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Ancient Architecture Travel | The Time Lock of Fencheng, Locked for 600 Years

The heavens crafted a special lock for the time entering Fencheng, locking it for six hundred years, preventing it from leaving the city. This miraculously preserved ancient district, in semiotic terms, is a "text" with structural integration, conceptual consistency, and interpretive contextuality... Here, observing ancient buildings is also observing "time". Of course, all the ancient buildings are locked as well. Peering through the locked doors of the City God Temple, one might feel a bit of visual fatigue from the journey through Shanxi: "It's fine not to enter, just take a few more glances and leave." Just then, a person leisurely approaches with a key, intending to enter, so I followed them in. Thanks to the person who opened the door, not too early or too late, just right, as if it was all arranged... Ha, observing ancient buildings here is indeed observing "time" ah~

This is the most time-traveling place in China!

The ancient architectural complex of Fencheng, Shanxi Located 16 kilometers southwest of Xiangfen County, it was the fief of Tang Dynasty's general Yu Chigong, named E Gong Fort Named Taiping County to praise the 'Zhenguan Reign' Fencheng town has perfectly preserved the layout of an ancient county-level city, having experienced the ancient county of six dynasties It's amazing that most of the buildings are still preserved to this day. In other places, they would have ceased to exist long ago. If it were restored without any commercialization, this would be a world-class ancient town

The 100-year-old village of Shanxi must-have card, well-preserved, handed down aesthetics Shanxi, Linyi, Ding villagers house. From the name, I know that this is a village with many Ding surnames. In 1988, the village was listed as a national key cultural protection unit. Although it has a history of 400 years, the village still maintains the appearance of the Ming and Qing residential buildings. More than 30 courtyards, hundreds of houses, the pattern is stable, the daily style is permeated in the style, and the life philosophy is interpreted in the simple. Hanging at the threshold of "diligence and rule-fighting", the little god on the side of the main entrance, the word "cultivation" can be seen everywhere... These details have been another kind of adherence to the rich life of the family since ancient times. In retrospect, Dingcuns neighbourhood atmosphere has long been a good thing. The courtyards run through the lanes and are cleverly connected. Walking on the rubble brick road, stepping on the road surface that has been polished away by the years, recalling the short visits, the stage, the flower bed, the paper-cut, the wedding and the funeral... everything that the Ding villagers show can be perfectly connected in a lifelike manner. The old rural landscape of Shanxi. In the autumn, it is really the season of harvest in the village. The corn on the drying ground is covered with ground. The pomegranate and jujube trees planted in several large houses are full of fruits and even fall into pieces of red dates. One of the yards planted two jujube trees on the ground, one left and one right, and flourishing. The jujube tree is planted in the ancient courtyard, which means that the early birth of the child is a quick step. The two jujube trees remind me of Lu Xun's description in "Autumn Night". "In my backyard, I can see two trees outside the wall, one is a jujube tree, and one is also a jujube tree..." Hh/ View summary: look at the courtyard and the building, look at the wood carvings on the building, see the folklore exhibits including paper-cut, flower garden, new house : Dingcun coarse cloth, handmade sachet , handmade fabric hanging ornaments village history: 400 years residential house tickets: 30 yuan / person Address: Linyi City, Shanxi Province, Ji County. It is accessible from Linyi by car.