I was amazed at the first sight of Zhenyuan ancient city. Do you know where Guizhou people come from?

I was amazed at the first sight of Zhenyuan ancient city. Do you know where Guizhou people come from?

When I arrived at Zhenyuan Ancient City in Guizhou Province, it was already in the evening. Put down your bag, walk out of the hotel, and come to a small local restaurant for dinner. After tasting the delicious food in Zhenyuan, I began to wander around the streets of the ancient city and browse the antique and original flavor of this town.

At this point, it is already night arrival. The whole ancient city is brightly lit. The dim lights shine on both sides of Wuyang River, showing dazzling brilliance everywhere. It makes people shine at the moment, and there are really some heartbeats and palpitations.

I have visited some places, including ancient towns and cities in China. There are also famous historical and cultural cities abroad, and there are few places that make me impulsive.

The night in Paris, France is beautiful, a beautiful picture of European classical charm, especially the Eiffel Tower and Champs Elysé es, which have experienced a hundred years of history. The Eiffel Tower seen during the day is a black and high iron frame. It used to be the ugliest landmark in Paris, just like the telephone poles of overhead lines now. But at night, after laser irradiation, the atmosphere is different; However, Zhenyuan ancient city is no less than fashion capital of the world, and its beautiful regional sense has soaked the hearts of different tourists.

Zhenyuan ancient city has its own style and characteristics. A Wuyang River that runs through the city divides this small town, which has been famous since the Ming Dynasty, into two compartments. On one side is the southern end of the ancient city, which was called "Acropolis" in ancient times. This is the place where ancient soldiers were stationed, and it was once heavily guarded. At present, it is renamed "Shuncheng Street", which is the business district of the ancient city and the office of the county government of zhenyuan county.

Although the Acropolis has some new buildings, it still maintains the old streets and Gu Xiang of the ancient city. The alley is deep, like a narrow and antique alley, and the antique appearance remains the same.

In the "Acropolis" area, there is a Temple of Heaven since the Ming Dynasty, formerly known as Tian Fei Temple. Founded in Hongzhi period of Ming Dynasty, it moved from Zhenyuan Zhifu forest to Zhongheshan Xuanguan. It used to be a guild hall, a special place where Fujian businessmen gathered to worship Mazu, the sea god. During the Kangxi period of the Qing Dynasty, it was promoted to Tianhou Palace, hence its name Tianhou Palace. It seems that the Acropolis is the main city of Zhenyuan ancient city?

In fact, the urban area on the north bank of Wuyang River was called "Fucheng" in ancient times. There are many small docks along the river in Fucheng, and merchants along the street mainly deal in local specialties, such as sour fish soup, grilled fish and Guizhou rice noodles.

It is said that "Fucheng" was a relatively concentrated residence of Jiangxi people in the early years, mostly for foreign merchants. Because the rivers and streets in Fucheng are not very straight, the streets are littered with rubbish and there are various shops, people are used to calling them "crooked ways".

Speaking of crooked ways? The "Fucheng" side is really worthy of the name. There is a Qinglong cave built along the ups and downs of the mountain. "Qinglong Cave" is magnificent and unique, and it is a rare architectural community of "three religions in one" in China. Typical Huizhou architecture, with white walls and gray tiles, cornices and arches, and horse-headed walls, is carved with ancient Teng Tu and stone carving art on bricks and stones.

Qinglong Cave was built in Hongwu 2 1 year of Ming Dynasty (1388). Later, Jiangxi people expanded the Wanshou Palace here. There is also Zhongyuan Cave, which was cultivated by Taoist Zhang Sanfeng in the early Ming Dynasty. Ziyang Academy (built in 1530), which inherits Confucianism, is also one of the earlier academies in Guizhou. There is also the Buddhist temple Zhongyuan Temple. The gables in Qinglong Cave are roughly square, and the whole wall looks like a person's square face. Broad face, above the wall, seems to have two round "eyes"; In the center of the wall, there is a door plaque, which reads "Water from Jinshan". This door plaque is like a human nose. Below is the gate, more like a human mouth. The whole shape is vivid and meticulous, just like a face, as if representing the "generous Buddha's heart" advocated by Buddhism.

