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The least popular ancient town I visited this year | Heping Ancient Town.

It has a history of more than 1,700 years and is a rare castle-style large village in China. The existing east, south, and north city gate towers and some city walls are preserved. It also retains one of the earliest academies in northern Fujian - Heping Academy, as well as many doctor's houses and county magistrate's offices, as well as many temples, ancestral halls, and granaries, etc. More than 300 typical Ming and Qing ancient buildings🏘️ In the ancient town from south to north, there is a main street paved with bluestone slabs, known as "Fujian's First Street". The street is well-preserved old buildings where the locals live, selling some local specialties, enthusiastic but also very Buddhist, with a very low commercial atmosphere... In the evening, the town is full of locals chatting and greeting each other. Outside the village, there is a large area of ​​golden rice fields. The autumn is getting stronger and the evening 🌆 smoke rises from the old houses in the ancient town... The popularity here has always been low. A while ago, tickets were started to be charged, and the popularity became even lower. Local villagers and merchants went to make trouble together, thinking that it was an ancient town that had been left for thousands of years, why suddenly start charging tickets? So now it has returned to the ancient town for free 🆓 tour! However, Heping Academy, Theater Building, Old City Granary, County Magistrate's Office and other cultural relics need to be charged separately💴, but 5 attractions and 50 yuan tickets, and a pass and creative and egg noodles are also given!
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Posted: Oct 11, 2024
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