Kaili City in Guizhou Province is located on the banks of the Qingshui River, boasting a historic ancient town
🏨 Xiashi Ancient Town
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Xiashi is not only stunning at night, but the 600-year-old buildings are also incredibly photogenic during the day! Xiashi Ancient Town is situated in Kaili City, Guizhou Province, nestled on the banks of the Qingshui River. This ancient town has a long history that dates back to the Ming Dynasty.
🌟 Highlights:
As an important commercial port in the southeastern region of Guizhou, Xiashi Ancient Town was once the economic, cultural, and transportation center of southeastern Guizhou. The town's architecture is unique and quaint, resembling a vivid ink painting!
🗓 Itinerary:
1. Drum Tower:
This is a common sight in Dong villages, and surprisingly, there's such a structure at Kaili South Station! It's usually used for meetings and dancing, and the dome is quite beautiful! You can take photos from different angles!
2. Xizi Tower:
A place where scholars in ancient times used to burn paper, with a small inverted U-shaped door for placing the paper!
3. Yangming Academy:
The most rewarding part of the trip!
The entire academy interprets the life of Wang Yangming from birth to death in five stages of 'realization'. His ups and downs, changes in thought, personality, hobbies, and character are vividly depicted on paper, truly dynamic!
4. Conscience Bridge
The bridge surface is more complex and grand. There's also another bridge called the Connected Hearts Bridge, both ancient and single-arched.
5. Lusheng Square:
A place where locals dance and sing, and also a large square for gatherings and performances, with an ancient stage (reportedly filmed by CCTV), and Western-style buildings – the old post office, connected to the ancient street, with vendors' calls echoing!
6. Yuwang Palace:
Actually, it's the former site of the Two Lakes Guild Hall, and the wood carvings inside are stunning, especially the wood carving with its two claws suspended in the air!
Moreover, the origin of the Xiashi dog is introduced inside, which is quite interesting. You can also visit the Zhejiang Guild Hall, which houses many coins from the Qing Dynasty and the Republic of China!
7. Guangdong Guild Hall: Grand and splendid, it's said to have a very large stage inside, but it was not open today. The exterior walls are very beautiful, all patterned, and from the side, it looks like a 'convex' character. It's said that a lot of silver dollars were spent on its construction, not something ordinary people could afford!
🍽 Dining Recommendations:
Of course, there are also docks and some other buildings worth checking out! There are two restaurants recommended inside, one is Yang Dog Restaurant (owner's name), where I ordered a beef hotpot, which was very generous!
Then there's Xiashi Taste across the street, where I had 'chicken rice', which is actually smoked chicken porridge haha, both very affordable and delicious.
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Besides the architecture, you can also capture the local culture, framing the streets and residents together, which really brings out the flavor of the old street!
Xiasi Ancient Town is too cold, too quiet, cold weather, no one came to visit, ticket 45 I think it is a bit worthless, why does the ancient town still send tickets? Usually free at night, there is a light. It is better to look at it. It is too cold today. I went directly to the high-speed rail south for 20 yuan. It is very convenient. I think it can be a turn. Haha 😄 It’s boring to charge here. It’s worth seeing. It’s beautiful.
Very worthwhile ticket money, especially praise the Tang monks and apprentices' 4 NPC performances, not simple cruises, but plots and character tension. If you see me in town, please add chicken legs to the actors!
It feels a little lower than the commercialization of Miao Village. Although there are not many to visit, it feels much better than Xijiang Miao Village. At least it is not so commercialized, but it needs to be developed to attract more people.
The ancient town is a bit hot in summer. If you feel autumn, it will be better. There are many local specialty snacks in Guizhou in the ancient town. You can relax your stomach and taste it. The most distinctive feature of this ancient town is that it is connected with the local village. It is quite interesting. I feel that every ancient town has its own characteristics. The ancient town of Guizhou is beautiful in the sky, the air is fresh, and there are many clothing experiences inside. You can go to the beautiful photos, which is really good.
Come here, because of the opportunity to travel, suitable for couples, very Guizhou characteristic ancient town, beautiful scenery, a lot of food, locals are also very enthusiastic, when going is not the peak season, there are not too many people, suitable for relaxation
Because of the opportunity to travel, I heard that Xiasi is very famous and inexplicably. The ancient town has a beautiful environment. There are not many people when you come. Guizhou has its own characteristics. The locals are also very enthusiastic. There are many foods. It is very suitable for recommendation.