Highlight: Take advantage of winter to walk into Likeng, an ancient historical and cultural town located in the deep mountains of Wuyuan, appreciate this ancient town with a history of nearly a thousand years, explore Jinshi Village which shocked the world, and add elegant and quiet warmth to the cold winter.
Recommended play: Likeng is located in Tuochuan Township, 56 kilometers north of Wuyuan County. Likeng, formerly known as Liyuan, was built in the late Northern Song Dynasty. It is said that studying here is very hard and there are many talented people. It is a famous historical and cultural ancient village in China. The whole ancient village lies quietly in the deep mountain basin, and the warm sunshine in winter is warm and comfortable, which is in great contrast with the cold weather.
Huizhou style buildings with the main feature of "white wall and black tile horse head wall" are evenly distributed on both sides of the river. Tourists walk through the alleys and savor the garden-style "Yunxi Villa", the garden-style building "Flower Hall", the legendary "Jinjiajing" and lifelike wood carvings, stone carvings and wall carvings. Wandering around the pit, the yellow, yellow and green maple trees in the distant mountains sway with the wind, which makes people feel very comfortable and far away from the noise and cloudy days of the city.
Visitors can also visit Sanqing Mountain, a world natural heritage, and enjoy the beautiful and charming winter rime at an altitude of 1600 meters, as well as various rock-like sculptures carved by nature, and feel the unique winter scenery.
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Transportation: fly directly from Guangzhou to Jingdezhen (about 1 hour for 20 minutes), and then take a bus to Wuyuan (about 1.5 hours).
Accommodation: Wuyuan has various hotels with complete facilities, clean and comfortable. Whether it is a tour group or a tour group, you can find your own hotel.
Gourmet: Wuyuan's local farmhouse banquet has always been a good dish for tourists, including boiled red carp, Wuyuan nourishing and healthy old hen, steamed turtle, fresh and fragrant tofu and so on. Besides, snacks in Likeng Village, such as glutinous rice, sweet potato, salty zongzi and fresh fruit, also have unique flavor.
Pingyao Ancient Town, Shanxi Province
Highlight: Pingyao Ancient City is known as "the collection and treasure house of ancient buildings in China", and it is a wonderful place where ancient and modern buildings blend, which is thought-provoking. The cold and bleak Pingyao in winter reveals the simple and elegant historical vicissitudes.
Recommended play: the ancient city is known as the turtle city. Climbing the city wall in winter can give you a panoramic view of Pingyao ancient city, because the government stipulates that Pingyao buildings cannot be higher than the city wall. Pingyao city wall is 6000 meters in circumference and is made of plain clay masonry, which is wide and solid. There are female walls, 72 enemy towers, 3,000 battlements and piers protruding out of the city one by one, making the city wall an iron wall without defensive dead ends.
The charm of Pingyao is not only that it is a well-preserved ancient city, but also that it witnessed the rise and fall of Shanxi merchants. "China Ship Ticket Museum" shows Richang's complete business, rich and precious materials and typical objects. In addition, a large number of historical materials of Pingyao, Shanxi and China 100 banks were collected, which vividly revealed and reflected the rise and fall of banks in China.
A street in Ming and Qing Dynasties is the signboard of Pingyao. The whole street is antique, which completely preserves the remains of shops in the Ming and Qing Dynasties and clearly reflects the glory of the ancient city culture. You must not miss it.
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Accommodation: Pingyao has many hotels and inns for people to stay in. Of course, it is best to live in an antique inn: square quadrangles, a small courtyard in the middle, wooden lintels and floors, so as to better appreciate the charm of the ancient city.
Gourmet: Pingyao's catering features are mainly pasta. There are many restaurants in the streets of Ming and Qing Dynasties, and the pasta dishes are diverse, delicious and reasonable in price. Among them, the local "Bowl Bald Boy" is very delicious, and some pasta such as "Rub Fish" and "Roasted Rhodium with Oatmeal Powder" are worth a try. Pingyao beef enjoys a long reputation and can be presented as calligraphy to relatives and friends.
