There's a Jiangnan Water Town in Shanxi, a Hidden Paradise in the Taihang Mountains, and a Great Place for Tourism and Vacation
The scenery of the north is mainly known for its majestic mountains and ridges, while the scenery of the south is renowned for its picturesque green mountains and waters, flowing springs and waterfalls, therefore, the bleak and magnificent scenery of the north and the graceful and elegant scenery of the south formed a distinct difference in the tourism characteristics of the north and south.
This characteristic is most experienced in winter, southern tourists look forward to seeing snowy scenes all over the sky, vast and magnificent northern scenery in winter, while northern friends are already freezing, they yearn for the evergreen, quiet and beautiful southern scenery. However, the matter is not absolute, the south also has snowflakes falling all over the north, and the north also has Jiangnan waters with surrounding mountains and waters, elegant and beautiful.
Whenever you hear the name ‘Shui Mo Tou’, most people’s impression is the yellow earth plateau, or the subsidence coal mine area. When imagining, it’s like ‘shua shua’ Yellow River rushing down and flowing endlessly. Shanxi seems to always be linked with bleakness and desolation. Even positive words are majestic and imposing.
In fact, Shanxi also has a graceful and beautiful side, the Taihang Mountain Grand Canyon has both the majestic and imposing situation of steep cliffs and cliffs like a knife, as well as the quiet and peaceful situation of lake, pond, blue waves and waterfalls. Today, this scenic spot is a small village in the Taihang Mountains, don’t look at it small, but the scenery is very beautiful, it can compete with the Jiangnan waters, it is Xiyang County, Jinzhong’s Shui Mo Tou fishing village, located on the Taihang Mountains and the banks of the Songxi River, the village has peaks, caves, cranes flying and dancing, springs spraying and villagers farming and fishing, it was once hailed as a paradise on earth, Taihang fishing village, Taihang small Jiangnan.
Perhaps hearing the name ‘Shui Mo Tou’ for the first time seems very earthy, maybe this is the reason why the scenic area is small and not well-known. However, in fact, the Shui Mo Tou village used to have a very elegant and meaningful name, called ‘Bai Shui Zhuang’, it is said that the origin of this name is because there used to be a thousand-foot waterfall flowing endlessly, the white waves splashed down, so it was named ‘Bai Shui’, later, in the early days of liberation, a watermill was built in the village, which was named ‘Shui Mo Tou Village’. From this renaming, it can also be seen that the villagers are simple and honest, they know how to be grateful.
We all know that the wonders of nature often take thousands of years to form, but human beings’ creative achievements have created many scenic spots that only require a few years or ten years. We should respect nature and also promote human creativity, in order to create a better future and a beautiful home. In fact, Shui Mo Tou fishing village is based on the villagers opening ponds to raise fish and clearing fields to plant rice, utilizing the beautiful scenery around Shui Mo Tou village, such as Songxi River and Huangsha Ridge Mountain System, and it has been built as a leisure, experience, adventure, entertainment and vacation tourist resort that integrates mountain scenery, fishing village scenery, with a focus on mountain and water landscape management. It implements the management planning of new rural construction, actively responds to the ecological rural policies and strategies, not only develops local tourism, but also made great contributions to the villagers’ poverty alleviation and prosperity.
‘Spring brings birds singing and flowers fragrant, summer brings clear mountains and waters, autumn brings red leaves to express hometown feelings, winter brings cold springs to fish and admire river grass’ – this is the scenery of Shui Mo Tou fishing village in all four seasons, everywhere full of joy and surprise. If you also want to experience the relaxed Jiangnan water town scenery in Shanxi, then come here.
Written by/Old Xi Er Three Qin
