1, Huanglongxi
One of the top ten ancient water towns in China.
Introduction to the ancient town:
Huanglongxi, an ancient town in western Sichuan with a history of 1700 years, is located in Shuangliu County, about 30 kilometers southeast of Chengdu. Six old streets, including Main Street, Xinjie Street, Hengjie Street, Shanghe Street, Xiahe Street and Fuxing Street, have just been closed for one year, and all of them have been paved with Hongshi Street. The buildings on both sides have also recovered their original colors and are antique.
Huanglongxi ancient town, buildings in Ming and Qing dynasties abound, and it has been well preserved so far. Red paved streets, pavilions with wooden columns and green tiles, beautifully carved railings and windows all give people a feeling of ancient simplicity and tranquility. There are also six big banyan trees in the town, all of which are over a thousand years old. They are flourishing, covering the sky, vigorous and heavy, adding a lot of aura to the ancient town. There are three deep old streets in the town: Zhenjiang Temple, Chaoyin Temple and Gulong Temple. There are many small restaurants on both sides of the street, most of which are hung with white wine flags on a blue background, such as "Fish Alley", "Luhuitou" and "Sugar Restaurant", which keep dancing in the wind to attract guests. Stone mill tofu is very famous in the ancient town. Almost every family can do it, but each has its own characteristics. Walking through a street, I saw another alley, with bare bluestone roads, shiny black door panels, antique signs under my feet, and a strong ancient style.
In the ancient town, the most distinctive thing is its teahouse. Roadsides, riverbanks, bamboo forests, bamboo stands, chairs and stools, and colorful umbrellas have become an attractive landscape in the ancient town. A bowl of tea costs two or three yuan, and you can sit for a day, especially for the elderly. Walking birds and drinking tea in the restaurant in the morning is not expensive, but it is a leisurely and elegant enjoyment.
Every year from the first day of the first month to the fifth day of the first month, Huanglongxi will also hold entertainment activities such as playing fire dragons and water dragons.
Editor: Huanglongxi is one of the top ten ancient towns in China. You must go to this famous town. The most beautiful time in Longxi is rain and fog, foggy and poetic.
Travel information
Bus route: There is a shuttle bus from Chengdu Xinnanmen Bus Station to Huanglongxi from 8: 00 to 16: 00, and there is a 8 yuan per person every hour; Hongpailou runs every half hour, 7 yuan/person.
Accommodation: elbow with pepper skin, pearl tofu, scrambled eggs with wild vegetables, fried wild vegetable ash with vegetables, braised yellow diced pork, hot sauce, etc. This is the special food of Huanglongxi. You must try. The most enjoyable thing is to rent a boat, around 100, order all kinds of delicious food and enjoy the scenery on both sides of the strait. After a full meal, you can go ashore and visit the Buddhist temple. The boatman will wait on the shore and return to the ancient town by boat in two hours.
One night in town, 15 yuan -40 yuan/person. Usually you can return to Chengdu on the same day when you visit Huanglongxi.
2. Yuelai Ancient Town
Adjacent to Xiling Snow Mountain
Introduction to the ancient town:
Laigu Town, located in Heming Township, Dayi County, is the main throat leading to Xiling Snow Mountain and Huashuiwan Hot Spring. Yuelai is a typical ancient town in western Sichuan. On the yue lai zhen, everything is quiet and peaceful. People are playing Changchuan cards in the lazy afternoon sunshine, sitting in a small tea shop by the bridge and drinking a bowl of scented tea at 30 cents. Time seems to stop here, and the excitement and noise in the eyes are just illusory.
Yuejia town is not big, only four blocks. Ancient buildings are mainly concentrated in Yuelaizheng Street and Heba Street, which are basically the architectural styles of small towns in western Sichuan from the late Qing Dynasty to the Republic of China. There are many houses that combine Chinese and western architectural elements, which makes Yuelai Ancient Town different from other ancient towns.
The scenery of the town is very simple. In the lower section of Yuelai Street, you will see a row of old and short walls. According to local people, this is the former site of the famous "Chuangong". Besides, No.309 in this street is worth seeing. Che Yaoxian, a revolutionary martyr, once lived here, but he was the founder of NuliMeal, an old Chengdu hotel. There is a small temple in the middle of Heba Street, and the locals call it "Zhangda Confucius Temple". The legend is to commemorate the local good people who rebuilt this street and house. At the end of River Street is Helin Bridge, built at 1920. It is covered with wooden boards, and it is still a trembling feeling to walk on it.
