Datong Ancient Town, Chishui City--history written in stone!

After passing through the Chishui Red Stone Wild Valley at 4 pm on May 7, 2017, take the Suzhou Jinlong Bus to Datong Ancient Town. Datong Ancient Town is located on the bank of Chishui River, Chishui City, Zunyi City, Guizhou Province. All kinds of local specialties, raw and cooked medicinal materials from the Sichuan-Guizhou border in the early Qing Dynasty were delivered here, and timber and bamboo rafts were floated on bamboo rafts in the northeastern town.

We strolled through the ancient town, and various stone slabs were naturally put together. The flat stone slabs led the road to a new corner again. The color of the slate is slightly red. Observing carefully, you can feel as if you hear a gentle knock and see the years of growth rings.

When we stepped into the lower pier of Dadongchang, beauties saw the water pier and poured in one after another. The water in the river was turbid, like the water of the Yellow River, but the air here was good. The beauties took out their mobile phones to take selfies. Did you have a lot of fun?

? "It used to be difficult to change the sea." The commercial market here has been prosperous since ancient times. It indeed forms a harmonious and beautiful natural and humanistic ecological environment with mountains, water, and forests, reflecting the era of self-sufficient small-scale farmer economy. historical features.

As we walked and looked around, the shops were filled with local specialties: matsutake mushrooms, bamboo fungus eggs, Hericium erinaceus, shiitake mushrooms, magnolia slices, porcini mushrooms, and natural russula?

< p> When we walked to the ticket sign, it was a good idea to exchange the tickets for souvenirs: water, peanuts, ice cream, hand-made ice powder, and stone-ground cold cakes!

On the street of the ancient town, an old man bakes fried rice dumplings. You can also exchange tickets for them! Fragrant and fragrant?

Datong is most famous for its blacksmith shop. Small iron tools such as nails and iron tips used on old ships have become Datong’s main industrial products. At its peak, there were sixty or seventy blacksmith shops in the small town of less than 300 households, and every business was booming. The elders said that there were few quiet moments in Datong at that time. The clanking of iron and the whirring of bellows were accompanied by ships coming and going to congratulate each other all day long, and the excitement was very lively. The adults here work and the children study without being urged. When you hear the clanging sound of iron in the blacksmith shop, you just do what you need to do?

Whether it is Laochang City or the ancient town, they have experienced prosperity. Today, The rolling clouds and the blooming and falling flowers seem to be far away from the people in the ancient town. The old man sitting by the threshold reading a book is as calm as the urchins playing on the street. Those original historical features attract people to pursue, experience, and feel the long-gone life style. Blue bricks, arches, and stone streets, different dynasties interpret different stories here. Nowadays, fashion stores and home appliance stores for city dwellers are also open in the ancient town. There are not many, but they still convey the atmosphere of real society. The high heels of the girls in the ancient town also grace the bluestone steps. In Chishui, you have seen waterfalls, Danxia, ??cypress trees, and bamboo seas, and then walked around the ancient towns and streets. No matter what, you can read the magic of nature and the profound history.