The natural landscape of Huangyao Scenic Area has eight major sceneries and twenty-four minor sceneries, including temples, temples, and pavilions, most of which were built in the Ming and Qing Dynasties. The famous ones include Wenming Pavilion, Kongming Rock, Baozhu Temple, Xingning Temple, Lion Temple, Ancient Stage, Wu Clan Ancestral Hall, Guo Clan Ancestral Hall, Zuolong Temple, Jianlong Temple, Dailong Bridge, Hulong Bridge, Natural Pavilion, etc. There are eight streets in the town. Most of the houses maintain the style of the Ming and Qing Dynasties, and the streets are all built with bluestone slabs. The cultural landscape also includes Han Yu and Liu Zongbiao’s ink marks. There are no gate charges in the ancient town, and people can freely enter and exit the ancient town from many intersections. There are several scenic spots in the ancient town, such as Dailong Bridge, Sitting and Drinking Tea, and the entrance to the village. Walking along the river next to the ancient town, all the way to Wenming Pavilion, you will enjoy the countryside and endless scenery. From the mountain next to the ancient town, you can see a panoramic view of the entire Huangyao Town. In addition, Huangyao Ancient Town is also the filming location of the movies "The Veil" and "Moonlight Love". Huangyao Ancient Town was listed as a provincial scenic spot in 1995. It is an ancient town with a history of more than 900 years. In 2013, it still retained relatively complete Ming and Qing architecture, and is known as the "Little Guilin" of "Dream Home" Inside and outside the district. A number of tourism resources such as Zhongdong Kongming Rock, Diao Rock, Feng Cave and Jie Tang Gas Breeding Rock are under planning and development. It was listed as an autonomous region-level scenic spot in 1995. Since 2005, Huangyao Ancient Town has been awarded "China's Most Ancient Town with Tourism Value", "China's Historical and Cultural Town", and "One of the 50 Most Worthy Places for Foreigners to Visit in China". "First", "National 4A-level Scenic Spot", "National Characteristic Landscape Tourism Town" and other honorary titles. On January 16, 2013, Huangyao Ancient Town in Zhaoping County successfully passed the review of the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region Rural Tourism Area (Point) Quality Rating Committee and successfully won the title of "Five-Star Guangxi Rural Tourism Area".
Attractions
Wenming Pavilion
This is a small temple built on the mountain. It is a place where local villagers worship gods. When you reach Wenming Pavilion, continue climbing. A platform is used by local people to pray for rain. When you climb up, you can see the river and pastoral farms. There is a lawn under the Wenming Pavilion. Huang Yao's children will definitely encourage you to set off fireworks and have barbecue at night. It is also good to watch the stars here. But after the barbecue, don’t forget to pack away the trash bags and fireworks cartridges you brought, and take away paper towels and other sundries.
Kong Mingyan
Kongmingyan is located on the hillside of Sanbao Mountain in Zhongdong Village, 8 kilometers away from Huangyao Ancient Town. The stalactites in the cave are so magnificent that people can’t help but marvel at the miraculous craftsmanship of nature. , this is an undeveloped cave with great development value.
Zhoujia Reservoir
It is about three or four kilometers away in the direction of Zhaoping. It costs 1 yuan to take a tricycle, or you can also walk. There are 20 public bamboo rafts in this reservoir, which can be used at will, but safety must be paid attention to. On the way to the reservoir, the pastoral scenery on both sides is very good. The unique yellow mud brick walls of the area, coupled with the vertical and horizontal streets, give it a soft feeling. On the way back, we looked at the ancient town in the distance. Behind the town, there are towering karst peaks, which are simple and beautiful.
Festivals
When I was in Huang Yao, I checked the local old monthly magazine and saw two festivals. One is the third day of the third month of the lunar calendar, when operas are sung on the ancient stage; the other is the lunar calendar. On July 14th and 15th, there is a custom of worshiping the river god (lighting grapefruit lanterns and placing them in the river at night). The ceremony lasts about 2-3 hours. In short, Huang Yao cannot be played in one day, nor can it be felt after staying for one night. It takes time to experience it. The folk customs here are simple and ancient, making people feel that time is passing by.
Dongmen Tower
Dongmen Tower was built in the early Qing Dynasty. It is a single city gate tower with a square plane and brick structure. In the Qing Dynasty, Huangyao was a famous town on the sea access to western Hunan and northern Guangxi. The couplet on the gatehouse reflects this special geographical location: The water of Yao River passes through Guijiang and Xijiang to the Pearl River and South China Sea. It is a bridge channel connecting the outside world and connects the east gate. The building is likened to the Five Phoenix Tower in the capital, with Luofeng and Wenxia as barriers. It is an ancient town in Nanguan, Xiongzhen.
