Poor villages can also become attractions among network celebrities. Just in Jiexi, Guangdong, many tourists made a special trip to punch in.

As a Chaoshan person, I travel all year round and see the beautiful scenery, but I always miss the beautiful scenery around me.

This summer, I decided to enjoy the scenery of my hometown.

My hometown is Jiexi County, Jieyang City, Guangdong Province.

Jiexi County is known as the "Chaoshan Tourism Center", where there are Jingming Resort, Huangmanqi Waterfall and other tourist attractions.

In addition to the famous scenic spots, Jiexi has many beautiful villages. The newly-built network celebrity villages-Torch Village and Fengnan Village are the main representatives. They were originally poor villages.

Torch Village is located in Nanshan Town, Jiexi County, with its back to Dabei Mountain and superior ecological environment.

Because the surrounding vegetation is lush, coming here is like walking into a negative ion paradise.

Our car went along the road, and the winding road was covered with all kinds of flowers and fruit trees, with two rows of torch-like lamp posts in the middle, and suddenly there was a feeling of "fairyland" and "mountain village seeking seclusion"

Torch Village is a tourist attraction now, but it was not like this a few years ago.

Due to its remote location and no leading industry, Torch Village's economy has been unable to develop, with as many as 47 poor households.

In the past, there were many dilapidated houses in the village, with no decent roads and no leisure sports facilities. With the help of Dongguan Party School, Xiao Yan 'an at the foot of Dabei Mountain gradually got rid of poverty and was transformed into a "hometown of murals", "colorful village" and "patriotic education base". In June 2020, it was named "Top Ten beautiful countryside in Jieyang" and "National forest village".

How beautiful is Torch Village?

Walking in the streets of the village, I can see all kinds of life scenes full of the sense of the times painted on the wall through the painter's pen tip. It is very lively and full of fireworks, which makes people feel immersive. For a new generation of tourists, through these murals, we can learn about the history of the last century, especially our days in Torch Village.

Because of the age and other reasons, the old house in Torch Village is not beautiful. After the counterpart assistance of Dongguan Party School, unified planning and design were carried out, and professional painters were invited to draw on the spot, so it was what it is now.

The perfect combination of art and life requires a thorough understanding of the architecture, history and people's feelings of the whole village. Every color mural we see now combines the characteristics of the building itself, which is unique and has no repetition.

Torch Village is very small and can be visited in less than half an hour, but it is worthwhile to spend two hours to half a day if you want to visit it carefully.

For tourists who like to take portraits, almost every wall is an excellent background board. Standing in the streets, they can always take photos that are fresh and artistic or full of time.

In addition to the colorful mural area, the buildings such as public temples and ancestral temples in the village are also very distinctive, and the location near the river is also quite artistic.

Travel guide: It is more convenient to travel by car or chartered car.

Fengnan Village is located in the middle of Fengjiang Town, Jiexi County. It used to be famous for olives.

Fengnan Village is a traditional Chaoshan village with many ancient houses built in the last century. Hufeng Yang Shu Ancestral Temple is also a county-level cultural relics protection unit, while Shunzu Gongci is a municipal cultural relics protection unit.

There is a big lake at the entrance of Fengnan Village. Seen from a height, it looks like a huge emerald embedded in the plain. The local people think this is their Feng Shui Lake, which reflects the architectural design wisdom of their ancestors.

Fengnan Village is one of the three ancient villages in Hufeng Lake, adjacent to Rongjiang River. The buildings in the village are dense and regular, and the unique patterns of Phytolacca americana and Hummer trailer in Chaoshan area can be found here. It is no exaggeration to say that "Fengnan Village is an exhibition hall of Chaoshan dwellings" and "Xiaohong Village in Guangdong", whose architectural pattern is similar to that of the Ming and Qing Dynasties, which is consistent with the statement that "Chaoshan is the only place where the palace rises".

Fengnan Village is surrounded by water system, and rivers, fish ponds and lakes add aura to the ancient village, which is more atmospheric when viewed from high altitude.

In A.D. 1446, the eleventh year of Ming Yingzong orthodoxy, Mei, the third ancestor of the Yang family, came to live there, which opened a chapter in the development of the lake in 574 years. The main historical building is now Fengnan Village.

Seen from the air, the terrain of Hufeng Lake is like a "flying phoenix inscription book". The Great Lake in front of the Grand Ancestral Hall has a peculiar coating, shaped like a cloth bag, which is exposed when the water recedes and submerged when it rises. It has been intact for hundreds of years and was listed as a key protected site in modern reconstruction.

Yangjia Temple in Fengnan Village is a classic representative of Chaoshan ancestral temple architecture. The unique multi-entrance courtyard structure is quite similar to the ancient aristocratic mansion, which reflects the emergence of local talents from the side.

Gold lacquer wood carving and porcelain inlay are the most striking features of Yangjia Temple. Porcelain mosaic patterns are made up of colorful porcelain pieces, which are rich in content, fine in details and lifelike.

The mosaic porcelain pattern of Yangjia Temple is mainly expressed by phoenix, and also contains various mythical figures and folklore.

Hufeng Township, represented by Fengnan Village, was once known as one of the "three great families in Fengjiang Town" in history. However, in modern times, because of its remote location and no leading industry, Fengnan Village has been backward in transportation and economy and was rated as a poor village. Before the poverty alleviation in Qiaotou Town, Dongguan, the road in front of the village was muddy, and it was muddy in rainy days, and the big lake at the entrance of the village was not what it is now.

With the help of Qiaotou Town in Dongguan, Fengnan Village has become a beautiful scenic spot, and the living standards of 96 families with precision poverty alleviation have made a qualitative leap.

According to local people, leisure places and sports facilities in the village, such as cultural square, sports center, pavilions, etc. , were built with the help of the poverty alleviation team, and the great lake in front of the village was also funded by the poverty alleviation team to help transform the plan, making it a tourist card for Fengnan.

Nowadays, the walls of a row of old houses in Fengnan Village near the Great Lakes are painted white with various auspicious patterns. The most striking thing is the pattern of Cai Feng, which coincides with the word "phoenix" in Fengnan Village. These Cai Feng dancing, each pattern has a different color and shape, with peony flowers and other flowers as the main foil.

These murals with the theme of Cai Feng are in harmony with the ancient buildings and the Feng Shui Lake in front of the village, becoming a unique landscape. Tourists always stay here for a long time.

Shunzu Temple in Fengnan Village is the product of the heyday of Hufeng Lake. The stone carvings and gold lacquer wood carvings here are a must. Their contents are complex and hierarchical, with flowers, birds, insects, fish and people. Every detail tests the sculptor's level, which is really priceless. If you have time, you might as well go to Fengnan Village to see the cultural heritage left by these local ancestors.

Travel Guide: It is more convenient to drive, charter or take a taxi. After arriving in Fengnan Village, you can go hiking. Fengnan Village, near Mianhu Town, is the transportation center of surrounding towns. There are buses to Huizhou, Shenzhen, Guangzhou, Dongguan, Zhuhai and other cities and Jieyang Chaoshan Airport, as well as buses to Puning high-speed rail.