Is your village really as old as before?

Guicun Village in Jiudu Town is a traditional village in China. The "water rhyme" of Jiudu is centered on your village. As early as the Sui and Tang Dynasties, people settled in your village. By the end of Yuan Dynasty and the beginning of Ming Dynasty, your village was located by a stream with convenient transportation and became a place where merchants gathered. The ancient ferry in your village was built during this period.

At the earliest, the ancient ferry was paved with pebbles of uniform size. Timber is shipped from the upper reaches. After the boatman arrives at the ferry, he will go ashore to the village for a rest, and then the timber will be transported downstream for sale, and the downstream goods will also be transferred at the dock. Today, there are still boats coming and going from this ancient ferry, and villagers go to the fields and loquat forests on the other side to work. A number of ancient trees such as banyan, camphor and maple beside the ferry have a history of 100 years. This ancient tree group has brought good ecology to the river bank. Visitors can often see squirrels and egrets among the ancient trees.

At present, the eco-tourism scenic spot in your village combines the ancient ferry, the ancient banyan tree group, the educated youth forest, the ancient commercial street in the Ming and Qing Dynasties, the waterwheel landscape in the Qing Dynasty and the stone shore landscape with the theme of "the former residence of water rhyme" to form a landscape area suitable for rural leisure tourism. Historical sites have come back to life, and some of them are still playing the role of water conservancy facilities.