De Ram is located in the northwestern Hunan Province, Xiangxi Tujia and Miao Autonomous Prefecture, the west of Jishou, about 18 kilometers away from the city, is located in the middle of Wuling Grand Canyon, which is formed at the intersection of the edge of Yungui and the Wuling Mountains, and its geographic coordinates are 109 ° 30 '- 110 ° 04' east longitude, and 28 ° 08' - 28 ° 29' north latitude. -28°29'. The planning area of the scenic spot is 108 square kilometers, divided into three scenic spots, namely Xiaolong, Donghe and Degam, which was formally opened on January 1, 1987, approved by the Hunan Provincial People's Government in 1991 as a provincial scenic spot, and successfully declared in 2005 as a national key scenic spot. More than 20 films and TV movies such as "The Story of Banditry in Western Hunan", "The Story of Banditry in Wulong Mountain" and "The Color of Blood in Western Hunan" have been filmed here.

De Ram belongs to the subtropical monsoon climate, with four distinct seasons. The average annual temperature of 16 ° C - 18 ° C. Located in China's terrain of the third step to the second step of the critical point of the climb, geographical faults caused by the magnificent canyon landscape. The natural scenery of the scenic area is very beautiful, is a typical limestone canyon geomorphology, by the international geological community known as the "Golden Nail Profile".

Located in the core of the scenic area of the De Ram Miao Village, is the world-famous Miao drums of the township, there have been two generations of outstanding Miao drum king. De ram Miao village of residential is a colorful green tile plank house, a few criss-crossed green stone road weaving more than a hundred families. Jiulong Stream runs through the village, and a simple and elegant stone arch bridge spans the stream.

Every year on the day of the "Dragon Solitaire", colorful flags fluttered above and below the bridge, crowds were bustling, and the suona gongs and drums were noisy. People from four townships and eight villages dressed in festive costumes, surrounded by the "dragon lady", forming a vast dragon procession boarded the bridge and went to the village next to the Yuquanmen "dragon". Like this large-scale traditional activities of the Miao family, there are "Miao Drum Festival", "Ching Ming Song Festival", "Catch the Autumn", "Hundred Lions Club and the "Hundred Lions Festival". After the event, you can be invited to visit the Miao family, feel the living customs of the Miao people, and taste the Miao flavor of yinmicha, grain rice, sour fish, sour meat, and baofu pouring wine. You can also be invited to the fire party and watch the Miao girls and boys perform "drum jumping", "dragon solitaire", "You Quan" and other cultural programs for you. In September, you can also watch the annual international rock climbing competition.

There is a group of Miao people living here with ancient and simple folk customs. They use song as a matchmaker and fall in love freely. Women like to wear silver jewelry, wearing collarless embroidered clothes; men love to knot tied legs, blowing wood leaves. They grow their own silkworms, spinning and weaving, handmade weaving skillfully. People here follow the ancient methods of oil extraction, paper making, rice milling and weaving, and use carts to carry water to irrigate their fields. Beside the creeks and rivers, thousands of big and small carts, squeaking and turning, build a beautiful idyllic scene.

There are more than 80 families living in De Ram Village, and their festivals mainly include March 3, April 8, June 6, the Year of the Miao, the Bullfighting Festival, and the Sisters' Festival, among which the Year of the Miao is the most solemn. Miao cultural activities include Miao songs, Miao dance, grabbing lions, on the knife ladder, bullfighting, race bull. Colorful folk activities are Miao guests, stop the door to the song, toast, Miao jump song party, song and dance, Miao drums, lights to send more than 30 kinds of programs.

