Yunnan has always been a very popular tourist city. There are many scenic spots here that attract countless tourists. So, what ancient town attractions are worth visiting in Yunnan? If you don't know where to play, you must try these places.
Shaxi Ancient Town
Shaxi was once an important town on the ancient Yunnan-Tibet road. The ancient town generally refers to the fourth-class street and its surrounding streets centered on Sifang Street. In 21, Sideng Street, as the only surviving ancient market on the ancient tea-horse road, was listed in the World Heritage List of Endangered Buildings by the World Memorial Building Protection Foundation. With the help of Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Shaxi has made achievements in the restoration of ancient markets and the protection and development of ancient villages.
Because of the traffic twists and turns, tour groups on Dali Township Line usually skip Shaxi. However, after the road into the town was widened, the passenger flow of tour groups and related industries surged, and an expressway from southern Yunnan to Shaxi has been planned. According to the news, Shaxi may start to collect maintenance fees for the ancient city from tour groups. Regardless of whether it will become a "standard ancient town of China" full of buyers in the future, at present, Shaxi is still a quiet place in Wen Xiu.
Xing Temple and Ancient Stage
Shaxi Ancient Town is small, and its main attractions are concentrated in Sifang Street. Xingjiao Temple worshipped by the three religions and the ancient stage opposite the temple gate are the most important buildings in Sifang Street, so they are designed for gods and buddhas. This temple was built in Yongle period of Ming Dynasty. The 16 Buddhist murals on the inner and outer walls are the most important cultural relics in the temple, but they are mottled because of poor protection. There is an exhibition of copying murals in the Second Hospital. The first courtyard is an exhibition of Li Ali, a Bai tantric school in Dali. Those who are interested in folk religion can savor it.
After visiting Xingjiao Temple, you need to ask the staff to open the small door next to the stage and continue to visit the exhibition hall of the ancient tea-horse road. There are some caravan cultural relics and unearthed cultural relics in the museum, which can help you understand the history of Shaxi. Finally, don't forget to walk up to the Kuixing Pavilion on the top floor and overlook the roofs of the old houses in the town (it may not be open during the epidemic).
Qin Yu Bridge and Heiyu River
From the east gate to Yujin Bridge in the south, this ancient stone arch bridge crosses the Heiyu River, which was once the only way on the ancient tea-horse road from niujie to Dali. Extend Hexi Road north to Shaxi main temple. The owner here is the Heavenly King with a stronger smell in the north of Tota. Gushaxi people hope that he can help reduce the floods here.
The headwater of the Heiyu River flows out of Yangbi River and travels to Luofeng Mountain in Lijiang, and finally flows into Lancang River. A section of Heiyu River in the east of Shaxi ancient town is gentle, and together with the mountain villages, it forms a landscape painting landscape.
and festivals.
nowadays, due to architectural protection and other reasons, the street-catching place has moved from Sifang Street to outside the town. If you want to live closer to the locals, you can come to the market on Friday. Besides ordinary commodities, Chinese herbal medicines and local products are also sold in the market, such as ginseng powder, which looks like a bug. Wild mushrooms are on the market in summer, among which Tricholoma matsutake is the most precious.
The Prince's Club on the eighth day of the second lunar month is a grand festival in Shaxi. It is to commemorate Sakyamuni's becoming a monk, and the activity center is also in Sifang Street. The celebration lasts for half a month from the first day of February, and the eighth day of February is the most lively. People carried statues of Siddhartha Gautama and Buddha as princes and marched around Sidon Street.
Weishan Ancient City
If you want to see a more languid and quaint ancient city, Weishan is the best choice. The ancient city was built in the 22nd year of Hongwu in Ming Dynasty (1389), and it still maintains the chessboard pattern when it was built more than 6 years ago. It is a well-preserved ancient architectural complex of Ming and Qing Dynasties in China, the birthplace of Nanzhao ancient country. In 22, Weishan opened a motor train, which takes only 22 minutes from Xiaguan Dali Station to Weishan.
Henan Street
The ancient city is small, and the North Street and South Street, where the Drum Tower and Drum Tower are located, are the oldest central axis streets in the city. The huge buildings in Chen Gong are often called
The most noteworthy Sun Palace in the courtyard is the restored building in the Qing Dynasty. The wooden pestle and beam frame basically keep their original appearance. Pay attention to the two carved lions of the cat on the beam. There are two sets of wooden doors in the room, both of which are masterpieces of folk wood carving. The six doors of Minglun Hall in the Confucian Temple are beautifully carved. There are not many exhibits in the exhibition hall, mainly local bronzes, Buddha statues, Four Treasures of the Study and Yi costumes.
