Where is Changting Ancient Town (Tingzhou Ancient Town)?

Changting Ancient Town (Tingzhou Ancient Town) is a national AAAA-level tourist attraction.

Changting Ancient City and Phoenix are called the most beautiful mountain city in China. If you like antique streets in Old Town of Lijiang, you should like Changting. Changting is not so commercialized. You can also see the original wood carving museum and various traditional craftsmen.

The ancient city wall of Changting has a strange shape, which is called "hanging blue beads" by the people, which means hanging like beautiful beads in Changting City, making it form a beautiful scenic line.

There used to be four doors on the ancient city wall. Chaotianmen is one of the four gates of Tingzhou Prefecture, commonly known as the East Gate, formerly known as Xingxianmen. Ming Hongwu was renovated in four years, with masonry structure and a gatehouse on it. The city gate is high and the situation is magnificent, so it was renamed Chaotianmen. Reconstruction of Yan Yiming, the magistrate of Tingzhou in Qing Dynasty. The main building of the gatehouse is built on the high platform of the city gate, and layers of cornices fly over the high columns, which is listed as the scenic spot of the pavilion city, "the eastward warping is soothing".

Today, the gate building of Sanyuan Pavilion is the oldest city gate, formerly known as Yinjiangmen, and later changed to Guangchumen. This is the gate when Chen Jian, the secretariat of Tingzhou, moved to Zhouzhi to build a tucheng during the Dali period of the Tang Dynasty. It has been repaired throughout the ages. In the Qing Dynasty, it was a three-story gatehouse. The base of the gatehouse is the original ancient city gate, which is piled with square stones, and the top is made of wall bricks with upturned cornices, which is very spectacular. In the past dynasties, the ancient city walls were constantly restored and expanded, and many city gates were added, such as South Gate, Wutongmen, Shuijimen and West Gate of Gu Jun. Some of them were later demolished in the road expansion, and some of them were still preserved as monuments and listed as county-level cultural relics protection.

You can also feast your eyes and taste rich Hakka snacks in Changting.

Address: No.80 Other Zhao Zheng Road, Changting County, Longyan City

Type: ancient historical towns and villages

Grade: AAAA

Play time: 1 day recommended.

Source of information: Fujian Tourism Development Committee