Dawu ancient town

Dawu ancient town is one of the "four Dawu towns" in ancient Guangxi. It was built in 200 AD. The old Dawu street is not wide. At the foot of it is a polished stone road. The old houses on both sides are mostly two-story Ming and Qing Dynasty buildings with green bricks and tiles. Many ancient handicraft workshops, such as bamboo weaving workshop, straw sandal workshop, herbalist clinic and old barber shop, are still preserved, and the vicissitudes of history can be seen everywhere. The ancient town is very quiet. Most of the old houses are only left with the old people and children, which makes it more like being independent of the world.

To Dawu, Wanshou bridge is a must. Wanshou bridge was built in the Ming Dynasty. The stones on the bridge deck have been polished. To the west of the bridge is the Lijiang River, which is an excellent place to enjoy the Lijiang River and the snail mountain on the other side. In the evening, find a place to sit down and eat fresh river fish with the river breeze. It's simple and natural.

Dawu ancient town has not yet been fully commercial development. If you like the ancient style, you can go there. It is suggested to go with Guanyan and Gudong waterfall.

Dawu ancient town

Dawu ancient town is one of the "four Dawu towns" in ancient Guangxi. Dawu ancient town was built in AD 200. The old Dawu Street stretches 2 kilometers along the Lijiang River. The narrow street is paved with green stone slabs. On both sides of the stone slab road are well preserved old houses.

Dawu ancient town is located on the East Bank of Lijiang River, Southeast of father son rock and north of Mopan Mountain, 23 kilometers away from Guilin. According to historical records, the ancient town was built in the early years of the Northern Song Dynasty, flourished in the Ming and Qing Dynasties, and flourished in the period of the Republic of China. It has a history of 1000 years. As far as 600 years ago, Dawu became one of the four largest towns in Guangxi for its "greatness".

Dawu ancient town was once known as Chang'an City and Lutian City, commonly known as Dawu. Small residential areas have been formed in the Han Dynasty. It was a prosperous commercial market town in the Northern Song Dynasty and one of the four ancient towns in Guangxi in the Ming Dynasty. Its commerce first flourished in the Song Dynasty and was once set up as a tax official; it flourished in the Ming Dynasty. In the thirty first year of the reign of Emperor Guangxu of the Qing Dynasty, Lingui county annals was called "land and water wharf". During the Anti Japanese period, it was known as "little Guilin". The number of people who drove the polder reached more than 10000, and there were as many as two or three hundred ships berthing.

Historical evolution

The ancient town was built in 200 AD.

Dawu ancient town was once known as Chang'an City and Lutian City, commonly known as Dawu. Small residential areas have been formed in the Han Dynasty. It was a prosperous commercial market town in the Northern Song Dynasty and one of the four ancient towns in Guangxi in the Ming Dynasty. Its commerce first flourished in the Song Dynasty and was once set up as a tax official; it flourished in the Ming Dynasty. In the thirty first year of the reign of Emperor Guangxu of the Qing Dynasty, Lingui county annals was called "land and water wharf". During the Anti Japanese period, it was known as "little Guilin". The number of people who drove the polder reached more than 10000, and there were as many as two or three hundred ships berthing.

In the Ming and Qing Dynasties, Dawu was already a place where merchants from the north and the South gathered, and there were all kinds of businesses. In the early Ming Dynasty, Xie Jin's poem said, "Dawu River, Lutian temple, a hundred feet deep, surrounded by ten thousand bamboos. After Liudian accumulated salary, they returned home with salt wrapped in lotus leaves. Merchants from all over the world have built Guildhall here, famous Guildhall and mosque in Guangdong, Hunan and Jiangxi. By the beginning of the Republic of China, eight streets had been formed in Dawu, namely: laowei street, Diling street, Long'an street, Xinglong Street, Tangfang street, Gulou Street, Siying street and Jianshe street. There are also more than ten yards along the river. It is said that "sailing upstream to Guilin, sailing downstream to Guangzhou". Shop shop is known as "four masters", "eight families", "twenty-four small families". It reflects the prosperity of Dawu at that time.

There are also many activities of celebrities in the town. When Sun Yat Sen set up his base camp in Guilin during the northern expedition, he set up his base camp at Tangfang Wharf in Dawu (December 4, 1921) and made a speech on the riverside. The earliest organization of the Communist Party of China in Lingchuan, the Dongxiang District Committee of the Communist Party of China in Guilin and the Maocun branch of the Communist Party of China, was established in Dawu in August 1928. At the foot of Mopan Mountain in Maozhou is the cemetery of Tang Jingsong, a famous anti French and anti Japanese general in the late Qing Dynasty.

In the ancient town of Dawu, the film "Third Sister Liu" has taken a lot of location shots here. More than a dozen films and TV plays are shot on location here. In addition, the town people's snacks and traditional culture, entertainment, and folk customs also make visitors forget to return. During the Dragon Boat Festival, the Dragon Boat Race in Dawu is a traditional event. GUI opera, Caidiao, Dragon Boat Song, song of sending boats and so on are even more popular. All the styles and customs still exist today, and some are endowed with new contents and meanings, which is a miniature of the commercial culture and traditional culture of Dawu.

geographical position

Dawu ancient town is located on the East Bank of Lijiang River, Southeast of father son rock and north of Mopan Mountain, 23 kilometers away from Guilin.

