Nowadays, when it comes to ancient towns in China, I believe many people will think of ancient towns in Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces, such as Wuzhen and Zhouzhuang, which are famous at home and abroad. These ancient towns are not only popular, but also famous tourist destinations in China. In fact, there is also a thousand-year-old town in Chongqing, a network celebrity. It was once as famous as Wuzhen, Zhouzhuang and other ancient towns, and it was the first town selected in the same batch: a famous historical and cultural town in China.

Chongqing, an ancient town once comparable to Wuzhen and Zhouzhuang, has gradually faded out of people's sight, and now it is gradually forgotten by tourists. It is located in Xituo Ancient Town, Shizhu Tujia Autonomous County, Chongqing. It is a small town with a long history and culture of thousands of years. Now it is one of the best preserved ancient towns in Chongqing and enjoys the reputation of "one foot in three counties" in the local area.

Xituo ancient town is named Xituo because of its backwater adjacent to the south bank of the Yangtze River. The special geographical location makes the living customs and cultural traditions of the people in the ancient town completely different from those in other ancient towns. Today, there are still a large number of ancient buildings and many ancient traditional cultural customs here, and these ancient traditional cultural customs also make this low-key thousand-year-old town look more pyrotechnic and attractive.

Xituo ancient town in Chongqing was a very famous border town during the Warring States Period. It once belonged to Pakistan's territory and was a battleground for ancient military strategists. The water transportation here is developed, and the salt transported here by water from all over the country is distributed and sold here, which has made great contributions to the salt supply in the whole southwest region. Therefore, the ancient town of Xituo is also a thousand-year-old town that is prosperous due to the salt market.

Now, in the ancient town of Xituo, you can still see the footprints left by your husband who transported salt in those days. The stone steps in the ancient town are the ancient roads that husbands must pass through every day. Today's Xituo ancient town, although the overall popularity can not be compared with Wuzhen Zhouzhuang and other ancient towns, but it is precisely because of being forgotten that a large number of ancient town buildings have been preserved in the ancient town, and the whole ancient town has retained the original ancient town atmosphere.

There is not much commercial flavor in the whole ancient town, and the original appearance of the ancient town has been preserved. At present, Ziyun Palace, Yu Palace, Wantong Palace and Yongcheng Commercial Building in ancient towns are all very old buildings, and the landmark ancient buildings in these ancient towns are basically ancient buildings with a history of more than 100 years. During the day, Xituo ancient town occasionally attracts a few tourists, but at night, the red lanterns of every household in Xituo ancient town are hung high and lit, making the ancient town more peaceful and mysterious.