For many tourists, Li Yu Village in Weihui City, Xinxiang City, Henan Province is indeed worth a visit. It is simply a forgotten classical paradise. The beautiful natural environment and humanistic atmosphere are closely and harmoniously integrated, making it a model of high-quality tourist attractions.
In this ravine, there is a national protected village buried, which can be called a modern version of "Utopia", that is Li Yu Village in Weihui City.
In 2004, Liyu Village was included in the list of national nature protection villages. This small mountain village deep in Taihang finally returned to people's vision.
Li Yu Village is also known as "Carp Village"
In Li Yu Village, there are many educated people, including scholars in the Qing Dynasty. There is a close relationship between "eminent men" and "worldly spirituality." Liyu Village is surrounded by mountains, and a tributary of Canghe River passes through here. Viewed from a height, the raised ridge looks like a "fish fin", the entire village looks like a carp, and the two arched stone gates look like the eyes of a carp.
Therefore, Li Yu Village, also known as "Carp Village", symbolizes "the fish leaping into the dragon gate, good luck".
Shitushishan Village is full of century-old houses.
There are more than 100 households in Liyu Village, and most of the villagers live in houses with gray tiles and bluestones. There are 365 stone houses in the East Village and 400 stone houses in the West Village. More than half of them are century-old houses, some of which have been there for more than 300 years. These winding mountain roads and scattered farmhouses present a simple picture of harmony between nature and human habitation.
Li Yu Village is located at the junction of Weihui, Qixian and Linzhou. During the Ming and Qing Dynasties, it served as an official pass, connecting merchants and travelers from south to north.
There were also many large families living in the village at that time. The "horse-tying stone" in front of the door is shaped like a carp's eye, telling a silent historical story.
Today, there are only a large number of dilapidated Ming and Qing dwellings left in the village, overgrown with weeds and uninhabited. Walking through the ruins, it seems that you can still feel the legendary stories of the prosperous families hundreds of years ago. Walking through many ancient residences such as Liu's former residence and Wei Changgen's former residence, you can feel the vicissitudes of time and appreciate the beauty of the calligraphy on the stone tablets such as "," "A Family of Poetry and Calligraphy" and so on.
The magical honey locust tree has a hollow trunk and can live for thousands of years.
There is a honey locust tree at the entrance of Licun Village, which has a history of thousands of years. Its trunk was burned, but it still survived. The honey locust tree is a shading thing for Li Yu people and is regarded by the villagers as a sacred tree that protects the village. Villagers often sit under the trees and chat.
Shengxiang, the ancient capital of Dida Farm Food
Li Yu Village is a legend in the Taihang Mountains, continuing the secrets deep in history. Liyu Village is also a harmonious picture of simple folk customs. You can see villagers carrying rice bowls everywhere, and you can always hear the simple and friendly local accent.
When you come to Li Yu, you must try the special wild vegetables in the mountains, such as Ying Ying Cai, vitex, ghost leaves, etc., which are appetizing and refreshing.
The chicken with loose wood is firm and cooked in an iron pot, and the aroma is fragrant in the courtyard. A simple farm meal is full of the simple feelings of mountain people.
Due to inconvenient transportation, Li Yu Village has not been developed on a large scale and does not even have a decent toilet. It is still the original "dry toilet". It is for this reason that the original rural texture and the heavy traces left by the years are preserved.
In addition to the large-scale preservation of Ming and Qing folk houses, Liyu Village also has tourism resources such as Cuiyan Temple, Nanshan Stone Buddha Temple, and Yinmo Huanggu Temple. In recent years, with the support of national poverty alleviation policies and the unremitting efforts of the local village committee, Liyu Village is actively promoting the implementation of rural revitalization goals and plans.