The owner spent 11 years investing 400 million yuan to build an ancient village with very few tourists

As the saying goes, the landscape of Guilin is the best in the world, and the landscape of Yangshuo is the best in Guilin.” When it comes to Guangxi, Yangshuo must not be the name.

Yangshuo is not big, you can even describe it as "a land of bullets". Between the peaks and gorges, God has bestowed a good mountain and water here. Because Yangshuo is a karst landform, the mountains are peculiar and there are many caves.

Especially the beautiful Lijiang River is a paradise on earth that countless people dream of. Han Yu's phrase "Jiang is a green belt, mountains are like jasper bars" has been sung for thousands of years. It is said that the water of the Lijiang River is as soft as the green belts, and the mountains of the Lijiang River are as beautiful as jasper bars, which is fascinating.

And just in the beautiful Yangshuo, there is a very special village-Dongli Ancient Village.

Dongli Ancient Village is located on the Chaotian River in Daxu Town, Lingchuan County, only 15 kilometers away from Guilin City.

The whole village is built on the hills and waters, with green hills and green hills, beautiful waters and lush blue sky, everything is just right, like a masterpiece written by a master of landscape, there is a kind of peace and beauty of "a paradise".

The ancient villages I have written about in the past have a history of hundreds of thousands of years. The long time has given the village a long heritage and profound culture.

And the ancient village of Dongli is different from the previous ancient village, it is very special.

Its ancient meaning lies in the fact that it is a replica of the old and reconstructed Guilin area, especially the ancient villages along the ancient Xianggui Road and the Li River. After a detailed investigation and careful study of the cultural history, architectural forms and living conditions of key villages The village.

Many people probably don't know the Xianggui Ancient Road.

Because Guangxi is located in Lingnan, it has been a land of Baiyue since ancient times, and traffic is blocked. In order to unify Lingnan, Emperor Qin Shihuang ordered "to cut the canal and pass the grain road" to connect the Xiangli water system and form the traffic waterway between Hunan and Guangxi. Later, in the Song, Ming, and Qing dynasties, private commerce and commerce became more and more prosperous, while the Xianggui waterway was in disrepair for a long time and the water transportation capacity was limited. The local government organized the Xianggui land road business road for this organization. Southern Silk Road".

Unfortunately, in the 1930s, with the opening of railways and highways, the landscape of ancient roads gradually disappeared from people's vision, and the history of ancient roads was gradually forgotten in people's memory.

Fortunately, the existence of Dongli Ancient Village has helped people regain some of their former glory.

Walking in the village seems to have traveled to the old time in an instant.

A Chaotian river runs through the entire village, and the flowing water from the village head to the village end adds a touch of movement to the ancient village of Dongli. There are shades of green everywhere, and even the air is full of intoxicating freshness.

Walking on the long bridge, the scene in front of you is like a beautiful poetry and painting. The black tiles and gray walls are obviously light colors. Together, they are beautiful.

There are nearly 200 ancient buildings along the river, silently condensing the stories of the past.

The founder of Dongli Ancient Village bought this village, then purchased old houses and objects from various places, and moved them all to the village for reconstruction. These buildings are mainly built in ancient villages and towns along the Xianggui Ancient Road. From materials to craftsmanship, bricks and tiles are rebuilt faithfully to the original appearance, which greatly restores the history that we can't see.

Therefore, although this is an "man-made" ancient village, the houses inside are indeed old, just "moved" from elsewhere and gathered in one place.

Some houses look very grand from the outside. Several horse head walls straddle the building high, presumably this house must be a big family.

If you walk inside, the hall and courtyard are well laid out, and sunlight pours down from the patio. Looking up, you feel in a daze that you should have gone to southern Anhui.

Inadvertently walked into the deep village alleys, with high walls standing on both sides. The stone road wet by rain reflects a smooth halo. I don't know how many people have walked here.

There are also some residential houses, small gates and small courtyards, although they are not as atmospheric as those before, but they also have their own cozy pattern.

There is also the quaint four-corner pavilion, surrounded by green trees, which looks extremely peaceful. Do you see the grapefruit tree next to it? The golden grapefruit fruit hangs on the branch, which is a bit greedy.

This is a waterwheel. The practical function should be gone. It is very distinctive as a decoration.