Things in the city are very cheap. Xinchang town is at the corner of this street, where two main roads cross. Go straight through Sunjiapo to Xiling Snow Mountain, and then take a trip across Yoko Mountain to Chongzhou huaiyuan town.
Travel information
Bus route: Take a bus to Dayi at Jinsha Bus Terminal, with ticket 10 yuan/person. After arriving in Dayi, transfer to the bus to Yuelai. From Dayi to Yuelai, the fare is 2.5 yuan, and it takes about 30 minutes by car. If you come from Pingluo, you can also get off at Guandu gas station when you return to Dayi, and then cross the road and wait for the passing car to come to Yuelai.
Gourmet: There are many small restaurants in Yuelai Ancient Town. Of course, the most distinctive ones are Mayang, goat milk soup, steamed vegetables and wild mushrooms.
3. Huaiyuan Ancient Town
Zhubian resort
Introduction to the ancient town:
Huaiyuan Ancient Town is located in chongzhou city, and its history can be traced back to 1600 years ago. This is a small town with an area of only one square kilometer.
Most of the ancient towns were built in the Qing Dynasty and the Republic of China, while maintaining the pattern of four doors and four streets. There are more than 30 streets, of which 10 is well preserved, including Xiaobei Street, Nanjie Street, Xiaxin Street, Zhengxi Street and Linjiang Street. Most of the buildings were built according to the rules of the Ministry of Industry in the Qing Dynasty, mostly wooden structures. The basic characteristics of Huaiyuan ancient town are street pillars, the combination of front hall and backyard, corridors and quadrangles, but its specific streets and lanes have many different characteristics.
More than 20 criss-crossing streets are covered with silk shops, tea shops, bamboo weaving shops, oil mills and pharmacies. The market in this town is very busy on a single day. Huaiyuan's most famous "three weaves": rattan weave, brown weave and bamboo weave. Almost every family has skilled craftsmen, rattan, brown and bamboo have become works of art in the hands of those old people, and there are dazzling things along the street. Huaiyuan has a large number of "three departments" professionals. According to the preliminary statistics of 1985, there are more than 3,000 professional households with employees in the town 1900 households. In the town east, a 900-meter-long rattan street is rising at the section of Donghuahuai Road and the lower section of Wenjing New Street. At present, more than 30 large rattan companies have set up workshops here.
Appearance:
In huaiyuan town, we can not only see the complete wooden pavement of Doby structural houses (there are no nails at the joints, and no glue is used! The bright part of the roof is called "bright tile", which is a kind of glass with the same shape as tile and is used for indoor lighting. According to the data, most of the buildings here were built in the Qing Dynasty and the Republic of China), and many of the buildings of that year can be seen faintly, such as architectural decorations such as gates and wood carvings, and there is even a very clear slogan "Quotations from Chairman Mao" (it should be at least 25 years old)!
Walking into a small street by the river, an ancient courtyard appeared in front of the reporter, with the words "Lin ancestral hall" on the mottled wall. (Picture) This is an ancestral temple built in Xianfeng period of Qing Dynasty. Entering the main entrance, the spacious quadrangle was busy, and dozens of old people gathered here to play cards and set up a dragon gate array. The smile on their faces and the birdcage around them show that they live a leisurely life. Wu Jianying, a staff member of Huaiyuan Ancient Town, said that the main building of this ancestral hall has been well preserved so far, completely retaining the unique brand of pure Nanmu ancestral hall in the city. The documents engraved with the Qing emperor are fluent in writing, vigorous and beautiful in font, and beautifully carved.
Travel information
Bus route: You can take a bus from Chengdu Jinsha Station, Shiyangchang Station and North Railway Station to Chongzhou.
Tofu curtain is fresh, delicious and nutritious. The frozen cakes in Huaiyuan have a history of more than 200 years. Authentic parfait is naturally fermented with rice pulp and refined with lard. The entrance turned to slag, and the fragrance was overflowing. The history of Ye can be traced back to the Western Jin Dynasty, and its predecessor was the well-known "vegetable whip". Nowadays, there are more than 10 snack bars in Huaiyuan, mainly Ye, which are located on the bustling street about 500 meters above Wenjing Road. I recommend Ye Baer, the old-school "Miss Huang" opposite the bus stop. The fresh fragrance of grapefruit leaves makes people drool when you think about it. Small hotels in town, 10 yuan/person.