The former site of the Guangxi Provincial Working Committee
In the winter of 1944, Japan invaded Guangxi and Guilin fell (Guilin was the seat of the Provincial Working Committee at that time). The Guangxi Provincial Working Committee moved under the leadership of Qian Xing When he arrived at Huangyao, he carried out his work in a hidden way with the view of Baozhu. At that time, a large number of celebrities including He Xiangning, Ouyang Yuqian, Qian Jiaju, Zhang Xichang and others were evacuated to Huangyao with the Provincial Working Committee. To commemorate this period of history, the Guangxi Provincial People's Government designated Baozhu Temple as the former site of the Guangxi Provincial Working Committee, and in 1990 it was listed as a provincial key cultural relic protection unit and a provincial patriotic education base. The first floor of the side hall was where He Xiangning lived in the early years. Influenced by Liao Zhongkai, He Xiangning joined the China Alliance in 1905 and began to join the revolution. In August 1944, He Xiangning evacuated with the underground party from Guilin to Huangyao along the Li River and Gui River, and continued to carry out anti-Japanese activities behind enemy lines.
The exhibition hall on the first floor also records the deeds of the American Flying Tigers. An incomplete tombstone is also engraved in English, which records the deeds of the 14th Aviation Group of the Flying Tigers led by the American General Chennault during World War II. A bomber flew to the occupied areas of Guangzhou to perform a mission. After completing the mission, it was on its way back to Guilin Airport at the old site of the Guangxi Provincial Working Committee. Unfortunately, it was hit by a Japanese plane and crashed over the ancient town of Huangyao. There were 7 people on board who parachuted and the remaining 3 people. He died with the plane due to serious injuries. After hearing the news, the local people rushed to rescue the seven American parachuting troops and sent them to Zhaoping County for proper resettlement. They also buried the three martyrs who sacrificed their lives for the Chinese people's anti-Japanese cause in Huangyao in coffins according to local customs, with this inscription engraved on them. A tombstone.
After the victory of the Anti-Japanese War, the U.S. government sent people to Huangyao to transport the bones of the martyrs back to the United States, leaving only this tombstone as a historical witness of Sino-U.S. friendship.
Ancient Stage
The ancient stage was built in the third year of Jiajing in the Ming Dynasty, that is, the Huangyao Ancient Stage in 1524. It was rebuilt many times during the Qianlong and Guangxu years of the Qing Dynasty, and was rebuilt again by the Zhaoping County People's Government in 1983. During every festival, local folk artists will perform on stage to add to the fun, a custom that continues to this day. It is listed as a key cultural relic protection unit at the provincial level in Guangxi. The stage area is about 52 square meters and covers an area of ??about 94 square meters. It is a pavilion-style stage. It has a single eaves resting mountain structure of wood, stone and bricks. The entire stage has a "convex" shape in plane. It is an eight-column stage with a backstage and A pavilion-style stage with wings and side rails.
The Huangyao ancient stage has distinctive characteristics of Guangxi’s rural ancient stage culture. First, it uses a palace-style architectural shape with a Chinese classical large roof. It is a typical Xieshan style large roof. Instead of using the green glazed tiles on the top of the hill in Wangfuzhong, small green tiles are used, which shows that the stage is a folk stage; secondly, the main ridge, ridge, handles, and eaves of the stage are painted with picturesque sculptures and carved It is exquisitely decorated with auspicious patterns such as two lions playing with beads and two phoenixes flying to the moon. In particular, the complex ancient stage's exquisite large-scale continuous colored sculpture ridge decoration on the main ridge is one of the signs that the ancient buildings in Lingnan are different from those in the north; third, the stage decoration is famous The couplets on the plaques of the scholars make the whole stage antique, exude the atmosphere of calligraphy and calligraphy, and add to the cultural taste of the building. The three words "Ke Xing" on the plaque in the middle were written by Lin Zuoji, a member of the Huang Yao family. The couplet on the outside is "When you hear his vocal music, you will be alive. You might as well use your ears to see how thin the person is. You must then use your mind." It is recommended that people not only You should listen to the play carefully with all your ears, and also think carefully about the cause and effect of the characters and plots in the play, and gain lessons from it; fourthly, there were four large water tanks at the four corners of the stage. Chuan Shili fully demonstrates the intelligence and talent of Lingnan folk craftsmen and artists.
——Information comes from small town micro-newsletter