Route from Shunde to Liannan Yaozhai

Nangang Millennium Yao Village The Nangang Millennium Yao Village is built on the mountain. The houses are stacked on top of each other in a well-proportioned manner; the stone paths are crisscrossed with clear priorities. This village was built in the Song Dynasty and has a history of more than a thousand years. According to expert research, Nangang is the largest, oldest and most distinctive Yao village in the country and even the world. The Yao people currently living in the village mainly include four clans: Deng, Tang, Pan and Fang. They established the "Yao Lao System" for democratic elections in the Ming Dynasty, and formed a sacred and strict "customary law" to strictly manage the village. At present, the ancient village only retains more than 200 people and 368 ancient houses from the Ming and Qing Dynasties, as well as village gates, walls, stone roads, etc. Environmental introduction: I was surprised to see that the stone wall entrance of Yaozhai was built against the mountain. Recommended two-day tour of Yaozhai flower drum terraces. This section of environmental introduction. Walking into the ancient village, it is like entering the time tunnel of history. The nostalgia for the ancient times arises spontaneously, making people feel The long history of the Yao people and the classical beauty of their traditional culture... The Millennium Yao Village in Nangang, Liannan Yao Autonomous County, known as the "No. 1 Yao Village in China", is currently the largest, oldest and most distinctive Yao Village in the country. It was an eye-opener for us. The surrounding mountains are steep, the streams are flowing, and the peaks are numerous. Looking up, you can see rows of neatly aligned classical buildings and houses scattered across the hills. The ancient houses are all built with blue brick walls and black tile roofs. They have unique shapes and are extremely spectacular. Edit this paragraph to be surprised to see the Yao Village: "There are no mountains in Lingnan without Yao." Among China's ethnic minorities, the Yao are at the forefront in terms of their numerous branches, wide distribution, and complex history of migration. Nangang Town is located deep in the mountains south of Liannan County. The mountains there are undulating and dotted with many natural villages of the Yao people. On one of the tops of the mountains, more than 600 meters above sea level, there is an ancient Yao village where the Yao people have lived for generations. Hidden in the wild grass, it is rarely known to the world, but it is the most memorable place for tourists. Edit this paragraph The car at Shiqiangkou has been winding along the mountain path for a long time. The eyes are wide open. Under the blue sky, ancient houses with blue bricks and black tiles in the Ming and Qing Dynasties are built layer by layer on the mountain. They are very imposing when facing south. . It is roughly estimated that there are hundreds of buildings in the ancient village. The huge building complex is like the gray-brown Potala Palace, inlaid in the mountains, vaguely revealing the glory of its glory days. At the entrance of the stone wall outside the ancient village, several ancient pine and cypress trees are nestled together, as if they are the last guardians of the ancient village. Stepping into the entrance of the stone wall, you will feel as if you are in another world. The rich customs of the Yao family thousands of years ago suddenly appeared before our eyes, and the wind seemed to carry a confusing and mysterious atmosphere. The Millennium Yao Village in Nangang is built on the mountain. The houses are arranged on the hillside in an orderly manner along the mountain. Therefore, the Yao people who live in the middle of the mountain are called Paiyao. Nangang Millennium Yao Village has a history of 1,400 years. During the Sui and Tang Dynasties, Paiyao's ancestors moved to the Liannan Mountains. In order to avoid the intrusion of soldiers and bandits, they built villages and lived in groups on the steep mountains. It already had a considerable scale in the Ming Dynasty. Nangang Pai is larger than other Pai and has a larger population. At its peak, there were 600 households with more than 5,000 people, so it is also known as "Big Brother Pai" and "Chief Pai". Its architecture is also better than other Pai's and is unique. Nangang Millennium Yao Village is currently the best-preserved and largest Yao village. The entire Millennium Yao Village covers an area of ??129 acres, and the scenic area covers an area of ??250 acres. These Yao rows are built on the steep slopes of thousands of meters high mountains, close to the mountains and slopes, densely packed, stacked on top of each other, and piled up the mountain. The roof of the house in front is often at the same level as the ground of the house behind, with a corridor in between. The streets and alleys are criss-crossed with clear priorities, connecting various households together to form a Yaopai pattern. Most of these houses are stilted buildings with bamboo-cement wall structures. The buildings are all made of blue bricks on the outside and wooden structures inside. There are also unique facilities such as stove ponds, stone trough shower basins, bamboo water basins like spider webs, and airtight bedrooms. . Edit this section Built on the Mountain Walking [1] through the ancient village, one seems to be wandering through time, hearing the sighs of vicissitudes emanating from the changing years. The houses built in the ancient village are unique. Although some of them are in disrepair, the momentum of the past is still revealed among the decaying doors and tiles. The village king's house is extremely open in front of the door, and the green mountains in the distance are shrouded in clouds and mist. Even the "Sanzhou Mountain" of the three provinces at a glance bowed to the village king's door. It is said that standing on the top of "Sanzhou Mountain", you can see Lianzhou, Wuzhou and Jingzhou, which belong to the three provinces of Guangdong, Guangxi and Hunan. In the middle of the ancient village, there is a wide stone staircase, which is the "central square" of the ancient village. Whenever there are important events, the Yao people will meet, discuss, drink and celebrate in this open space. It makes people yearn for the singing and dancing in the heyday of Yao Village.

