Qingyan Ancient Town, one of the four ancient towns in Guizhou, is located in the southern suburbs of Guiyang City. It was built in the tenth year of Hongwu in the Ming Dynasty (1378) and was originally a military fortress. Qingyan Town got its name from the blue-colored rock peaks nearby, and it was the place where troops were stationed in the fields in ancient times. In the 11th year of Chongzhen in the Ming Dynasty, traveler Xu Xiake passed Qingyan and wrote in his travel notes: "Qingyan is a newly built city, and there are quite a tile-floor market in the city, which is the key point in the south of Guizhou Province." The buildings are densely intertwined, with temples, pavilions, painted pillars, carved beams, flying corners and double eaves interspersed. The town is full of talents, including Zhou Yuhuang, a famous historical figure, and Zhao Yijiong, the number one scholar in the late Qing Dynasty (the first number one scholar in Guizhou history). In the town, there are historical relics such as Qingyan teaching case site, Zhao Zhuangyuan's mansion, Mr. Ping Gang's former residence, and the Red Army's Long March combat headquarters, which shocked China and the world in modern history. Zhou Enlai's father, Deng Yingchao's mother, Li Kenong and other revolutionary predecessors and their families all lived secretly in Qingyan. Qingyan Ancient Town was also one of the westward moving schools of Zhejiang University during the Anti-Japanese War. It is about 29 kilometers away from the urban area. It is a national 5A-level scenic spot
The history of Qingyan Ancient Town is 22 years earlier than the establishment of Guizhou Province. Together with Zhenyuan, Bing'an and Longli, it is known as the four ancient towns in Guizhou. Judging from the reason for its birth, it is the same as Zhenyuan and Long'an, and it was the product of the Ming Dynasty's army marching into the Southwest. In 2013, it was honored as one of the most charming towns in China in the peak international intangible cultural heritage protection and inheritance tourism planning project.
Transportation: At Guiyang Railway Station Square, take bus No. 203 to Qingyan Ancient Town Ximen parking lot, the fare is 2 yuan, and the journey takes about 1.5 hours.
The departure time of bus No. 203 is 6:30, the departure interval is 10 minutes, and the last bus from the ancient town back to the urban area is 21:00.
There are four gates in the ancient town. When you return, remember to go out from the west gate of the ancient town.
After getting off the bus, we walked along the road by feeling (it should be to the west gate), climbed the city wall near the north gate, and walked in the direction of Dingguangmen
Because it was early, the staff hadn't gone to work yet, so there was no ticket to enter
The city wall runs along the mountain, very high and steep, and in some places it goes straight up and down. In history, the four gates in the southeast, northwest, and north of the ancient town were all built with city walls, but today, only the city walls around Dingguang Gate in the south remain.
The city wall winds to the top of the mountain. During the war years, the ancient city wall of Qingyan played the role of resisting enemy invasion. Now in peacetime, this is the best place to overlook the entire ancient town. Standing at the highest point of the city wall, you can have a bird's-eye view of the surrounding scenery.
Built in the Ming Dynasty, it was originally a military fortress, and the ancient buildings from the Ming and Qing Dynasties are preserved. Walking on the city wall, with the red flags waving, you can feel the ancient charm from the century-old town.
The scenery seen on the city wall is the scenery outside the ancient town
A pagoda, that is Daxingguo Temple. Daxingguo Temple in Guiyang City is located in Beijie Village, Qingyan Town, Huaxi District. The temple gradually declined. Venerable Xinzhao, the abbot of Hongfu Temple and Daxingguo Temple in Guiyang City, rebuilt Daxingguo Temple with the support and help of leaders at all levels and relevant departments in Guizhou province and city.
The town is not built on a plane but on a rugged hillside. Viewed from a height, the pattern of the whole town gives people a quiet and three-dimensional scene that is difficult to see in other ancient towns.
Walk 220 meters to the Black Temple: On the hill of the Black Temple in the southwest of Qingyan, there are lush catalpa trees. Around the Dragon Pavilion next to Qiantao Road, there are even forests of oil fir.
The dam in the city is wide and wide. High walls, numerous temples and halls - Longevity Palace, Shoufu Temple, Longquan Temple, Catholic Church and so on. The dragon's head is in the river at the foot of Yinglongge Mountain, accompanied by many fishes as big as door panels. The dragon's tail is on the mountain of the Black Temple, where the dragon's scales can still be seen. The body of the dragon is stretching out beneath the field dam. In the center of the field dam paved with stone slabs, there is a tall brick tower with a pool in front of the tower. Under the tower and pool used to incinerate water paper is the waist of the dragon. It is said that there is a big iron pot under it, and a big rooster stands there to guard the body of the dragon. When there was a flood, the big rooster pecked at her fiercely, the dragon would not move, and Qingyan City would not be flooded safely.
