Fenghuang Ancient City is located in Jishou City, Xiangxi Autonomous Prefecture, Phoenix County, southwest of the ancient city of Phoenix, Xiangxi, there is a mountain resembles the wings of the phoenix, the ancient city so named. Xiangxi Phoenix is located in the southwest of Hunan Xiangxi Autonomous Prefecture, is a Miao, Tujia-based ethnic minorities gathered in the county. It is located on the banks of the Tuo River, surrounded by mountains, and was once praised by the famous New Zealand writer Louis Avery as the most beautiful small city in China.On December 17, 2001, Phoenix in western Hunan Province was listed as a famous historical and cultural city in China by the State Council.
The ancient city has beautiful scenery. Inside the city, there are stone streets, ancient city buildings, Ming and Qing dynasty courtyard; outside the city Tuojiang River meanders, the river is fresh and clean, paddle sound boat shadow, mountain songs and answer each other, a quiet and peaceful small town scenery.
Phoenix Ancient City attractions are: Tuojiang River rafting, along the river to enjoy the Miao foot group of buildings, a generation of literary greatness - Shen Congwen's former residence, China's first Cabinet Premier - Xiong Xiling's former residence, Yang Family Ancestral Hall, the East Gate City Hall, Hongqiao Wind and Rain Building, Wanshou Palace, Chongde Hall, Old Town Museum and so on. Shen Congwen once described Phoenix in this way: "If you look for it on some older map from a hundred years ago, you can find a small point called 'Zhengan' in a very remote corner of northern Guizhou, eastern Sichuan and western Hunan, which, like other small points, should in fact have a city, where three to five thousand people are settled. In fact, there should be a city, in that city, to settle down three or five thousand people ...... "This is a layer of mystery veil of the ancient city of phoenix. Shen Congwen a song "Border City", his soul dreaming of his native land depicted as a picturesque, like a dream like a song, breathtaking, but also this silent and deep small city to the world. Self-proclaimed "difficult people" master of painting and calligraphy Huang Yongyu, traveled all over the world, but stubbornly with an ingenious "Cuicui Building" to write his strong feelings of love for his hometown. So in Phoenix, because of the politician's understanding, you can go to Wenxing Street to see Xiong Xiling's former residence; because of the literary master's admiration, you can go to Zhongying Street to see Shen Congwen's former residence and listen to the Tao Mountain Shen Congwen cemetery; because of the famous artist's fascination, you can go to see Mr. Huang Yongyu repair "Raider of Cuilu. How to visit Phoenix
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Fenghuang Ancient City is not too big and not too small. It will take about an hour to walk around the ancient city. The first thing to do when you arrive at the ancient city is to find a preferred hostel to stay. There are a lot of hostels in the city, and you can enjoy the scenery of Tuojiang River from the window. If you think it is too expensive, you can find a youth hostel outside the city to stay, in and out of the old city without paying another fee, but also very convenient.
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Wake up early in the morning at 6:00-7:00 am, stroll through the quiet alleys of the old city, and breathe in the super fresh air.
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During the day, lazily sitting in a small store, drinking green tea or coffee, basking in the warm sun, and ordering a plate of snacks, playing cards while looking at the scenery of the old city, feeling comfortable.
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If the ancient city of Phoenix is like a quiet girl during the day, then the ancient town at night is full of wild Cambodian women. The number of bars in the ancient town is quite large, not large, but there is a kind of combination of Chinese and Western rustic style, a variety of creative graffiti and personalized accessories, looking out of the window of the footstools, there is a kind of paradise feeling, as if the hustle and bustle of the city have nothing to do with them, and any negative emotions can be infected by the simplicity of those and the joy of a trace of nothing left here.
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The whole small town of Phoenix is a bar, where there is ambiguity, disorientation, clutter and corruption. An avant-garde bar or hidden in the market or exposed in the riverside, and the original rustic backwardness of the ancient town in disharmonious coordination. The special significance of the bar as far as the ancient city of Phoenix is that it allows many people who have fled from the city to "leave their hometowns but not their land".
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There are thousands of small stores in Phoenix, so be sure to take a day and shop one by one. It turns out that traveling and shopping in the ancient city of Phoenix is also a kind of enjoyment. The ancient city is very chaotic, the first time to go to the people will certainly get lost, in case of lost you can look at the road signs, although there are indicated the general direction, but it is still very easy to get lost, huh?
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Phoenix snacks
When it comes to food, Phoenix has to mention a few specialties, in the ancient city can taste the spicy and tasty blood duck (can be made spicy, spicy, mildly spicy), the Miao family vegetables tofu, glutinous rice sour chili, Xiangxi rice noodles, fern fried smoked preserved pork every other year, boiled bean curd in sour soup, Xiangxi phoenix ginger candy, Xiangxi patty cake, special home-made fruit wine, rice wine, snacks, etc. The food will be served in a variety of ways, such as: rice wine, rice wine, specialty snacks, and so on. Just looking at the specialties reflecting the local customs will make people's mouths water. Hongqiao is a special attraction in Phoenix and also the middle ground. With the Rainbow Bridge as the dividing zone, there are restaurants, bars and stalls with different specialties in the southeast and northwest.
Blood Duck
Ginger candies made on site
Stinky tofu and fried shrimp for 5 yuan a serving
Walnut cake for 10 yuan a bag
Snacks made from glutinous rice, not sure what they are called
Small Ants Recommendations - Things you have to do when in Phoenix
Laze about in an ancient Phoenix footstool, make a pot of tea, bask in the The sun, nothing to think about, let yourself get lost in the picture.
Tuojiang River rafting, enjoy the ancient city sunset, listening to the boatman's song, let the thoughts drift with the wind, quietly waiting for the nightfall.
Walking in Phoenix on a rainy day. The rainy alley, footsteps beat on the hemp stone street, looking for the heart of the rainy alley plot.
Put the river lanterns on the Tuojiang River to pray for blessings. When the night falls, in the Tuojiang River, put down a wishing lamp, put down their own good wishes.
Go to Phoenix Ancient City, find Zhangjiajie small ants travel, take you slowly taste Phoenix.
Fenghuang ancient city tour costs about five hundred.
Fenghuang ancient city is suitable for traveling all year round.