I don’t know if Guizhou is the province with the most ancient towns and ancient villages. I was doing a strategy and the information from Baidu really shocked me.
There are 10 ancient villages in this province: Xijiang Qianhu Miao Village, Gaodang Village, Zhenning Stone Village, Jiangkou Yunshe Village, Matang Gejia Village, Yaoshan Lapian Village, Zhaoxing Dong Village, Sanduba Mao Village, Wuchuan Longtan Village, Yubulu Village;
18 ancient towns: Zhenyuan Ancient Town, Qingyan Ancient Town, Tianlong Tunbao Ancient Town, Jiuzhou Ancient Town, Muoge Ancient Town, Datong Ancient Town, Bing'an Ancient Town, Longli Ancient Town, Shuicheng Ancient Town, Langdai Ancient Town, Xiasi Ancient Town, Caotang Ancient Town, Lu Tun Ancient Town, Zhaiying Ancient Town, Zhusha Ancient Town, Luolong Ancient Town, Maoshi Ancient Town, Maotai Ancient Town.
Most of these ancient towns were built in the Ming Dynasty, and even the language and clothing of Nanjing in the Ming Dynasty are still preserved in the ancient town of Tianlong Tunbao. In order to consolidate the border defense in the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Yuanzhang sent many troops from the Jiangjian area. They trained and farmed while guarding the border, forming a kind of Tunbao culture, which brought the customs and agriculture of the Han people to the ethnic minorities. There will be integration with the local. There are also Qingyan Ancient Town, Gaodang Village, Muege Ancient Town, Lutun Ancient Town, and Longli Ancient Town all have such cultural elements.
Of course, there are also many ancient villages of ethnic minorities. They have lived here for many centuries, and some of them have been so long that they cannot be traced back to their origin. The most famous one is Qianhu Miao Village in Xijiang. It is said that more than 5,000 years ago, after Chi You was defeated by Emperor Yan and Huangdi, the ancestors of the Miao nationality migrated from the middle and lower reaches of the Yellow River to the plains of the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River. After the population grew, they moved to Yunnan, Guizhou and other places. Coexist with Chu people. During the Warring States Period, Qin destroyed Chu, and this part of the Miao people moved westward to the Wangxi area of Wuling. The Miao people of the Shang family begged for some land to survive. In the Miao language, "Jiang" means "discuss", and Xijiang is the place where the "Xi" clan begged from the "Shang" clan. This is the origin of "Xijiang".
There are also ethnic minority settlements: Lapian Village, Libo County, where the pure Yao people live; Zhaoxing Dong Village in Liping County, the "No. 1 Village in Dong Township"; Shuiyi is a microcosm of the Shui culture; Longtan Village, Wuchuan County, Zunyi City is the earliest birthplace of the Gelao people along the Hongdu River, a tributary of the Wujiang River; the Buyi people live in Yubulu Village, which has a history of more than 600 years, in Qingshuihe Town, Xingyi City.
It is precisely because of China's rich history and vast territory that the Chinese nation has such a brilliant culture. China is also the only civilization among the four ancient civilizations that has not been interrupted. Although we have been fighting against the surrounding alien races, and although the alien races have also invaded the Central Plains, they were all assimilated, and did not replace or cut off the Chinese civilization, allowing the 5,000-year-old Chinese civilization to be preserved and continued.
Xijiang Qianhu Miao Village is too famous, and the large posters in the Nanjing subway station show the bustling night scene of Xijiang Miao Village built on the hills, so many people know about it and many people go there. There are endless streams of tourists on the ancient streets, and dried tofu, glutinous rice balls, and various pastries for sale are common in various ancient towns. Everywhere you see are enthusiastic merchants and pedestrians looking left and right. Except for the relatively large Miao Village, there are some special performances. There are also two places where Miao costumes lead tourists to follow and jump to the square, and nothing else is special. The locals have transformed their houses into hotels or shops and rented them out to outsiders to run them. The hotel we stayed in was run by people from the Northeast, and the people from the Northeast were more able to break in. They actually ran from the north to the southwest. In Guizhou, where the climate is quite different make a living.
However, try to understand with your heart that there are still some original contents flowing slowly behind these hustle and bustle.
Seeing the night view of the Miao Village, it is like stars dotted on the mountain, the two mountains are facing each other, and you are watching the tranquility on the opposite side in glory. In fact, he looks at you the same way on the other side.
In the early morning, I was awakened by the rooster. Before the travelers woke up and the tourists poured in, I overcame my drowsiness, pushed the door out, and saw another picture scroll: the years are quiet and natural. White clouds hang over the green mountainside and in front of the stilted buildings. Fish leap and frogs sing in the terraced fields built according to the situation. Several old Miao people walk to the vegetable garden on the hillside with their backs bent and carrying farm tools. The vegetable field is a plane cut out of the hillside. They are very small, high and low, forming a large piece. Cowpeas, cucumbers, eggplants, etc. are all our common fruits and vegetables. The water in the mountain stream rolls down gently and nourishes all the plants it encounters. I think the most organic crops grow here.
On the hill, I looked around at the village where the white clouds were floating and the sun had not yet penetrated. I smelled the green smell vigorously, and felt the sound of the river rushing happily under my feet, as if I was a primitive plant in this nature. into one.
Suddenly wonder where the river that flows through the village comes from? I searched against the direction of the water flow, farther and farther away from the village, and quieter as I walked. When the last house in the village was out of sight, I saw the plaque of "Township Water Supply Company". It turned out that this water is drinking water for all residents. No wonder So clear, the riverside notices prohibit all kinds of activities that pollute the water source. Chasing all the way to the source of the river, they rush out of the pipes on the mountain, like a white dragon swooping down from a high mountain, so pure that there is no trace of impurities, and it is so white and transparent. After inquiry, this river is called Baishui River.
When I imitated Tao Yuanming and returned to the Eastern Jin Dynasty from Xanadu, I found that the whole village had woken up. The sound of car horns brought waves of tourists arriving, and the white clouds in the sky were all scared away. men and women posing for photos. Suddenly I felt so lucky, I caught a glimpse of the village's rarely shown face.
I ignored their noise like a local, and followed the stone-step alleys of the horses pacing back to my hotel for dinner. Although I am also a tourist who first entered this place last night, I have never walked this path, and I don’t know where it leads. None of the judgments changed my direction. Perhaps it was the guidance of the century-old house that I encountered on the way. This ancient house was preserved after several wars, but it is a pity that the original owners died in the war.
Ordinary life always rekindles the passion through the exotic customs in the trips, the life is endless, the walking is endless, the earth is so vast, I am afraid that it will not be able to finish it in a lifetime.