Taking advantage of the beautiful weather these days, I came to Changting. Changting is a famous ancient city of Tang and Song Dynasties and a national historical and cultural city. Changting, known as Tingzhou in ancient times, was the first prefectural city where Hakkas lived together. It is known as the capital of Hakkas and one of the holy places of the Chinese revolution.

It was almost noon when we arrived in Changting. There are many shops on the streets here that sell braised pork loins and braised pork. They seem to be in good business, so I’ll give them a try first. The noodles and vermicelli are priced at two yuan a bowl, and the stew soup is ten yuan a cup. It contains pork liver, pork, and the like, and seems to also include wine. As for the taste, it's very Hakka. After dinner, we went out to pay our respects to the Martyr Qu Qiubai Memorial Garden. The memorial hall is solemn and solemn, with evergreen pines and cypresses. The Memorial Hall of General Yang Chengwu is also inside. General Yang was born as a Hakka in Changting.

After leaving the memorial hall, we went all the way to Jichuan Gate. The ancient city gate was renovated and glowed with new life. We walked on the Shuidong Bridge in front of Jichuan Gate and looked at the two sides of the river, and saw the scenery on both sides. It's beautiful, with green mountains and green mountains in the distance, and the sun shines on the water, creating sparkling waves.

After crossing Shuidong Bridge, we walked up the ancient city wall with the flow of people. The ancient city wall of Tingzhou was built in the Tang Dynasty. It rests on a mountain and faces a stream, forming a pattern of a city in the mountains and water in the city. By the Ming and Qing Dynasties, it was more than 5,000 meters long and had twelve city gates. After continuous repairs, the ancient city wall looked like what it is today.

Louis Alley once praised the ancient city of Tingzhou as one of the most beautiful mountain cities in China. Stroll on the blue bricks on the city wall and look at the scenery inside and outside the city wall. Inside the city wall, modernity and tradition are intertwined, ancient and young coexist, creating a beautiful cultural scenery without any sense of disharmony.

Go down the Huiji Gate along the city wall. In front of you is Diantou Street. The wooden pavilions on the street are very exquisite.

The shops along the street are decorated in an antique style, and traces of time can be seen on some door panels and thresholds.

There are various stores along the street, including snacks, gadgets, entertainment, and barber shops... You can shop and eat here. It is very comfortable. Although it was a holiday when I went, it was not particularly crowded. It's quite comfortable to have people coming and going. The local ginger candies, wooden hammer cakes, and taro sticks all taste good and the prices are affordable. You can buy some as souvenirs.

There are many beautiful ladies wearing Hanfu on the small street, taking pictures there.

Walking on Diantou Street, I turned into an alley. The ancient houses in the alley were full of vicissitudes of time. Next door to this ancient house is the Youjia Courtyard, which is now converted into an inn. There are many traditional things preserved inside.

Come out of Youjia Courtyard, shuttle between shops again, and come to the other end of Diantou Street. The carvings on the street pavilions are exquisite and reveal their primitive beauty.

There is a city gate on the left side of Diankou Street, called Guangchu Gate. The chairs under the gate are very smooth with tourists sitting on them.

The Confucian Temple on Zhaozheng Road, not far from Diantou Street, is also called the Confucius Temple. It was built in the third year of Shaoxing in the Song Dynasty. The Confucian Temple is simple and spectacular. The stone lions on the stone bridge at the entrance and the moss on the green bricks are reflected. As soon as you see it, you feel like time flies. The Confucian Temple also enshrines the shrines of twelve sages and seventy-two sages. Here, the Hakka people’s admiration for literature and religion can be seen.

Due to time constraints, we can only visit the Hakka Museum in a hurry. The ancient cypress trees inside are said to be from the Tang Dynasty.

It was getting dark, and I wanted to go to Shuidong Street to find something to eat, but I accidentally walked on an old street and realized that it was Dongda Street. There is an ancient stone road here.

Go along East Street and climb up to the Chaotian Gate Tower. People near the tower moved out chairs to enjoy the cool air. Looking down from the tower, there are thousands of lights, shining brightly. The tower is very quiet without the hustle and bustle of the day. The afterglow of the sunset on the horizon interweaves with the dark blue night, reflecting the dots of lanterns, forming a beautiful picture. I found a step and sat down, took a sip of tea, and tasted it quietly, feeling like I was going back in time. At this time, the mountain city is like a gentle woman, soft and quiet.