Mengyang Park
The living atmosphere here is rich. Many old people hold birdcages to get together with friends and enjoy the precious thrush birds. The garden is lush with cherry blossoms, and you can also find several centuries-old cypresses. Part of the park is built on the site of the Ming Dynasty Confucian Temple, or you can visit the restored Confucian Temple from the park to the south. Turn from North Street to Dashuigou Street, and you will find the main entrance of the park.
Festival
On June 25th of the lunar calendar, many Yi villages and towns in Weishan County will play songs and set fire to torches. The eighth day of the second lunar month is a festival for the local Yi people to worship their ancestors. The venue is the Nanzhao Tuzhu Temple in Weibaoshan, not far from the county seat, during which the Yi people play songs. In recent years, Weishan Food Festival has been held in Housuo Street one week before and after ancestor worship.
Jianshui Ancient City
In the list of ancient cities in Yunnan, Jianshui is not too unpopular, but it has never been popular. Although high-rated documentaries such as China on the Tip of the Tongue have contributed to it more than once, they have not introduced many cultures. Inside and outside the Xiongguan built by the Four Gates, from temples (Confucian temples) to streets (ancient wells), from deep houses (ancient houses) to rural areas (ancient bridges and ancient villages), all of them are embodied as "Zou Lu in South Yunnan".
Jianshui tourism industry is mature, with rich accommodation choices, rich food and low consumption. The underground water quality is good, the well water is pickled with tofu, and the soil quality has achieved the reputation of Jianshui Zitao. Making purple peaches into a steamer can also be used to steam chickens. After a full meal, I went for a walk in the country. When I was satisfied, I kept quiet tacitly, and I made Jianshui's low-key by stealing music alone. There are trains between Kunming and Jianshui every day, and the cost performance of trains is better than that of long-distance buses. It is also convenient to take the train from Jianshui to Mengzi, Hekou and Dali.
Zhujiayuan
was built by Zhu brothers, a wealthy Jianshui businessman in the late Qing Dynasty. Covering an area of more than 2, square meters, it has been carefully built by two generations for nearly 3 years. The layout of four horizontal lines and three horizontal lines, looking at the plan that is as neat as one acre and three points, is exquisite and thorough when you enter it.
Gardens, ancestral halls and living rooms are rich and luxurious; Wood carving and brick carving are exquisite and complicated. There are 24 houses and 42 patios everywhere, and the title of "Grand View Garden in South Yunnan" is by no means empty.
The water table behind the ancestral hall is the essence of the whole building. The antique three-bay stage is hung on a Wang Bichi, with tall and exquisite plants on both sides. There are 24 exquisite stone reliefs outside the pool, which can be described as extremely careful and well matched.
Confucius Temple
Jianshui Confucian Temple is the second largest Confucian Temple in China after Qufu Confucian Temple. Founded in the Yuan Dynasty, it has been repaired and expanded for more than 5 times. Liubu Courtyard is bounded by Zhu Siyuan archway, with Xue Hai in the south and the main building complex in the north. In the most important hall of sages, Confucius is in the middle, Yan Hui, Mencius and Ceng Zi, the first grandchildren of Confucius, are around, and 12 sages are outside.
There are many activities in the Confucian Temple. Every year on September 28th, Confucius' birthday, the Confucius Temple will hold a massive activity of offering sacrifices to Confucius. The solemn ceremony and melodious ancient music make people immersed in the solemn atmosphere of Confucianism in China.
Chaoyang Building
Dongming Ying Hui Gate and the triple-eaved Chaoyang Building at the top of the mountain are the landmark buildings of Jianshui Ancient City. Chaoyang Building was built in the Hongwu period of Ming Dynasty, and it has been rebuilt for 7 times and is completely preserved. When the red sun rises in the morning
There are many purple pottery shops with different types and grades on both sides of the street about 1 km long in Wanyao Village. The garden-style retro building at the entrance of the village is also a shop selling purple pottery. If you want to see the complete steps of making purple pottery, you can go to Shao Kang Ceramics, which is located at the back of the village. Chen Shaokang, the owner of the store, is a provincial master of arts and crafts. He can observe the operation of ceramic masters in the workshop. Very interesting.
heijing town
Heijing Town, located along the chengdu-kunming railway, was not connected to the highway until the 199s. After more than half a century of decline and isolation, this town has retained its simple and pure appearance. Because of the rise of salt, the town was once prosperous in history. For thousands of years, this is the most developed place of salt industry in Yunnan. During the Ming and Qing Dynasties, Black Well Salt became the tribute salt of the royal family. In the heyday of mining in Qing Dynasty, the salt tax of Heijing once accounted for more than half of Yunnan's tax revenue. Nowadays, salt has stopped production, but it is still the biggest selling point of the ancient town. The ancient salt wells, houses and houses in Ming and Qing Dynasties are well preserved.
