Searching for Traces of Time

Xuanzhou Ancient Town in Hengshan is an ancient town and inland port on the Xiang River. The old river street of Xuanzhou is made up of four stone-paved streets, two vertical and two horizontal, with Ming and Qing dynasty buildings scattered among them. In the era when water transportation was the main mode of transportation, this place was a distribution center for goods within a radius of more than 100 kilometers. It was once prosperous, with merchants gathering and bustling with activity. Unfortunately, with the replacement of water transportation by land freight, Xuanzhou Ancient Town rapidly declined. Today, apart from some ancient buildings still vaguely existing along the Xiang River, others, due to the lack of overall planning, have been replaced by modern buildings in the course of history...