Tianlong (Sky Dragon) Fortified Village

Located about an hour's drive from Anshun city center, in Tianlong Town There is a Tunbao with a history of over 600 years. At the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Yuanzhang dispatched troops from the north to the south and settled a large number of troops from the Jiangnan area in Tianlong Tunbao. The people of Tunbao have always adhered to the ancestral system of the Great Ming Dynasty, and for 600 years, they have never changed. To this day, the young ladies here still wear Fengyang Hanfu, and the houses here are still built with stones as military settlements... The terrifying passage of time seems to have spared this Tunbao, where Tianlong Tunbao hides the purest form of secluded slow living... 📍Tianlong Tunbao, Tianlong Town, Pingba District, Anshun City Hours: 08:30-18:00 Ticket: Ancient town ticket + sightseeing car 45/person Transportation: 🚕 What to see in Tianlong Tunbao⁉️ 1⃣️The land of local opera Here, they have a form of drama older than the national treasure Peking opera called 'Dixi', commonly known as 'jumping gods'. Performers wear traditional costumes and wooden masks🎭, singing traditional folk dramas that I don't understand 2⃣️Fengyang Hanfu The traditional clothing of the Han people, the young ladies here still wear the traditional Ming Dynasty Hanfu known as 'Fengyang Hanfu' Although they all wear blue robes, there are differences between married and unmarried women: Married women—wear white headscarves with their hair up in a bun, and a black fishing waist belt Unmarried women—wear ponytails without headscarves or belts 3⃣️Worship the God of Wealth Here, not only is there the former residence of the folk God of Wealth Shen Wansan, but also a temple dedicated to him 4⃣️Tunbao architecture Here, the architectural form of the Ming Dynasty is preserved, with houses built of stone as military settlements. The structure of the houses adopts the traditional Siheyuan layout, and although many buildings are dilapidated and collapsed, their unique architectural structure is still visible If you come to Anshun, in addition to the Huangguoshu Waterfall, you can also spend half a day exploring this secluded Tunbao... 🧳Travel notes: On the streets of Tunbao, I met a kind grandmother👵🏻 selling handmade little shoes. The ancestral ring of the grandmother really hit my aesthetic spot. Although the pattern on the ring has worn down over time, the hollow design and the sense of age that time has given this ring are truly exquisite

🌲 Autumn travel in Guizhou, today we come to Anshun, located in the central and western part, known as the 'Chinese Waterfall Town', 'Tunbao Culture Town', and 'Batik Town', to start a citywalk exploration journey with nature and culture, and discover different treasures in travel, quiet, shocking, and original cultural and historical living fossils. • 🌲Walk through Guansuoling🌲 The ancient Guansuoling trail is very suitable for hiking, with beautiful and magnificent scenery, surrounded by vegetation on both sides, you can also encounter horses and various wild plants, the dense vegetation on the distant mountains is lush, full of unlimited longing, like a natural green oxygen bar, starting from the border of Liuzhi Special Zone in the north, to the broken bridge by the Baling River in the south, it is more than 50 kilometers long, over a thousand meters high, the mountain is majestic, undulating, like the Great Wall, the cliff on the side of the ridge is a thousand feet, and the Baling River flows below. • Guansuoling is majestic and magnificent, in the middle is the Baling River Canyon about 700 meters deep, on the left is the Baling River Bridge, and opposite is the rolling mountains. • The Weixi Village on the top of the big slope is a Miao village, where the viewing platform is a good place to watch Guansuoling, and you can also see the Dripping Beach Waterfall hanging between the mountains of Guansuoling. • 🌁View the Baling River Bridge🌁 Guizhou is known as the 'World Bridge Museum', the Baling River Bridge located in the Huangguoshu tourist area, when it was built, it was the 'first in China and sixth in the world' large-span steel truss suspension bridge, and it is the world's first mountainous canyon kilometer-span bridge. • A light rain, the mist is steaming, the Baling River Bridge is surrounded by a thin mist, cars come and go, on the distant green mountain, the majestic Baling River Bridge spans the Baling River Grand Canyon, like a flying rainbow. • The bridge, originally a passage, is also a landscape, exclaiming: magnificent and beautiful, incredibly shocking! • 🏟Visit Tianlong Tunbao🏟 Tianlong Tunbao, is the earliest and most famous Tunbao, known as the 'living fossil of Ming Dynasty history', located deep in the Karst mountains, in the Yuan Dynasty, it was an important post on the famous Shunyuan ancient post road in history, at the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Yuanzhang stationed a large number of troops here, the troops came from the Han nationality in Jiangsu and Zhejiang, and were later renamed 'Tianlong Tunbao'. • In Tunbao, you can see stone houses that have been over 600 years old, the earliest 'overhead bridge', Shen Wansan's former residence and other buildings, as well as Ye Mao's roots, treasure pot, original batik and other cultural expressions. • Today's Tunbao people still wear the long clothes and sleeves of the Ming Dynasty, dance the military Nuo of the Ming Dynasty, and sleep in the glory of their ancestors 'marking the boundary and running horses to encircle the land'.

