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A review of the most beautiful ancient towns in Anhui

China is one of the four ancient civilizations in the world, with a long history and strong Chinese culture. Therefore, there are many world cultural heritages in China, and the ancient town is an important part of Chinese cultural heritage, so what the ancient town brings us is not only the space form of our elders, but also a historical process! Anhui can be said to be the city with the largest number of ancient towns. So, do you know the six ancient towns in Anhui?

Anhui is a multi-cultural and regional characteristic with Hui culture (Huizhou Culture), Wanjiang culture, Huaihe culture, Central Plains culture, Wuyue culture and so on. And it is also an important birthplace of Chinese prehistoric civilization! Therefore, Anhui Province has the most abundant ancient town tourism resources, which is not only tourism, but also Huizhou culture!

Chengkan ancient town, Huangshan City, Anhui Province

The Millennium ancient village, which has 22 national key cultural relics under protection, was built in the Three Kingdoms period of the Eastern Han Dynasty. It has a history of nearly 1800 years. It was hailed as "the first village in Chengkan, shuangxianli and Jiangnan" by Zhu Xi, a neo Confucianism scholar in the Song Dynasty. Chengkan was originally named Longxi and later changed to Chengkan. The whole village is located according to the eight trigrams Fengshui theory of "Yi Jing", "Yin (Kan)", Yang (Cheng) ", the unity of two Qi and the unity of heaven and man". It is close to the mountain and the water, forming a "three streets & middot; 99 lane" just like a labyrinth. In terms of village construction, Chengkan Bagua village is formed according to the layout of the main four trigrams of the innate Bagua diagram: Qian (heaven), Kun (earth) in the East, Li (fire) in the South and Kan (water) in the north, which explains the philosophy that water and fire can control everything and the heaven and earth contain everything. At the same time, the ancient Longxi River, like a jade belt, passes through the village in the shape of 's', forming the dividing line between yin and yang fish; the surrounding environment of the village stands eight mountains, naturally forming eight directions of the eight trigrams, which together constitute the layout of the natural eight trigrams. The ingenious layout of the integration of human eight trigrams and natural eight trigrams makes Chengkan eight trigrams village a miracle in the construction history of ancient villages in China.

Chaji ancient town, Jing County, Xuancheng City, Anhui Province

Located in Jing County, Xuancheng City, Anhui Province, chaji village has 108 bridges, 100 ancestral halls and 108 temples, and there are more than 140 ancient buildings. Among them, there are more than 40 bridges, 30 ancestral halls and 4 temples. It's a well preserved ancient building complex in chaji village. It's an undeveloped ancient town, but it's the largest ancient residential complex in China. It stretches for ten miles, with many spectacular ruins! There are countless old houses in the town, each brick of which may have a history of thousands of years. There are not many tourists here, and most of them are art students who come to draw from their fame. Maybe it's because the terrain is remote, maybe it's too old! A small bridge, murmuring water, numerous ancient houses, solemn ancestral halls, towering pagodas, elegant pavilions, ancient trees with great vitality, idle and comfortable villagers, an ancient village with simple and elegant atmosphere, seized people's hearts with its unique charm. Its scale is the largest in southern Anhui. Its decadent beauty of vicissitudes can make people see the glorious history of China's rural era. By the way, there is a magic phenomenon here, that is, most of the people here are surnamed Zha.

Sanhe Town, Feixi County, Hefei City, Anhui Province

Three river town is a typical ancient town of water town, located in Feixi County, on the side of Chaohu lake, 40 km away from Hefei. It is one of the famous towns in Anhui province. Due to the proper geographical location, it is located at the junction of the three counties of Feixi, Shucheng and Lujiang, and also at the junction of Hefei, Chaohu and Liu Ansan. Therefore, there is a saying that "step by step three counties, Jiming three counties hear"! The ancient town is a national 4A tourist attraction and a famous historical and cultural town in China, with a history of more than 2500 years! It is a real ancient town.

Xidi Town, she County, Huangshan City, Anhui Province

Xidi town is located at the south foot of Huangshan Mountain, only 40 kilometers away from Huangshan, a world-class 5A scenic spot. In ancient times, it was called "people in the peach blossom garden"! With a history of more than 960 years, it is a famous tourist attraction and world cultural heritage site!

Hongcun Town, Yixian County, Huangshan City, Anhui Province

Same place as Xidi! With its back against Yangzhanling, Leigang mountain and other mountains, it is high-lying, often resplendent, sometimes like ink splashing and heavy color, sometimes like light painting, just like a long scroll of mountains and rivers, integrating natural landscape and human landscape, known as "the village in Chinese painting". So every year, there are many students and painters from all over the world who come here to sketch! Hongcun, a scenic spot in the town, is called the World Cultural Heritage Village! It has a history of 800 years.

Kongcheng Town, Tongcheng City, Anqing City, Anhui Province

Kongcheng town is located in Tongcheng, a famous historical and cultural city in Anhui Province, with a history of more than 1800 years. As an important water transport terminal connecting Chaohu Lake and Yangtze River adjacent to Anqing, an important commercial port along the river, kongcheng town is the first of the four ancient towns in Tongcheng. Among them, the old street of kongcheng is more famous. It is the longest old street left in East China. It is known as the first ancient street in Anhui Province!