There is a Taoist teaching view here; Buddhist temples; There are also Confucian academies; It covers the beliefs and inherited history and culture of Zhenyuan people. This shows that Guizhou and Zhenyuan are one of the regions with diverse history and culture.

On both sides of Wuyang River, there are still some historical sites since Ming and Qing Dynasties and small streets left over from ancient times, which are very interesting and charming.

Zhenyuan's architecture is different from others, including the diaojiao building style of your department and the Huizhou architectural art handed down from other provinces. * * * expresses the different regional popularity and cultural factions here.

Zhenyuan's block is not complicated, mainly one river and two bridges. A winding Wuyang River with two stone bridges. One is an old stone bridge left over from ancient times, with a pavilion on it; Another stone bridge was built later, wider than before, and it is a major traffic artery.

The blocks on both sides of the bridge still retain the ancient street Gu Xiang, as well as the past archways, pavilions and covered bridges. Such as Sifang Jingxiang, Yumen, Fuxing Lane, Shiping Juzhen, Chongzikou Lane, Sizhong Temple, Zhenyuan Museum, Yuantaichang (Zhenyuan Suxiting), Yanji Lane and so on.

When I came to Zhenyuan to enjoy the ancient town, I think there are nine highlights. One is the winding Wuyang River; Two bridges over Wuyang River. An ancient stone bridge, a modern stone bridge; Third, the ancient city buildings on both sides of Wuyang River; Fourth, the night view of the ancient city; 5. "Acropolis" and "Fucheng" of Zhenyuan ancient city; 6. Gu Xiang along the street; Seven, the night view of Shiping Mountain. Shiping Mountain is the highest peak of Zhenyuan ancient city. Every night, small lights will light up on Shiping Mountain, flashing the night sky, and a bright pavilion stands on a high mountain peak, adding a lot of colors to this ancient city. Eight, the integration of the three religions "Qinglong Cave"; Nine, the ancient city wall of Ming Dynasty.

The night view of Zhenyuan ancient city is the most worth seeing. Every night, as night falls, the bridges on Wuyang River flow and tourists shuttle. The banks of the river are brightly lit, and the quiet night shines with colorful light; Streets and alleys, thousands of lights, colorful, as if calling people, can not stop for a moment; Tourists wander the streets, and people enjoy the beautiful scenery with them; Business vendors, teahouses, bars, KTV, very lively; The scene is like a beautiful picture scroll, simple and fragrant, which is simply a psychedelic night.

Here, like looking for a night in Paris? But it broke through the realm of ancient and modern times? Outside Rome, Florence and Venice in Italy? Zhenyuan is a typical representative of ancient cities in China.

Sometimes the night can temporarily blind your eyes, and you can't see the part covered by the night; The next day, I visited the ancient city and saw a long ancient city wall.

Guizhou is a magical place. Yunnan province calls itself "colorful Yunnan": Guizhou people say rudely: I am "colorful Guizhou". Why do Guizhou people dare to call themselves "colorful Guizhou"? There are historical and objective reasons for this?

There are 56 ethnic minorities in China, including 49 in Guizhou Province alone, which is a major feature of Guizhou and the reason why it is "colorful".

Is there a second "colorful" reason in Guizhou Province? I don't think many people know. In fact, Guizhou was a province with many immigrants in ancient times. I dare not say that Guizhou is the province with the largest number of immigrants in China? And the provinces with relatively concentrated foreign population.

First of all, most of the ethnic minorities in Guizhou Province migrated from the inland to Guizhou. We heard from ethnic minorities in other provinces why most ethnic minorities in China live in remote areas. Not only remote, but also concentrated in the sparsely populated mountains and forests?

In ancient times, ethnic minorities also lived in the present inland provinces and lived together with the Han nationality. However, because of primitive times, wars broke out between ethnic groups for territory; It is also because the imperial courts of past dynasties recruited soldiers, and in order to compete for territory or wage war, they constantly seized soldiers and labors in ethnic minority areas. In order to avoid the capture of soldiers by the imperial court, ethnic minorities should flee as far as possible. Start, hide out, be found by the court, continue to catch soldiers. Ethnic minorities can only run farther and farther until the court can't find them.