The Black Temple is the West City Gate
Standing on the West Tower to see the scenery, this is the scenery outside the ancient town.
Looking at this ancient town that has existed for hundreds of years from the height of the city wall, I am full of thoughts...
Standing on the Nancheng Tower (Dingguangmen) to see the scenery, this is the scenery outside the ancient town.
Overlooking the ancient town, there are exquisitely designed and exquisitely crafted Ming and Qing ancient buildings interlaced in the ancient town, temples, pavilions, painted pillars, carved beams, flying corners and double eaves.
Dingguangmen: It was built by Ban Yingshou, the deputy commander-in-chief in the 17th year of Qing Shunzhi (1660), when he expanded Qingyan City. The city tower is three times wide and about four meters deep, with blue tile roofs. In 1993, the government allocated special funds and raised funds for reconstruction, and the roof was changed to yellow glazed tiles. When Dingguangmen was repaired, due to the lack of expert guidance, the wall stacks were built on the runway, and there was no protective wall under the stacks. This is a pity that it is untrue. In 2000, the municipal government allocated special funds to rebuild it again, restored the blue tile roof, added a protective wall, and basically restored the old appearance.
The gate tower and city wall made of huge stones are tall and mighty, and the winding stone road outside the city constitutes a magnificent picture.
Dingguang Gate and Dingguang Lake
Zhao Lilun Centennial Square is located between Laonanmen and Dingguangmen in Qingyan Town, formerly known as Daciwo, built in the 23rd year of Daoguang in the Qing Dynasty (1843). The stone archway is a four-pillar, three-room, three-story Ading archway, standing majestically on the South Street, facing south and backing north, 30 meters away from Dingguangmen.
There are stone lion pillars on the north and south sides. The lion is 0.65 meters high, with a huge mouth, two eyes wide open, holding treasures in its front paws, and standing on the pillars with its rear feet. Although it has been eroded by wind and rain for more than a hundred years, the stone lions are still alive and exquisite.
Generally speaking, a large number of stone lions are mostly squatting. Although majestic, they are dull. On the other hand, the stone lions on Zhao Lilun's Centennial Square are jumping, just like folk lion dances, full of a strong sense of life. Artist Liu Haisu saw these stone lions and praised them as "highly artistic stone carvings"
Because we arrived early, there were not too many people on the streets of the ancient city, and the businesses on both sides had just opened for business.
The mottled square bricks on the ancient post road, the broken steles on the side of the road...bring people into the unique charm of the ancient town.
The Christian church in the ancient town, built in the 13th year of the Republic of China (1924), is the latest religion introduced to Qingyan. Since it was introduced late, there has been no fixed place to preach and all rely on renting houses, so the number of believers is the least. In 1987, the government gradually allocated funds and injected capital, so the Christian Church we see today is born. The four religions coexist in Qingyan Ancient Town, and there has never been any contradiction and conflict between the sects, and the four religions live in harmony.
At the foot of Huangjiapo, the South Street of Qingyan Ancient Town, is Yingxiang Temple. Yingxiang Temple is the earliest Buddhist temple in the ancient town. It was built in the first year of Mingqi (AD 1621) and has been established for more than 390 years. It was founded by Master Zhi'an, the founder of the mountain. , It was rebuilt in the eighth year of Daoguang in Qing Dynasty (1828 A.D.), which means to welcome auspiciousness.
It is the only temple in Guizhou that has not cut off the incense and left the monks. Yingxiang Temple faces east from west, with majestic architecture and majestic halls. The total area is 8 mu, and the construction area is 3500 square meters. The main body construction has distinct levels.
Enter the gate of the temple from Yingxiang Lane, South Street of the ancient town, and pass through the courtyard, followed by the Tianwang Hall, Daxiong Hall, Guanyin Hall, and three-story halls. On both sides of the Tianwang Hall are Zhaitang. Between the Daxiong Hall and the Guanyin Hall is the courtyard courtyard. There are release pools and stone railings in the courtyard. On the north side of the courtyard is the Jade Buddha Hall, on the south side is the Patriarch Hall and the place where Dharma flows, on the north side of the Guanyin Hall is the Pharmacist Hall, and on the south side is the Ksitigarbha Hall. The main buildings of Yingxiang Temple are surrounded by bell towers, drum towers, nine dragon walls, sutra halls, cool terraces, mantle towers, meditation rooms, and green belts.
There is Doumu Pavilion in Yingxiang Temple, where Buddhism and Taoism are combined into one place.