Zhou Wang is a delicious place. The blood sausage in the shop is not only delicious but also full of weight. If a family goes to eat, it will cost tens of dollars to eat comfortably. In addition, my husband has a shop called "Tofu Bean Flower" on the roadside. This bean curd brain, a famous dish in southern Sichuan, is better interpreted in the ancient town. It is made of minced meat and tofu pudding. It tastes like meat and smells like tofu pudding. Refreshing and oily, long and delicious.
4. Jiezichang Ancient Town
Qingcheng back garden
Introduction to the ancient town:
Street is quite famous in many ancient towns around Chengdu 10, and still follows the typical composition of ancient towns in western Sichuan with low-eaves wooden doors and Qingshi Road. However, compared with those ancient towns with wide roads in front of them, the streets here are like Sifang Street in Lijiang, and the clear water flowing down from both sides of the street shows the simplicity and elegance of the street.
Jieyuan is located at the foot of Fengqi Mountain, 25 kilometers northwest of chongzhou city, and is connected with the back mountain of Qingcheng, close to the mountain and beside the water. It not only has the benefits of beautiful mountains and water, but also has 32 temples and other historical sites centered on Yan Guang Temple, which is an ancient temple in the Tang Dynasty integrating natural and human landscapes.
There are ancient temples in Jin Dynasty-Yan Guang Temple, Fengqi Mountain Tourist Scenic Area, thousands of acres of virgin forest, Millennium Ginkgo biloba, Millennium ancient south, Shanggu Temple, ancient pagoda in Qing Dynasty, a street built in the late Qing Dynasty and early Republic of China, the former site of Wang Xiaobo Uprising, the former residence of Tang Pu poet (memorial hall), the legendary magical ancient Longtan, Wuguituo and Wuyuntong.
Appearance:
Street yard is a place full of seclusion legends. According to the General History of China, Zhu Yun, the son of Zhu Yuanzhang, the founding emperor of the Ming Dynasty, disappeared mysteriously in history. According to many folk experts' research, Zhu Yun actually lived in seclusion near Yan Guang Temple in Jiezichang. I have lived in the mountains for more than ten years since 1404.
When you walk into the nearly century-old pavement of a family named Duan Lin in Zhenwu Street, Jiezi Town, you will find something amazing. His house has a wooden wall that is more than two people high. The wooden wall is about 4 meters high and divided into 6 squares. Each square is like a wooden screen, and something similar to lime has been painted on the wooden wall. There are clear pictures on the right board of the wooden wall. The beautiful women in the picture are dancing in skirts, and their clothes are full of wind, much like the' flying' in Dunhuang murals. This is where the street often surprises you. All you need is your wise eyes.
Travel information
Bus route: Depart from Chengdu, pass through Chongzhou and Tong Yuan Town, and arrive at Jiezi Town. The shuttle buses from Chengdu Jinsha Station (No.5, 17, 80 1, 47, 78 and 69) to Meihuazhai and Gushi are 9: 10 and 10:50 respectively, and the fare is/kloc-. There is also a bus to Chongzhou, which runs every four minutes. The fare is 6.5 yuan/person (Huang Ye's' face'), passing through Tong Yuan Town and Jiezi Town to Meihuazhai (or ancient temple).
Self-driving route: Take the West Gate of Chengdu, cross Chengdu-Wenqiong Expressway, get off at Chongzhou Exit, and then pass Jinjiang, Tong Yuan Town and Shangyuan to Jiezi Town. You can also go from Chengguan Expressway to your destination, take the expressway in Qingcheng Mountain, and go through Qingcheng Town and Daguan Town to Jiezi.
Accommodation: For tourists who love food, they will covet the local legendary' Tangma Cake' and pass it on to their daughter-in-law instead of their son. It is said that this snack was founded in Qianlong 5 1 year in Qing Dynasty and is currently available in China.
