Favoring ancient towns, always feel that stepping on the green stone road, submerged in the white walls and gray tiles, there is a sense of belonging.
Humming a ballad tune, step into the long light of day, earthly fireworks, like a dream, all the way to scavenging, but never feel desolate.
I think everyone has an ancient town sentiment in their hearts, flowing water Jiangnan, smoke caged homes ......
In the city, whether you want to or not, every day you have to put on a mask and say hello to all kinds of people.
But sometimes, we really need a person quietly alone, away from the hustle and bustle, and the old town is such a party of pure land.
But there are so many ancient towns, which is less beautiful? The first thing you need to do is to get your hands on a new one, and you'll be able to do that. The first thing you need to do is to get your hands dirty.
On the ancient towns, this time to organize a walk through the 30 knowledge points (take away, do not thank you ~)
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Jiangnan town delicate and dexterous, Hui villages smoke and rain wavering, Xiangqian villages clean and elegant, northern towns and rich atmosphere.
From the south to the north, each of the ancient towns, are your past life's unfinished dream.
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Six ancient towns in Jiangnan, Jasper Zhouzhuang, rich soil with the Li, Luzhi style, dream in Xitang, the Water Court Wuzhen, Nanxun rich.
Rainy season in Jiangnan, the ancient town has a different flavor, a poetic wavering Jiangnan.
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If you only recommend one, I choose Nanxun, because I like these two words, read the lips and teeth full of poetry.
Six ancient towns, Nanxun is the most quiet, there is almost no commercial atmosphere, near the night to go in can be free of admission, live in a hundred buildings, feel the most simple folk style.
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Wuzhen must go, although the development of the more mature, but Wuzhen really have the feeling of small bridges and flowing homes.
In Wuzhen, try to live in the west fence, strong push here at night, get up at five or six o'clock in the morning, go out and sneak around, almost no tourists, take pictures, and then go back to sleep.
If you can, be sure to go to Wuzhen once on a snowy day, listen to the sound of snow falling, see the snowflakes floating on the eaves of the black tiles, warm a pot of wine panning the boat, drunken boat full of snow dyed stars.
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Went to Xitang twice, once to see the cherry blossoms in the spring, and once in October during the Chinese costume week. After five o'clock Xitang is free of admission, during the day you can find the innkeeper to buy discounted tickets.
Xitang every year at the end of October, there is a Hanbok culture week, like Hanbok can choose to come over at this time, really will have a feeling of crossing.
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Six ancient towns in Jiangnan, only Suzhou accounted for three, Tongli, Luzhi and Zhouzhuang.
Luzhi more water, more bridges, enjoy the reputation of Jiangnan bridge, the town is relatively more original than the other two; with the attractions is still good, relatively few tourists, the ancient town of the Retreat Garden is still a world heritage site; Zhouzhuang is the first of the six towns to be developed, but also in the mouth of the people of the world's first water town , relatively speaking, more commercialized.
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Suzhou ancient towns, personally I still prefer the Jinxi ancient town, some say she is the last Jiangnan water town in Suzhou.
The streets and rivers of the town are narrower than those of other towns, so it is suitable for a person to walk slowly. You can take a ride on the crow's nest boat, listen to the Jiangnan silk and bamboo, and there are also dragon and lion dance teams performing in the square.
In the summer, the ten-eye long bridge next to the Lingtang Bay is full of lotus leaves and flowers, stretching to the sky, the poet wrote the sky lotus leaves infinite blue, reflecting the sun lotus flowers different red.
This is the first time I've seen a lot of people in the world.
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In fact, Shaoxing, Zhejiang Province, there are a lot of ancient towns, is a veritable ancient city. There is a unique Jiangnan books and affluence, is a rare piece of undeveloped clean land.
From Baicaoyuan to Sanmishuoyu, from Lu Xun's former residence to the Memorial Hall, Shaoxing also has Shenyuan, Cangqiao Zhijie, Anchang Ancient Town, and Yellow Wine Town ......
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Because my friend is from Shengzhou, I have a different kind of liking for Shengzhou.
Shengzhou's Chongren Ancient Town is a national conservation object, the town's houses look a bit shabby, but this is the original appearance of the ancient town, there are fewer tourists, it is very suitable for a weekend day.
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Before I went to Shanghai, I couldn't connect the ancient town with the Magic City.
Tucked away in the western suburbs of Shanghai, Zhujiajiao has a long history and rich tourism resources, and is known as the Pearl of Jiangnan.
Typical of the ancient water towns of Jiangnan, the streets and alleys are lined with waterways, and the buildings of the Ming and Qing dynasties are full of ancient flavors.
