Qingyan Ancient Town is one of the four ancient towns in Guizhou (Qingyan, Zhenyuan, Bing 'an and Longli), and is regarded as one of the most attractive ancient towns in China. The architectural layout of the town follows the pattern of Ming and Qing dynasties, surrounded by city walls, and divided into two cities. The ancient buildings in Ming and Qing dynasties are staggered, with exquisite design and exquisite craftsmanship. Temple pavilions are painted with carved beams and painted buildings.
At the same time, Qingyan has a rich collection of humanities, including the Week of Historical Celebrities and Zhao Yijiong, the first scholar in Guizhou history. Historical culture, architectural culture, religious culture, farming culture, food culture and revolutionary traditional culture are rich in cultural heritage and multi-ethnic, which is a must-see place in Guizhou.
Qingyan ancient town has a history of more than 600 years, with profound human history and attractive regional characteristics.
Qingyan Ancient Town was built in the 11th year of Hongwu in Ming Dynasty (AD 1378). It was built because of the garrison in the Ming Dynasty, and it was named after the Blue Rock. It is a mountainous military city evolved from the military city defense, and is known as the "South Gate" of Guiyang.
At the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, Qingyan ancient town set up a bunker. Four to seven years after the apocalypse (1624 ~ 1627),
Ban Gui Lin, chief of Buyi nationality, built Qingyan Tucheng, took charge of 72 villages and controlled Bafan 12 Division. As a military fortress, Qingyan ancient town occupies a special geographical position. After hundreds of years of construction and expansion, the Tucheng city wall has been changed into a stone wall, and the streets and alleys are paved with stones.
Qingyan is located in the middle of the main road from Guangxi to Guiyang. There are "shops" for delivering official documents and "ponds" for delivering military information on the post road, and a garrison is built under Shuangshifeng, which is called "Qingyantun" in history.
In history, there were eight archways inside and outside the four gates of Qingyan Ancient City, and only three of them have been preserved, namely "Zhou's daughter-in-law Liu Jiexiao Square" outside the south gate, "Zhao Square" inside the south gate and "Zhao Square" outside the north gate.
The architectural shapes of the three archways are basically the same, with four columns, three rooms, four roofs and three floors. They are 9.5 meters high and 9 meters wide, facing south, belonging to the architectural style of stone archway in Qing Dynasty. Surprisingly, the three archways have no foundation slots, and they stand directly on the ground by four rectangular pillars, standing upright for 100 years.
Among them, "Zhao Baishou Square" is only a few steps away from Dingguangmen, and its originality is unique. It is praised as "a rare masterpiece of art" by Liu Haisu, the master of art, and the three stone archways have also become the love of photographers.
The surrounding city walls are built on cliffs with huge stones, with four gates, east, west, north and south. Within 3 square kilometers of the city, there are nearly 100 cultural relics and scenic spots.
Climbing the city wall, although it is not as majestic and domineering as the Great Wall, it has its unique charm, sometimes steep and sometimes flat, so that people can have a short rest when they are tired of climbing. It takes about 20 minutes to climb from the foot of the city to the top. Standing on the top of the city, looking into the future, I feel like a Bing Gu guarding the city wall, commanding and swallowing Wan Li.
The ancient town of Qingyan is surrounded by mountains, and it is natural that the gates and walls are made of stone.
The magnificent Dingguangmen Gate Tower is the essence of ancient architecture, which complements the ancient stone road and the ancient archway.
Qingyan ancient town has a profound architectural historical background. Climb the hillside not too high on the edge of the town and have a bird's eye view of the town. Looking down, the whole Qingyan ancient town is unobstructed.
The town is not built on a flat ground, but on a rugged hillside.
Seen from a height, the pattern of the whole town gives people a three-dimensional aesthetic feeling that is hard to see in other ancient towns. In addition to many temples, Qingyan ancient town also retains a Christian church and a Catholic church. Many religions live in harmony and form its unique style.
The exterior decoration of Qingyan folk houses does not look very luxurious, so it is not particularly eye-catching, which reflects the traditional concept of Qingyan businessmen that "wealth is not obvious". However, careful observation shows that the external decoration of Qingyan folk houses is extremely rich in cultural connotation, like a chewy ancient book.