They fled to sparsely populated remote areas and mountainous areas in border villages. Where there are many people and few people in Guizhou, the traffic is extremely inconvenient. Can the court still find them? Can you still find ethnic minorities living in the deep mountains? Ethnic minorities have built terraced fields and planted fruit trees on steep ridges and high ridges, and have lived here for generations. So there are many ethnic minorities in Guizhou. This is one reason. Most ethnic minorities come from other places.

Secondly, I found that although Guizhou used to be remote, there were many migrants. First, the imperial court camped here and sent troops to camp. In Anshun around Guiyang, there is a place called Pingba. In the Ming Dynasty, Emperor Zhu Yuanzhang sent troops here. Later, the Ming Dynasty perished, and the descendants who were soldiers here stayed here. Although ethnic minorities cannot be formed, in Guizhou, the locals call them "Tunpu people", which means they are not local aborigines. In Hongfenghu Town, qingzhen city, not far from Pingba, I asked the locals, "Do you have any ethnic minorities here?" The answer is no: "We are all Han people here".

Second, since the Ming Dynasty, many people from other provinces came to Guizhou to do business, especially some ancient towns and cities. In some ancient towns in Guizhou Province, there are Hunan Guild Hall, Hubei Guild Hall, Jiangxi Guild Hall and Fujian Guild Hall in history. In Qingyan ancient town, there used to be two lakes guild halls and Jiangxi guild halls. When we came to Zhenyuan ancient city in Guizhou, the locals told us that people from Fujian and Jiangxi used to do business here. In the old "Fucheng" in Zhenyuan, businessmen mainly came from Jiangxi.

Just arrived in Fucheng, which is far from the town, and ate in a restaurant. I asked two waiters in this restaurant, one like the proprietress and the other like the helper. One of them told me: "My hometown is Jiangxi"; The other said, "My ancestral home is in Sichuan". Only two people, both from other provinces, said they were 100% immigrants from other provinces.

So I just concluded that there are many people from other provinces in Guizhou province. Due to the need of business, their ancestors came to Guizhou from other provinces After years and generations of efforts, he acquired the family business and industry, and settled in Guizhou, becoming an early immigrant in Guizhou Province.

As we all know, Guizhou Province used to be a relatively poor place in domestic provinces, with inconvenient transportation, sparsely populated, no roads and only tea-horse post roads. Then why do so many mainlanders come here for business? Because of their commerce, Guizhou was developed and built, which made Guizhou retain some ancient towns and cities?

This is a question worth discussing? In my opinion, it is precisely because of the lack of materials in Guizhou Province in the past that there will be some development opportunities for doing business here. In addition, Guizhou is remote, with inconvenient transportation and few wars, so it is quite stable to do business here.

Like the arduous eight-year Anti-Japanese War, Guizhou became the strategic rear of the country. The Japanese fought and didn't hit Guizhou. Guizhou became a relatively peaceful environment. In order to avoid wars and wars, some universities in inland provinces insisted on running schools, so they had to move to Guizhou Province to continue running schools. For example, Zhejiang University moved to Qingyan Ancient Town.

In Zhenyuan ancient city, there is a site called Heping Village. According to reports, it was once the seat of the Japanese anti-war alliance in China during the War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression period. Also, because there is no war, many ancient cities and historical sites in Guizhou Province have been well preserved, and Zhenyuan Ancient City is one of them.

Zhenyuan Ancient City is located in zhenyuan county, Qiandongnan Miao and Dong Autonomous Prefecture. The characteristic of this ancient city is that it is surrounded by mountains on three sides, and the whole county is surrounded by a winding Wuyang River. The ancient city is in the shape of "S", and some people describe it as "Tai Chi Map".

It is not without regrets to say that Zhenyuan ancient city is good. When I left, I asked the tour guide, "Why didn't such a complete ancient city apply to UNESCO?" The tour guide told me: "there are still some places that the ancient city does not have, and it still needs hard work to apply for world heritage"! Seeing the trash cans and all kinds of sundries left by the ancient city monuments affects the style of the ancient city.

This is the ancient town of Zhenyuan in Guizhou that I saw and learned.