Shen _ Ancient Town+One-day Tour of Must-see Attractions

Shen _ Ancient Town is a thousand-year-old town near Funiu Mountain in Henan Province, where many ancient Central Plains cultures and ancient architectural styles are preserved, and many special cuisines are also very satisfying. Here, I will share with you the one-day tour strategy of Shen _ ancient town and the recommendation of must-see attractions.

Address: Shenzhen Town, Yuzhou City, Xuchang City, Henan Province

One-day tour of Shen _ ancient town;

Cross the Liyu Bridge, walk into Wang Song Village, and you will arrive at Shenlao Street.

It coincides with the Jun Porcelain Culture Festival, and the renovated ancient town is crowded with people, showing the energy of the festival everywhere. Red lanterns hanging from the eaves of shops along the street seem to have experienced a romantic carnival and hangover, overlooking the long street, lazy and taoran.

Walking on the long road paved with bluestone slabs and looking at the shops along the street, there is a feeling of deja vu. This made me suddenly have a worry. I was worried that God _ would become a replica of those ancient towns and lose its own things.

Fortunately, this is just an alarmist. The deeper you go, the more you feel the unique charm of God.

In the ancient town, most shops along the street have small gables, low doorways and low thresholds, so just walk in. This may be related to the terrain here.

The long street slopes from west to east, depending on the mountain situation. Even on rainy days, there is little water. It is also located in the mountainous area, with many ditches and streams. There are many villages named after ditches and streams, so if you feel that you are in the lowest place, you will always find a lower place.

This is also why walking in places where people come and go, but there is a feeling of exploring.

Because of the lack of water, there is no story of running water, and there is no lilac girl. However, God's daughter's home is beautiful, otherwise there will be no legend of "The Story of Diusim's Hometown"; God's daughters are also tenacious, otherwise no one will come to worship the "Golden Fire Virgin".

In the temple of Burlington, there are three immortals sitting at the top of the altar. One is Sun Bin in the Warring States Period, who burned charcoal and was regarded as a land god; One is the older Shun, who makes pottery and is regarded as the kiln god.

There is also a Vulcan, the Lady of Golden Fire, who is said to be the daughter of a Potter. In order to save her parents, she sacrificed herself on the stove and turned her hard work into wonderful jun porcelain, which was enshrined by future generations. There is a pair of couplets on both sides of the entrance of Burlingweng Temple: "Lingdanbao _ eternal legend; Kunde is far from utilitarian business. "

The second couplet is a tribute to the Virgin of Golden Fire. The legend of the Three Gods makes the temple more smoky, sacred and mysterious.

Walking into the shops along the street, people can't put it down, from the tripod ritual vessels to the fragrant flower beds. The owner of a shop said that Jun porcelain is all the same color when it enters the kiln, and it is all colorful when it leaves the kiln, so every Jun porcelain is unique. That's the reason.

I once met a lotus-shaped incense tray, and the deep pool water, like a profound thought, still attracted me. Unfortunately, I missed it because of the price. When I looked back, I didn't find the same one.

The beauty of Shen ancient town lies in Jun porcelain and quadrangles. In Shen _, there used to be a folk saying: "When you enter Shen _ Mountain, you will see Qili Long Street and 72 kilns. Fireworks cover the sky, and merchants travel everywhere, vying for money every day."

Prosperous business has created wealthy businessmen, and there are still Wen Jia Courtyard, Lujia Courtyard and Wang Jia Courtyard. There are three entrances and five entrances in the yard.

The last entrance of each yard is very high. Compared with the pavilions and waterside pavilions in Jiangnan ancient town, it is less exquisite and graceful, and more practical.

In the ancient town, every courtyard is an exhibition hall, and the layout of the exhibition hall follows the old customs: the square table, the plush chair, the paintings in the main hall, the bookshelves in the museum and several book cases. Nave's paintings are mostly ink and wash landscapes. Even the richest man has a yearning for mountains and rivers.

My heart is idle looking for water and stones, and my body is old. This is influenced by the traditional culture of China, such as the infiltration of water, which has gradually become a success. On Shen _, the charm of this traditional culture is also reflected in every object. Every piece of porcelain is auspicious or Zen, and it is different. This is the ingenuity of the man of God and the heart of wisdom.

Walking on an old street is like walking in history. I feel that there are too many places to walk over and over again, and there are too many things to savor. Old streets are thick with age and beautiful with thickness.

