huangzhou Pavilion and yangsi Temple.

Shuanghekou ancient town

Shuanghekou Ancient Town is located in Hanyin County, Ankang City. In the past, when the land transportation was underdeveloped, the ancient town of Shuanghekou was connected with Xi 'an, which made it safe. This is a famous mountain town.

Shuanghekou ancient town

Shuanghekou ancient town

In the heyday of Ming and Qing dynasties, there were more than 100 shops and dozens of industries, and the number was prosperous, enjoying the reputation of "work at sunrise and rest at sunset"

Liu Hou ancient town

The ancient town of Liu Hou is located in the south of Shaanxi Province. There are four famous scenic spots: Stone Buddha Temple, Cedar Rock, Xianyu Spring Cave and Carp Uphill.

Liu Hou ancient town

Liu Hou ancient town

There are still many scenic spots, such as Bamudian Neolithic Site, Wrapped House Tree, Old Street of Ming and Qing Dynasties, Liu Hou Pier, former residence of famous anti-Japanese war star Wang Fantang, Temple of Fire, Ancient Stone Buddha Temple and so on.

Hengkou ancient town

Hengkou Ancient Town is located in Hengkou Demonstration Zone, Ankang City. Hengkou Town was founded in the Northern Song Dynasty and was called "Hengkou" in ancient times, with a history of nearly a thousand years.

Hengkou ancient town

With the humanistic spirit orientation of "spreading the charm of Lingnan and inheriting the golden veins of the Three Qin Dynasties", we will plant the miniature landscape of the Second River in Heng Yue and the Ten Scenes of Hengkou, restore and rebuild the three courtyards of Lingnan Alienation, Huairang Temple and Handa Laiyuan, and reproduce the bustling scenes of the ancient cultural tourism towns with Millennium characteristics such as Heng Yue Wharf, Hengkou Fort, martial arts stage, ancient stage, ancient gold mining technology and folk Expo.

Liu Shui ancient town

The ancient town of Liu Shui is located in Hanbin District, with a pleasant climate, four distinct seasons, no heat in summer and no cold in winter, and dozens of square kilometers of lakes and islands crisscross.

Liu Shui ancient town

There are ancestral temples, Qing Guangxu General Cemetery, He Xiangu Temple and other places of interest.

Watch the quaint buildings, enjoy the quiet elegance and appreciate the prosperous Hanshui culture. When visiting the ancient town, I ate special food all the way, and my body and taste buds were traveling. If you want to experience different ancient towns, don't want to go out and just look at people, and don't want to see the original ecological ancient towns that are over-commercialized, come and take a walk in these places in Ankang.