The geographical coordinates of Dawu town are 1100 24'30 ″ -- 1100 25'30 ″ E and 250 10'50 ″ -- 250 11'05 ″ n. The administrative division covers an area of 193.78 square kilometers, with a total population of 51600, including 15000 permanent residents and 35.2 hectares of arable land. It has 17 village committees, 1 neighborhood committee and 161 natural villages. Dawu ancient town is not only a waterway transportation hub, but also a famous market trade distribution center. In the East, there is Chaotian New River, which connects with Ma River of welfare; in the west, there is Xiangsi River, which can reach Yongfu; in the north, Lijiang River runs through Guilin, Xing'an, Yangshuo, Pingle, Wuzhou, which can reach Hunan and Guangzhou.

Architectural features

The residential buildings in Dawu town are low in the South and high in the north. They are built near the river and mountains. Most of them are three or four way buildings, which are connected with docks and roadways outside and ancient commercial streets inside.

The design of each house is very reasonable, integrating business and living. It is composed of front door, patio, main room, wing room and backyard. The street is usually used as a shop for business, and there are stairs to go up to the second floor. Inside is the patio, which is usually planted with flowers and plants to facilitate daylighting; behind the patio is the main room, which is tall and spacious, providing for statues and ancestral tablets. It is the place for the host to move and meet visitors; on both sides are the wing rooms for living. There are carved patterns on the doors and windows of the main room and the wing room; there is a door behind the main room to the backyard, which is near the river and has a kitchen and toilet, and stone steps to get water and wash clothes by the river.

Most of the houses along the stone slab road are two-story buildings of Ming and Qing Dynasties with green bricks and tiles, and the vicissitudes of history can be seen everywhere. The design of each house is very reasonable. It integrates business and living together. It is composed of front door, patio, main room, wing room and backyard. The street is usually used as a shop for business, and there are stairs to go up to the second floor. Inside is the patio, which is usually planted with flowers and plants to facilitate daylighting; behind the patio is the main room, which is tall and spacious, providing for statues and ancestral tablets. It is the place for the host to move and meet visitors; on both sides are the wing rooms for living. There are carved patterns on the doors and windows of the main room and the wing room; there is a door behind the main room to the backyard, which is near the river and has a kitchen and toilet, and stone steps to get water and wash clothes by the river. To Dawu, Wanshou bridge is a must. Built in the Ming Dynasty, Wanshou bridge poem is a stone arch bridge built of stones. The stones on the bridge deck have been polished and shiny, with a little grass, which is simple and natural. To the west of the bridge is the Lijiang River, which is an excellent place to enjoy the Lijiang River and the snail mountain on the other side.

Main attractions

Slate Road

The stone road in Dawu town is composed of about 15000 pieces of blue stone. The houses beside the road are mostly two-story Ming and Qing Dynasty buildings with green bricks and tiles. The vicissitudes of history can be seen everywhere. The design of each house is very reasonable. It integrates business and living together. It is composed of front door, patio, main room, wing room and backyard. The street is usually used as a shop for business, and there are stairs to go up to the second floor. Inside is the patio, which is usually planted with flowers and plants to facilitate daylighting; behind the patio is the main room, which is tall and spacious, providing for statues and ancestral tablets. It is the place for the host to move and meet visitors; on both sides are the wing rooms for living. There are carved patterns on the doors and windows of the main room and the wing room; behind the main room, there is a door to the backyard, which faces the river and has a kitchen and toilet, and stone steps to get water and wash clothes by the river.

All the houses in the ancient town are of brick and wood structure. The door is a row of wooden boards. If you remove the boards in the morning, everything in your home is transparent. If you install the boards in the evening, you will be isolated from the outside world. Each of these houses is hundreds of years old. Walking on the stone paved street, there are "gululu" old people smoking hookah and yellow dogs dozing at the old people's feet in front of the house; fishermen with two Osprey standing on their shoulders walk past you in straw sandals and go fishing by the river; there are adjacent women playing routine, time seems to slow down here, life seems very calm, but very warm.

Walking along the stone road in the old street of the ancient town, you seem to go back to the past. The old houses on both sides tell you one old story after another. There are many ancient shops in the ancient town, such as bamboo weaving workshop, straw sandal workshop, herbalist clinic and old barber shop. The idle old people either sit on the street and read some yellow old books, or gather together to drink tea and play cards, and live peacefully. Some old people do what they can, such as assembling DC strobe lights.

Shiban road was built in the early Republic of China, along the coast. It is 2.5km long and 2m wide. It is mostly paved with bluestone slabs, with a total of 15000 pieces of materials, of which 0.5km is paved with pebbles. Ancient style, ancient rhyme, is basically intact. Along the road building, brick and wood structure; high eaves long platform (shop platform), front shop back room, narrow and deep as tube, commonly known as "tube house". There are 8 streets along the road: laowei street, Diling street, Long'an street, Xinglong Street, Tangfang street, Gulou Street, Fuxing street and Siying street. More Backstreet names are easier.

Wanshou Bridge

Wanshou bridge, built in the Ming Dynasty and rebuilt in 1899, is a single arch stone bridge. It is located at the confluence of Ma River and Li River. The bridge is stable and simple. It is a key cultural relic protected by the county. The ancient town of Dawu, so that the film "Liu Sanjie" took a lot of location here, more than a dozen films, TV dramas are shooting location here. another

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