Ancient Town of Zhenyuan.

Niche Travel Recommendation | Zhenyuan Ancient Town, Qiandongnan Miao and Dong Autonomous Prefecture, Guizhou 🤎 Unlike the hustle and bustle of Miao villages, Zhenyuan is a quiet Miao ancient town Hundred-year-old bricks and stones, memories of the Qin and Han Dynasties, quietly drifting in the Wu Yang River Zhenyuan is not big, the entire county town is built along the river, and the Shanghai-Kunming Railway runs through the town In this ancient town, you can feel the tranquility that is different from the past. This small town is built on the mountain and by the water. There is no excessive commercialization, only the most simple ancient town atmosphere 💙 Transportation: Airport: Guiyang Longdongbao Airport (3 hours by expressway), Kaili Huangping Airport (1 hour by expressway) Train: Direct to Zhenyuan Station, you can take a taxi to any location within the county after leaving the station, which is very convenient - Zhenyuan Ancient Town: Free Tickets for some attractions in the ancient town: Shiping Mountain (15 yuan), Qinglong Cave (60 yuan) Accommodation recommendation: 💙 Accommodation is recommended on the Wu Yang River, there are four streets 1. Heba Street 2. Minzhu Street, 3. Xinglong Street, 4. Zhouda Street It is recommended to stay on Heba Street, where the river view rooms are the best, and there are many restaurants nearby! - 💙 Ancient city walk route: Zhenyuan Museum → Yumen Wharf → Waimen Slope → New Bridge → Zhou Dawan's Former Residence → Former Site of Heping Village → New Bridge to the River → River Walk → Zhusheng Bridge → Daheguan Wharf - 💙 Attractions introduction: 📍 Zhenyuan Museum Formerly known as Zou Sichong's Ancestral Hall, it was a memorial hall built by the Qing court for Zou Sichong, who died in the battle against Zhang Xiumei's uprising. It was used as the Zhenyuan Exhibition Hall in 1998 and renamed Zhenyuan Museum in 2011. It is a good place to learn about the ancient city's millennium history 📍 Waimen Slope Zhenyuan has a saying that "there are six plaques and ten alleys". Now there are still 8 ancient alleys in the ancient town: Sifangjing Alley, Fuxing Alley, Renshou Alley, Chongzikou Alley, Mimao Alley, etc. Sifangjing Alley - Fuxing Alley, built on the mountain, Waimen Slope is here 📍 Zhusheng Bridge A landmark ancient building in Zhenyuan, originally named "Creek Bridge", it was later changed to "Zhusheng Bridge" because Emperor Kangxi celebrated his birthday. This bridge was a must-pass for students from Yunnan and Guizhou to take the imperial examinations in Beijing 📍 Ancient City Wharf Yumen Wharf: Yumen is also known as Longmen. It is said that Yumen here means "achievement and fame". It was built for scholars and juren who passed the imperial examinations Daheguan Wharf: The best place to take photos of Qinglong Cave. From here, Qinglong Cave looks like a beautiful landscape painting, or a group of magnificent reliefs 📍 Zhou Dawan's Former Residence Also known as "Zhou Mansion", Zhou Dawan, a native of Zhenyuan County, Guizhou Province, was an important figure in the early CPC and one of the founders of the Communist Youth League 📍 Former Site of Heping Village The full name is "Former Site of the Zhenyuan Heping Village Working Team of the Anti-War Revolutionary Alliance of Japanese People in China". It was originally a detention camp for Japanese prisoners of war