Video Introduction of Traditional Ancient Villages in Xiangxi

At the beginning of this century, Liye Qin Bamboo Slips unearthed in Liye Town, Longshan County, Xiangxi Tujia and Miao Autonomous Prefecture shocked the world. Academics believe that it is another important archaeological discovery in the Qin Dynasty after the Terracotta Warriors. In 2002, the site of Liye Ancient City was added by the State Council as a national key cultural relic protection unit. In 2008, Liye was awarded the title of "Famous Historical and Cultural Town of China".

Bamian Mountain, visible from the ancient town of Liye, has the reputation of "air grassland". An ancient street in Ming and Qing dynasties, 20 kilometers away from the ancient town of Liye, is shocking. The author's poem:

Ancient street

An ancient street is long and thin.

Lying by the water for a hundred years.

How many passers-by left in a hurry?

Leave a slate to tell the vicissitudes of life

Walking on the mossy stone street seems to have gone through hundreds of years, dreaming back to the Ming and Qing Dynasties.

This place, named Jiashi, was the main waterway traffic artery and merchant wharf in Xiangxi during the Ming and Qing Dynasties. Thousands of meters of complete ancient streets prove the prosperity of Jiacheng hundreds of years ago.

In the past 20 kilometers of Jiashi Ancient Street, there is a traditional village-Laochehe Village, Miaoertan Town, Longshan County, also known as "Yabala" (Tujia means "beautiful place").

Night view of Laochehe Village (Gaballah).

Tujia folk performances in Djaballah.

40 kilometers north of Gaballah, it is one of the core scenic spots in Xiangxi National Geopark.

Morning in Lotta. Yang Zhengping/photo

40 kilometers west of Lota, it reaches the mysterious Wulong Mountain Scenic Resort Canyon.

Wulong Mountain Scenic Resort Canyon. Yang Zhengping/photo

More than 30 kilometers northbound from Wulong Mountain Scenic Resort Canyon to Longshan County; Drive eastward for about 50 kilometers and arrive at Ciyantang Town and Hongyan Town respectively.

1935, the Red Second and Sixth Army Corps led by proletarian revolutionaries of the older generation such as Ren and He Long were stationed here for 233 days, and the Soviet Revolutionary Committee of Hunan, Hubei, Sichuan and Guizhou was also established here. Longjia Mansion, the former site of the Revolutionary Committee of Hunan, Hubei, Sichuan and Guizhou, the national demonstration base of patriotism education, the national cultural relics protection unit and the national defense education demonstration base. It has been listed in the national 100 red tourism classic scenic spots and the national list of 30 red tourism boutique routes.

Ciyantang Town is more than 20 kilometers north, and hongyan town is more than 50 kilometers north, reaching Longshan County. The outstanding feature of Longshan County is that it is adjacent to laifeng county, Enshi Tujia and Miao Autonomous Prefecture, Hubei Province, and the two counties are adjacent to Rongcheng, bounded by Xiang 'eqing Bridge (Youshui River).

Many friends said: the Longshan landscape and villages in the mountainous areas of western Hunan are beautiful and primitive! Attached is a travel itinerary for your reference (the itinerary can be increased or decreased according to time and interest):

On the first day, take the intercity train from Changsha to Longshan, visit the Taiping Mountain in the suburb of Longshan County, visit the red tourist attraction Ciyantang (the former site of the revolutionary base), watch the Tarot Tiankeng, the eaves cave, the Tianguotan and the Shilin Scenic Area, and stay in the cool Tarot in summer. Or go directly from Longshan County to Tarot, visit Tarot attractions, pass through the scenic car wash river town and spend the night in Laochehe Village.

The next day, visit Jiashi Ancient Street, visit Liye Ancient Town and Qin Bamboo Slips Museum, and spend the night in Bamian Mountain.

On the third day, after seeing the sea of clouds in Bamian Mountain in the morning, I went down the mountain, visited Wulong Mountain Scenic Resort Canyon and other scenic spots, passed through Longshan County, and returned by the intercity train from Longshan North to Changsha.

Longshan food specialties: mainly include Longshan lily, firewood smoked bacon, kohlrabi, Chili sauce, fern root powder, fern cake, sweet potato powder, sweet potato cake, fermented bean curd (fermented bean curd) and so on.

Tourist traffic map of Longshan county.

About the author: Long Songping, a native of Xiangxi, now lives in Changsha. He used to be a teacher, a government official and a lawyer (the managing partner of Hunan Yan Jun Law Firm).