People say that you should travel at least three times in your life, once alone, once on a honeymoon and once with your family.

Only walking alone is my favorite, because a person's travel is not a pastime when he is lonely, but a journey to find himself.

I would like to find an ancient town, in the name of quietness,

stay for a few days, see the mountains, see the water and bask in the sun .....

Don't think about trifles and work,

Take the innocence and curiosity of the past with you,

Walk the streets and feel the little beauty in life.

But more and more ancient towns are being swallowed up by commercialization.

The old customs are hard to find.

If you have been to Xitang, a water town in Mengli

and seen the small bridges and flowing water, Wuzhen

, which is full of flowers and rain, has also arrived in Wuyuan, which is full of amorous feelings

If you are tired of the hustle and bustle of famous towns and are not pure,

If you want to stay away from the worldly affairs of rivers and lakes,

Find a small courtyard at a winding and deep alley and wait for an old friend.

Then follow me,

Go to these 11 ancient towns suitable for one person,

Walk around and be in a daze.

1. Painting the hometown on the ancient weir: walking in a picture

When you see the banks, the grass is delicious and the English is colorful, and you suddenly forget the distance of the road.

the Millennium ancient village stands on the weir, with ancient camphor trees covering the sky, ancient roads and pastoral songs, ancient canals gurgling and ancient bridges and temples contrasting with each other, and the white walls and gray tiles are like idyllic landscapes, attracting many photographers.

In Yantou Village, groups of three-in-one and four-in-one patios are neatly arranged, and the horse-head wall is beautifully carved with animals, such as tengu, aojia fish and chickens. More than 21 ancient buildings from the Qing Dynasty to the Republic of China are preserved in the village, which are antique.

at the head of the village, there is an ancient camphor tree, lush and luxuriant, which has experienced vicissitudes of life.

Wenchang Pavilion is dedicated to Emperor Wenchang and advocates the culture of Confucianism in Ming Dynasty. The Sima Temple in Zhannan is a collection of inscriptions in ancient China from the Tang Dynasty to the present.

Tongji Weir arch dam, which started in the Southern Dynasties, is actually the first arch dam water conservancy project in the world. Tongji ancient road, built in the Southern Song Dynasty, is the only way for southerners to enter Beijing. After thousands of years, it is still intact.

The river is full of reeds, rough and beach forests. Every late autumn, thousands of acres of bristles float along the river, and when the wind blows, layers are stacked like waves, which is extremely spectacular. Walking on the ancient road, you can't see the end at a glance.

in autumn and winter, the Oujiang River flows in a half-river fog, and layers of dense fog cover the lake. From a distance, it looks like a sea of clouds in Huangshan Mountain. The golden sun shines through the morning fog and sprinkles on the lake, and the water birds in a boat are like a picture scroll.

On the bank of Oujiang River, the old street in Dagangtou is full of picturesque countryside, painting workshops, oil painting institutes and handicraft shops. "The lakeside is also hostile to the West Lake scenery, and the winding music is under the pavilion trees", which attracts countless people to come and collect scenery and sketch.

The best travel time is suitable for all seasons

Recommended scenic spots ancient Tongji Weir, Dagantou Old Street and Yantou Village

Coordinates Dagantou Town, liandu, Lishui City, Zhejiang Province

2. nianbadu Ancient Town:

Cultural enclave left behind by mountains

The name "nianbadu" alone makes people feel like a lifetime ago, and Jiangshan was the capital in the Northern Song Dynasty.

This small town, hidden in the deep valley of Xianxialing, was a bustling commercial port in ancient times, with a constant stream of merchants and military strategists. It is a unique "dialect kingdom" with 131 surnames and 9 dialects.

All this is because Huang Chao, the leader of the peasant uprising, opened an ancient Xianxia road here at the end of the Tang Dynasty more than 1,111 years ago.

It started in the Tang Dynasty, flourished in the Ming and Qing Dynasties, and declined in the middle of last century. Now, nianbadu still retains the style of the traditional ancient town, which is a dream left behind in the mountains and little known.

The town's Fengxia River runs from north to south, with Shui 'an Bridge across it, and residential buildings built along the stream. There are blue walls with tiles between green mountains and green waters, and ancient buildings in the Ming and Qing Dynasties are scattered. There are more than ten temples such as Confucius Temple and Dawang Temple, which are magnificent.

The Wenchang Pavilion, located at the north and south ends of the town, is magnificent and exquisite. There are more than 311 ancient paintings preserved in the beams, Fang and algae wells, which embodies nianbadu people's dream of "learning to be an official".