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It's no exaggeration to say that Wuyuan shows China's most beautiful countryside with moving images throughout the year.
Horse head wall covered with light smoke, abstract lines of terraced fields in the mountains, village children riding on the back of cows in the twilight, Wuyuan is a wonderful landscape painting.
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Hongcun is the kind of place where you will feel satisfied with your life if you have been there once. I like the night here, a few house fireworks, deep alley lights and shadows, and the gentle night breeze with the fragrance of flowers.
I found that with the group to play a lot, there is no need to walk around casually to play, and finally find a bed and breakfast, and strange friends sitting on the terrace to play cards and chat and look at the starry sky, but also can talk about life.
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The ancient city of Phoenix is known for Shen Congwen's book "Border City", which is not moving, attracting tourists from all over the world, but also by the silent and deep turn to flashy.
The night view of the ancient city is still quite beautiful, there are many tourists at night, what bonfire party, Miaozhai tour is not necessary to sign up to participate in, is not very fun, in the ancient city around, feel the night scenery on the good.
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There is an international friend called Louis Xavier (a New Zealander), when he was young, traveled all over China, he said: China has two of the most beautiful small towns, one is Phoenix, Hunan, one is Changting, Fujian.
Phoenix and Changting, or recommended to go to Changting. The most unmissable thing in Changting is the ancient city wall built in the Tang Dynasty, the city building reveals the ancient vicissitudes during the day, and the lights are lit up at night, the city wall with red lanterns has become an eternal classic.
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The commercialization of the ancient city of Phoenix is still very heavy, in addition to Phoenix, there is also the town of Hibiscus, the border city of Chadong, Riye ancient town, Pucheng ancient town.
Chadong is Shen Congwen's real border town, a lot quieter than the ancient city of Phoenix, simple folk customs and beautiful scenery.
Hibiscus Town is also known as the thousand-year-old town hanging on the waterfall, surging waterfalls, Tujia footstools, here the integration of natural scenery and simple ethnic customs as a whole.
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To be honest, the ancient towns in Guizhou gave me a lot of surprises, especially Zhenyuan Ancient Town.
The ancient town is surrounded by mountains, and the river passes through the town in the shape of an "S", with mountains, water, and the city as one, which is known as the Venice of the Orient by Chinese and foreign tourists.
The town's green bricks and tiles, flying eaves and corners, carved beams and painted buildings, and the moss-covered green stone boards all show the charm of the thousand-year-old town to visitors.
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Xijiang Thousand Households Miao Village, Wudong Miao Village, Zhaoxing Dong Village ...... Guizhou's Miao Village Dong Village, do not specifically recommend which, in short, it is worth going to, simple and natural ethnic characteristics, very taste.
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Some people have described it this way: Huangyao Ancient Town is like a book of poems of the millennium, forgotten in the library secluded bookshelf, when people inadvertently walk by, turn this beautiful chapter, simple and elegant style immediately conquered the heart of the people.
The colorful green bricks and tiles, the old streets and houses, the banyan trees, and various lanterns make the whole ancient town show the legacy of Ming and Qing Dynasty.
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If you want to see the landscape of the Li River, it is recommended to go directly to Xingping Ancient Town. The ancient town is quiet and extraordinary, like a gentle and clear woman.
Perhaps it is because it is too quiet and inconspicuous, so the commercial atmosphere is not strong, and approach it more and more friendly.
The old town is surrounded by mountains and water, beautiful scenery, long ancient streets, deep alleys, full of the flavor of the Jiangnan water town. Climb the old fortress to see the Li River, the combination of mountains and water, is really spectacular!
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If you mention the place named because of the movie and TV drama, the first reaction of many people is - Yunshui Rhyme, every time you read these three words, you feel that it should be a small poem on the rice paper that has not been written.
Yunshui Rhyme, this small village can be said to be half of the stream, half of the Tulou, as well as a thousand-year-old banyan tree group, a hundred years old street and a thousand-year-old road. The village is mostly full of vicissitudes of the ancient roads and old streets, and every step you take, you see the most simple scenery.
Standing here between the clouds and the water, the world is noisy and Yunshui Rhyme is peaceful.
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To go to Lijiang, you must go to Shuhe Old Town, without having been to Shuhe is equal to not having been to Lijiang. Compared to Lijiang ancient city, Shuhe ancient town is quieter.
In the old town to find a cafe near the river, listen to live version of the music, eat some small desserts, daze; live into the characteristics of the inn, see the sunrise in the morning, welcome the sunset, stroll through the streets, and feel the leisure time in the flowers and trees.
