South Yellow ancient road

South Yellow ancient road

Nanhuang Ancient Road (also known as Huangnan ancient road) is located at the junction of Linhai City and Tiantai County, Zhejiang Province. It starts from Qianyang village, Nanping Township, Tiantai, and ends at Dafan village, Huangtan, Linhai, with a length of about 12 km. Nanhuang ancient road, built more than 1000 years ago, is an ancient commercial road.

The South Yellow ancient road was already very famous in the Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty. Emperor Qianlong once ordered officials to draw "eight views of the rooftop", including the figure of the South Yellow ancient road, but it was called "autumn scenery of Nanshan" at that time.

history

The South Yellow ancient road was built in the early Northern Song Dynasty. It was an important folk trade channel in eastern Zhejiang until the Qing Dynasty. It mainly carried salt, green tea, cloth, silk, porcelain and other commodities with frequent exchanges. It was a very important national economic and cultural exchange corridor.

In the 1970s, with the improvement of highway traffic, the South Yellow Road gradually faded out of people's sight.

characteristic

Maple trees are planted along the ancient road, which is one of the best preserved maple leaf ancient roads in China. It has been listed as one of the eight national Maple appreciation bases as famous as Xiangshan.

effect

As a special place, Nanhuang ancient road is a tourist route with red maple, merchants, Buddhism, Confucianism and other culture and landscape as the biggest highlights in Jiangnan Ancient Road community, which contains endless cultural heritage. The South Yellow ancient road is a political, economic and cultural link. In the communication and exchange of the South Yellow ancient road, the mountainous economy close to Tiantai and Linhai has gradually formed a complementary and mutually beneficial economic relationship. The land culture of Taizhou, with the Tiantai Mountain culture as the core, permeates each other through this ancient road. The martial spirit of Qianyang village has added a stronger side to "Taizhou style Firmness". The South Yellow ancient road has driven the social and economic development of Tiantai and Linhai. Along this road, with the exchange and spread of various industrial and handicraft products and technologies, and the frequent market trading activities, the economic development along the ancient road has been greatly promoted.

Tourism information

Address: Qianyang village, Nanping Township, Tiantai County, Zhejiang Province, 200 km from Hangzhou and 380 km from Shanghai.

Note: the road is slippery and humid in the mountains, so be sure to take precautions

Group tour: outdoor sports have certain risks. Outdoor enthusiasts in Shanghai can take part in the hiking activities on the South Yellow ancient road organized by Shanghai wandering outdoor travel agency.

Address: Qianyang village, Nanping Township, Tiantai County, Zhejiang Province

Longitude: 120.985079

Latitude: 29.057438

Chinese PinYin : Nan Huang Gu Dao