Jingziguan Ancient Town is located in Xichuan County, Nanyang. Located at the junction of Henan, Hubei, and Shaanxi provinces, the building maintains the Qing Dynasty style and is one of the relatively well-preserved Qing Dynasty architectural complexes in northern China. It is a key cultural relic protection unit in China and a famous historical and cultural town in China.

The ancient town of Jingziguan is known as the three provinces. It is 75 kilometers away from Xichuan County, east to Xichuan Township in Xichuan, west to Bailang Town in Yun County, Hubei Province and Bailang Town in Shangnan County, Shaanxi Province to west, Siwan Town in Xichuan to the south, and Xiping Town in Xixia County to the north, and long from north to south. About 42 kilometers, about 4 kilometers wide from east to west, the Danjiang River passes through.

Zijingguan Ancient Town·Pinglang Palace

The old town of Jingziguan was a cargo distribution center with a radius of a hundred miles in the middle of the Qing Dynasty. Merchants from all over the north and south gathered here, and the business was very prosperous.

The name Jingziguan can be traced back to the Warring States period. In 304 BC, the king of Chu sent his prince Jing to guard here, so this place was called Jingzikou. In the middle of Ming Dynasty, Jingzikou was changed to Jingzibao. Because of the purple jingle flowers blooming all over the mountains and plains, the locals changed Jingzibao to Jingziguan in the early Qing Dynasty.

Zijingguan Ancient Town·A Street in Qing Dynasty

In the ancient Jingziguan, the merchants doing business came from all over the country, so the buildings on Jingziguan Qing Street also showed a style of blending north and south and coexisting north and south. There are northern buildings in Shaanxi, Shanxi, and Henan, and southern buildings in Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Hubei, Hunan, Guangdong, and Guangxi.

Jingziguan Town was formed in the Tang Dynasty and prospered in the Ming and Qing Dynasties. Since ancient times, it has been a battleground for military strategists. The idiom of Qin Muchu fully explained its important role in history. It was called "the barrier of Yu" in ancient times. It leans on the mountains, faces the Danjiang River, borders Qinchuan in the west, and passes Eshu in Nantong. According to authoritative sources, there are more than 40 places at the junction of the three provinces in the territory of China, and the three provinces in this unique place have grassroots governments.

Zijingguan Ancient Town San Province Inn

It is rich in tourism resources and rich historical and cultural heritage. It is a title of the Qing Dynasty with a total length of 5 li. There are more than 700 Ming and Qing buildings scattered and antique; the stilts built along the Danjiang River are more Jiangnanese; the scale is grand The ancient buildings such as the Shanshan Guild Hall and Pinglang Palace show people its past glory; the thousand-year-old ancient temple Fahai Temple (also known as the Great Temple) in the dense forest of bamboo sea is large in scale and majestic, surrounded by mysterious caves, quiet and mysterious The Eight Dragon Springs, the Thousand-Buddha Caves and Ten Thousand-Buddha Caves on the cliffs, the Buddha's light curtains and other scenic spots.

Jingziguan Ancient Street runs north-south, divided into three streets: south, middle and north. The ancient market town is surrounded by mountains and rivers, and organically integrates the north and south architectural styles and natural characteristics, making it simple and unique. The ancient streets of about Wuhuali are covered with antique houses and pavilions, and a series of luxurious and magnificent halls have been built. Most of the houses are painted beams and carved buildings, with unique styles. One street, two rows of houses with connected houses, there are more than 700 existing Ming and Qing buildings, basically maintaining their original appearance.

Zijingguan Ancient Town

The houses on the street, generally facing the street, are facade houses, with wood panels embedded into the facades, which are closed during the day and night to facilitate business. There are usually a few courtyards inside, with symmetrical wing rooms on both sides. The wing rooms are generally high in the back wall, low in the front wall, a slope, and the depth of the house is very shallow. It is convenient to use the narrow open space for symmetrical construction and make the layout strict , The structure is buried together: the front slope of each courtyard has a two-meter-long volcano on both sides of the front slope, which is intended to block accidental fires, and actually increases the beauty of the houses. The buildings on the ancient streets There are many, well-located and brilliant.

Look, the original historic town, don’t you want to go see it? Editor/He Yuting