Miao Drum Festival

Miao Drum Festival is a traditional sacred festival of the Miao people. Every year on the ninth day of the ninth month of the lunar calendar, the four townships of Miao people invited out to seal the sacrifice of Miao drums, drumming carnival, all night long. De ram is known as the first village of Chinese Miao culture. 02 during the China Hunan Tourism Festival, aimed at coming to Hunan tourists at home and abroad to show the Miao culture, folklore, customs, enhance the visibility of tourism in western Hunan, but also for the 20th anniversary of the founding of the city of Jishou City, city celebrations to add a scenic spot. The Miao Drum Festival is jointly organized by Xiangxi Autonomous Prefecture Government and the Provincial People's Committee, which for the first time invited the Miao Drum Team from seven provinces, cities and autonomous regions across the country to perform and compete. At the same time, there are Miao drum cattle, a hundred lions on the heights, Miao song pan singing, eight people autumn and other traditional folk activities with national characteristics to join, and held in western Hunan style art exhibition and photography exhibition.

Miaojia Catch the Autumn

Miaojia Catch the Autumn Festival is held on the day of the beginning of autumn in the lunar calendar (the lunar calendar is the 14th day of the 7th month, and the solar calendar is the 22nd day of the 8th month.) or one or two days after it is held. At this time of year, the fields and the ground a

Inquiring Heavenly Plateau in the clouds

Pieces of golden yellow, autumn crops in more mature, see the harvest in sight, a year's income is basically fixed, the harvest scene is exciting. To this end, the people held a rally, called "Catch Autumn", a lively celebration of the annual festival of the Miao family, celebrating both will be a bumper crop of the year. On this day dressed in festive costumes of the Miao men, women and children, some hand-dancing dragons, some play the lion, some playing the Yuanbao, steel fork, some blowing the screw horn, suona, a team, a line, drums and gongs, colorful flags flying, from all directions into the autumn field. Autumn field in the dam, the hillock, the dragon fly lion leap, the sword fork flying reflection, folk arts, swing flying turn, Miao song echo, the crowd clusters, smiling face Zhang Zhang, all of a sudden, the autumn field into a sea of joy.

Flowing Sand Waterfall

Flowing Veil Waterfall

De Ram Shun Creek side road right 3 miles, to the flowing Veil Waterfall, the waterfall is 216 meters high, it is said that the height of the difference between the country's top. Like a white practice in the sky, like silver hanging wall. Most of the time, the waterfall from the top of the wall down in the air, very high drop, flowing water to the bottom will be scattered into quicksand. Tourists can walk along the two sides of the mountain road, from the waterfall under the past, light water like mist like yarn like fluttering down, feel as if entering the water curtain cave general, there is a slight rain, soaked into the heart. Because the canyon wind is very big, making the water flow around fluttering, "flow yarn" two words can be aptly depicted its characteristics.

Near Liusha Waterfall is the Swallow Gorge Waterfall Group, which is located at the end of Dezhuang Creek. It consists of 10 waterfalls with a drop of about 200 meters, and during the rainy season, the group of waterfalls is linked together and is about 300 meters wide, which makes for a very spectacular sight. [5]

Shuozhai Highway Wonders

Shuozhai Bridge (4 pictures)

Shuozhai Wonders Tourist Area is located in the northwest of Jishou City, Xiangxi Prefecture, on the border of Hunan, Hubei, Chongqing and Guizhou, with the geographic coordinates of longitude 109°30'-110°04' East and latitude 28°08'-28°29' North. Located in Zhangjiajie to Phoenix Ancient City on the golden tourism line, there are Changji Expressway, Jicha Expressway, Ji'en Expressway, Jihuai Expressway, G319, G209 National Highway, Provincial Highway S229 passes through, 70 kilometers away from Guizhou Tongren Airport, 150 kilometers away from Zhangjiajie Airport, Zhiliu Railway passes through the territory.

