Zhenyuan Ancient Town is a famous town in Zhenyuan County, Qiandongnan Miao and Dong Autonomous Prefecture, Guizhou Province. It is located on the bank of Wuyang River and surrounded by mountains. The river meanders through the city in an "S" shape, with the old Fucheng on the north bank and the old Acropolis on the south bank, which looks like a Tai Chi picture from a distance.
Zhenyuan, tracing back to its origin, the ancient Zhenyuan was located at the junction of the "Wuximan" and "Baiyue people" in history. As early as the Spring and Autumn Period, Zhenyuan was established. Qin belonged to Qianzhong County; Han Dynasty belonged to Ling County, attached to Jingzhou; it is a two-thousand-year-old town, a military strategist, and a trade center, with prosperous water transportation, and then it became prosperous. In the sixth year of Song Baoyou (AD 1258), Huangping City was built and named Zhenyuan Prefecture, which was the beginning of the name Zhenyuan.
There are two bridges in Zhenyuan, the new bridge and the old bridge. The old bridge is called Zhusheng Bridge. Zhusheng Bridge has gone through more than 600 years, and it took 250 years to build it. The bridge was originally named "Xiqiao", but it was renamed Zhusheng Bridge because of Emperor Kangxi's birthday. The bridge is entirely made of bluestone. After it is completed, it looks like a long dragon lying on the Wuyang River.
There is a pavilion built in the bridge, which is called "Kuixing Tower". It is rare to build a pavilion in the bridge. Today's pavilion is also full of a lot of cultural atmosphere.
Sitting on the Zhusheng Bridge and enjoying the quiet Wuyang River, the green river water, the river surface is like a mirror, everything is calm, this is the real original appearance of the ancient town, comfortable and mysterious.
Qinglong Cave is located by the Wuyang River, just across the Zhusheng Bridge from the old street. The Qinglong Cave building was built on the mountain, known as the Southwest Hanging Temple. It is a group of extremely large-scale religious buildings in the Ming and Qing Dynasties. There are Buddhist temples, Taoist temples and Confucian temples. The three religions are integrated into one. For the spectacular. Its structure is ingenious. There are caves in the mountain, and the caves are connected. Inside the caves, there are statues of Buddha and Taoist gods. The buildings are connected with each other by stone steps.
Qinglong Cave was built in the middle of the Ming Dynasty. It has a history of 500 years. The holy bridge and the incense burner rock are composed of 36 single buildings in six parts, a religious cultural tourist attraction and an architectural expo area.
Dozens of ancient buildings with cliffs and caves are concentrated in the narrow cliff area of Zhonghe Mountain, which is 40 meters wide, 60 meters high and low, and about 300 meters long. Temples, Taoist temples, schools, and guild halls constitute the "Qinglong Cave Ancient Building Complex ". Backed by the green hills and facing the green water, she is like a group of gigantic reliefs crafted by gods and axes, and also like an ink painting with light sketches.
You can see the entire Zhenyuan Ancient Town from the towers, and the boats on the Wuyang River are still beautiful. There are large and small piers scattered along the Yang River, passing by one by one in the bright and clean colorful waves, telling the old dream of Zhenyuan's prosperous water trade in the past. A river of clear water flows eastward, merges into the Qingshui River, flows into Yuanshui, flows into Dongting, and runs towards the Yangtze River. Wuyang River gave birth to Zhenyuan.
Shiping Mountain stands like a screen on the back of the ancient city. One side of the cliff is so named because it is "straight and wide like a screen", and the relative height difference from Wuyang River is 204 meters.
The ancient city of Zhenyuan is a diversified ancient city, where more than 20 ethnic minorities such as the Han nationality and the Dong nationality live in harmony. , making Zhenyuan a multi-ethnic, multi-religious, and multi-society museum, which is called the "world cultural protection circle" by experts.
Zhenyuan Museum is free to visit, just swipe your ID card. The existing stone carvings and wood carvings in the temple are all high-quality carvings. The stone and wood are both good and very stylish. There are very few physical furnishings in the tube, mainly old photos spray-painted. The theme of the exhibition is "Historical and Cultural City" of Zhenyuan, and the content includes the development of the town, ethnic customs, ethnic festivals, and collections of folk houses, etc.
The scenery of Zhenyuan takes Wuyang River as the main line, and the scenery along both sides of the river is beautiful. Walking along the river and savoring it carefully, the charm is endless.
This is the Daheguan Wharf next to the Buddha Laughing Building. There is a lijin bureau on the wharf, which is equivalent to the current customs.
The new bridge was built after the founding of new China, so it is called the new bridge.
The architectural style of Zhenyuan Ancient Town is blue bricks and black tiles, high-sealed fire walls, cornices and corners, carved beams and painted buildings. Every bluestone slab and every blue brick records historical relics, weeping about the vicissitudes of the thousand-year-old town.
Zhenyuan won the title of "One of the Ten Most Beautiful Ancient Cities in China" in 2009, and is also known as "Oriental Venice". A small town full of stories, the mountains and rivers here are soft dreams in your heart.