🔥Tianlong Tunpu: "The living fossil of Ming Dynasty history", it was an important post station on the famous Shunyuan Ancient Post Road during the Yuan Dynasty, known as "Fanlong Post". Today's Tunpu people still wear the long robes and large sleeves of the Ming Dynasty; they still dance the military Nuo dance of the Ming Dynasty 🔥Still immersed in the glory of the old ancestors' "marking territory with a pole, claiming land by horse-riding". The local opera of Anshun is a non-material cultural heritage worth watching 🔥Yunfeng Bazi: Composed of eight Tunpu villages including Yunshan Tun, Lei Tun, Ben Zhai, Xiaoshan Zhai, etc. The eight villages are distributed in an orderly manner, properly spaced, capable of fighting independently as well as supporting each other, a masterpiece of the military defense system, acclaimed by scholars as "the last bastion of the Cold Weapons era". If you have time, you can visit them all at once, or if time is limited, Yunshan Tun and Ben Zhai are the recommended choices 🔥Gaodang Thousand-Year-Old Buyi Ancient Village One of the "30 most charming ethnic villages in Guizhou Province", it is an ancient Buyi village with nearly a thousand years of history. 🔥Long Lao Tai Duo Duo Noodles You must order the hot and sour soup base, paired with Duo Duo noodles it's really amazing~ Soft whistle, ringing rolls, cut noodles cooked in are all super delicious Xiao Xiang dry noodles 🔥He Ji Guo Juan & Wang Ji Guo Juan Bought from both, personally prefer He Ji~ The green pepper and red oil flavors are very tasty, didn't like the tomato and mushroom ones much, went back and bought a box to take with me Xiao Shu ice powder ice slurry cucumber. Glutinous rice ice slurry I really like it, very refreshing~ Rich fragrance

Stone-built walls, stone-covered houses Stone-paved roads, stone-made tables Like a 'Stone Kingdom' Time seems to have forgotten here When you walk in, it still retains the look of 600 years ago! Old women in Fengyang Hanfu gather together to embroider flowers The 'drama living fossil' is being performed in the Wuyutang This is the Tunbao that was left over from the early Ming Dynasty Zhu Yuanzhang stabilized the southwest Tune the north to suppress the south, a large number of garrison troops - ⛰ Tianlong Tunbao·Tiantai Mountain 🔸 Tianlong Tunbao: The ground drama, known as the 'drama living fossil', is still being performed in the Wuyutang. The actors of the ground drama wear masks and war skirts, accompanied by a gong and a drum, one person leads the singing and everyone else follows, sometimes talking and singing, sometimes fighting each other, implying that the stars descend to the earth to bless the world. In 2006, Anshun's ground drama was listed as the first batch of national intangible cultural heritage. 🔸 Tiantai Mountain: Tiantai Mountain is a solitary peak in the mountains, with cliffs on three sides, extremely steep, and only a stone step can climb to the top. The temple and the mountain are integrated, and the Ming and Qing architectural complex in the temple is also well preserved. - ⛰ Benzhai·Yunshan Tun Yunshan Tun, Benzhai, Leitun, Xiaoshanzhai and other eight Tunbao villages form Yunfeng Bazhai, which is the core area where the army of the early Ming Dynasty was stationed. Each village has a village wall and a watchtower. The stone outer wall wraps the Jiangnan residential style courtyard. The lanes are connected and the households are connected. It is suitable for living and alley fighting. It is praised by scholars as the 'last fortress of the cold weapon era'. - ⛰ Baojia Tun Baojia Tun is the first Tunbao in the southwest of the Ming Dynasty. Through the main gate, the village wall, Wengcheng, the inner and outer eight array map, and the watchtower cleverly combine military defense and living functions. 'Advance can attack, retreat can defend', can also 'lure the enemy to go deep, defeat each', it can be described as a lot of tricks, killing everywhere. The eight small hills outside the village form the 'Outer Eight Arrays', and the eight commanding heights rely on each other to become the front line of Baojia Tun's defense. Now the fields outside the village are full of rapeseed flowers, walking along the village's water canal to the ancient water mill, there is a bit of the scenery of the Jiangnan water town. - 🚙 Guizhou self-driving route reference: Depart from Guiyang➠ Tianlong Tunbao➠ Tiantai Mountain➠ Baojia Tun➠ Yunshan Tun➠ Benzhai➠ Return