Pengzhou has Notre Dame de Paris, a holy place for wedding photos.

Recently, an old church located halfway up the mountain has unconsciously become one of the most popular "location holy places" for newcomers to take wedding photos in Chengdu and even Sichuan. It is reported that this old church is the "Annunciation Convent" located in Huishui Village, Bailu Town, Pengzhou City. It has a history of 100 years and its geographical location is very "hidden". Driving from Chengdu, you have to go through gravel roads, dirt roads and field paths. After two hours of turbulence, you can see its true colors.

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Notre Dame de Paris hidden in the mountains.

I drove from Chengdu for two hours yesterday morning, and then climbed halfway up the mountain on foot. The reporter finally saw the legendary "old church". Two splayed circular open-air stairs, a main building about120m long from north to south, two wings of the same size, and the most special thing is a typical European Gothic chapel in the middle. The high arched roof, light beige exterior walls and light brown lines with different thicknesses are like a "Notre Dame de Paris" that transcends time and space. Walking around the courtyard, I suddenly found that the whole building still has the feeling of China quadrangle, which means the combination of Chinese and western.

Tang, the caretaker of the church, told the reporter a distant story. 100 years ago, a French missionary named Hong came all the way to Bailu Town and spent more than 20 years building the Catholic Church "Annunciation Convent" 1908 here.

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The photos of the church attracted the attention of newcomers.

According to the reporter, the old church was originally "hot" from the Internet. At first, some photographers took pictures of Annunciation Convent. The vicissitudes of life and beautiful buildings in the photo made this old church begin to attract attention. On weekends, many photographers drive to capture the spirit of European architecture. Later, some photographers posted photos online, which attracted the attention of many newlyweds who were pursuing romance.

According to an insider, as early as 2003, a couple came to Bailu Town to look for the church after seeing the "Annunciation Convent" post shot by a photographer on the Internet. At that time, the bride who was bumping all the way in her wedding dress was very uncomfortable, but as soon as she stepped into the old church, she immediately forgot the fatigue on the road. Leaning on the windowsill of the church more than 0/00 years ago, the bride and groom seemed to be incarnated as princes and princesses. Since then, more and more newcomers have chosen to take classical wedding photos here.

This old church receives 8 couples every day.

Going to "Annunciation Convent" to take classical European wedding photos once became a "romantic expectation" for taking wedding photos. Grandma Tang said that now, on sunny weekends, photographers and couples wearing wedding dresses can be seen taking wedding photos. In addition to the newcomers in Chengdu, there are also people from Shifang, Deyang, Mianyang, Xindu, Xinjin and even Ya 'an to take wedding photos.

Tang said that one day last year, eight couples actually took wedding photos at the old church at the same time. She said it was a sunny weekend, and the sunshine was very good. In the morning 10, a couple who changed their dresses were waiting at the door for filming. After a while, seven couples came one after another. The brides all wore pure white wedding dresses. On that day, the old church was very lively. There are brides in every corner, and the voices in their ears are flashing lights. Even the wing has become the bride's temporary dressing room. Because there are many people, some places have to queue up to take pictures! This scene really opened the eyes of the villagers who have been guarding the church all their lives. The old church is so popular!

Richie Jen is also fascinated by ancient churches.

Later, the small mountain village not only became the location "holy land" for many newcomers to take wedding photos, but also attracted many foreigners to visit and celebrities to come. Grandma Tang said that because "Annunciation Convent" is a Catholic church, Catholics will come to worship, including many foreigners with blue eyes and yellow hair. Let the villagers here feel very fresh.

The year before last, artist Richie Jen came to Annunciation Convent to shoot an advertisement at the invitation of a company. Knowing that the big star is coming, the whole white deer town is boiling. That morning, the dark crowd poured in from all directions and surrounded the "Annunciation Convent" from three floors outside. When Richie Jen arrived, he was also shocked by Notre Dame and gave a thumbs-up sign on the spot. "He likes the old church very much and has been looking around!" Tang recalled:

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The photo shoot went up to 150 yuan, and no one came once?

But it is puzzling that no tourists came to visit all morning, let alone newcomers to take wedding photos. Why is this legendary location "Holy Land" so deserted? When the reporter asked questions, Tang's mother-in-law told the reason. It turns out that the old church used to charge 100 yuan for people who came to take photos, but yesterday the charge rose to 150 yuan.

It is reported that Annunciation Convent stipulates that every time tourists visit 5 yuan and take wedding photos and advertisements, they have to pay 100 yuan. Mother-in-law Tang said that this is really a last resort. Many places in this old church have been destroyed. In recent years, there are more and more new people taking photos, and the cost of maintenance is also increasing year by year. In order to ensure the repair of the old church, the price increase was thought of.

Last month, Grandma Tang explained the reasons for the price increase to some photographers, but everyone said: If the price is too high, we will no longer consider taking wedding photos in the old church. Yesterday was the first day of price increase. Grandma Tang came to the church early, waiting for the couple to take pictures. Although it was sunny yesterday, after waiting for a morning, no couple came to take wedding photos, which was quite different from the usual weekend. Mother-in-law Tang is also a little depressed. She said she could only wait now.

At noon, the reporter left "Annunciation Convent" without waiting for the couple to take photos. But on the way down the mountain, a camera truck of a photo studio came face to face, and a couple in wedding dresses sat on it. According to the groom, they are going to take wedding photos in the old church and have no idea about the price increase of photos. But there is only one wedding in a lifetime, so the price is not that important. At 8 o'clock last night, the reporter got through the phone of Tang Popo. On the phone, mother-in-law Tang said happily that there were still two couples taking pictures in the afternoon, and she also expressed her understanding of the reasons for the price increase. The shooting process went very smoothly.