South Street Turns to East Street
The Zhao Gong Temple was first built during the Tongzhi period of the Qing Dynasty. It was built according to the instructions of the Qing government after Zhao Guoshu, the prime minister of the Qingyan regiment, was killed in battle with the peasant uprising army. Covering an area of 1,600 square meters, with a construction area of 920 square meters, it consists of a mountain gate, a passage, a hall, hatchback rooms and a main hall. Zhao Guoshu advocated the training of militia groups, organized local gentry to repair the Qingyan city wall, etc., and attacked the He Desheng Department of Denghua Sect in the second year of Tongzhi (1863) and was killed. The Qing court posthumously granted him the title of Minister of Taichang Temple, Commandant of Shangqi, quasi-hereditary, and decreed to build a special temple for Zhao Gong. In 2003, it became a municipal-level cultural relics protection unit in Guiyang. When Qingyan Ancient Town became a national 5A-level tourist attraction in 2016, it repaired Zhaogong Temple and set up the "Qingyan Military Culture and Ancient Town Change Exhibition" here.
Wenchang Pavilion is located at No. 143 East Street, covering an area of more than 800 square meters. It was built in the Wanli period of the Ming Dynasty and rebuilt in the Qianlong period. It is a brick and wood structure built on the side of a mountain. It is an octagonal building with corners. It is a place where scholars in the old days often went to study, gather, and worship the Emperor Wenchang.
Walking on the East Street of Ming and Qing Dynasties, "Hundred Uses" is a very sentimental bookstore. "Hundreds of Uses" is located next to Wenchang Pavilion, the east gate of Qingyan Ancient Town. It is a single-family old house with blue roof tiles and wooden window frames. The "useless" lonely quiet, antique.
Continuing to the east, a tall city tower appears in front of you. This is the east gate, east city building and east city wall of Qingyan ancient town. It was restored in 2007 and covers an area of about 100 square meters. The city tower is a wooden structure with double eaves and a mountain top with three bays. The roof is blue-gray tiled, with clay sculpture ridge decorations, and there are crenels and forts on the city wall.
Go back to the scenic area on the original road on Ming and Qing East Street. Here is the cultural square. At the end of the East Street of the ancient town is the square, with the restored burning pyramid and the newly built "Qingyan Cultural Square" stone square
"Longquan Temple" at the terminal of North Street in the ancient town. Longquan Temple was first built in the Wanli period of the Ming Dynasty (1573-1619) and rebuilt in the 57th year of Kangxi in the Qing Dynasty (1718). It is the largest temple in the ancient city of Qingyan, covering an area of more than 3,500 square meters. Dozens of halls, auxiliary halls, theater buildings, wing rooms, etc., are all brick and wood structures hanging on the top of the mountain, magnificent and magnificent. The side hall, the theater building, and the wing room at the side mountain gate also preserve complete woodcarving art treasures, the contents of which are all traditional Chinese stories of twenty-four filial piety and classic stories in the Romance of the Gods. The current building in the temple has been used as the exhibition hall of the ancient town stone collection hall
The stone road hundreds of years ago, saw the footprints of the ancients
No. 6 Zhuangyuan Street, Qingyan Ancient Town, Zhuangyuan Mansion is the former residence of Zhao Yijiong, the first literary champion in Guizhou
In front of the gate of the compound is a simple couplet "Qin He Pu Zhi, Analects of Confucius handed down family", which shows the owner's lifelong wish.
The mansion faces north and is a quadrangle courtyard with two entrances, and the mansion faces north with two entrances. It is a courtyard with two entrances, both of which have one front and two compartments. The style is Xieshan style, with a total area of about 700 square meters.
The building is mainly made of wooden structure, which is elegant and unassuming, quiet and peaceful, and has a scholarly style. Now that you have all come to the ancient town, you can walk into the former residence of the champion to feel the fragrance of books in the courtyard.
There are many remnants of the word "Shou" on the inner wall of the Chaomen. It is said that this was left by Zhao Yijiong's great-great-grandfather Zhao Lilun when he was a hundred years old.
Going from Zhuangyuan Street, the Longevity Palace walking on the East Street of Ming and Qing Dynasties: It was built during the Kangxi period of the Qing Dynasty and rebuilt in the third year of Jiaqing (1798). , and later transformed into a Taoist temple. The entire palace courtyard is composed of the main hall, side hall, west chamber, theater building and living area. It sits east to west and covers a total area of more than 1,000 square meters.
There are colorful reliefs on the gate of the main hall. There are nine statues of Taoist gods, one of which is the Taishang Laojun, and the others are the Eight Immortals. The colors are bright and the characters are lifelike. There are brick carvings and other reliefs around it.
The most interesting thing in the palace is the theater building, where the wood carvings are exquisite. On the wooden beams on the right side of the theater building, a group of high-relief figures is the most famous, with contents such as "Hongmen Banquet", "Ambush from Ten Sides", "Besieged on All Sides", etc., which are very characteristic of military culture.
