The current situation of Tongren Ancient City

Tongren City Zhongnanmen Ancient City is located in the center of Tongren, with a total area of ??36,685 square meters and a total area of ??ancient residential buildings of 25,544 square meters. It is the only remaining original historical district in Tongren City that reflects the style of the ancient city. , is a unique national cultural resource in Tongren City. The ancient buildings are arranged on both sides of the road with the north-south Zhongshan Road as the longitudinal axis, and are connected by countless east-west lanes. Watchtowers, ancestral halls, houses, shops, lanes, city walls, and docks are gradually arranged. Large quantity and complete variety. According to surveys, most of the residential buildings in the ancient city have a history of two to three hundred years, and most of them were left over from the Ming and Qing Dynasties. The residential buildings, religious buildings, and commercial building styles of various ethnic groups are cleverly combined here. Qiandong culture, Central Plains culture, Huizhou merchant culture meets and integrates here, intuitively reflecting the history of urban development. May 19, 2013 is the first "China Tourism Day". In order to celebrate this festival grandly, give full play to the positive role of tourism in inheriting Chinese civilization, protecting the natural environment, and promoting economic and social development, and create a good atmosphere for supporting and participating in tourism in the whole society, the Tongren Municipal People's Government, Tongren Regional Tourism From May 19th to 25th, the Bureau held the "Taoyuan Tongren·Ming and Qing Ancient City" first "China Tourism Day" Tongren Ancient City Cultural Tourism Festival in Tongren Ancient City.

It is reported that the ancient city of Tongren was born from the confluence of two rivers. Historical records record that during the Yuan Dynasty, a fisherman obtained three bronze statues of Confucianism, Buddhism and Taoism at the confluence of the large and small rivers outside the ancient city, hence the name of the ancient city. Recent archeology shows that around three thousand years ago, both sides of the Jinjiang River in Tongren were densely populated and culturally prosperous. During the Ming and Qing Dynasties, boats were traveling back and forth, merchants gathered, and there were many guild halls. It enjoyed the reputation of "Qiandong Guizhou Protector's Merchant Inn". In the second year of Jingtai in the Ming Dynasty (AD 1451), Zhu Keng, the prefect of the Ming Dynasty, started to build the earth city based on the river. Later, successive government officials continued to build stone towers, forming a layout of nine gates, three streets and six lanes. The ancient city is well preserved to this day, with ancient streets, ancient lanes, ancient city pools, water piers, ancient wells, ancient trees, and ancient courtyard wooden houses all existing in rows and rows with blue bricks and black tiles. It is a rare physical archive of urban development. In 2006, it was announced as a national key cultural relic protection unit by the State Council. Nowadays, the two levels of Tongren and city governments have raised funds from various sources to carry out protective repair and development of the ancient city. It was officially opened to the public on May 1, 2013. The ancient city is full of new vitality and is of great viewing and experience value.