"Hundred years of road and bridge wonders, a thousand years of Miao village style, ten thousand years of canyon scenery" is the distinctive features of the Zhuzhai scenic area, and its leisure tourism brand has become famous throughout the country. In the scenic area, Tianqiao (the world's first bridge - Zhuozhai Bridge), Tianlu (the wonders of Zhuozhai highway), Tianzhi waterfalls (the largest drop in the country's quicksand waterfalls), Tiantai (ask the Tiantai Landscape), Tian Valley (seven canyons), known as the "wonders of heaven and earth". [6]

Xiangchuan Highway (National Highway 319), is the war period of the Chinese nation to save the life of the road. Xiangchuan Highway Shorzhai slope section, is the most treacherous section of this highway, 440 meters of vertical height, less than 100 meters of horizontal forward, 6 kilometers of 13 big bends, a figure-of-eight curve, an overpass ...... constitutes a magnificent world-class highway wonders. Standing on the roadside Xiangchuan highway dead staff monument, those Republic of China characters inscribed inscription, has become a legend; pioneer sculpture, has become the spirit of Jishou totem.

Valley rhyme Jishou

World road and bridge wonders in the past 100 years, here has created two road and bridge history of engineering wonders, they were built in 1936, "Shorzhai slope highway wonders" and will soon be opened to traffic across the Shorzhai Grand Canyon "world's first suspension bridge "

The world's first suspension bridge over the Grand Canyon.

"The most bullish traffic police in history," Shiaozhai Traffic Police, is moving China; in the future, this legendary highway will also become a paradise for extreme sports enthusiasts, and will certainly write a new legend. [7]

Qianzhou Ancient City

Qianzhou City, also known as Qiancheng, the ancient Miao frontier fortress, is located in Hunan Province, Xiangxi Tujia and Miao Autonomous Prefecture, the capital of the Jishou City, the banks of the Wanlvjiang River, National Highway 209 and Zhilu Railway running through the North and the South, is the Xiang, Hubei, Chongqing and Qian, the four provinces of the border area of the traditional center of distribution of materials. Stone city wall winding back to 1980 meters, about two kilometers. There are three gates in the whole city, namely, "Xiangri Gate", "Hongwen Gate" and "Yihua Gate". During the Jiajing period of the Ming Dynasty, nearly 200 kilometers of border towns were built here to block the revolt of the Miao people, and the center of the town became the base camp of the ruler's "Miao Defense".

History

The ancient city of Qianzhou has a history of civilization of about a thousand years. Qianzhou surrounded by mountains, in the basin, there is the Tianxing River, Wan Sol River through the formation of three land across the Chen, like Qian Gua, the two rivers in the middle of the ancient state, because it is said that Qianzhou. Surrounding mountains like nine turtles looking for mother, all things to glory, according to the rules of ancient geography, this is the ideal place to build a city to build a city.

There was human activity here during the Five Emperors period, historically known as the indigenous people. The Bo people flourished here during the Shang Dynasty, then moved to the southwest, later came the Yao people, and then the Miao people. During the Qin and Han Dynasties, Qianzhou was an important commercial port and one of the four major ancient cities in western Hunan. During the Song and Yuan dynasties, the "river barbarians" did not submit to the jurisdiction of the imperial court, which often sent troops to conquer them. During the Ming and Qing Dynasties, the court built border walls, barracks and blockades in western Hunan and southeastern Sichuan-Guizhou to keep the barbarians away. Qianzhou ancient city north of the magpie camp, south of the town pole city, is an important military command center on the defensive line of the Great Wall of the South, and with Tongren, Zhenyuan and other ancient cities echo, *** Royal border.

Ten miles of ancient streets

Qin and Han Dynasty here is an important commercial port wharf, the south to the north of the stagecoach, stagecoach road in this meeting, the water transportation is developed, was then the more economically developed places. Ming and Qing dynasties gradually became the Miao border political, economic, military and cultural center. Throughout the ages, it has been the first of the four ancient towns in western Hunan (Qianzhou, Pudong, Liye and Chatong). As early as in Shen Congwen's book "Xiangxi" in this way to describe the ancient city of Qianzhou: "Qianzhou, although the place is not big, a small stone city but neat and clean, and out of the last thirty years of history of famous characters ......" He said the ancient city of Qianzhou, is an ancient mystery, The first time I've ever seen the world, I've seen the world, I've seen the world.

