Hongcun, which belonged to Huizhou in ancient times, was originally called Hongcun. It was renamed Hongcun because it avoided the name of Emperor Qianlong in the Qing Dynasty. It is one of the six major water towns in the south of the Yangtze River and has the reputation of "the village in Chinese painting". Maybe many friends admire you but haven't been there yet. What do you need to know about traveling to Hongcun? Let Xiaobian tell you. About Hongcun
Hongcun, located at the southern foot of Huangshan Mountain, Anhui Province, 11 kilometers away from yi county County, is a strange cow-shaped ancient village in the ancient Peach Blossom Garden, which was called Hongcun in ancient times. Hongcun is the most representative of many Huizhou-style residential villages in southern Anhui. It is known as the "village in Chinese painting" because of its wild interest in mountains and forests and the style of water town. The two century-old trees at the entrance of the village are even more exquisite. Hongcun scenic spot
South Lake
"There is endless drizzle and wet spring mud, and birds are singing when the fog is separated. With a smile on her face, the willow recited the painting of the West Bridge. This poem says that the first scenic spot after the main gate entered was the South Lake. It is called "tripe" here, and there is a stone arch bridge on the lake, named Painting Bridge, which is built in imitation of the autumn moon in Pinghu, Hangzhou. At first glance, the horse-headed wall with blue bricks and tiles is reflected in the clear lake, as if people were in a paradise.
Nanhu Academy
Cross the painting bridge and you will reach Nanhu Academy. This is the village school in Hongcun, and Huizhou merchants have always attached importance to education. Nanhu Academy has created generations of Huizhou merchants. What we are seeing now is the restored building.
Time reference: 25 minutes
Chengzhitang
It takes 2 minutes to walk from Nanhu College to Chengzhitang. Known as the "Folk Forbidden City", it was built by Wang Dinggui, a local salt merchant of the Qing Dynasty, around 1855. The whole building is made of wood, and the interior of the house is decorated with bricks, stones and wood carvings. At first glance, it is magnificent. The wood carvings on the beams, arches, flower doors and window sills in the main hall are extremely exquisite, and each character has different expressions, which is called the fine wood carvings in the "Four Carvings" art of Huizhou School. In addition, there is a brick carving in the housekeeper's courtyard that is extremely beautiful, so everyone will taste it for themselves.
Moon Marsh
It's only a 1-minute walk from Chengzhitang. The Moon Marsh is named after its half-moon shape. It is located in the center of the whole village, which is equivalent to the central city. At the same time, Huizhou architectural patterns in the landscape stamps issued in 1982 are also selected from here.
Wang's Ancestral Hall
The Wang's Ancestral Hall, located at the edge of the Moon Marsh, is a place where the ancients handled the affairs of the clan and worshipped their ancestors. This is a typical Huizhou-style three-entrance building. At present, the third entrance has been destroyed. The existing two entrances are the place where the "one-entrance" family meets to deal with large and small affairs and the "two-entrance" memorial tablet for ancestors. Knock on the blackboard! Focus! The ancestral tablet inside enshrines Hu Zhong, the only woman in Huizhou who entered the male ancestral temple. She presided over the construction of the South Lake, but she was a great local figure.
Color Xieli
Xieli belongs to one of the natural villages in ancient Huizhou, and its administrative division is Hongcun Town in yi county. It's only 2-3 kilometers' walk from Hongcun to Xieli. This is a rural tribe with distinctive emblem in bred in an inner chamber, with no one knowing her.
The flaming autumn leaves, the houses made of pink, yellow, green and black, are like a Jiangnan ink painting! About food
There are plenty of bamboo shoots in or around Hongcun, so we often see villagers drying fresh bamboo shoots in various ways to store or make other foods. There is also a local custom of killing pigs after the winter solstice and drying ham in spring. From time to time, I will see ham hanging on the wall, glowing in the sun.
Hongcun is probably the most famous Huizhou hairy tofu that has been on the tip of China's tongue. People who come here will admire you for a taste. The taste of hairy tofu is a little sticky. People who eat it for the first time don't think it is particularly delicious or bad. Just an early adopter.
What is particularly refreshing is all kinds of pickled vegetables qualified by local villagers, which are particularly appetizing and delicious with crispy Hongcun biscuits.
Another place where I visited China on the tip of my tongue was Laojie Hotel. I tried local specialties, such as scrambled eggs with acanthopanax bark and Huangshan Shuangshi. Maybe I didn't feel hungry after eating too many snacks, so I felt that the food tasted normal. And the roast duck leg thought it was delicious.
If you see that black fruit, you must try it. I forgot to ask what its name is. Later, I found out that it may be called dark plum, which has the taste of grapes, but it is very sweet, slightly sour, sweet and sour. I bought it twice, and I wanted to take some with me when I left. Unfortunately, I was in a hurry about accommodation.
Hongcun is small, and there are many homestays, so I don't think the location where I live is important, because it is small, it is convenient to go out and visit wherever I live, and the structure of the homestay is generally similar. There is a concentrated place for homestays next to the South Lake.