Around Xi'an - Fenghuang Ancient Town, 1 hour's drive.

🚗Fenghuang Ancient Town is located in Zhashui County. It can be reached by driving on the expressway from Xi'an in about 1 hour and 30 minutes. Residents in the ancient town mainly make a living by making and selling bacon, sausages and dried tofu. Different from other ancient towns in Xi'an, the ancient town here in Zhashui has more characteristics of southern ancient towns, including the local dialect and food. A small part of the local buildings retain the architectural style of the late Qing Dynasty. We went on a Saturday and there were almost no tourists. Introduction to the ancient town Residential buildings of the Republic of China in the Qing Dynasty. Fenghuang Street is surrounded by mountains and rivers and has a double-curved ruler shape. Residential houses are arranged east-west along both sides of the street. They generally follow the Huizhou architectural style, and are mainly courtyards. Most of them have two-story brick and wood structures, a mixed beam frame structure with beams and buckets, and a hard-top roof with gray tiles. A stone is built in front of the door. steps. The courtyards are mainly three-apartment or five-apartment, and most are one- or two-apart courtyards. The gables or eaves of adjacent courtyards are shared, forming a building group that is interconnected but independent.