Xidigu Village, Anhui Province
Highlight: Xidi is a beautiful ancient village at the foot of Huangshan Mountain.
Recommended play: It is essential to come to Xidi and appreciate the exquisiteness of Huizhou architecture. Xidi Village has nearly 200 well-preserved Ming and Qing dwellings. According to local villagers, in order to protect the ancient village, Xidi Village prohibits building houses, and the renovation of ancient buildings also follows the principle of repairing the old as the old. In ancient times, two clear springs passed through the village, 99 high walls and deep alleys, and unique ancient houses made tourists feel like they were in a maze. Walking in the alley of Xidi ancient village, stepping on the stone slabs full of vicissitudes, you can see the rich children of every household, which is amazing.
Most of the houses built in Xidi Village are black marble. There are three 4-column and 5-story bluestone archways at the head of the village, which are said to have been built during the Wanli period of the Ming Dynasty. They are towering and beautifully structured, and are said to be a symbol of the prominent position of the Hu family. In addition, there is a "Lufu Hall" built in the Kangxi period of the Qing Dynasty, with elegant furnishings and full of scholarly atmosphere. In the hall, the couplets of "reading the Book of Songs, providing for the aged, providing for the aged" and "doing business well, doing business well, doing business well, working hard" show the infiltration of Confucianism into architecture. Another ancient house in the village is "Dafu Land", which was also built during the Kangxi period of the Qing Dynasty. Interestingly, it is said that this building has been used by a woman in a costume drama for many times as a shooting scene of "hot throwing hydrangea".
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Transportation: You can fly directly from Guangzhou to Huangshan Tunxi Airport for about one and a half hours, and then take a bus from Tunxi to Xidi.
Accommodation: In Xidi Village, there are both hostels transformed from residential areas with good quality and low price, as well as high-class hotels, which you can choose at will.
Shuhe Ancient Town in Lijiang
Highlight: Shuhe River is very comfortable in winter, and the sunshine is warm around 10. It is an important part of Old Town of Lijiang, a world cultural heritage, one of the earliest settlements of Naxi ancestors in Lijiang Bazi, and an important well-preserved market town on the ancient tea-horse road.
Recommended visit: The pattern of Shuhe ancient town is similar to that of Old Town of Lijiang, just like another shrinking Dayan town, but it is quieter, the smooth bluestone pavement is trampled, and clear spring water flows around the village.
When you come to Shuhe, you can't miss the eight sights of Shuhe. Qinglong Bridge-built in the Wanli period of the Ming Dynasty, the bridge deck has become mottled and old after hundreds of years of wind and rain, but it does not lose its heroic momentum and solemn feeling. Reflection of Snow Mountain-At the foot of Longquan Mountain, ancient trees are towering, and a pool of good water accumulates into Jiuding Longtan. The water in the pool is crystal clear, and the Yulong Snow Mountain is reflected in it, with a clear and arrogant attitude and infinite artistic conception. Shuhe Central Market-a square similar to Dayan Ancient Town, with a length and width of only 30 meters, five roads extending in all directions, surrounded by water and a city between Japan and China. It is one of the oldest markets in Lijiang Bazi. You can find some traces of Naxi people from nomadism to farming to cities. In addition, there are fireflies in the night market, relatives in the fish water, red leaves in the western hills, Shi Lian's night talk, broken historical sites and so on.
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Accommodation: family hotel, that is, ancient dwellings. Most of these hotels are privately owned, converted from old houses left by ancestors, and can be bargained. The standard room is about 100 yuan. Blurred paintings from 200 to 300 years ago are often hung on the walls. Living in it is like dreaming. Bedding is mostly for personal use. There is no toilet at ordinary times, and there is a urinal in the corner. Otherwise, it should be solved in the public toilet outside the house. You can only take a bath in the public bathroom.
Gourmet: Yulong Snow Mountain is the best natural breeding ground for rainbow trout. The water is clear and biting. Its fresh and delicious food is unforgettable. Shuhe bean jelly made by Lijiang specialty chicken peas is delicious.