Huangyao Ancient Town is located in the northeast of Zhaoping County, Hezhou. It has beautiful scenery and is one of the top ten most beautiful ancient towns in China. Huangyao's transportation is inconvenient and publicity is not strong. Therefore, this ancient town has not been polluted and still maintains the tranquility, elegance and local cultural customs of the ancient town. Overview
Huangyao Ancient Town, located in the northeast of Zhaoping County, Hezhou, Guangxi, is one of the top ten most beautiful ancient towns in China. It was originated during the Song Dynasty, built during the Wanli Period of the Ming Dynasty, and flourished during the Qianlong Period of the Qing Dynasty. It has a history of nearly a thousand years. Because most of the people in the town have the surnames Huang and Yao, it is named "Huang Yao".
Compared with many bustling ancient towns such as Lijiang and Fenghuang, Huang Yao was raised in a boudoir where no one knew her. She is quiet, delicate and as elegant as a fresh little girl. Due to the inconvenient transportation and limited publicity, the humanities and customs of this quaint town have been protected from pollution. Someone once described it this way: "The ancient town of Huangyao is like a thousand-year-old poetry collection, forgotten on a secluded bookshelf in the library. When people walk by inadvertently and open this beautiful chapter, the simple and elegant style immediately conquers their hearts. "
New Town: The area around Huangyao Street is separated from the ancient town. In the early years, Huangyao people moved to build new houses outside the ancient town, but the older generation was happy to live in old houses and did not want to. Move away. Because of this, the ancient town has been well preserved, making it more peaceful and peaceful, and full of life.
Gongqiaowei: Gongqiaowei, the seat of the town government of Huangyao Ancient Town, has always been the central market of the towns in the north of the county and the largest farmers' market in the county. The current total area of ??the town is 300,000 square meters. rice.
Zhenwu Mountain: Legend has it that it is the incarnation of Emperor Zhenwu. It is the closest and highest mountain to Huang Yao. It stands high in the east of the ancient town. From the top of the mountain, you can have a panoramic view of the ancient town's landscape. Looking up everywhere, you can see that the Guo Family Courtyard is directly opposite the main door, which has good feng shui. Tickets
Tickets for Huangyao Scenic Spot are: 100 yuan/person;
After purchasing Huangyao tickets, the staff will stick a circular sticker with the date on it when entering the scenic spot. On your body is the ticket purchase mark. There will be security guards checking tickets at any time in the scenic area, so be careful to keep them posted. If you need to live in the ancient town, you should remind the conductor to indicate on the ticket that it is valid today and tomorrow. Other charges: The parking location is next to the gate of Yaojiang Hotel, with 24-hour security guarding. The parking fee is 5 yuan/car for a small car and 10 yuan/car for a large car (double the amount for overnight stays).
Preferential policies:
1. Half price: 50 yuan/person. Credentials required: students (including undergraduates and below), children between 1.2 and 1.4 meters tall, elderly people aged 60-70, generally disabled people (national standard level 4), survivors of martyrs, survivors of soldiers who died in the line of duty, etc.;
2. Tour guide service fee: 60 yuan/group;
3. Free tickets (with valid ID): active military personnel, military disabilities, certified tour guides, travel agency manager qualification certificate holders, press pass holders, Personnel with interview certificates (radio and television stations), disabled people (national standard level 1-3), children under 1.2 meters, seniors over 70 years old, etc. The best time to travel is from late September to early November. During this period, the local climate is pleasant, and fruits such as persimmons and hawthorns also mature successively, allowing you to enjoy delicious fruits and vegetables. In addition, when the rainy season comes every year in March and April, you can visit the ancient town and step on the bluestones that are moist and shiny after the rain stops. It is elegant, quiet and has a unique flavor, and you can especially take good photos. Attractions
1. Ancient Town Shiban Street
Huangyao Shiban Street is one of the more famous landscapes in Huangyao Ancient Town. There are currently 8 of them, namely Jinde Street, Yingxiu Street, Tiantian Street, Zhongxing Street, Onle Street, Lianli Street, Longpan Street, Shan Kwong Street.
The widest stone street on Yingxiu Street is about 5 meters; the narrowest point is at the Yangxiang entrance of Jinde Street, which is less than two meters. There is a meat table on each side, and pedestrians are walking opposite each other. You can pass by it, but every time during the market festival, the traffic is blocked. After the restoration of Huangyao Town in 1964, wide new streets were built, but the old stone streets were still intact.
2. Dailong Bridge
Dailong Bridge was built during the Wanli period of the Ming Dynasty. It is the largest of the 15 ancient bridges in Huangyao and is also a landmark of the ancient town.
It is made of bluestone slabs and consists of two arches. The arch bridge is in a half-moon shape and spans the Little Pearl River to the east of Xinxing Street. The Dailong Bridge is not just a decoration. In addition to being used for pedestrians to come and go, the stone slabs interlocked with waist-shaped iron blocks on the bridge deck can also be used to divert floods during floods. Therefore, Huangyao has remained intact after thousands of years. On the right bank of Dailong Bridge is the Dragon Temple. If you are tired, you can sit on the stone bench to rest. There are many strange rocks beside the bridge. Those with sharp eyes can look for them. Turtles, camels and giant snakes are each lifelike and have their own legends. The beautiful scenery here has attracted many photographers and painters, and the movie "The Veil" was filmed here. If you want to take pictures of the beautiful scenery of the Dragon Bridge, you must do it early in the morning, when it is as horizontal as a mirror, and the morning sun is slanting on the ancient bridge.
3. Guo Family Courtyard
The Guo Family Courtyard is a typical flat courtyard-style building in Huangyao Ancient Town. It was built during the Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty. The ancestor of the courtyard was Guo Ziyi, a famous general in the prosperous Tang Dynasty. . It covers an area of ??about 20 acres, with four gate towers including the Dragon Gate and the Taiping Gate. There is a pond and garden in front of the gate, surrounded by high stone walls and nearly a hundred houses. The design of the house is ingenious and rigorous. Each layer of the bricks used is made of two bricks, one large and one small. The bricks are stacked layer by layer. Every brick has been polished by hand. It is said that when the owner built the house, he strictly ordered the bricklayers to only make thirty blue bricks a day, and if one more bricks were made, they would be knocked down. Therefore, each brick was carefully polished, with different sizes and colors. The depth is the same, and it still makes a sonorous sound when knocked by hand.