Guangdong's best-looking ancient city, out of a large number of celebrities, tourism is not developed

Guangdong is one of China's most economically developed provinces, many people believe that this is a cultural desert, once known as the "southern barbaric land", in fact, Guangdong also has more than 1,000 years of history of the ancient city, the most well-known is the provincial capital of Guangzhou, but after the development of Ming and Qing dynasties, the ancient city flavor has been very light, but the eastern The city of Chaozhou in the east has retained a relatively intact ancient city atmosphere.

The ancient city of Chaozhou is the birthplace of "Chaozhou culture", "Chaozhou merchants", Li Ka-shing, Albert Yeung, Allan Lau and other wealthy businessmen and master of Chinese culture Rao Zongyi's ancestral home is Chaozhou.

In fact, in Guangdong's Chaoshan region, Jieyang's history is longer than that of Teochew, but Teochew for a long time was the center of the entire Chaoshan region. Now, what was once the capital of Chaozhou has become the cities of Chaozhou, Jieyang and Shantou, with some counties under the jurisdiction of the city of Meizhou, but the cultural influence remains, and many overseas Teochews refer to themselves as "Teochewers".

Chaozhou does not have big attractions or scenic spots, but there are numerous small ones, with dozens of landscapes concentrated along the Han River and Pai Fang Street alone.

The Pai Fang Street near the Chaozhou City Wall, Kai Yuan Temple and Rao Zong Yi Academic Hall is the most popular ancient street among tourists, where dozens of stone pagodas are concentrated, and the view is most beautiful at night when it is illuminated. Pai Fang Street is also home to a concentration of old Chiu Chow businesses, as well as Jie Di Lane, where the rich used to live.

From Pai Fang Street, it is a two to three minute walk to Guang Ji Bridge. Guangji Bridge, also known as Xiangzi Bridge, is one of the four major ancient bridges in China. The unique construction of the eighteen shuttle boats and twenty-four states has made it stunning to the world, and it is not an exaggeration to say that it is one of the best-looking of the four major ancient bridges.

After nightfall, Guangji Bridge regularly staged light show, a variety of colored lights in the bridge pavilion, piers, bridge body flashed and take turns changing colors, the scene is spectacular, shocking. Epilogue part, the opposite side of the Penjiao Mountain will become a "gold mountain", tour Chaozhou, can not help but see this light show.

The ancient city wall of Chunyuan is Rao Zongyi's ancestral home, skillfully the Chaozhou courtyard architectural art and Western architectural art, the art of Jiangnan gardens perfectly combined together, small and exquisite, small and full of literature.

JiLiu Huang Gong Ancestral Temple popularity is not very big, but here the gold lacquer wood carving process crowns the province, the details of the exquisite degree of breathtaking, now can not find have the same technology of carpentry masters, these wood carvings subsequently become priceless.