Cizhong Catholic Church

introduce

In the Lancang River Gorge, there is a beautiful and quiet mountain village - Cizhong Village, which is surrounded by mountains and facing water. This is the hinterland of Tibetan Buddhism, but Cizhong Village is famous for its Cizhong Catholic Church.

Cizhong Catholic Church was built by the French. It is located on a wooded hillside, with green hills behind it, and farmhouses dotted in front. The architectural complex is integrated with the natural landscape, which is unique. The architectural form of the church is a combination of Chinese and Western styles, including chapels supported by bell towers, crosses and arcades, as well as Chinese pavilions and cornices of gate towers. The church sits west and faces east, and climbs the bell tower, overlooking the panoramic view of Cizhong and the surrounding mountains.

There are also large gardens, vegetable gardens and vineyards around the building, with red and green contrasting each other, elegant and unique. It is said that the grapes in the vineyards here are fine varieties of Bordeaux, France. The red wine brewed at first was only a ritual sacrifice. Now the church still preserves the wine-making tools of the French missionaries and related foreign language books. You might as well come here Buy a few bottles of wine here to take home for yourself or give to relatives and friends.

There are a lot of foreign tourists who come here to travel. If you want to stay to participate in a worship service, listen to the Tibetan recitation of the Bible, or wait for the fresh wine after picking, you can live here with peace of mind. The church provides some accommodation for tourists. Right in the church yard.

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