Hongjiang Ancient Commercial Town, A Timeless Echo of Prosperous History

Hongjiang District, Huaihua City, Hunan Province (at the confluence of Yuan and Wu Rivers)

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Introduction

The geographical layout of the ancient commercial city has the characteristics of twists and turns and criss-crossing, which separates the entire city into a "maze" and shows a high level of hierarchy. According to the "Hongjiang Street Market Map," the commercial guildhall and residential buildings are built based on the principles of Yin-Yang Eight Diagrams and traditional ritual systems, combined with the terrain and water systems. The overall visual impression is scientifically reasonable, well-arranged, and the buildings perfectly integrate with the natural landscape, reflecting the ingenuity of the ancient people who built the beauty of mountains and rivers according to the situation. Its independent beauty and connected rigorous layout have coordination, which is one of the classics of ancient southern city architecture. The architectural style embodied in the ancient commercial city is mainly concentrated on the traditional buildings of blue-tiled gray walls, lofted eaves and underground houses, with a magnificent aura, reflecting the hegemony and richness, and is a model of the combination of Anhui-style architecture and Jiangnan-style residential architecture. The ancient commercial city is well-preserved, with more than 380 existing ruins, occupying a total area of nearly 300,000 square meters. The scale, area, momentum, architecture, and content are all of a high standard, which is extremely rare in the province and the country. Among them, there are numerous cultural relics and ancient sites, such as bluestone roads, stone step docks, door plaques, couplets, stone carvings, inscriptions, inscriptions, Taiping casks, stone tablets, collection of cultural relics, Hongjiang Zoukai Tingji stone tablet, Zheng Banqiao's calligraphy, Yu Youren's calligraphy, Neolithic relics, and ancient tombs of celebrities scattered in palaces, temples, shrines, temples, courtyards, halls, pavilions, old newspapers, banks, schools, theaters, brothels, smoking rooms, hotels, inns, workshops, shops, etc., forming a visual portrayal of the Ming and Qing dynasties and the republic's street scenes in the "Along the River During the Qingming Festival."

Address

Hongjiang District, Huaihua City, Hunan Province (at the confluence of Yuan and Wu Rivers)

Opening hours

08:00-17:00 (all day)
Last entry time: 17:00 (Monday-Sunday, January 1-December 31)

Phone 0745-7632579;0745-7626500