Recommended scenic spots in Shen _ Ancient Town:

Bolingweng temple

Boling Xianweng Temple, also known as "Kiln Temple", is located in the center of the old street in the town. According to historical records, it was built in the Song Dynasty. According to the existing inscriptions, it was rebuilt in the eighth year of Hongzhi in Ming Dynasty (1496). 1986 was announced as "Key Cultural Relics Protection Unit of Henan Province". It is a landmark building of Jun porcelain culture and an important symbol of "Du Jun" and "Porcelain Capital" after God. The main buildings in the temple are kiln temple, flower theater, Taoist temple and East, West, Sun and Moon halls. The main entrance is the Flower Theater. There are three statues in the kiln temple. The first is the kiln god Sun Boling, who is said to be a strategist during the Warring States period. Because I learned from Guiguzi, I once burned charcoal, not just burning it.

Bolingweng Temple in Shenhou Town

The founder of charcoal is also the kiln god of porcelain industry; The second place is "King Tu Shan", which is Shun Di in history. According to historical records, Shun was once "on the bank of Taoshui River" and was regarded as the god of soil management by kiln people. Third, the "Goddess of Golden Fire", according to legend, is a folk woman who jumped into the fire to offer sacrifices to the monarch.

A pavilion designed outside the temple gate, with stone lions, pillars and stone carvings, is simple, solemn and fascinating, which is really rare among many ancient buildings in the province. The Flower Theater is the main dual-purpose building of Bolingweng Temple (that is, the gate and theater are used together). It is a combination of going out, going in and taking action. It is exquisitely designed, exquisitely carved, simple, solemn, beautiful and generous. The whole theater is made of wood structure, nine-ridge cornices, pavilion-style buildings, dragonfly arches, layers of relief, dragons and phoenixes, lion elephants competing and beautifully carved. In the theater, there are carved beams and painted buildings, painted walls and screens, and well patterns centered on Panlong are carved. Its modeling design and line structure are unique and exquisite, and the whole building is covered with glazed tiles, shining with golden light in the sun. A unicorn stands in the middle of the ridge of the building with a Jun porcelain vase on its back, which is lifelike and auspicious. The local porcelain guild provides "a handful of earth" Bangzi opera (now the predecessor of Yuzhou Henan Opera Troupe), which has been performing in the "Flower Theater" for many years.

Guandi Temple, adjacent to Burlington Temple in ancient times (now integrated, both of which are provincial-level cultural relics protection units). In the south, there is a similar "Flower Theater" side by side with Bolingweng Temple, which is the East Theater. In the north, next to the kiln temple, there are Bell and Drum Tower and Wooden Pailou, which were built in the 15th year of Qing Qianlong (1750) and designed as a single room with two columns on the first floor. This pure wood structure can be completely preserved for hundreds of years, which has certain reference value for studying ancient wood structures.

Old street

When you travel to Shenhou Ancient Town, you must go to the old scenic spot. The must-eat snack is a unique Hui snack called fried chicken, steamed stuffed bun and kebab. This snack has not appeared for a long time. It was originally created by a local master more than ten years ago. In particular, the sauce he made has a unique taste and is deeply loved by locals and tourists. Anyone who travels to Shenhou Old Street will pass by his shop.

We are all familiar with steamed bread and rolled vegetables, but we usually eat shredded potatoes, scrambled eggs with peppers, and mung bean sprouts with vinegar. And we haven't seen string incense anywhere else.

In the northern areas where pasta is eaten, this kind of steamed bread is particularly popular in summer, because it is not easy to preserve it in summer. Eating fried chicken and baking some steamed buns to make a bunch of incense is delicious and convenient.

Fried chicken includes drumsticks, chicken chops, chicken wings and squid, and strings of beans, green peppers, fungus, Flammulina velutipes, vegetables and mushrooms are suitable for frying. The exclusive anti-intrusion sauce and cumin powder are suitable for rolling steamed buns, and can be used to roll steamed buns after being picked up.

The business hours of this fried chicken pancake roll string are about 1 1 from morning to 23 o'clock in the evening. The store prepares ingredients and sells them, so that tourists can eat fresh fried chicken and string.

This shop sells steamed buns from five yuan to ten yuan. If the prices of fried chicken legs, chicken wings, chicken chops, squid, chicken fillets or others are different, many people would rather wait in line for a while and eat one, because the method is unique and the sauce is original.

When a piece of steamed bread is rolled up, it looks very appetizing. You can munch and swallow, or you can savor slow food. No three or four people will feel uneasy when they meet a foodie with a large appetite.

