There is a very idyllic ancient village hidden in Wenzhou, Zhejiang - Cunwei Ancient Village, where a group of kind-hearted people live. Here, you can feel the purest natural atmosphere and pictures between heaven and earth. This situation caught the attention of tourists. Here is a specific strategy guide.

Although it is a little-known village, the scenery is super beautiful, and it is known as the "Xiaojiu Village in Southern Zhejiang".

It has been left in the dense mountains and forests of southern Zhejiang. It has not been flooded by tourists and has not undergone excessive commercial transformation. Everything retains its original taste.

There are beautiful terraced fields here, even more beautiful than the Wuyuan terraced fields. Looking at the graceful lines, the farmers working the land outline the leisurely pastoral life in the morning mist.

The ancient forest road here is quieter than the Tea Horse Road. There are many ancient and famous trees growing on both sides. The trees are more than a century old, and their lush branches and leaves form a natural sunshade. Even in summer, it's not too hot to walk here.

But what you cannot miss is the beautiful covered bridge that amazes the world. Sitting on the bench of the ancient covered bridge, looking at the gurgling stream outside the window, the green mountains in the distance are as beautiful as eyebrows, which has a unique charm;

There are century-old trees, primitive ancient houses, etc. A small village contains so much beautiful scenery, it is really a great place to let your soul fly.

This is an ancient village at the end of the village, located to the north of Taishun Ridge in Wenzhou. It is packed with beautiful scenery and negative oxygen ions. If you don’t know where to go to relax during the holidays, you might as well check out this fun little mountain village. I believe you won't be disappointed.

1. The ancient Qingxi small terraces

left the beauty of Taishun.

Although Cunwei Ancient Village is small in area, it has beautiful scenery, dense vegetation, and a forest coverage rate of up to 90%. The space between breaths is filled with negative oxygen ions.

It is not an attraction in the traditional sense and does not require tickets. Instead, it became a retreat for many locals and tourists alike. Before coming to the ancient village at the end of the village, I heard this description: "It is beautiful all year round. There are green mountains and green bamboos in spring and summer, terraced fields in autumn, and red leaves and falling snow in winter. It is picturesque and intoxicating."

< p>I thought this was an exaggerated description of the scenery, but when I saw it with my own eyes, I was immersed in the picturesque beauty.

Ling Terraces

Terraces are a miracle created in the process of human farming civilization: mountains and rivers are like plain paper, farm tools are like magic pens, and humans and nature cooperate to leave a stunning landscape in the mountains. Pictures.

The ridge platform is such a beautiful painting that is tainted with the poetry of Jiangnan. Although it is not as magnificent as the terraces in Yunnan, nor as unique as the terraces in Guizhou, it has a smart beauty like Xiaojiabiyu, which vividly shows the exquisite and lovely appearance of the terraces in the south of the Yangtze River.

Every year during the spring planting and autumn harvest, experienced travel enthusiasts will come to the ancient village at the end of the village to stay for a few days, just to feast their eyes and experience the quiet pastoral life of the "quiet years".

Tianguanshan Ancient Road

Those who love hiking are no strangers to the ancient Tianguanshan Road. It is one of the top ten forest roads in Wenzhou. It has a history of thousands of years and is a famous place to escape the summer heat.

When the temperature inside the besieged city soars to 30 degrees, it still maintains a cool temperature of more than 20 degrees. Along the way, you will be accompanied by green mountains and green waters, accompanied by the chirping of birds in the streams. The wind blows through the hair, taking away the heat of summer and leaving the unique natural fragrance of the forest on the ends of the hair.

If you don’t want to hike, there are stone benches and tables along the ancient trail for people to rest. Stay quietly under the shade of the swaying trees, listening to the rustling leaves, like the whispers of the ancient and famous trees on both sides, telling you the story of an ordinary but extraordinary town.

This kind of leisurely life of "looking at the flowers blooming and falling in front of the court, despising the clouds in the sky" is the life that Xiao Feijun yearns for.

Xishui Wanle

In ancient times, there was running water beside Tianguan Mountain Road, and you can hear the "ding-dong" sound of the spring stream when you walk along the mountain. Playing in a mountain spring surrounded by trees is the most pleasant thing. Take off your shoes and step into the water. Occasionally, I squat down and splash water, and the cold stream water drips on my cheeks. The coolness soaks into my skin, which is super refreshing. Even if you don't play in the water, the stream water will keep your arms cold for a long time.

However, in the ancient village at the end of the village, the most interesting way to trace the river is to step on the foothills and jump between streams. An anchorage is an ancient tool for crossing streams by arranging a number of stones of essentially the same shape and size in a stream to form a path.

From a distance, it looks like a row of black piano keys, with the water flowing through them filling in the missing white keys. The two played the unique mountain spring music of Cunwei Ancient Village together.

Bat Mountain

The other end of Bat Mountain is Fujian. Maybe Fujian got its name from Bat Mountain? Suddenly I had the urge to go over the mountain and see what Fujian is like on the other side of the mountain. Maybe it’s a paradise like Cunwei Old Village.

2. The Old Man’s House with Covered Bridges and Flowing Waters

More charming than Wuzhen

It seems that all the ancient villages and towns in Zhejiang have been dug up. Wuzhen Xitang in the front attracts a large number of tourist groups, while Anchang and Jinxi in the back attract an endless stream of tourists.

