The ancient village of Chaji was built in the Tang Dynasty, and Cha Wenxi, who was the assassin of Xuanshu and Chizhou at that time, traveled to and fro between the two places, and was attracted by the landscapes and mountains here on the way, and then settled here in his later years.

The Bao Gong Ancestral Hall is currently the largest preserved ancestral hall in Cha Ji.

More than 200 ancient buildings from Yuan to Qing Dynasty have been preserved in the village, which have high historical and artistic value and are relatively well-preserved. The "Degong Hall House" built in the Yuan Dynasty is located in Shui Lang Lane in the village, with a three-storey doorway, low eaves in the hall, nanmu wood cornices, thick and rounded, and the column bases are overlaying disk type, without carving. The Ming Dynasty "Chung Ching Hall", "scholar door", carving fine, exquisite structure.

Degong Hall House.

The villagers here maintain a gentle and leisurely pace of life, and still retain the habit of washing clothes in the stream.

"Every year, more than two hundred schools and 20,000 schoolchildren come here to sketch."

Chaji Village is located in a mountainous area, where conditions for industrial development are lacking. In the past, villagers mainly relied on planting tea leaves and bamboo shoots in exchange for a meager income, or traveling to Shanghai and Zhejiang to earn money. Nowadays, Chaji Village develops characteristic industries according to local conditions, relying on the unique natural, historical and human resources such as ancient dwellings in Chaji. Nongjiajia, lodging, catering, etc. gradually emerged, more than two hundred schools each year, more than 20,000 students to write here, promoting the development of the local economy, the villagers' income increased, the infrastructure is also increasingly complete, and many of the talent out of the labor force back to the formation of a virtuous circle.

College students from Shanxi are sketching in Chaji Village, where they will stay for two weeks.

"Now every family can afford to buy a car, build a house, and live a happy life."

Chaji village from a poor and backward village, now known as the "painter's village", which can not be separated from a change, a key figure - Mr. Liu Xinsheng. The key person - Mr. Liu Xinsheng.

Mr. Liu Xinsheng.

Mr. Liu is a national-level artist, Chinese watercolor and gouache painter, and is the promoter and witness of the development of Chaji Village from a backward mountain village to today's "Painter Village".

In the eighties and nineties of the last century, Liu Lao has begun sketching in the village of Chaji, when the living conditions of Chaji village were very backward, out of love for the rich elements of sketching in Chaji, Liu Lao invited some of the country's famous painters, art schools to sketching classes in Chaji village. Artists rooted in the ancient village, in the fields to draw nourishment, in the ancient rustic life to get inspiration, created a lot of Chaji village as the theme of the work of art, but also led to the development of the local tourism industry and the villagers out of poverty to become rich.

The ancient Chaji is like a piece of diamond hidden in the mountains, which is constantly renewed and energized under the polishing of the painters' brush. Chaji village will combine economic development with the protection and utilization of cultural heritage, actively excavate, inherit and promote folk culture, improve the living conditions of farmers and the overall quality of life, ancient and modern collision, the millennium ancient village better.