The azure sky awaits the misty rain, and the ancient town of Huangyao awaits you

Huangyao, one of China's most beautiful ancient towns, is praised by many as a "dream homeland." This ancient town, steeped in a millennium of cultural texture, is like a maiden nurtured in seclusion, revealing a natural beauty and elegance amidst its simplicity. In an era where ancient architectural complexes are gradually disappearing, this place preserves over 300 Ming and Qing dynasty buildings. Surrounded by rivers, with pavilions and towers, cobblestone streets, and couplets everywhere, the passage of time weaves poetry into every corner. Stepping into Huangyao, one finds green mountains, small bridges, flowing waters, and households, with the fragrance of tea and the pure, unadulterated scent of rice wine. Everything here is natural, simple, and perfect, as if it were the ideal haven for life. Frequent wisps of cooking smoke, the mottled stone-paved streets, girls in gauze dresses holding umbrellas, and the elderly resting in the shade of trees create a picturesque scene as if lifted from a poem right before your eyes... This year on the third day of the third lunar month, there are quite a few activities in Huangyao ancient town~ Singing folk songs, bamboo pole dance, bamboo drifting, long table feasts, embroidered ball matchmaking, and the parade of the Flower God, among many other ethnic activities and delicacies~ The long table feast is an important ritual in Chinese traditional culture, as well as a cultural heritage and social activity. Delicious food accompanied by performances is an essential entertainment at Huangyao's long table feasts, which include toasting songs and duet folk songs, as well as intangible cultural heritage bamboo drifting performances.