There must always be a quiet time in life, a slow time, suitable for daze, meditation, and share the silence with the loved ones.
Many people can not resist the trip to the ancient town, because they have lived in a busy and noisy city for a long time, and always want to feel the leisurely and comfortable atmosphere of the ancient town in the flowing bridge and green bricks and tiles. Want a warm spring breeze, want a ray of bright sunshine, want to walk the bluestone path, in the slow ri
ver boat swaying.
Shaanxi's ancient towns have their own characteristics, either simple and elegant, showing the vicissitudes of history, or small bridges flowing water, a school of southern charm, each of which makes people unable to think of the reasons for refusal.
Shaanxi, the 13 ancient towns with their own characteristics, has just arrived in spring, and most importantly, they are free of charge. Take advantage of the spring, we will have a trip to the ancient towns.
Old Town of Liuhou: Natural Oxygen Bar
Liuhou Town, an ancient town with a long history, was built in the early Han Dynasty in Liuba County, deep in the Qinling Mountains. It has been more than 2000 years since then. Liuhou Town is close to the mountains and rivers, with picturesque scenery in all seasons. There are also unique cultural and natural scenery such as Zhang Liangmiao Temple and Zibai Mountain in the Han Dynasty.
The air quality here is excellent and it is called "Natural Oxygen Bar". In recent years, not only has the Zibai Mountain ropeway and the international ski resort been built, but also the cultural tradition of "Leuhou Old Collection", which has a history of more than 2,100 years, has been restored. On the old street of "Leuhou Old Collection", the old street of "Leuhou Old Collection", the beautiful local delicacies with all kinds of mountain goods and flavors have attracted thousands of local residents and tourists to "gather" and revitalized the past of mules and horses in flocks and ringing bells around the clock. Brilliant.
Chaoyi Town-the First Granary in the World
Located 15 kilometers east of Dali County, Weinan City, it is the site of Chaoyi County. It has existed for more than 1600 years as an independent county-level system.
Located in the Golden Triangle of the Yellow River, Luohe River and Weihe River, it has abundant landscape resources, unique architecture and complete preservation. At present, there are as many as seven historic relics and monuments under protection, among which "Tang Pagoda, Song Temple and Qingcang" are the most famous.
Fengtu Yicang is located in Dazhaizi Village, Chaoyi Town. It was built in the eighth year of Qing Guangxu. It is 14.89 meters high, 180 meters long in East and west, 83 meters wide in North and south, and has an area of 10790 square meters. Cixi Zhu criticized it as the first warehouse in the world.
It is one of the few large grain warehouses in China in the Qing Dynasty.
Zhendong Huanghe Wetland Nature Reserve is the largest wetland of the Yellow River in Shaanxi Province and an important post station for waterfowl in the central and western part of China. Every winter, flocks of migratory birds return from afar, making the water surface of 100,000 mu sparkling, showing a harmonious natural picture.
Ancient Town of Anding-the Second Dunhuang
In May 1942, in commemoration of the national hero, Xie Zichang relocated the county to the present town of Wayaobao, changed Anding County to the county of Zichang and downgraded Anding County to Anding Town. Anding Town is the best preserved ancient town of Song and Ming Dynasty in northern Shaanxi. The Zhongshan Grottoes Group, the ancient city wall of Ming Dynasty, the caves of Qing Dynasty and the old site of the National Yamen in this town attract more and more tourists from home and abroad to explore ancient times and seclusion.
The ancient town is rich in cultural relics. The Zhongshan Grottoes, located on the east side of the town, were built in the Jin-Taihe period (366-370 A.D.) and built over a thousand years ago. There are 18 Grottoes in Zhongshan Grottoes. At present, five of the Grottoes have been excavated. Among them, the Zhongcave is the largest one with more than 10,000 Buddha statues, so it is called "Wanfoyan". Zhongshan Grottoes are praised by Chinese and foreign experts as "the rare Grottoes in the world", "the second Dunhuang in China" and "the unique historical existence", with high historical, artistic and scientific value.
The Old Town of Irons-Small Bridges and Running Households
Iron Town is located in Shiquan County, Ankang City, Shaanxi Province. It has a history of 1,400 years. It is an ancient post town on Chuan-Chu ancient road. It belongs to the branch of Meridian ancient road.
Most of the existing ancient streets in the iron town were built in Ming and Qing dynasties, especially the landform built on karst caves and the suspension tower of "giving up three feet of land, taking up more than one part of the sky".
Zu'an Town-Quanzhen Zuting
Before the birth of the martial arts world described by Jin Yong, the stories about Wang Chongyang and Quanzhen Qizi had been circulating for hundreds of years in Zuan Town, Huxian County.
It is precisely because they founded and carried forward the Taoist Quanzhen School here that the town originally named Shuangxi Town was renamed "Zuan" Town.
Jin Yong has never been here before, but he should know the stories circulated in the town, so in the Biography of the Heroes of Shooting and Carving and the Swordsmen of God, he described the love, hatred and hatred that happened here in a deep and colorful way.
