Goulan Yao Village

🎒🏃‍♂️ Through the crowds, avoiding all the 'internet celebrity' traps, suddenly, a piece of undisturbed paradise just quietly lies in front of you, 🧭🌟 Explore those 'hidden paradises' that not even the locals may know about, guaranteed to blow up your social circle and garner a bunch of envious glances! Of course, let's reorganize the information to make the description of each scenic spot clearer, and list key information such as location, ticket prices, etc., below each scenic spot introduction. 🏞️🌳 First stop: Goulan Yao Village Location: 📍 30 kilometers from Jiangyong County Ticket: 🎫 35 yuan Transport: 🚗 50 minutes by car 🚶‍♂️ As soon as you step into the village, it's as if you've traveled to another world. Green mountains like ink, babbling brooks, ancient paths beside Yao towers standing tall, telling the ancient village's long history. Here, you can experience the most authentic Yao ethnic style. 🏡🏰 Second stop: Shanggan Tang Ancient Village Location: 📍 10 kilometers from Goulan Yao Village Ticket: 🆓 Free Transport: 🚗 40 minutes by car 🖼️ As soon as you enter the village, picturesque landscapes and ancient buildings attract you. Paths crisscross, and the sounds of chickens and dogs can be heard, as if you're in a paradise. The village is full of ancient relics, with steles, pavilions, and towers well-preserved. 🏰👑 Third stop: Panwang Temple Location: 📍 Inside Jianghua County Ticket: 🆓 Free Transport: 🚌 Accessible by bus routes 2 and 3 🗺️ Walking into Panwang Temple is like stepping into the historical scroll of the Yao people. The ancestor of the Yao, Panwang, greets you in the hall, talking about the history of the Yao. The temple's red walls and glazed tiles, and its splendor, are full of rich ethnic characteristics. 🏞️🌄 Fourth stop: Lushan Valley Location: 📍 20 kilometers from Lushan County Ticket: 🆓 Free Transport: 🚗 40 minutes by car 🌲🌳 The scenic area is interspersed with high mountains, canyons, sea of clouds, natural waterfalls, and high mountain hot springs. Famous spots like 'Three-Part Stone' and 'Incense Burner Stone' are hidden among them. The vegetation coverage is high, with a wealth of rare plants, and there are many core tourism resources.

Yongzhou is a place inhabited by multiple ethnic groups and is the ancestral home of the Yao people. Jianghua Yao Autonomous County is known as 'Shenzhou Yaodou', where Yao folk customs have their unique charm. Qianjiadong and Panwang Temple are sacred places for Yao people around the world to seek their roots and ancestors. The Gaoshan Yao colored ritual divine worship paintings in Wujing Township of Jianghua contain Taoist themes, worship of Panhu, climbing the knife mountain, pounding glutinous rice cakes, embroidery, etc., reflecting the history and culture of the Yao people, their folk beliefs, social life, and their integration with other ethnic groups. The Shigu Dengting, located at the entrance of the upper village of Goulan Yaozhai in Lanxi, was built during the Ming Dynasty. Below it stand sixteen round wooden pillars reaching up to the sky, and above are three layers of overhanging eaves soaring into the air. The three layers of eaves symbolize 'rising three levels', and the Goulan Yao people often sing and dance here.