Qianzhou Ancient City is a place of great talent. In this piece of ancient and mysterious land, has raised the Ming Zhengde years dedicated to the cause of education in his hometown Miao intellectual Wu He; Qing Qianjia Miao uprising leader Wu August; Guangxu years, in spite of old age, in his hometown to raise troops to the Fujian, Taiwan anti-French Shaanxi and Gansu Governor Yang Yuebin; led the troops to fight against the Eight-Power Allied Forces, the defense of the Dagukou, the martyrdom of the Tianjin General Luo Rongguang; during the Republic of China, the Republic of Korea, the Army appeared to the second assistant secretary of the Republic of China Admiral Fu Liangzuo and enthusiastic Miao education, dedicated to the study of the Miao issue of Miao scholars Shi Qigui; China's contemporary painting horse one of the four masters of Zhang Yizun and a number of national talent.

Picturesque Hujiatang

Hujiatang, rumored to be in the Tang Dynasty, and later named Hujiatang because of Hu's timber merchants for the pond's owner. She is one of the unique attractions of the ancient city, covering an area of about 2,900 square meters, a curved "Qingfeng Bridge" will be divided into a large pond and a small pond, a small pond in an ancient well called "Anlan Well", wells deep bottomless, is the pond water source, feng shui treasure. Dozens of families living around the pond, Ming and Qing dynasty ancient architecture unique, nurturing the goldsmiths and painters Yang Wei Vegetable, Army Major General Gao Kunlu, martial arts scholar Gao Puyi, the famous philosopher Zhou Lizhen and many other talents.

Hu Jiatang overflowing with the Jiangnan water town "small bridges, running water, homes," the quiet. In particular, the pond is full of lotus flowers, like the holy shy nymphs, along with the green broad lotus leaves in the light wind dance, the leaf heart of the concave, crystal clear jade beads in the flashing, really like the gods throw beads of jade, the mortal world like a fairyland. Late at night, frogs singing, crickets singing, fireflies light up the thoughts ...... lotus pond has become a tourist vacation, leisurely if you walk, fishing and playing in the water, enjoying the lotus view of a good place, but also the annual lunar June 24th of the Guanlian Festival of the place.

The unparalleled Qianzhou "three doors open"

The south gate of the Qianzhou Lime Rock Ancient City is a moon city, because the city opens three doors, which has become a masterpiece in the architectural history of China's ancient cities.

Throughout China's moon city, are two towers and through the opposite two gates. Only Qianzhou ancient city of the moon city has three towers, open three gates, the middle of a main building, each side of an ear building, the layout of the "Pin" shape, the main building and ear building height staggered, spacing with the perfect, which is the centuries-old world-famous Qianzhou "three door open

This is the "Three Doors Open" of Qianzhou which has been famous for centuries.

Qianzhou ancient city is a long, narrow comb shape, "comb teeth long side" of the city wall along the Wansol River and built outside the city is a river street that stretches for miles, the river street side of the Wansol River is a row of hanging towers erected on the riverbank rock wall, the river street on the inner side of the city wall. The "Three Doors Open" is located in the middle of the south city wall. Along the river and interest in the formation of Qianzhou town is long and narrow, from the river street extends vertically into the town, the deepest less than three hundred meters, Qianzhou Office in the center of the town, the door to the Wan Sol River, less than a hundred meters away from the Wan Sol River, the construction of the South City Gate, considering the safety of the Office of the Office is extremely important.

In the ancient Cold War era, the construction of the city is mainly a military need, with walls and moats to build military barriers, the enemy invasion. The south gate of the Qianzhou Ancient City was built on the bank of the Wansol River, which is surrounded by steep green stone walls. The construction of the south gate should meet the military needs, but also to facilitate the residents to go down to the river to get water, washing. To maintain the prosperity of the river street, people and goods into the city smoothly.

