The six most beautiful ancient towns around Wuhan recommend ancient style as a good place for your weekend.

When it comes to ancient towns, many people first think of the scenery in the south of the Yangtze River. In fact, Wuhan, Hubei Province is also a famous historical city, but there are many ancient towns around it. Dashuijing Ancient Buildings Ancient Buildings in Lichuan, Dayuwan Village in Huangpi District, Tangya Tusi Village in Xianfeng, etc. These are famous ancient towns around Wuhan, but they are often overlooked. Today, Bian Xiao will talk about the six most beautiful ancient towns around Wuhan.

Huangpi district Dayuwan Village

Huangpi district Dayuwan Village is located in Mulan Township, huangpi district, Wuhan. There are nearly 40 houses in Dayuwan, which were built in the late Ming and early Qing dynasties. There are stone houses and carved beams and painted buildings. They have a history of hundreds of years and are typical feng shui architectural patterns in Ming and Qing dynasties.

According to the genealogy of the village, the ancestors of the village had a glorious history of "one door, three cities, five generations and four histories". Folk sculptors, painters, masons and carpenters here are all famous, especially kiln workers. It is said that there were four potters in the tenth Han Dynasty. Dawan Village is a quiet and indifferent village left by the ancients. So far, the villagers still retain the ancient folk customs and feel that they have traveled through time and space.

Dashuijing Ancient Buildings Ancient Buildings in Lichuan

Dashuijing Ancient Buildings Ancient Architecture Complex in Lichuan is located in Shuijing Village, Baiyang Town, Lichuan City, which was built in the late Ming and early Qing Dynasties. It consists of two buildings, the "Li Ancestral Hall" and the "Li Manor", which is 200 meters long from east to west.

Zongzhi was built in the 26th year of Qing Daoguang, covering an area of 3,800 square meters. There are 3 halls, 4 rows of wings, 6 patios, a total of 69 houses. There is a small well on the east side of the front of the ancestral hall, surrounded by stone walls around the well and Tangke. The words "Dashuijing Ancient Buildings Ancient Buildings" are engraved on the front of the shaft wall.

The manor was built in 1924, covering an area of more than 4,000 square meters. It has 24 patios and 2-3 floors of houses, including hall, suite, living room, guest room, ladies' building, accounting room and warehouse. Li's poems and manor buildings are gorgeous. There are carved flowers on the stigma and beams, blue and white porcelain bowls on the eaves and roofs are inlaid into various patterns, colorful buildings, doors and windows are engraved with exquisite patterns such as flowers, birds, insects and fish, and there are pools and various exquisite flower beds in the patio. In addition, there are various reliefs and couplets, all of which are well preserved.

Xianfeng Tangya Tusi Village

Tusi City was built in the sixth year of Yuan Dynasty (A.D. 1346) and expanded in the first year of Ming Dynasty (A.D. 162 1). There are 36 courtyards in Sanjie 18 Lane, including Shuaifu, Kannonji, Academy, Money Storage Room, Left and Right Barracks, Racecourse, Garden and Zoo.

There are also temples inside and outside Tusi City, such as Great Temple, Huanhou Temple and Xuanwu Temple. In the thirteenth year of Yongzheng in Qing Dynasty, the land was changed to a stream, and the Tang Cliff was abolished. At present, the most well-preserved stone archway in Tusi Cultural Relics City will be built in the next three years, with the front engraved with "Xiongzhen in Jingnan", the back engraved with "Chu Shu Ping Han", and the two sides engraved with relief patterns such as "Journey to the King of the Earth", "Agriculture in South Henan", "Swallowing Rain and Fog", "Ina Noisy in the Sea" and "Pine Seeds in Huaiyin". On the Tangya River in front of the memorial archway, there are two statues of sarcophagus and stone horse, and the stone man looks solemn. Tucheng faces Tangya River in front and Xuanwu Mountain in the back, with dangerous terrain and unique scenery.

Yunxi Shang Jin Ancient City

The ancient city of Shang Jin, also known as Longzhou, is located in Shang Jin Town, Yunxi County. It was built in Jiajing of Ming Dynasty in 2023 and rebuilt in Jiaqing of Qing Dynasty in seven years. Now that the city walls are complete, most of the buildings in the city are primitive. It covers an area of about 80,000 square meters and has five gates, with the sidewalk leading to the tower on the right and the moat outside. There is a north-south main street west of the central axis of the city, connecting the north and south gates. From the west gate to the main street, there is a small street 60 meters long. The middle of the street is paved with bluestone slabs, next to the gravel road, and the eaves of the street are relatively close.

There is an ancient street in the town, which is dominated by Ming and Qing architecture. The main street is 4 meters wide and 2200 meters long, accompanied by several T-shaped alleys. The building area of the ancient street is 0.7 square kilometers. All the streets are paved with bluestone. The "chicken cart" used to transport tea in the past dynasties ground the slate into a groove more than an inch deep. The east-west Songfeng Port is mainly a wooden building with hanging legs, and three long stone bridges run through the eastern part of the port. The street twists and turns with Songfenggang and has a unique style. At the foot of Song Feng Mountain in the southeast of the street, there is a famous Guanyin Spring with sweet water quality, which is the source of refined famous tea in past dynasties. Shiban Street in Yangdong in Ming and Qing Dynasties is the historical epitome of the development of tea industry in China.

Chibi Yangloudong

In Guihua Town, Xianning City, Hubei Province, there is an ancient village-Liujiaqiao Village. They have lived together for four centuries and are called "the first folk village in Chutian". Liujiaqiao Ancient House is the half-brother of Liu Bang, Emperor Wu of Han Dynasty. Liu Yuanya, a descendant of Wang, built it in Pengcheng during Chongzhen period of Ming Dynasty. Liujiaqiao has four residential villages with a total construction area of 35,000 square meters, 740 large and small houses, 38 corridors and 54 patios. Architectural style is the embryonic form of ancient manor buildings in Ming and Qing dynasties, with large scale, simple folk customs and simple and beautiful appearance.

In addition, Liujiaqiao is a famous academic portal in history and is called "the first village of Mozi". According to statistics, before the Republic of China, there were 2 juren, 2 Gong Sheng, 2 scholar and 23 scholar. Above the main room of Liujiaqiao, ancient plaques can be seen everywhere. In recent years, through the organic combination of protection and development, Liujiaqiao was awarded the titles of "Key Cultural Relics Protection Unit in Hubei Province" and "Famous Tourism Village in Hubei Province".