Edit this paragraph Yao Village Flower Drum Yao Village Flower Drum The winding mountain roads and well-proportioned mountain houses in the ancient village completely preserve the ancient life style of the Yao people. There are simple and unique stilted buildings, criss-crossing bamboo and water tables hanging high in the sky, a stove pond with both fire and smoke, a granary with a cowshed underneath for grain storage, and primitive wineries, tofu shops, and oil presses. , brick by brick, door by household, simply show the living conditions of the Yao people thousands of years ago. Inadvertently, my mind flew to that sunny afternoon thousands of years ago, when I saw the Yao people walking happily on this land, looking natural and simple. Under the eaves of the back wall of an ancient house, one can still vaguely distinguish the decorative paintings of Chinese cloud patterns, and the Chinese characters "hundreds of sons and thousands of grandchildren" in block letters, carved during the Guangxu period, which makes people speculate that the owner of the house may still have several generations under the same roof. 's extended family. The slogans left after liberation can still be seen in the village, and the handwriting is clearly visible. Fourteen hundred years of vicissitudes of history are presented one by one in this 129 acres of land. Edit this paragraph Layers of terraced fields Layers of terraced fields There are still people living in the ancient village. We walked through the moss-covered stone roads in the ancient village. In front of the ancient houses and on the stone steps, we occasionally saw old people and children wearing Yao costumes. Because the village is built halfway up the mountain, with inconvenient transportation and lack of water resources, the lives of the Yao people have not been improved for a long time. Since the 1980s, the provincial government has allocated special funds for immigration, and most of the Yao people have moved to three villages at the foot of the mountain. Today, there are only a few dozen households left in Nangang Ancient Village, with more than a hundred people living there, most of them elderly and children. Walking on the quiet mountain road, you can see the scenery one step at a time. The ancient houses and the mountainous scenery perfectly match each other. They are simple and beautiful. The sunlight casts down among the green bricks, black tiles and dead trees, illuminating the moss, slates, etc. on the ground. Wild grass, this scene is fresh and a little desolate. There is also a thousand-year-old sarcophagus in the village. Thousand-year-old trees, stone arch bridges of the Ming and Qing Dynasties, etc., but there are no inscriptions, pavilions, small bridges and flowing water that the Han literati loved... She is like a plain-faced mountain girl, hiding shyly in the green forest, but she has More pleasant mountain breeze. Walking to the observation deck on the hillside opposite the Millennium Yao Village, you can see the majestic and desolate panorama of the Nangang Millennium Yao Village. Next to the layers of terraced fields, in the rolling green mountains, under the golden light of the sun, the thousands of years of vicissitudes of Yao Village are unfolding in the wind, which is so beautiful. Recommended two-day tour in this section of the Nangang Yao Village map editor D1: Depart from Guangzhou, along the Guangqing Expressway to Qingyuan, then along the 107 National Highway to Lianzhou to visit the Lianzhou Underground River, Nangang Thousand-year-old Yao Village - Lianshan, visit the Lianshan primitive forest waterfalls, and live in Mountains. D2: Follow National Highway 107 to Jiulong Town, Yingde City, and visit the Yingxi Peak Forest Corridor—turn from National Highway 107 to Guangqing Expressway and return to Guangzhou. Lianzhou Underground River: The three-level scenic spot allows you to experience the sensory process of "karst cave + underground river" at once. The most well-known is the underground river: there is a hole in the cave, a river in the cave, and a bridge in the cave. Passing through three beautiful canyons and passing through the bottom of four mountains, you can see the treasures of the cave - "Golden Rooster Creeping Dawn", "Flying Elephant Crossing the River" and "Shou Xing Gong". Nangang Millennium Ancient Yao Village: Located in the mountains 25 kilometers south of Liannan County, it is known as the "Chief Pavilion". It has a history of 1,400 years. The ancient town is built on the mountain. It is the largest, oldest and oldest in the country and even the world. The distinctive Yao Village. The ancient houses, village gates, walls, and stone paths from the Ming and Qing Dynasties are still standing. Walking into the ancient village is like entering a historical time tunnel. Lianshan Primitive Forest Waterfall Group: After passing through the ancient red maple road, you will come to the "Gemstone Cliff Waterfall". Why is it so named? Look at the rocks beside the cliff. They are colorful and look like gems. Finally, there is the legendary "Gold Hidden Cave Waterfall". It is said that there is a stone cave several miles long behind the waterfall. In ancient times, bandits and rich people hid large amounts of gold in the cave. Food: White-cut Qingyuan chicken, knife-cut rice dumplings, etc.; Lianzhou’s cured eggs, cured whole dog, Kowloon tofu, Yingde bamboo shoots, Yingde chicken, Dongxiang steamed pork, Leicha porridge, sand snails, etc. are also good. You can eat it at the night market snack streets on Meihua Road, Fengguang Road, and Chengxi Market in Yingde City.