In ancient times, there were four gates in the southeast and northwest, but up to now, only the "Fengxi Lock Key" in the south gate.

The houses are all rectangular quadrangles with four columns and three floors, with unique styles, and the doors, fans and windows are exquisitely carved and lifelike.

There are also some weird wedding customs in ancient times, such as "Lian Dao rou", "Shoudan Li" and "Feng Lu Zi". Running on a dry boat, making lanterns, cutting paper, holding puppets and walking on stilts are their art of celebrating festivals from generation to generation, and they are "the hometown of Chinese folk art".

Opening hours are 8:11-17:11

The best travel time is suitable all year round

Recommended scenic spots Xianxia Ancient Road and Wenchang Pavilion

Coordinates Jiangshan City, Quzhou City, Zhejiang Province

3. Chikan Ancient Town:

The location of "The Master of the Generation"

This town has a arcade street with a length of 3 kilometers, which is about 3 kilometers.

Walking in the street, the buildings on both sides look shabby, but you can get a glimpse of the former prosperity, without renovation or maintenance. It is the original appearance. As soon as you step here, it seems to go back to the last century.

Chikan is built along the Tanjiang River, with towns in the north and villages in the south, with simple folk customs.

When you come here, rent a bicycle and walk along the street to see the beauty of the ancient town.

You can send a postcard to your friend in the characteristic Shouxin Street. You can taste Chikan's special food in the snack street, such as goose eggs, fried tofu, fried fish, maltose, salted bamboo bees, sweet potato powder ...

6 kilometers away from Chikan Town, there is a village called Majianglong, which is called "the most beautiful village in Guangdong". There are many towers and bamboo forests, and it is the location of "Let the Bullets Fly". The bamboo forests are stacked.

Recommended Route Guangzhou-Chikan Ancient Town-Majianglong Village

Coordinates Chikan Town, Jiangmen, Guangdong

Recommended scenic spots Chikan Arcade, European Style Street, Kaiping Chikan Film and Television City and Majianglong Diaolou Group

Special reminder: when to reopen, we have to wait for a notice

4. Gongtan Ancient Town:

Adventure Holy Land

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this ancient town with a history of more than 1,711 years lives in the middle of Wujiang natural barrier, and the mountain is like an axe. It is a paradise for many adventure lovers, and it is the only Millennium ancient town in the world that is still well preserved by the river. It is beautiful and beautiful, and can be compared with Lijiang ancient town.

The 3-kilometer-long Shiban Street is full of ups and downs, deep twists and turns, and more than 51 diaojiao buildings rise in the air in different shapes, which are the notes on the cliff. Yuanyang Building, Zhinv Building and Brocade Building are antique.

more than 151 wind and fire walls are unique, and more than 211 quadrangles are quaint and quiet. On the cliff on the other side of the ancient town, a huge cave is dedicated to the statue of Bazi, the ancestor of Tujia nationality.

here, you can often hear the girls and boys on the diaojiao building ringing muye love songs.

Wu Guanzhong once swam here and painted Old Street.

Opening hours: 8: 11-17: 11

Address: West of Youyang Tujia and Miao Autonomous County, Chongqing

Recommended scenic spots: Tongjia Ancestral Hall, Tujia Diaojiao Building, Zhinv Building and Wujiangshan Gorge Baili Gallery

5. Chaji Ancient Town:

Three wonderful sculptures complement each other

"Shilicha Village has nine miles of smoke and three streams meet. When you come here, you will find that there are often people sketching and painting on the banks of streams and bridges, which are quiet and pleasant.

This is one of the largest existing groups of ancient dwellings in China. Unlike other uniform ancient towns, the dwellings here are scattered, and countless alleys are connected with streets and lanes, with winding paths leading to secluded places, just like a maze.

There is only the simplest rural life here. It comes out at sunrise and goes out at sunset. In the afternoon with the sun, the girls are washing clothes in the stream.

There are more than 111 thousand-year-old bridges, ancestral temples and temples here, and there are more than 141 Qingming buildings. There are villagers living in the house, and the life is full of flavor.

There are three sculptures everywhere, with beautiful beams and painted buildings, full of charm, and the Horsehead Wall is looking up at the sky. On the door square, dado, lintel and window sill, the landscape sculptures of flowers and birds are lifelike, and the fish jumps over the Longmen, the Erlong plays with pearls, and the phoenix rises in the sun ...

The brook is gurgling, the small bridge is flowing with people.