The ancient simplicity of the Longevity Palace has also become a shooting location for some movies and TV shows.
Longevity Palace is very close to Ciyun Temple, which used to be the Guizhou Guild Hall located on the west side of Bei Street, Qingyan Town, Huaxi District. It was built in the Kangxi period of the Qing Dynasty. It was expanded in the 12th year of Daoguang (1832). A large building complex is composed of the first courtyard and the second courtyard, covering an area of 4,200 square meters and a construction area of 898 square meters.
When entering the courtyard, sit west to east, and when entering the courtyard, sit south to north. Except for the theater building and the Daxiong Palace, which are brick and wood structures on the top of the mountain, the others are all wooden structures on the top of the mountain. The wood carvings and stone carvings in the temple are exquisite in craftsmanship, which is a boutique among the ancient buildings of Qingyan Ancient Town.
Since ancient times, the guild hall has met the gatherings of fellow villagers and business transactions, and also doubles as an inn and warehouse. Many guild halls have private schools and schools with super powerful functions. Reminiscent of fish to Western churches.
Back Street is an old stone alley, the most characteristic stone alley in Qingyan. It connects the Temple of Wealth in the east and Ciyun Temple in the west, connecting the South Street and West Street in the ancient town together.
The alleys are undulating and winding, without losing the rural flavor and the characteristics of urban streets and alleys. They are a model of streets and alleys in ancient towns in Guizhou. Strip stones, block stones, lump stones and irregular stones are used to bond masonry with glutinous rice paste, tung oil and lime. The stone materials are widely used and the masonry methods are varied. Therefore, the detailed texture of the stone alley is very rich, free and regular. The bluestone slabs have been scoured and sharpened for hundreds of years, and the light can be used as a lesson
Beijie is the most characteristic stone alley in Qingyan. The bluestone slabs on the road have been scoured and sharpened for hundreds of years. Time and space and mystery.
Back Street is the most representative street in Qingyan Ancient Town, and it is also the longest-preserved stone alley in Qingyan Ancient Town. It has a history of more than 300 years. Quiet, undulating along the mountain. The karst landform in Guiyang has many mountains and rocks, and the stones are shale, which is layered one by one. Therefore also known as phyllogenetic rock
Qingyan Ancient Town is surrounded by mountains and ridges, so it is logical that the city gates and walls are all built of stones. The ancient town's ancient flavor first comes from the bluestone.
The streets are surrounded by courtyard walls built of layers of stones. The roads are narrow and quiet, undulating along the mountains, which is an excellent location for photography.
The area near the back street is also a place where scenic spots are relatively concentrated. Because Jiang Wen filmed the movie "Looking for a Gun", this small street became famous, and there is an endless stream of people who come here admiringly! I waited a while to get this empty shot.
There are also shots of this yard in "Looking for a Gun".
There is a Temple of Wealth at the end of the back street.
Diagonally opposite is located at No. 2 Qingyanbei Street, a Ding family's house, where Zhou Enlai's father once lived. In 1939, the Guiyang Traffic Station of the Eighth Route Army received a group of family members of the anti-Japanese revolution who were transferred to Guiyang via Guilin. Zhou Enlai’s father, Zhou Yineng, was arranged to live in this Ding family’s house in Qingyan. Father Zhou, who was nearly seventy years old in the middle of the Anti-Japanese War, often used some small medical prescriptions to help the masses relieve their pain and donated medicines to help when they lived in Qingyan. This old man wearing a Yindan cloth shirt, a black mandarin jacket, and a "melon cap" left a deep impression on the people of Qingyan.
The walls of the ancient streets are all built of stones, and now it is rare to build walls in this way.
As the name suggests, Qingyan is a world of stones, known in history as "the unbreakable stone city".
The ancient city is built according to the stone mountains, the walls are built with stones, the gates are arched with stones, post roads are paved with stones, deep alleys are extended with stones, and walls are built with stones
The bluestone in Guizhou is hard, stable, majestic and resilient. Due to the eternity of stone beyond the dynasties, the architectural culture of the Central Plains merged with the local Miao and Buyi cultures, so that so many ancient buildings are still shining today.
back street east end
The Catholic Church in Qingyan Ancient Town, Catholicism was introduced into Qingyan, from the end of the Daoguang period of the Qing Dynasty to the early years of Xianfeng (1846-1851). The first large monastery. The current Catholic Church was relocated from Yaojiaguan in 1867.
Banmu Fangtang Inn is located in Qingyan Ancient Town, about 3 to 5 minutes' walk from the North City Gate and West City Gate. There are two large gardens outside the inn, with an elegant environment and charming scenery
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Go out of Ximen, wait for the bus to return to Guiyang, and take the train to Zhenyuan.