All that is left of these highly commercialized ancient villages and towns is an empty frame, but they have long since lost their souls. It is becoming increasingly difficult to find original ancient villages.

However, the ancient village at the end of the village is proud of its peach blossom land-like location and still maintains the original flavor of the ancient village. Without interference from the outside world, it has only entered the public eye in recent years. It does not have the temperament of an Internet celebrity, so it conquers you with its simple folk customs.

Guling Dwellings

You can see the ancient houses with black tiles and stone walls from the entrance of the village. Different from other "white wall tiles" in the south of the Yangtze River, in humid and rainy valleys, stone walls, as a supplement to wooden structures, are both fireproof and moisture-proof, embodying the experience and wisdom of many ancestors.

A stone wall uses the simplest earth and stone in nature to show the most beautiful scenery in life. There is no need to deliberately carve, the original texture of the stone reveals a unique simplicity and nature.

Walking in the stone-walled houses in the ancient village at the end of the village, the aroma of farm rice wafts in the curling smoke; there are the sounds of children playing on the stone road; among the green mountains, the villagers are filled with the joy of living and working in peace and contentment. .....................

Tonglang Bridge

Stills

The 1995 movie " "Covered Bridge's Lost Dream" takes a beautiful image of a covered bridge with eaves above and bridge below. But the most beautiful covered bridges in the world are not in Europe and America, but in southern China.

Cunwei Ancient Village in southern Zhejiang still retains its exquisite and ancient covered bridges, the most famous of which is the Letong Covered Bridge. Across the Lingbei River, it is a typical leisure bridge. All bridges are not nailed or riveted, but are closely connected with rafters and trusses; its arch is made of hundreds of straight trees intertwined, woven, crimped and interlocked, making it a masterpiece in the history of world bridges.

In addition to the difficult construction process, the beautiful covered bridge is also of great ornamental value. The gallery is divided into three floors, with 20 corners tilted upward, light and lively like a bird spreading its wings. The walls are decorated with dragons and phoenixes, lifelike and lifelike. The whole bridge is like a corridor of poetry and painting, perfectly combining practicality and artistry.

Tonglang Bridge not only serves as a transportation function across the river, but is also a good place for villagers to socialize. In summer, I sit on the bridge to enjoy the cool air and talk about my parents’ shortcomings, which is full of fireworks.

3. The hidden dream of Cunwei Ancient Village

There are also these delicious foods that you cannot miss.

As the saying goes, "the soil and water support the people." The ancient village is surrounded by mountains and rivers, with superior natural conditions and the best ingredients. To borrow the words of "Covered Bridge's Lost Dreams": High-end ingredients often only require the most primitive cooking methods.

Cunweicun’s dishes do not require complicated techniques and have strong local flavor

The rice noodles are soft on the outside and tough on the inside, and taste like rice. The excellent rice noodles are soft and elastic, and the duangduang is very appetizing. Offal is made from green beans, cowpeas, shredded radish, pork, etc. You can add dregs, peanuts, and chili sauce according to your own taste.

Feijun recommends adding some oil residue to eat. The fried residue is crispy and has some oil stars, but it is not greasy when put into the rice balls. On the contrary, it enriches the taste and is full of oil.

Glutinous rice bran

In Lingbei, the highest etiquette for entertaining guests is glutinous rice. It is made from local high-quality glutinous rice that is steamed and beaten repeatedly. Although this process is hard, it is also interesting.

Use the glutinous rice dough and throw it into a seasoning bowl (the seasoning usually consists of soy flour, peanut flour, sesame seeds and sugar). Roll, roll, roll, roll into a small ball wrapped with seasonings, and it's done.

The yellow and pink shell is sweet and soft to bite, and you can't move your feet when you see the sweet food.

Beautiful connection

As a delicacy of Wenzhou’s intangible cultural heritage, nine-layer cakes are preserved throughout Wenzhou. Among them, Taishun can be eaten in the most diverse ways, including frying, stir-frying, and soup.

It can also be seasoned with soy sauce and pepper and eaten as a dip, which shocked friends in other parts of Wenzhou.

But the taste of Xiangnuo is similar. Another interesting thing about eating nine-layer cake is that you can’t cut it with a knife, you have to use a thread to cut it. This may be a tacit understanding that only Wenzhou people can understand.

There is more than one kind of nine-layer cake on the market now. In addition to the original flavor, there are also red beans, red dates, black rice, etc. But if it is your first time to taste nine-layer cake, it is recommended to eat the original flavor first. The simplest flavors are often the most soulful.

Practical Information

[Transportation]

Address: Wei Village, Lingbei Village, Luoyang Town, Taishun County, Wenzhou.

Travel: There is no high-speed rail in Taishun County, so you must first take the train at Wenzhou Station. You can also take a bus directly from Hangzhou to Taishun Passenger Transport Center, the fare is 165 yuan/person; then take a taxi to Cunwei Village, which takes about 40 minutes.

[Eat and drink]

The recommended local snacks are basically not a hit and are sold in many stores.

[Accommodation]

There are not many inns at the end of the village, so be sure to book in advance. About 300 yuan/night.