Best viewing time in spring and autumn

Address: Houan Township, Jingxian County, Xuancheng City, Anhui Province

Recommended scenic spots: the ancient architectural complex of Jieji, the scenic spot of Jieji and Yishu Mountain

6. Xinshi ancient town:

Forgotten water town in the south of the Yangtze River

"People are on both sides of the Liu Yin, so they can enter the boat as soon as they get out of the door", and the city is near the bridge.

The new town is adjacent to Wuzhen and Xitang in the east and Zhouzhuang and Tongli in the north. It is one of the seven ancient towns in the south of the Yangtze River.

Different from other ancient towns, the new town is quiet. There are no luxurious shops, crowded people, old houses and old trees.

This is one of the birthplaces of the ancient Silk Road in China. It is a famous commercial and cultural center in ancient Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces. It started in the new city in the Jin Dynasty and has a history of more than 1,111 years.

The famous film and television works "Lin Jiapu" and "Silkworm Flower Girl" all left beautiful ancient bridges in the new city.

Best travel time in spring and summer

Opening hours of scenic spots are 8:31-11:11, 12:31-16:21

Coordinates Xinbei Road, Xingu Town, Deqing County, Huzhou City, Zhejiang Province

Recommended scenic spots: Ming and Qing residential groups, Juehai Temple and ancient bridges

7. Huangyao Ancient Town:

Landscape and pastoral.

Compared with Lijiang, Wuzhen and Fenghuang, which are full of people's voices, it's like a book of poetry for thousands of years forgotten on the bookshelf, living alone in a corner, simple and elegant.

here is a typical karst landform with beautiful mountains and rivers, deep caves, pavilions, ancient trees and ancestral temples, deep mountain temples and harmony between man and nature. It is a natural landscape garden ancient town.

After seeing the ancient town of Yanyu, you will be amazed at the wonders of nature when you meet this clear and clear Huang Yao.

Stay in the ancient town. On a summer night, when you open the window, fireflies are flashing and stars are everywhere. Occasionally, there are lovers walking side by side downstairs, romantic and gentle.

Best travel time September-February

Coordinates Northeast of Zhaoping County, Hezhou, Guangxi

Recommended scenic spots are Longqiao, Shiban Street, and Ficus gigantea

8. Peitian Ancient Town:

Folk Forbidden City

Speaking of Fujian's architecture, many people will think of Yongding Earth Building, a magnificent world heritage, but the ancient Hakka residential buildings in Peitian Ancient Town in Ming and Qing Dynasties can be compared with it.

The ancient town of Peitian has a history of more than 811 years. It is one of the oldest mountain villages in Hakka ancestral land. It is an ancient commercial market of Peitian and has the reputation of "Folk Forbidden City".

a kilometer long street runs through the village, with ancient temples, shops, academies, memorial archways, temples, Taoist temples, and residential buildings in groups, with exquisite design.

The ancient streets are tortuous, and the lanes are connected. When it rains, you walk in them, holding an oil-paper umbrella and wearing a coarse cloth, just like an old girl, naive.

The best travel time is suitable for all seasons

Coordinates Liancheng County, Longyan City, Fujian Province

Recommended scenic spots: Enrong Paifang, Longmen Fang and Gaotang Huawu

9. Qiantong Ancient Town:

The last breath of Jiangnan in the old days

Compared with many bustling ancient towns, the most beautiful thing about Qiantong is its vicissitudes, haggard, quiet and elegant beauty.

with white tiles and black walls, green vines, carved windows with stones, carved beams and painted gatehouses, surrounded by white streams from door to door, flowing quietly into every household. "Every family has carved beams, and every family has running water", which is the scene.

from the southern song dynasty to the present, it still preserves the original version of the old houses in the south of the Yangtze river, with strong ancient charm. When I came here, I pushed open the wooden door, and a smell of time came to my face, as if I were thousands of years away. The house was gray and the walls were mottled.

Among them, the Tong Da Ancestral Hall, which was built in the early Ming Dynasty, is the most famous, accounting for 1.2 mu. It has a stage in the south and a memorial room in the north, surrounded by indigo walls and numerous peaks.

The first stop of Xu Xiake's travel notes is this beautiful Lianghuang Mountain. If you want to know the most primitive and authentic folk customs in eastern Zhejiang, come to Qiantong.

The best travel time is suitable for all seasons

Coordinates in Ninghai County, Ningbo City, Zhejiang Province

Recommended scenic spots: Nanxi Hot Spring, Double Rainbow and Cliff Stone Carvings < p