Yangchan Tulou

Yangchan Tulou is located in Shendu town in the mountainous area of Southern Anhui. Yangchan, located in the mountains of Southern Anhui, is a small village built by the mountains. Due to the high terrain and inconvenient transportation, for hundreds of years, mountain people have been using local materials to build roads and bridges with surrounding bluestones, building nests with red soil wood, working at sunrise and resting at sunrise, thirsty for mountain springs and starving for grain, and their descendants continue to live. In the fleeting years, a series of rustic and magnificent Tulou groups were formed.

Yangchan Tulou

Yangchan Tulou is located in Shendu town in the mountainous area of Southern Anhui. Yangchan, located in the mountains of Southern Anhui, is a small village built by the mountains. Due to the high terrain and inconvenient transportation, for hundreds of years, the mountain people have been using local materials to build roads and bridges with surrounding bluestones, and building nests with red soil wood. They work at sunrise and rest at sunrise. They are thirsty for mountain springs, hungry for grains, and many kinds of crops grow, and their descendants continue. In the fleeting years, a series of rustic and magnificent Tulou groups were formed.

Yangchan Tulou is well protected, which has profound historical and cultural significance for the current study of ancient buildings in China.

Brief introduction of yangchan earth building

Yangchan Tulou is located in the golden tourist line of Qiandao Lake, Shendu Town, Shexian County, Anhui Province. The transportation is very convenient, 6 kilometers away from Shendu town. Because it is close to Xin'anjiang, the air is humid and the precipitation is rich. The average annual precipitation is about 1498 mm, the temperature is 16.4 degrees, and the frost free period is 226 days, which is conducive to the growth of a variety of crops.

history

Yangchan village is an ancient village with a long history. It is the residence of the surname Zheng. The surname Zheng moved from shebei to Dingtan in the Song Dynasty, and then moved to yangchan. It is the descendant of zenenggong in Zheng banzhou. It is said that Zheng Gongshou hunted yangchan and followed his hounds to lie in the valley of yangchan mountain. He did not want to return. Seeing that it was surrounded by mountains, clear springs and towering ancient trees, he decided to move and settle in yangchan after several times of examination.

Yangchan village is a Shanzhai built on the mountain. The houses are mainly Tulou. Tulou group is the biggest feature of yangchan village, one by one, row by row, densely packed, one by one. The earth buildings were rebuilt on the basis of stone masonry. There were stone slabs or stone steps or stone paving between the earth buildings. No matter each single Tulou or the whole village Tulou group, it has a kind of local aesthetic feeling, reflecting the unique beauty of painting, artistic conception, vigor and momentum. The Tulou group is located on the mountain, with various forms, reasonable layout, and well arranged, which embodies the integration of human and nature, and has strong architectural characteristics of Mountainous Residential Buildings, forming a magical, simple, spectacular and beautiful picture.

Huizhou yangchan earth building complex is another wonderful work of Huizhou architecture, the crystallization of wisdom of Huizhou Shanyue people, the peculiar mixture of backward productivity and high civilization, and the palace of Oriental earth building culture and art.

travels

First stop: Poshan village, where mountains and rivers depend on each other, folk customs are simple, autumn is full of chrysanthemums and sunflowers, beautiful as a picture.

Self driving from Hefei at 6:30 a.m. and arriving at Poshan at 12 noon. Poshan village is located on a high mountain to the east of Shitan in the southeast of Shexian county. After passing Shexian County, drive to Poshan village, pass Xiakeng Town, and continue to Su village. After passing Su Village Station, turn right (with road signs), continue for 1km, turn left for 300m, then turn right around Shiqiao, and walk along the road for 3km to Poshan village. When you arrive, you can have lunch. There are several farmhouses in Poshan village. They have set up a farmhouse tourism and Cultural Association. The association usually arranges where tourists eat and stay. The price is super affordable. 80 yuan includes three meals a day and accommodation. The accommodation conditions are also good. There are air conditioners, electric heaters, especially authentic farmhouse dishes. The taste is excellent.

[tips]

1. It takes about 5.5 hours to drive from Hefei to Poshan village.

2. Poshan village farmhouse 80 yuan, including three meals a day and accommodation.

The second stop: Mount Poshan, the sea of clouds, walking along the mountains, see the clouds, the sea of clouds churning, just like a fairyland.

The night on the hillside is very quiet. The villagers in the mountain go to sleep early. The sky is clear and the stars are shining. If the moon is not bright, you can see the stars all over the sky and the bright Milky way. We were shooting the starry night on the roof of farmhouse on the 14th night. The moon will be round and the stars will be scattered. However, the hillside is extremely beautiful at night. At 4:00 in the morning, it happened to be 15:00. The full moon was about to set, and the temperature on the hillside had dropped to zero in the morning. At this time, the sea of clouds began to rise, and the dreamlike clouds poured down in the mountains, solemn and mysterious. I didn't dare to go out of the atmosphere, for fear of disturbing the fog maker. Poshan is located on the hillside. You can see the sea of clouds at the gate and upstairs of Nongjiale.

[tips]

Transportation Strategy: self driving in the direction of deep crossing, crossing Dingtan bridge, turning uphill in the direction of Wuyang, and turning left at the top of the slope, there is a sign of "yangchan village" on the side of the road. About 5 minutes later, there is a fork in the road. Turn right to Wangshan and turn left to yangchan.

1. If you want to see the real sea of clouds, you need a sunny morning after rain. You'd better know the weather before you go out and choose the best time to go out.

The third station: yangchan Tulou village is built on the mountain, mainly based on Tulou, which is magical, simple and spectacular.

After leaving Poshan, go to yangchan village. On the x012 county road to yangchan village, there is a section of Chinese fir street trees. In early winter, the leaves of Chinese fir trees are red and yellow. Under the sunlight, they are extremely gorgeous. Do stop and take pictures of the beautiful scenery. However, as they are on the road, do pay attention to safety. Turning from x012 county road to cement section of yangchan Tulou, this section of road can only pass through minibuses with less than 10 seats. It is suggested that private car owners park their cars at the edge of x012 County Road and transfer to minibuses driven by villagers to go up the mountain. The minibuses can take 7-10 people, and the Charter fee is 30 yuan. There is a best shooting point near the parking lot of the village, which takes pictures of yangchan Tulou from below.

[tips]

1. The mountain road is narrow. It is suggested to transfer to a local minibus for 30 yuan.

2. Agritainment lunch 20 yuan / person.

Address: yangchan village, she County, Huangshan, Anhui Province

Longitude: 118.66387028663

Latitude: 29.873078471697

Chinese PinYin : Yang Chan Tu Lou