#Goulan Yao Village Travel Recommendations for 2024 (Updated in May)
Villages
Address:
Lanxi Yao Township, Jiangyong County, Yongzhou City
Opening times:
Open year round, 24/7Open
Recommended sightseeing time:
2-3 hour
Phone:
0746-5816009
Visit 'Shenzhou Yaodou' Jianghua to see the Gaoshan Yao divine worship paintings from the Jiaqing period!
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.
EMERSON BAILEY
Lanxi Township, Jiangyong County, Yongzhou City, Hunan Province, Goulan Yao Village
Goulan Yao Village is a thousand-year-old Yao village located in Lanxi Yao Township, Jiangyong County, Yongzhou City, Hunan Province. The Yao Village retains the ancient village wall relics from the Ming Dynasty, with three layers of defense works, which is a typical castle-style ancient Yao Village. Goulan Yao, along with Fuling Yao, Qingxi Yao, and Gudiao Yao, are collectively known as the 'Four Famous Yao' of Jiangyong County.
As the name suggests, Yao Village is a settlement of the Yao people. Goulan Yao Village has a long history, spanning more than a thousand years from the Qin and Han Dynasties to the Ming and Qing Dynasties. It still retains more than 300 ancient houses from the Ming and Qing Dynasties. Other larger buildings include Panwang Temple, Xianggong Temple, Shuilong Temple, Guan Gong Temple, etc.; there are also small landscapes such as social altars, dance pavilions, gazebos, bridges, and ancient relics can be seen everywhere in the village.
Goulan Yao Village is composed of Huangjia Village, Shang Village, and Daxing Village, covering an area of about six square kilometers. The overall layout follows the mountainous terrain, with mountains and water. There are currently 13 surnames including Jiang, Ouyang, Huang, He, etc., with more than 2,900 people, and it has continued for more than 40 generations.
Thousands of years ago, the ancestors of Goulan Yao Village built a complete village wall and pass for the safety of the clan, which combined with the eight mountains around the village to form a closed whole. The village wall is built with bluestone masonry, and supporting facilities such as night watch houses, guanxiang, surname gate towers, and alley gate towers are built. The village gate is set in the middle.
The early village wall was 2,000 meters long, and about 800 meters remain. The courtyard-style houses are surrounded in the middle of the village wall. Defensive buildings like Goulan Yao Village that appear in ancient villages are very precious. They not only reflect the superb skills of the ancients, but also reflect local customs, and have passed on the long history and rich cultural heritage of Yao Village to future generations.
📍Location: Lanxi Township, Jiangyong County, Yongzhou City, Hunan Province
🚗Transportation: 35 kilometers by self-driving from Jiangyong County, 30 kilometers by self-driving from Fuchuan Yao Autonomous County, Guangxi.
💰Cost: No admission fee
👫Tips: Choose good weather for more beautiful photos, there are homestays in Yao Village for meals and accommodation, and the price is not expensive.
DOUGLAS KIM
Goulan Yao Village
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
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SamuelMcKay28
Traditional village - Goulan Yao Village
The Goulan Yao Village in Lanxi Yao Township, Jiangyong County, Yongzhou City, Hunan Province, is one of the "Four Yao Villages" in Jiangyong County. It is a castle-style Yao village, built in the Ming Dynasty. The village has more than 300 residential buildings from the Ming and Qing Dynasties, as well as scenic buildings such as the community altar, four-sided pavilion, Wind and Two Bridges, Panwang Temple, Xianggong Temple, Shuilong Temple, and Guan Gong Temple. The Goulan Yao Village also has a unique "Mud-washing Festival" folk custom.