Plum blossom villa from 40 yuan to 80 yuan. Accommodation standards of Guangchan Temple are 15 yuan/person (Simmons bed) and 10 yuan/person (ordinary bed) respectively. You can stay in Jie Zhen Qunyi Hotel at the price of 10 yuan/person.
If you want to experience the rural customs, you can live in Jiezi Town or a local farmhouse nearby. Usually, every guest is in 30 yuan, including food and accommodation. You can also choose nearby Fengqi Mountain, where there are hotels of different grades to meet the needs of different consumers.
5. Shangli Ancient Town
Ancient Post Stations on the Southern Silk Road
Introduction to the ancient town:
Shangzhen is located in Yucheng District, Ya 'an City, Sichuan Province, 27 kilometers away from the urban area. Shanggu Town is the ancient Southern Silk Road, and it is also an important post station for Lin Qiong Ancient Road to enter Ya 'an. Li, who lives at the intersection of the two rivers, is regarded as a treasure house of "financial resources". The ancient town is surrounded by mountains and waters, with idyllic hills, wooden houses, slates and streets, as well as eighteen hills of' Eighteen Arhats Against Guanyin'. Eight ancient stone bridges represented by' Erxian Bridge' have a long history and different styles.
The first thing I saw when I arrived in Shangli was the' Double Filial Piety' archway built by Daoguang 19. It is a stone carving square with four columns, three eaves and three ridges, tall and exquisite; There are more than 20 groups 100 stories of dramatic figures engraved on the beam. The memorial archway is a relic of the feudal ritual system, which was established by Korea at that time, "don't lose your virginity, don't change your driving, and always honor your parents and in-laws." The stone archway built by Han Yang's mother-in-law is the witness of China's feudal system and the exquisite stone carving art in China. At present, there are three stone archways in the town: provincial protection unit' Shuangxiao', municipal cultural protection unit' Chen' Jiucohabitation' and Chen' Chastity'.
There are more than 10 ancient and modern bridges with different styles in the park. Among them, the most beautiful is the' Erxian Bridge' built in 41 years of Qianlong in Ming and Qing Dynasties, which is a stone arch bridge with the characteristics of Jiangnan water town. In the bridge opening, the clear river shadow forms a high circle and has a unique feeling. There are two stone bridges at the entrance of the town, one high and the other low, which cross the Xihe River and become the traffic artery in and out of the town. Gao Qiao mainly passes through vehicles and pedestrians entering and leaving the town. From the short bridge, you can cross the inverted river below Gao Qiao, and the high and low bridges skillfully form an interchange system.
Appearance:
There are exquisite buildings in the park, the most famous of which is Hanjiayuan. The doors, windows, beams and eaves of the whole building are decorated with relief, hollow carving and inlaid carving, which are of high value and exquisite workmanship. Han Family Courtyard was built in his hometown by Han, an official in Daoguang period, according to the official records of Beijing at that time. The whole building consists of seven four-in-one patios, also known as' seven stars holding the moon'. The courtyard layout is clear, and exquisite wood carvings can be seen everywhere. It is worth mentioning that the wooden windows of the compound are finely carved, rich in content and diverse in shapes, which have been well received by experts.
To travel to Shangli Ancient Town, you must go to White Horse Spring, 8 kilometers north of the town. White Horse Spring is a gorge spring with a water temperature of about 15 degrees. Spring water gushed from Shilongkou, and the sun ebbed several times. When spring comes out, most of the corridors are filled with springs.
Travel information
Climate characteristics of the scenic spot: Ya 'an is a famous rainy city, and the scenic spot is rainy and humid. It's not cold in winter and not hot in summer. The annual average temperature is about 15 degrees, the average temperature in June is about 5 degrees, and the average temperature in July is about 23 degrees. The frost-free period is 308 days, and the rainy days are as many as 200 days. It rains in autumn and showers in summer. You should take rain gear with you when you visit.
Bus route: Chengdu Xinnanmen Bus Station-Bifengxia, get off at Ya 'an North Expressway Toll Station, take the bus from Chengdu to Ya 'an from Shiyangchang Bus Station to Ya 'an-Shangli, and the round-trip fare is 1 1.00 yuan.
Self-driving route: Yes
Admission: White Horse Spring 2.00 yuan, Shangli Hanjia Courtyard 1.00 yuan, Shangli Shuangjie small archway 1.00 yuan.