"Three doors open" her outer wall like a towering stone wall alongside the water, "wall" under the road, close to the river, the Wan Sol River is an excellent protection of the city's natural military barriers, the enemy can not be under the city, can only be afraid to look at. Moon City's main citadel is about 16 meters high, on both sides of the ear of the citadel is about 10 meters high, the city wall body with all the drilling square green stone, the wall with glutinous rice flour paste mixed with lime bonded masonry, joints mortar such as line, extremely dense. The main city building for the brick structure, two-story, ridge top colorful gourd porcelain vase, flying eaves and corners, hanging copper bells, to the inside of a side equipped with windows, the remaining three sides of the special masonry for the huge brick, there are two columns of loud and clear lookout, was lying up shape, the inner width of more than 50 centimeters, outside of a long slit, the two layers are available to troops, the first layer of the two sides of the opening of a small door to facilitate the city inspectors to enter and exit.

Both sides of the ear city are a layer, decorated with the same as the main building, inside can be cantoned. Inside the Moon Castle, between the two auricles, along the outer wall, was a row of barracks for the army. Three towers each have two gates, made of hard wood, 20 centimeters thick, the door two bread iron, and with countless huge round-tailed iron nails riveted to prevent gunfire, knife, fire, a door weighs about a thousand kilograms, when the switch to two or three strong soldiers to start a joint effort. Moon City's three towers into one, both the building passages, but also building doors apart, so the layout of the defense is easy to defend and difficult to attack, solid as a rock. The two ear city, solid city gate once closed, can cut off the river street, the incoming enemy outside the city. Depending on the situation, open the ear city gate to attack, but also in our favor. On weekdays, the city gates are open, no obstacles to the residents of the river to get water, washing, the entire river street is still a line, unimpeded. The river street business prosperity, people and goods into the city are very convenient.

"Three doors open" is embedded in the Qianzhou Ancient City on a bright pearl, is one of the most dazzling highlights of the Qianzhou ancient architecture.

Yang Yuebin former residence

Yang Yuebin former residence is located in Qianzhou ancient city, for the governor of Shaanxi and Gansu, Prince Prince Prince, the restoration of Taiwan's generation of generals Yang Yuebin in the Tongzhi, Guangxu years built, the seat of the north to the south, covers an area of more than 1,000 square meters, three of five, Beacon Wall brick structure courtyard, residential deep, courtyard in the yard, the Qianzhou ancient city of the unified architectural pattern of a good example of the preservation of the integrity. Scope of protection: ear city old site of the east, north and west three elephants, each extending 10 meters outside the courtyard wall, south of the street as a boundary.

Qianzhou City God Temple and Guanyin Hall

Qianzhou City God Temple is located in the old cinema in the old city of Qianzhou, was built in the Qing dynasty in the eleventh year of the Kangxi period (1672), sixty years of Qianlong was destroyed in the war, Jiaqing six years, Daoguang ten years of reconstruction, there are inscriptions can be examined this temple occupies an area of about 700 square meters, a floor area of 378 square meters, sitting north to south, the hard mountain through the bucket to lift the beam-style brick structure Qianzhou City God Temple and Guanyin Hall is now interchangeable.

Tianxinan

Tianxinan is located in the northwest suburb of Qianzhou, was built in the Qing dynasty during the Daoguang period, there are nearly 100 years of history. It is situated in the mountains and surrounded by water, with pleasant scenery. There are clear springs in the nunnery, half of the mountain has a wind cave, outside the cave has an ancient pavilion, has always been a place for the literati to visit and chant, so it is one of the famous local attractions and ancient temples. In addition to the Buddha fish Van exhausted sound spread mountain Ze, incense has always been Fuji, but its vicissitudes and because of the age of repair after Ding You has not come back. National prosperity, the local people remember the monuments, I invite the belief that the crowd to collect funds in the fall of the year of polyoxyethylene to promote Buddhism, so as to benefit future generations of the people from the good. The nunnery where Tian Sakura is located in the TV series "Father's War" is set here.