To go to the Shuhe ancient town must buy regular tickets, otherwise it is easy to be pitched, and do not believe that the roadside hustlers speak words.
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Between Dali and Lijiang, Shaxi Ancient Town on the Tea Horse Road is not to be missed. It has some of the finest Bai architecture and a relatively intact ancient bazaar.
Stroll along the ancient streets, climb up to the ancient theater, see the four-square street stores and horse stores, walk up to the Yuzin Bridge, listen to the Shaxi girls sing a Bai song, and try the local specialties of Dizhenzi, matsutake mushrooms, and goat's milk cake.
In Shaxi, you should pay attention to respect the life and customs of the ethnic minorities.
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If you find Lijiang and Dali too noisy, then you can go to Heshun Ancient Town in Tengchong.
Heshun is a centuries-old village on the Southwest Silk Road y influenced by the culture of the Central Plains, with beautiful scenery, picturesque idyllic villages, ancestral halls, pagodas, platforms, pavilions, arch bridges, stone fences, and lotus ponds abound.
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If you are partial to the snowy Tibetan flavor, you can go to Dokuzong Ancient Town in Shangri-La, Yunnan, which is the best-preserved and the largest cluster of Tibetan houses in China.
Unlike the town of Lijiang, this place shows the unique roughness of the Tibetan people everywhere, full of strong Tibetan flavor, listen to the Sanskrit sound of the temple in the early morning, turn the world's largest bible, and fall asleep at night in the night scenery of Shangri-La.
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Chongqing Maguikou Ancient Town, to play in Chongqing, you can go shopping, in general it is still OK, all kinds of snacks are more, come to a bowl of the most authentic crispy spicy oil tea, or mash small soup dumplings, sip a little while hot, lips and teeth full of 渝味.
The town is still very crowded during the day, and the alleys are not easy to walk. In the morning, it's a very clean place to walk around.
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Compared with the elegant Jiangnan ancient town, Sichuan Shangli ancient town more or less through some of the vicissitudes of history, more urban idyllic feeling.
The curved green stone road, as if telling the story of the past thousands of years, walking, stopping, inadvertently, a beautiful carving picture appeared in front of you.
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If you're in Beijing and haven't been to the coveted Wuzhen, then it's recommended that you check out the low-key Gubei Water Town, another Jiangnan hidden deep in Beijing.
The current planning of the scenic area is quite perfect, elegant homes, a clear river, a stone bridge, this place is quite a bit of the flavor and charm of Jiangnan. Although it is imitation, but walked into, immediately have the feeling of traveling to the south of the river.
It is recommended to stay in the scenic area, which is more convenient than outside the scenic area, and tickets and sightseeing bus tickets are usually sent when booking accommodation.
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If you want to feel the northern compound, you can go to Pingyao Ancient City, and the Jiangnan water town is completely different flavor, the sky yellow sand can not cover up the small town of the overwhelming style.
It is not recommended to buy a pass, feel free to walk around inside, the old city of B&B is still good, West Street and North Street is the main street of tourism, it will be a little noisy, and remember to see the night of the live theater, "see Pingyao".
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If you ask me, which is the most memorable ancient town? I think it must be Kashgar, a small town in Xinjiang.
Walking into the old town of Kashgar will give you a sense of time back to the Middle Ages, nostalgic color, in the old town pure to only earth yellow. An alley, a wall, a door, a window, telling the past years and ancient legends.
The local residents wear ethnic costumes and speak fluent Viennese, making you feel as if you were in a foreign country.
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To go to the ancient town, do not need to follow the group tour, a person, put on the headset, take the map of the ancient town, walk around casually, everywhere is an unexpected little surprise; and with friends, remember to help each other to take some pictures.
If you have time, you must live in the old town for a night or two, and go out at night, you will find yourself in a quieter place than ever before.
In fact, I also know that the ancient towns are all the same, but each ancient town, seems to have an unspeakable attraction to me, and each has a different surprise and touch.
When you are in the ancient town, by the slow life there, the harvest is not only the sentiment, there is a leisurely way of life.
Wake up in the mist in the morning, walk leisurely between the alleys, evening, glimpsed by the sunset elongated silhouette, that is the pursuit of a long time of quiet.
I wonder if we are the same? I don't love the neon lights, I don't love the traffic. It is like a small place, just want to laze around in the town, see the time as jade, don't have the warmth.
In the ageless time
Find a small town
Slow down the pace of travel
Listen to a past story
Not to be ashamed of the light not to be ashamed of oneself
Hukong travel A "Capricious, fun, and with attitude!"