There will always be fans of Jin Yong coming here. When they see the tomb of Wang Chongyang, the names of people like the machine on the hill on the stone tablet, and the tomb of the living and dead, they will sigh with emotion that the characters in Mr. Jin Yong's novel are real.
Shuhe Ancient Town-Xiaohankou
Located 53 kilometers east of Taiji Mountain City in Xunyang, Shuhe Ancient Town is situated at the junction of Shuhan and Shuhan rivers. It is situated at the transportation hub of two provinces and three counties. Its geographical location is very advantageous. It reaches Sichuan and Han in the west, Shangguanzhong in the north, western Hubei in the South and Central Plains in the east.
Shuhe Ancient Town, known as Xiaohankou, is an important material distribution center and trade town in the upper reaches of the Hanjiang River. Shu River was named after the death of King Shu and the existence of Shu Tombs.
Town is thriving because of business, there are "eight big brands" and "sixty-nine shops" that make the Hongshu River.
There have always been many sailing boats, businessmen and businessmen gathered here. Business and trade are developed, and the confluence of rivers and rivers is similar to Hankou. It was called "Xiaohankou" in ancient times. It belongs to the most developed market town in Xunyang.
Han Cheng Ancient City-North Ancient City
Hancheng is located in the ancient city block of Hancheng, Weinan City, south of Jushui, west of Liangshan, northeast of the plateau, surrounded by mountains and waters, easy to defend and difficult to attack.
In the ancient city, there is an ancient street in Ming and Qing Dynasties, a group of ancient buildings, a group of quadrangles, ancient style and fragrance, and well-protected pattern. It is one of the six well-protected ancient cities in Ming and Qing Dynasties in China.
Standing in the high Golden Tower Park overlooking, the old city is still the old look, only in the evening some more colorful lights, along the rolling roof shining, brilliant.
The streets were crowded with people, and the smell of mutton bait floated along with the noisy voice in the square of the snack street.
This ancient city, which has been dull for a long time, bears the heavy responsibility of the years. It not only retains the old flavor of thousands of years, but also adds vigorous and upward new vitality.
Dihua Ancient Town-Qingfeng Old Street
Dihua Ancient Town is located in Danfeng County, Shangluo City, beside Danjiang River. It is the prototype scene of Jia Pingwa's novel Qin Opera. This is where Qingfeng Old Street lies. Situated 15 kilometers west of Danfeng County, the scenic spot was once an important post station on the ancient road of "North Tong, Qin and Jin Dynasties, South Lian Wu and Chu". Spring and Autumn, prosperous Tang Dynasty, Song and Jin Dynasties, contemporary and other cultural forms interweave and merge here.
Bai Juyi, an important node on the ancient road, passed through Dihua three times and became famous by chanting "Tang Dihua" in his poems. Later, he adopted the prototype of Jia Pingwa's novel Qin Opera and got the name Qingfeng Street.
Erlang Temple, one of the three remaining Jin Dynasty temples in China, is a living fossil of the architectural art of the Jin Dynasty.
Entering the tourist attraction of Dihua culture in the ancient road of Shangyu, the dusty Qin, Chu, Song and Jin cultures have appeared. There are not only gentle and tactful pre-Qin culture, but also implicit and restrained Han people in the Great Song Dynasty, and rough and heroic nomadic people of the Jin Dynasty.
Qingmuchuan: Three Provinces with One Foot
Qingmuchuan Ancient Town is located in the northwest corner of Zhongningqiang County in Southern Shaanxi Province, at the junction of Shaanxi, Gansu and Sichuan Provinces. It originated in the mid-Ming Dynasty, formed in the middle and late Qing Dynasty and flourished in the Republic of China. It is a mixed area of Qiang and Han Dynasty. It has been called "Grassland Dam", "Huilongchang", "Yongningli" and "Qingmuchuan".
Qingmuchuan was once one of the main roads to Sichuan. After years of vicissitudes, there are a large number of well-preserved ancient streets, ancestral temples, ancient trestle roads, ancient buildings and other historical relics.
Manchuan Ancient Town
"North to Qin and Jin Dynasties, South to Wu and Chu", describes Manchuanguan Town, Shanyang County, Shaanxi Province. Here, drought docks lead to all parts of the country, business prosperity, and the allusion of "morning, Qin, evening and Chu" comes from this place.
There are high mountains and steep slopes.
In the past, there was only one rugged path running through the two peaks, which had always been a place for soldiers to compete for. It has a long history. It was a barbarian kingdom in the Spring and Autumn Period. The boundary between Qin and Chu in the Warring States Period is still in existence. In the Southern Song Dynasty, it was a circuitous battlefield that Song and Jin contested repeatedly. The Manchuan Pass campaign, which concerns the lives and deaths of the Red Fourth Front Army, was also launched here.
The mysterious floodplain is surrounded by mountains and rivers, with ripples of blue waves and dreams of water.
Looking ahead, a blue-stone alley, a street of ancient buildings with carved beams and painted buildings, with a melodious and euphemistic greeting, constitutes Manchuan Pass's first impression of the outside world.
Walking into Manchuan Pass is like walking into the Yanliu Painting Bridge of Tang poetry and Song poetry, as well as into the poetic countryside with verdant lotus pond and fragrant tea charm.
