Most people don't know that there is an ancient stone village near the ancient city of Fenghuang, which is the real border town in the scenic area.

It's been three years, and I still remember that place called Lahaoying Panzhai. It is unique in that all the buildings here are made of slate. From the path on the ground to the wall and roof of the house, there seems to be no stone, so there is nothing here.

Literally, it can be seen that the Lahore camp is related to the election. Combined with the geographical location of the scenic spot here, it is not difficult to think of what kind of fighting and competition there were in ancient times.

Lahao Yingpan shi ban cun was built in the thirty-third year of Jiajing in Ming Dynasty, namely 1554. "The side wall was built 70 miles away, and the Lahu camp was built from this. It has four doors and four castles." Because the 70-mile wall, camp, gate and battery are all made of stone, it is called "stone village" and continues to this day.

Lahaoyingpan Shibanzhai is about12km away from Fenghuang Ancient City in Xiangxi. It is the ancient barracks of the Great Wall in the south and the site of war culture in the Miao area. It was a very important military stronghold in ancient times, geographically located at the junction of Hunan, Guizhou, Miao and Han, and now it is an important part of the western scenic spot of rural tourism in Fenghuang County.

It is said that Lahao Yingpan Village was built by Zhu Yuanzhang to pacify the scenic spot. It is one of the many camps of the Great Wall in the south, and it is also the place where ancient soldiers guarding the city lived. Now their descendants have survived here. There are stone walls, stone roads, stone houses, stone tables and stone benches in the stockade, so the name Shibanzhai is logical.

It only became a residential village in the Republic of China, and it was a station for 400 years before. There are dozens of complete ancient armories, most of which were built in the Qing Dynasty. Most of the houses adjacent to the ancient armory are still inhabited by residents. Naturally, houses are also stripped from local metamorphic shale, stone houses, streets paved with tiles and stones. The terrain around the village is relatively open, with winding mountains and many beacon towers on the top.

Today, it is open as a tourist attraction, and many people come here every year. According to local customs, you should drink a bowl of roadblock wine when you enter Zhaimen. Miao girls are dressed in costumes and holding a bowl of rice wine to prevent tourists from going. They can only enter the village after drinking. Perhaps in the early years, this enthusiasm was absolutely true and natural. If there was no such link at that time, it might be an act of offending people. Now, this action has evolved into a performance.

Yingpanzhai City has four gates in the east, south, west and north, and a gate watchtower is set up. There is a north-south main street in the village in the city, with alleys on both sides, and two closed doors in the middle of the main street to separate the former garrison from the residential area. The whole village is made of stone and is not easy to be attacked by fire. It is conceivable that this kind of building has played an important role in the military. In addition, Yingpan Village is backed by the peak, and there are six Red Rivers and Jiaochang Rivers at the foot of the mountain, which meet from west to east at more than 200 meters in Yingpan, occupying favorable terrain and being easy to defend but difficult to attack.

According to historical records, in the second year of Jiaqing in the Qing Dynasty, that is, from 1797 to the fifth year of Jiaqing (A.D. 1800), the side walls and the east gate were expanded, the yamen, the gunpowder bureau and the garrison were added, and countless armories were expanded. In the fifteenth year of the Republic of China (1926), bandits were rampant here, and local people moved into the village to escape, and they still live here today.

The whole stockade is built on the mountain, and each house has a specific terrain, specific slates and different shapes, and even each house is an orphan, which is not the same. Some experts praised the house in Lahao Yingpan as "the epitome of the historical relics of traditional Miao village space, which embodies the diligence and wisdom of the working people in Miao village".

The stockade climbed slowly up the mountain and walked slowly into the depths of the village along Yingpan Avenue with a slate mat. However, no matter roads or houses, no matter towers or doorways, there is almost no place that is not made of stone. Sunlight shines on the stacked stones, forming mottled light and shadow, full of three-dimensional sense.

Walking up the steps, from time to time, some villagers go out to work with farm tools, and some female villagers sit on the slate behind the house, watching the tourists coming and going, sitting with a needle and thread in their hands, or selling small things, such as tourist souvenirs with local characteristics. In front of a stall, there was an interesting sign that said bandits smoke 10 yuan 1. I didn't know it was God, Ma Dongdong.

Being in a stone building, I suddenly feel that modern architectural theory is dwarfed here. Between the stones, there is no need for cement or mortar bonding, just build by laying bricks or stones layer by layer, drive the plates and press the joints, and fill the gaps with pebbles, but each building can be preserved for hundreds of years and has the function of fire prevention. People often describe the durability of buildings as rock-solid, and Yingpanzhai is probably the most convincing example. Miao village in western Hunan has its own distinctive architectural features, but with the passage of time, there are fewer and fewer complete remains. In this sense, Lahao Yingpanzhai has become a living fossil of Miao architecture. In 2006, Yingpanzhai was established as a national key cultural relics protection unit. In this way, we no longer have to worry about its extinction.

Most people who live in the stone stockade are Miao people. Oil-green trees protrude from the faint stone walls, golden loofah flowers bloom on the steep stone walls, and fine moss and weeds are attached to the crevices. The old woman knitted a sweater under the tree, the young mother moved the goods out of the house, and the children were still sleeping in the basket. There are handmade cigarettes, dried peppers, preserved fruits and newly harvested sweet corn stalks on the dustpan. They didn't shout, and the things were not expensive, but they put them at random. A snow-white dog crouched on the stone road, its front foot pressed on the next two steps, with a pink nose and pointed ears, like a gentle goat. I want to get close to it, but I'm afraid it will repel strangers. At this time, an old mother of Miao nationality was gesturing cheerfully and talking to me in Miao language. From her eyes, I read encouragement and comfort. I think this dog is safe. I sat and watched for a long time, as if the comfort of time was in the idle sunshine and comfortable rest.

Standing on the higher ground in the village, the vision is wide, and the fields on the hillside extend downwards layer by layer, forming a clear mountain settlement landscape. On the other side, Nanchang City, which is clearly visible in the field of vision, is hidden in rich green vegetation and meanders in Shili Yamanoe.