First City of Qianjiang (Qianzhou) in Miaojiang, Hunan's Most Charming Thousand-Year Ancient City – Unbroken for 4000 Years
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There is a thousand-year-old city called Qianzhou in Hunan, Jishou, with a history of four thousand two hundred years, never having been breached by enemies from the outside. It is considered an iron-blooded fortress city and also known as the first Miao city for a thousand years.
The exploration of Qianzhou Ancient City originated from Jishou's Drum Culture Festival. It is a gathering place for Miao people, who have thrived and lived here for thousands of years, giving rise to the mysterious Hunan Miao culture. Qianzhou Ancient City is Jishou's name card, with its weighty, antique, vicissitude, and sophistication, all captivating.
Traveling to Hunan, rushing to Qiancheng. The gloomy weather enhances the vicissitudes of this thousand-year-old city. Stone walls and glazed tiles resemble a painting of years gone by. The long river of history has undergone tremendous changes. This city called Qianzhou has guarded its four thousand two hundred years.
We can only smell the antique fragrance from the gaps in her brick and tile. During the Shang Dynasty, there was already everyday life here. After driving out the Qin people, they welcomed the Kui people. The Kui people were tired and then switched to the Miao people. This antique nation drank water from the Wanlong River and eventually took root here.
It is the nourishment and cultivation of long years, passing through years, accumulating humanistic elements, which gave Qianzhou its weighty ancient city charm. Ten miles of city walls, ten miles of ancient streets, ten miles of Wanlong River, the first Miao fortress gate opened, guarding its own rhythm and enacting thousands of years of cycles.
Walking on the stone pavement in the ancient city, passing through the streets and alleys, is particularly poetic, especially Hu Jia Tang. It's full of the quiet charm of the Jiangnan water towns of 'bridges, flowing water, and residences'. Although I missed the peak season of lotus flowers, you can imagine that in the summer, lotus flowers bloom in abundance, like a sacred, shy fairy, accompanied by the dancing lotus leaves and weeping willows, giving it a Jiangnan water town style.
The hustle and bustle of Qianzhou's smoke is flourishing, and people are still living their daily lives according to their own ways. Look at the lotus pond housewife making fragrant, a group of friends playing cards by the pond, and the next thing you smell is the taste of Miao sour carp.
Walking a few steps is the Miao people's brocade shop. Printed or unprinted Miao cloth, shiny Miao silver, and exquisite handmade ornaments. In a corner, a few residents are chatting by the side of the bookshop, listening to the stories of the owner, Jian Bozhan. This is the ancient city that has continued for a thousand years of life.
In the ancient city, the cultural atmosphere remains, and this 'Flavorful Book Bar' has been open for over twenty years, nourishing countless Qianzhou students. Now many have become famous and successful, and when they talk about the proprietress, their pride is written on their faces. She made me a cup of tea and sat in a bamboo chair, slowly telling me about the stories of Hunan.
Turning the corner, passing through the crowd, and arriving at the Non-Material Cultural Heritage Park. Find a quiet corner, sit down, and watch a 'Grand Wave'. It's a Hunan ethnic cultural program with original ecology, mainly based on sacrifice, divided into three chapters: 'Heaven', 'Earth', and 'Humanity'.
The program is presented by the inheritors of non-material cultural heritage, transmitting the diverse ethnic culture of Hunan. Some performances are unheard of, such as inviting gods, wearing ribbons, and mourning weddings. Some performances are amazing, such as Timari and flying knives. Perhaps these performances are the reason for the mystery of Hunan.
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