Luo Rongguang's former residence

Luo Rongguang, the character Yao Ting, was born in Yaxi Village, Qiancheng County (present-day Jishou) in the thirteenth year of the Qing Dynasty (1833). Luo Rongguang as Tianjin general guarding the gateway to Beijing and Tianjin Dagukou Fortress for 24 years, known as "the world's first sea defense". In 1900, the Eight-Power Allied Forces invaded China. Due to the corruption and incompetence of the Qing government, most of the government troops were unable to fight. Luo Rongguang, however, at the age of 67 years old, led three thousand soldiers and braves, swore to defend the Dagukou Fortress. Later, due to the disparity of forces, exhausted, martyred, maintaining the noble temperament of the Chinese nation, composed a song of righteousness of the mountains and rivers! According to historical records, Luo Rongguang simple life, "see there are extravagant, always face reprimanded", "bit gradually obvious, clothing and food frugal, if the veteran then". [8]

Guanyin Pavilion

Guanyin Pavilion is located in Jishou City, Qianzhou City, east of the east bank of the Wan Sol River, the Pavilion is more than 20 meters high, more than 10 meters in diameter, for the three-layer wooden structure. Under the green-gray drum stone foundation, on the gray tile roof. The attic four sides of the corner, the corner of the sculpture of flying birds, hanging under the corner of the wind chimes, whenever the wind, the bell rumors. The attic is very beautifully constructed, each layer is inlaid with elegant flowers and windows, that is, showy and chic. Guanyin Pavilion was built in the Ming Dynasty and rebuilt in the Qing Dynasty. According to "Qianzhou Hall Records" (Guangxu Edition): "Guanyin Pavilion in the hall east of the river, Daoguang sixteen years Yang Zhenyuan rebuilt, add three rooms, a room, a doorway." Pavilion structure and decorative style shows the style of architectural art in China during the Qing Dynasty. [9]

Huang Yongyu Museum

Huang Yongyu Museum is located in Jishou University by the wind and rain lake, the museum combines the characteristics of Xiangxi residential and modern architectural techniques, with gray as the main color, a large number of wooden structures, simple and elegant. Huang Yongyu Museum building area of more than 4,000 square meters, divided into five exhibition halls, displaying nearly 200 pieces of Huang Yongyu works and collections. Once in the museum prelude hall, you can enjoy the display of Huang Yongyu one of the masterpieces of large bronze sculpture "mountain ghosts". [10]

Xiangxi Autonomous Prefecture Museum

The Xiangxi Autonomous Prefecture Museum is located in the scenic Furonggang Park in Jishou City, 1.5 kilometers from the city center. Founded in November 1957, Xiangxi Tujia and Miao Autonomous Prefecture Museum (Xiangxi Branch of China Ethnic Museum, Xiangxi Autonomous Prefecture Intangible Cultural Heritage Museum) is the only minority

minority ethnic regional-level national third-level museum in Hunan Province, and it is the first batch of the national national ethnic unity and progress education bases named by the National People's Committee, belonging to the regional-level tourist attractions. The museum is designed and built in accordance with the traditional Chinese architectural style, and there are Xiangxi Folk Customs Museum, Xiangxi Bandit Victory Memorial Hall and Xiangxi Bandit Victory Monument, etc. The collection of cultural relics has reached more than 100,000,000 pieces. The collection of cultural relics has reached more than 100,000 pieces, especially with a large number of Tujia and Miao folk cultural relics, many ethnic folk cultural relics are the only ones in the province, and some of them are even rare in the whole country, and these precious relics are the real witnesses and portraits of the history of the development of civilization in western Hunan.