Guzhaiqiang

The ancient village after God consists of four ancient villages: East, West, South and North. Every village has a tall and thick wall, some of which are more than 3 feet high and 2 feet thick, as strong as city walls. There are watchtowers around the village and on the city walls, which are mainly used for military defense, anti-bandits and flood control. Each stockade has an elegant name, such as "Wang Song" in Dongzhai and "Tianbao" in Xizhai, which is inlaid on the stockade door with bluestone Dan trees. Dongzhai Wall was built in the 20th year of Guangxu in Qing Dynasty. The wall is a blue brick structure, and the wall base is about 2 meters high, all of which are made of huge stones. The city wall is about 10 m high, 80 cm square in thickness and about 6000 m long around Dongzhai. The entrance of the village is about 4 meters high, and the upper part is arched blue brick. The entrance is about 8 meters long. There is a turret at the entrance of the village, and there are three holes in the turret for observation and shooting. The word "Wang Song" is engraved on the door. It is said that Songshan Mountain can be seen from the gate of the ancient village wall, so it is called "Wang Songmen". Each village has many traditional buildings, such as Bolingweng Temple, Guandi Temple and Flower Theater in Dongzhai (Administrative Street), Confucian Temple, Erlang Hall, laojunmiao, Baiyitang and Jie Zhen Paiji in Xizhai, as well as shops along the street and houses with time and local characteristics. Administratively, each village has a garbo organization and an armed militia to maintain local order and prevent soldiers from chaos and bandits. In education, every stockade has a school. So every stockade looks like a small town in politics, economy, culture, education and architecture.

Baijia yard

Baijia Courtyard, north-south, has a high gate platform, a walking gate tower, a stone carving gate pier, a wood carving threshold, five ridges and six beasts, and a shadow wall. Brick ring double door hanging arch, six steps on two sides, the right gable can reach the backyard. Brick carvings, wood carvings, stone carvings and small ornaments at the head of the house, especially in the main house, are all brick-carved peony, which has high historical and artistic value.

Wen Jia yard

Wen Jia Courtyard is located in the north-south direction and consists of a main courtyard and a cross courtyard. The main courtyard is a five-entrance courtyard, and the guest house on the left side of the gate is carved with beams and painted buildings, which is spacious and bright and is an important place for the host to receive visitors. The main house, also known as the upper house, is a five-story and two-story building in the Qing Dynasty. It is tall and majestic, and the whole courtyard is well-structured and patchwork. There are ancient wells, side doors, sidewalks and courtyards in the courtyard, which is the reception station for dignitaries in feudal society.

Huojia yard

Huojia Courtyard, north-south, Gaomentoi, Zouma Gate Tower, Miyake, Beiyingbi, Xiyingbi and Guahuamen enter the gate. Houses, buildings and wing rooms are all column brick and wood structures, with exquisite wood carvings on the door and window grids, fine workmanship on the ceiling and wood partitions, and delicious painting.

Xinjia yard

Xinjia Courtyard, located in West Street, north-south, enters the Third Hospital. There are currently three main rooms and three wing rooms. The main room is made of iron gates and stone windows, which has good safety and fire prevention performance.

Dengyulou

Deng Lou Yu (basically the original appearance) was originally the residence of Deng Yu, a general of the Eastern Han Dynasty, when he was in An Lushan after God. It was a house with one entrance and three exits. The front yard is very small, with a concierge, three frontage rooms and a west wing. The second door is a vertical arch. After entering the second door, the west wing is blue brick and gray tile, and the stone window lattice; The east wing is a red stone cannon, three stories high, and each floor has brick carved stone windows; This building has high steps and three floors. Well-preserved, rebuilt in the Ming Dynasty.

Corner building

The turret (basically the original appearance, the top collapsed), located on the east and west sides, is a quadrangle with four buildings, covering an area of several acres. Two-door and two-story gatehouse. You can use the door to climb to the second floor after entering the door. From the gatehouse to the north, east, south and west, you can transfer to the compound for a week without going downstairs. In the compound, there are dozens of families living upstairs and downstairs, which is convenient for joint defense and mutual assistance, and can also prevent bandits from stealing. This is an unusual housing pattern in the northern region, which is of great historical research value.

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In addition, there are many ancient dwellings, such as Miao Ancestral Hall, Yangjia Courtyard, Wang Courtyard, Miao Courtyard, Yunjia Courtyard and so on, with different architectural styles and characteristics.

There is a famous Kong Jiajun porcelain in the ancient town, which is a good place to take pictures. In addition, Jun porcelain art makes people linger. Kong Jiajun porcelain has been given as a national gift for many times, so the price is not cheap.

Going out from the back door of Kongjia Jun Porcelain is Guzhen, a small town that mainly sells Jun Porcelain. It's very cheap, but you don't have to look at the quality.

The necklace in the fourth photo is Kong Jiajun porcelain, and the price is 180. The necklace in the last photo was bought in the ancient town, and the counter-offer was fifty or forty, each with its own beauty.

The fifth painting is a portrait of a great man. Can you see the great man in the Jun porcelain vase? Kong Jiajun porcelain exhibition hall has six portraits of great men.