Shouning Travel Recommendations for 2024 (Updated in May)

Wow! You're not mistaken, Xiadang Village is so beautiful!

Wow! You heard right, Xiadang Village is the only treasure in Shouning County that was listed in the third batch of traditional Chinese villages in 2014! Imagine, this village faces Xiuzhu Creek, built against the mountain, with houses stacked layer upon layer, like a well-arranged painting. Among the green mountains and rivers, wooden arch bridges span across the stream, it's simply a beautiful scene of 'corridor, flowing water, and homes'! And speaking of Xiadang Village, how can we not mention Luanfeng Bridge? This bridge is the business card of Xiadang, and also the crystallization of the hard work and wisdom of the villagers in ancient times! It was built in the Ming Dynasty and was rebuilt in 1800. It is the largest single-span wooden arch gallery bridge known in the world, with both form and connotation of great artistic charm and practical value! Not only that, Xiadang Creek is like a dazzling necklace, connecting the historical and cultural buildings around Luanfeng Bridge, such as Xiadang Ancient Village, Wenchang Pavilion, Wang's Ancestral Hall, Longkeng Creek Stone Arch Bridge, Fushan Guanyin Hall, Ma Xian Palace, etc. Imagine, these buildings are placed in deep gullies, lush mountains, and green streams, it's simply breathtakingly beautiful! Also, Wenchang Pavilion is the cultural and educational building of Xiadang Village, where the Wang's children studied hard in the old days. This pavilion is three stories high, facing south to north, built in the Daoguang period of the Qing Dynasty, with an octagonal double-eave spire, a penetrating beam frame, it's simply antique! The most magical thing is that on the opposite bank of the village, there is a rock standing straight in the pool against the mountain, more than 20 meters high, with white texture evenly wrapped around three circles, the rock is hollow, shaped like a rice steamer, so the villagers call it Rice Steamer Rock. Whenever there is a flash flood, the torrent hits the rock, and mist will burst out from the belly of the rock, just like the steam emitted when steaming rice, it's simply magical! It is said that this stone has a spirit, indicating a thriving population! How about it? Can't wait to explore Xiadang Village? Come on a trip on a whim, the beautiful scenery and historical and cultural buildings of Xiadang Village will definitely make your trip worthwhile!

Shouning County, known as the "World's Longevity Village"

It belongs to Ningde City, Fujian Province, located in the northeast of Fujian Province, with a permanent population of 174,000. The regional GDP is 11.142 billion. Located at the junction of Fujian and Zhejiang, it has always been known as the "gateway of two provinces and the thoroughfare of five counties". The county was established in the sixth year of Jingtai in the Ming Dynasty (1455). It is a red hometown, where the temporary provincial committee of Fujian and Zhejiang and the Soviet government of Eastern Fujian were located. Old revolutionaries such as Su Yu, Ye Fei, and Fan Shi Ren once led revolutionary struggles here; it is a cultural hometown, where Feng Menglong, a famous literary and drama writer of the Ming Dynasty, once served as the county magistrate of Shouning; it is a hometown of covered bridges, with 19 existing wooden arch covered bridges, awarded the title of "Hometown of Chinese Wooden Arch Covered Bridge Culture"; it is an ecological hometown, where Yangmeizhou Canyon National Forest Park and Ancient Silver Mine National Geological Park are built, awarded the titles of National Ecological Civilization Construction Demonstration County, China's Natural Oxygen Bar, and China's Longevity Village; it is a hometown of tea, where "Shouning High Mountain Tea" was selected into the second batch of national agricultural product geographical indication protection projects, and has been awarded the titles of "China's Top 100 Tea Counties", "National Key Tea Producing County", "National Ecological Tea Producing County", and has been awarded the certificate and sign of "World's Longevity Village".

Thousand-year-old village, the hometown of the champion - Shouning Xipu, another kind of bridge bridge water town is good scenery. The flowing water, the willows swaying in the wind, is like a colorful landscape painting. Xipu, an ancient village with more than 1,000 years of history, has been in the history of the Tang Dynasty since its inception in the Tang Dynasty. Xipu Village was built in the middle of the river. The villagers built a long strip of slabs in the stream, stepping into the stream, the sound of water flowing, and the sound was deafening. The stream is crystal clear, and the small fish in the stream swims in the water cheerfully. This mountain has a scene, a grass and a thing, all of which are deeply rooted in the hearts of the people. The tea trees in the mountains and plains began to sprout, slowly moving to the village, and the ancient corridor bridge leaps into the eye. In particular, Yuzhong has entered the paradise, making people forget to return. If you can live here for a while, your body and mind will be comfortable.