This fan-shaped pavilion is especially interesting. The big plaque says Destiny, and there is a steelyard hanging in the pavilion. Judging from the couplets on both sides of the pavilion, it should lead people to be kind and do more good deeds.

Come to test you, do you know these two words?

嬲 on the right, pronounced niǎo, is a dialect word, meaning teasing, disturbing, or entanglement in Mandarin; on the left, 嫐, pronounced nǎo, 嫐 is more than 嬲.

The building is already beautiful, but it is only one of the characteristics of Dongli Ancient Village. The traditional intangible heritage handicraft experience here is even more impressive.

Intangible heritage is often difficult for us to perceive, but it represents the cultural value, imagination and cultural consciousness of the nation. Therefore, human inheritance is particularly important for the inheritance and protection of intangible cultural heritage.

In order to truly display the historical culture and folklore features of the Lijiang River Basin, the creators of "Dongli Ancient Village" invited various craftsmen to open iron shops, dyeing workshops, cloth workshops, oil press workshops, ceramic workshops, and wood workshops in the village. Etc., excavated and restored a large number of traditional intangible heritage techniques.

For example, this blacksmith first burned the iron to be forged in the furnace, then moved it to the iron pier, holding a sledgehammer, hammering one hammer at a time, and sparking everywhere.

The woodworker meticulously carved patterns on the wooden boards, waiting for the next step to continue processing.

Compared with iron and woodworking, oil pressing is really rare nowadays. Every process of the ancient method of oil extraction is very elegant, and the heat, intensity, and time must be just right.

Tie-dye is also very interesting. Tie-dyeing is a unique dyeing process in the Han folk tradition. It is called tie-dye because it is divided into two parts: tie-dyeing and dyeing. It uses yarn, thread, rope and other tools to bind, sew, tie, tie, and clip the fabric and then dye it.

The amazing thing about this technique is that even if there are thousands of flowers, no two will be the same after dyeing.

Look at this store, all kinds of tie-dye works are displayed in the window.

There is also a tie-dyed fabric sofa in one store. At first glance, the pattern is worthy of taste.

The shop has bamboo baskets, etc. The weaving skills are really good.

The unique handicrafts, with the breath of history and the temperature of hand-made, make people fall in love with the temperament of Dongli Ancient Village.

Visitors can watch the hand-made process and even participate in person to experience the past lifestyle, such as cooking top-pot rice.

The rice needed for cooking is locally grown rice. Tourists can use all kinds of ancient farming tools to go through the processes of cleaning, hulling, rice milling, etc., before rice can become brown rice. The rice cooked in the traditional cast iron top pot is full of fragrant top pot rice. Although brown rice is not as good as white rice in taste and taste, it is better for health because brown rice retains more nutrients.

Many young people don’t know how to use these ancient farm tools, and some have never seen them. But as long as you understand, you can't help but sigh for the wisdom of the predecessors. In the age of underdeveloped technology, it is really amazing to be able to design such a versatile and powerful appliance!

It can be seen that in addition to the good scenery, it is also a good place for parent-child travel and research.

If you don’t want to cook your own food, you can also participate in a wedding banquet at a large family home and taste local food.

The two masters in yellow robes sang folk songs and served us with their burdens. It was so atmospheric.

On the other side of the dinner table, the dishes and chopsticks are neatly arranged and very particular.

After the wedding banquet, you can visit the wedding room, full of sense of ceremony.

The ancient village of Dongli can be seen and played slowly. If you want to stay here, there are high-end homestays and dormitories for students to study or build groups.

The homestays in Dongli Ancient Village are renovated from the old buildings of the Ming and Qing Dynasties. Each brick, tile and wood have their origins, and can provide the ultimate experience of staying in accordance with the surrounding environment.

The indoor environment is very comfortable, and the wood makes people feel very warm.

After visiting the ancient village of Dongli, I feel that the creators are really attentive. In 11 years of development, 400 million yuan was invested to transform Dongli Ancient Village from an ordinary village into a solid history, an open “museum”.

But it is a pity that very few people know this village so far, and the number of visitors in a day is only about 1,000.

In fact, throughout the country, there are many unknown scenery and cultural treasures, but it is low-key because of insufficient publicity or inconvenient transportation. I sincerely hope that places like Dongli Ancient Village can be known by more and more people. Knowing this village, all the efforts made to retain the memory of the past.