Goulan Yao Village is located in Lanxi Yao Township, Jiangyong County, Yongzhou City. It is a well-preserved ancestral home of the Yao people and a castle-like Yao village with beautiful natural scenery. The inscription from the 22nd year of Emperor Qianlong's reign (1757 AD) reads: 'Our ancestors once lived among ten thousand mountains, where the mountains are hooked and connected, the stream flows stealthily, and the color is as blue as an ingot, hence the name Goulan.' Goulan Yao, along with Fuling Yao, Qingxi Yao, and Gudiao Yao, are collectively known as the 'Four Great Folk Yaos' of Jiangyong. Goulan Yao Village consists of 'Huangjia Village', 'Shang Village', and 'Daxing Village', three natural villages. The overall layout is arranged according to the orientation of the mountain terrain. The village walls are built along the contours, extending to the waist of the mountain, and combine with the eight surrounding mountains to form a closed fortress. The walls are made of greenstone, with a gate in the middle and military facilities such as stone wall gatehouses built on the walls, making it a well-preserved Goulan Yao castle. According to statistics, within the village, there are four ancient streets, twelve ancient Yao paths, forty-four ancient alleys, over a hundred ancient wells, more than four hundred ancient inscriptions, over eight hundred meters of Ming Dynasty stone walls, over fifteen hundred ancient trees, as well as the Ming Dynasty constructed Wind and Rain Bridge, Yang Family Gatehouse, and Hui Long Pavilion, as well as the Longquan Temple architectural complex rebuilt during the Hongzhi period, and the murals of the Shuilong Temple in Daxing Village, all of which possess extremely high historical and cultural value. The village retains more than three hundred ancient buildings from the Ming and Qing dynasties, with land altars, dance pavilions, song stages, and cool pavilions and bridges everywhere. It also has unique customs and folk traditions that have been passed down for years, such as the 'Mud Washing Festival' and 'Goulang Match'. The village boasts the 'Eight Scenic Spots of Goulan' including the Pu Li Well, Mountain Cave Hidden Retreat, Rhino Watching the Moon, Celestial Horse Sweeping the Trough, Stone Cave Spring Clear, Ancient Tower Bell Distant, Enjoying Eternal Wealth, and Rock Tiger Peace. These, along with the surrounding Chewei Mountain, Renping Mountain, Hulei Mountain, and Wangyue Mountain, form a charming landscape. From a distance, Goulan Yao Village is surrounded by mountains, with ancient trees reaching for the sky, undulating peaks, and green waters and hills, making the ancient Goulan Yao Village shine brilliantly, creating a landscape painting of 'ridges from the side and peaks from the front, with varying heights and distances'. Whether you climb high, descend, or stroll through the village, the green mountains, clear waters, green trees, dwellings, bridges, and ancient wells all present a pure natural beauty, giving the illusion of a paradise hidden from the world.

Yongzhou Jiangyong was moved by the quiet village A glance at the ancient border of Hunan and Guangxi for a thousand years. One is the Gantang of the Tang Dynasty, and the other is the Goulan of the Ming Dynasty. Entering the village, stone bridges and ancient wells, narrow alleys crisscross, brick tiles are mottled, stories are engraved in the old locks of wooden doors, in the couplets of archways, on the black window lattices, in the stone carvings of stele pavilions... A sense of history that is long, decayed, and desolate sweeps over. In the alley, three or five old people look at us with silent eyes. The dogs seem to be exceptionally quiet, not barking or shouting. A little white dog silently follows all the way, not leaving from the head of the village to the end of the village.... The sense of déjà vu from the Peach Blossom Spring, from the small hole to the Qin land, arises spontaneously. Walking among them, the beautiful scenery is the green mountains in the distance, the water surrounds the houses, the flying eaves and red walls, and the green water reflects. "Cut bamboo to take the road, see a small pool below, the water is particularly clear. The whole stone is the bottom, near the shore, the stone bottom is rolled out, forming a mound, an island, a rock, a rock. Green trees and vines, tangled and swaying, unevenly spread" The vague impression of the 'Little Stone Pool Record' that I recited when I was a child is called out again. Climbing up the hill, overlooking the small village, everywhere is lush and lonely, the courtyard is cold and clear. "Sitting on the pool, surrounded by bamboo and trees on all sides, lonely and uninhabited, chilling and chilling, quietly deep. Because its environment is too clear, it cannot be lived for a long time, so I recorded it and left"... Liu Zongyuan's Yongzhou feelings, at this moment, a thousand-year-old divine meeting. When leaving, Xiao Bai sent to the front of the car like a picturesque scenery, like a shuttle time space...... How many things, no more meetings Address: Xia Gantang Village and Goulan Yao Village, Jiangyong County, Yongzhou City, Hunan Province travel Self-driving tourvillage town Yao VillageGantang Village