A beautiful ancient village - Xixi Ancient Village in Dongguan.

Today, I will introduce a beautiful ancient village - Xixi Ancient Village in Dongguan. 🌟Historical origin: Xixi Ancient Village was built in the third year of the Hongzhi period of the Ming Dynasty (1489), and it has a history of nearly 600 years. It was originally named Luxi Village, and later named Xixi because it was built near Xixi River. The villagers here are mainly surnamed Yin, and the ancient village is a settlement of a large Yin family. 🏘️Architectural features: - The buildings in the ancient village have the local characteristics of Lingnan. The ancient houses are three-room two-corridor gold houses or three-room one-side corridor Ming houses. - Almost all the ancient houses are made of Dongguan red sandstone and green bricks, with red sandstone doors, window frames and wall bases, and bean green water mill green brick walls, with unique color matching. - The layout of the ancient village is like a chessboard, with 15 horizontal lanes and 11 vertical lanes, as if you are in a "big chessboard", crisscrossing and orderly. - There are 1 ancestral hall, 12 public halls, 2 family halls, and 2 study rooms, mainly Yin's ancestral hall, Kaiting public hall, and Xialing study room. 🎭Cultural heritage: Xixi Ancient Village inherits non-legacy projects such as "Dancing Phoenix" and "Handmade Agarwood", and also offers handmade folk experience and Ming Dynasty life experience activities in the village to promote the integration of non-legacy protection and cultural tourism industry. 🍱Food recommendation: There are various foods in the ancient village, such as lemon tea, milk tea, coffee, Hong Kong-style beef offal and other special delicious snacks, and there are also restaurants where you can taste authentic Cantonese cuisine, which will make you full. 📸Photo check-in: It is very suitable for taking pictures here. Put on Hanfu, take photos next to the green brick wall, red brick road, and ancient well, and instantly become a beautiful ancient beauty/handsome man. The lighting effect at night is also very charming, with a unique charm. 📍Address: No. 10, Hetang 1st Lane, Xixi Village, Dongguan City, Guangdong Province. If you want to experience the ancient charm of Lingnan and the quiet ancient village life, Xixi Ancient Village in Dongguan is definitely a good place to go😉.