Walking on the streets paved with long bluestones, it seems that you have entered a world of stone art, which not only feels the simplicity of the ancient town, but also feels the strong and long fireworks atmosphere in the ancient town.
Qingyan Chicken Spicy Corner is the most famous local food in Qingyan. Visiting Qingyan Ancient Town and tasting Qingyan Chicken Spicy Corner is one of the must-see items for tourists.
However, because the taste of fried chicken pepper horn is not as good as that of cold food, it has been developed into convenience food, which is made in batches and ready for guests to eat at any time. Convenient and quick, and the taste is better than that of cooked chicken pepper. More tourists also order this dish, pack it up and give it to friends and relatives as gifts. The finished dishes are ruddy in color, crispy in meat, tender and spicy, delicious and refreshing.
Qingyan braised pig's trotters, also known as champion's trotters. To make this braised pig's trotters, we need to choose pig's trotters raised in rural areas about one year old, take more than ten kinds of precious Chinese medicines to taste, simmer them with slow fire, marinate them carefully, and add Qingyan specialty double-flower vinegar to prepare dipping juice, which is fat but not greasy, moist and delicious. Historically, all visitors to the ancient town will soon taste this kind of hoof and praise its delicacy. Nowadays, "visiting the ancient land of Qingyan and tasting the beautiful hoof of Qingyan" has become a local tourism cultural phenomenon.
His father, Deng's mother, Li Kenong and other revolutionary predecessors and their families have all lived in Qingyan secretly. Qingyan ancient town was also one of the sites of Zhejiang University's westward migration during the Anti-Japanese War. Deng's mother once lived here: at 75 South Street. Deng's mother, Ms. Yang Zhende, lived here for 1939 ~ 194 1 year, and now she is still a folk house and runs fast food.
During the War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression period, the Qingyan city wall was intact, and the four gates were still remote and safe, and many "asylum seekers" were accepted. Guiyang Traffic Station of the Eighth Route Army set up an Xuandian in Qingyan, where many families of revolutionary cadres were evacuated.
Premier Zhou Enlai's father once lived at No.2 Qingyan North Street, 1939 ~ 194 1 year. My father, Mr. Zhou, once lived here and is now open to the public.
Photos of Premier Zhou Enlai in different periods.
Backstreet is the most representative street in Qingyan ancient town and the oldest preserved stone alley in Qingyan ancient town. It has a history of more than 300 years, and the streets are surrounded by courtyard walls made of layers of stones. The roads are narrow and quiet, and the mountains fluctuate.
Backstreet is a street with fewer people in North, South, Ming and Qing dynasties than the main street, so it is called Backstreet. This place is especially suitable for taking photos. It is also the location of Looking for a Gun starring Jiang Wen and the new version of Liaozhai. The photos taken casually leaning against the wall are also beautiful.
Backstreets and alleys, strong space-time distance, paved roads with bluestone slabs and walls with bluestone slabs are like just visiting made of a slate.
The backstreet environment is quiet and simple, telling the traces left by history and making people linger. The mottled square bricks on the ancient road and the broken stone tablets on the roadside bring people into the unique charm of the ancient town.
Layers of stone walls are narrow and quiet, and backstreet is the most distinctive stone lane in Qingyan. After hundreds of years of scouring and sharpening, the bluestone slabs on the pavement have been shining like mirrors, bringing a unique sense of time and space and mystery to the streets.
On both sides of the street are courtyard walls made of layers of flaky stones. The road is narrow and quiet, rolling up and down the mountain. This is a good place to take pictures. The ancient town of Qingyan is surrounded by mountains, and it is natural that all the city gates and walls are made of stone. The ancient meaning of the ancient town first comes from sapphire.
The ancient town worth seeing is full of popularity and strong humanistic atmosphere, which is great. The ancient city is built on the mountain, with stone walls, stone arches, stone post roads, deep alleys and stone walls.
The walls of ancient streets were all made of stone, and now few walls are made of stone like this. Hundreds of years ago, we saw the footprints of the ancients on the stone road.
Qingyan, as its name implies, is a world of stones, which is called "indestructible stone city" in history. The bluestone in Guizhou is hard, stable, atmospheric and tough.
Because stones are eternal beyond dynasties, many ancient buildings have been shining until now after the integration of central plains architectural culture with local Miao and Buyi cultures.