The most suitable way to come to Blackwell is to take the green leather train, listen to the whistle of the train and slowly drive into the station, so that you can better appreciate the refined and quiet atmosphere of the ancient town after the decline of prosperity. There are trains back to Kunming at Heijing Railway Station in the morning and evening. The train from Kunming stops at Heijing Station every morning. After getting off the bus, the private van can take you to Longgou River or Wumaqiao.
Dalong Temple is located on the hillside in the west of the town. There is a plaque inscribed by Yong Zhengdi, "Lingyuan Puze", which praises Blackwell's bittern for being all over the world. Down the mountain from Gulong Temple, you can see the famous Black Cattle Salt Well. The iron gate of the tunnel leading to the underground is locked, which used to be the outlet for underground brine transportation.
Wu Jia Courtyard is the most well-preserved and exquisite ancient residence in this town. It was built in the late Qing Dynasty. Most of the existing buildings were left over from the Republic of China. The shopkeeper used to be the richest man in this town and the largest cooker in Blackwell (salt making family). The courtyard is built in the shape of a "king" according to the mountain. You can explore the layered layout all the way up the stairs.
Go to Guyanfang, 2 kilometers north of the city. If you don't want to walk, you can take a carriage or van to Longgou River at the north exit of the town. If you don't ask a tour guide to explain, you can only imagine the salt cooking scene in front of the salt well, brine storage pool and kitchen. Here, you can experience baking salt in a small pot, or making a piece of salt with your own mold to take away.
Heshun Ancient Town
This small town of Han nationality on the border of Yunnan, which flourished during the Hongwu period of Ming Dynasty, was beautiful and quiet. At that time, the eight surnames lived in the stone lane, and the semicircular platforms for daily activities on the street were still there. The hot morning market, the fat ducks on the Wild Duck Lake, and even the particularly deep night scene due to the lack of street lamps all reveal the original flavor of life, which is very suitable for staying for two or three days and strolling slowly.
the town is built on the mountain, with high in the south and low in the north, and Dashi Township as the boundary. There are many developments in the east of the ancient town, which has shown the excitement of the hotel, and the west is still quiet, with old houses and temples. The ancient town is surrounded by five mountains (four of which are volcanoes), and there are two volcanic pits (Dakeng Mountain and Xiaokeng Cave) on Laoguipo in the north, both of which have not been developed, and you can walk there in half a day. Tengchong is 4 kilometers from downtown to Heshun, which can be reached by taxi or bus. Cycling or hiking is also feasible, but the latter needs to cross Laifeng Mountain or take a field path, and it is best to be led by local people.
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The curved building is named after the outer wall built by the curved roadway. There was a jingle that summed up Tengchong's wealthy businessmen, saying, "Dong Dong, Xi Dong, bend the building;" Liu, Bei Deng and Jin, among which "Bender Family" refers to the Li family of the famous firm "Yongmaohe" in the past. The ancestors of the Li family made a fortune when they went abroad and came back to build this mansion. There are also wall clocks in Germany and the United States, ovens in the United States, and huge and sturdy safes.
Next to Wenchang Palace, there are exhibitions of Shenma (carved prints for sacrifice), paper making and jade articles. Next door is the Yunnan-Burma Anti-Japanese War Museum, and only the materials are left. All 6, cultural relics have been transferred to the Anti-Japanese War Memorial Hall in western Yunnan. "Harmony" on the big screen outside the Literature Palace is a must for travelers to take pictures.
Ge Yuan
The Longyuan Pavilion on the east side of the ancient town is built on the mountain. It is a Taoist view worshipped by both Buddhism and Taoism. You can climb the stairs to board the Shan Ye Range Rover, which is also a good place to take photos. At the foot of the slope, there is an uphill road leading to Ai Siqi's former residence. The garden of the former residence is spacious, and the interior is a display of the life of this philosopher who is highly valued by Mao Zedong.