187 villages in Huaihua listed as traditional Chinese villages
2023-04-04
Huaihua covers a total area of 27,600 square kilometers and is dotted with 187 traditional Chinese villages housing ten thousands of villagers.
“These well-preserved ancient villages in Huaihua which reflect the different cultures of different ethnic groups, are rare in China in terms of the number, characteristics and diversity,” wrote Luo Zhewen, a famous Chinese expert on ancient architecture.
Huaihua has made great efforts to protect, inherit and develop its traditional villages.
“Gaoyi Village is the home of more than 2,300 people in over 630 households. Currently, 104 ancient buildings of more than 600 years have been preserved here, which are praised as “the living fossils of ancient residential buildings” by experts.
Yang Wuqiang, director of the Scenic Area Management Institute of Gaoyi Village, introduced that the high population density of the village has brought great difficulties to the protection and development of the ancient village. It is a difficult problem on how to retain the original style of the village and meet the needs of the local villagers for a better living environment.
Taking the villagers’ opinions into consideration, Huitong County divided Gaoyi Village into four parts, namely the comprehensive tourism service area, the ancient residential buildings sightseeing area, the Wushui River leisure tourism area and the farming culture tourism area.
Efforts were made to renovate the residential buildings in the scenic areas and build a new village outside the ancient village for some local villagers to retain the original architectural style of the ancient village to the greatest extent.
The local government, involved in the work like lands replacement and property rights transferring, released and collected funds to repair and protect the ancient villages and organized villagers to participate in the construction of the ancient villages.
The county makes great efforts not only to repair the traditional buildings, but also to improve the rural environments.
“These well-preserved ancient villages in Huaihua which reflect the different cultures of different ethnic groups, are rare in China in terms of the number, characteristics and diversity,” wrote Luo Zhewen, a famous Chinese expert on ancient architecture.
Huaihua has made great efforts to protect, inherit and develop its traditional villages.
“Gaoyi Village is the home of more than 2,300 people in over 630 households. Currently, 104 ancient buildings of more than 600 years have been preserved here, which are praised as “the living fossils of ancient residential buildings” by experts.
Yang Wuqiang, director of the Scenic Area Management Institute of Gaoyi Village, introduced that the high population density of the village has brought great difficulties to the protection and development of the ancient village. It is a difficult problem on how to retain the original style of the village and meet the needs of the local villagers for a better living environment.
Taking the villagers’ opinions into consideration, Huitong County divided Gaoyi Village into four parts, namely the comprehensive tourism service area, the ancient residential buildings sightseeing area, the Wushui River leisure tourism area and the farming culture tourism area.
Efforts were made to renovate the residential buildings in the scenic areas and build a new village outside the ancient village for some local villagers to retain the original architectural style of the ancient village to the greatest extent.
The local government, involved in the work like lands replacement and property rights transferring, released and collected funds to repair and protect the ancient villages and organized villagers to participate in the construction of the ancient villages.
The county makes great efforts not only to repair the traditional buildings, but also to improve the rural environments.
When walking into Wenglangxi Village, located in Longchuantang Yao Township of Hongjiang City, you will be captivated by its unique scenery with the exquisite stilted buildings and blooming flowers.
“These places used to be filled with clutter, but now they’re beautiful.” Xu Youbin, a local villager, praised his own small vegetable garden to visitors.
“The improvement of rural environment makes the traditional villages more livable.” A village cadre said that the village appearance has been improved overall through supplying the rural infrastructure and formulating the relevant village rules and regulation.
“These places used to be filled with clutter, but now they’re beautiful.” Xu Youbin, a local villager, praised his own small vegetable garden to visitors.
“The improvement of rural environment makes the traditional villages more livable.” A village cadre said that the village appearance has been improved overall through supplying the rural infrastructure and formulating the relevant village rules and regulation.
Yangquepo Village of Xupu County is a traditional village that lies among the Xuefeng Mountains, boasting a history of more than 300 years.
This year, with the help of Hunan Xuefeng Mountain Ecological Culture Tourism Co., Ltd., Yangquepo Village has attracted droves of tourists from both inside and outside Hunan Province with a series of special tourism projects .
A wonderful folk culture feast was presented here on March 25, with a series of shows such as embroidery throwing and yarn spinning. “I didn’t expect the folk culture has been so well preserved in this ancient village,” said Liu Mingfang, a tourist from Guangzhou.
Li Jianhua, secretary of the village Party branch, said that Yangqupo Village has been cooperating with Hunan Xuefeng Mountain Ecological Culture Tourism Co., Ltd. to develop the local tourism based on the local tourism resources. Villagers who used to work outside have returned home to participate in the tourism development. Last year, the village collective income exceeded 250,000 yuan, with the average household income increasing by more than 2,000 yuan.
“The key to protecting and developing the traditional villages is to stimulate the cultural consciousness and the endogenous development power among villagers.” Tian Zhou, a senior official in Xupu County, said that the leading enterprises should play a leading role in rural development, and that the fruits of development need to be shared with villagers. Moreover, village culture needs to be inherited and developed to rebuild rural values.
You can enjoy the unique Dong oil tea and black rice with fragrance in Yanjiao Dong Village, Zhaiya Township, Jingzhou Miao and Dong Autonomous County. You can also learn how to spin yarn, weave straw sandals and embroider exquisite patterns on purses, as well as make the soybean milk by hands with the stone mill here.
“Traditional Chinese villages store a large amount of historical and cultural information. We should protect and inherit them.” Yang Shunxian, secretary of the village Party branch, said that visitors can indulge themselves in the traditional buildings and the local culture.
The Dong village was built against the mountains in Shuangjiang Town, Tongdao Dong Autonomous County.
In order to promote the protection of the traditional villages and the integrated development of local culture and tourism, Huaihua City established 28 digital museums of traditional villages to display the rural culture, natural scenery and local characteristics of the traditional villages in an all-round way.
This year, with the help of Hunan Xuefeng Mountain Ecological Culture Tourism Co., Ltd., Yangquepo Village has attracted droves of tourists from both inside and outside Hunan Province with a series of special tourism projects .
A wonderful folk culture feast was presented here on March 25, with a series of shows such as embroidery throwing and yarn spinning. “I didn’t expect the folk culture has been so well preserved in this ancient village,” said Liu Mingfang, a tourist from Guangzhou.
Li Jianhua, secretary of the village Party branch, said that Yangqupo Village has been cooperating with Hunan Xuefeng Mountain Ecological Culture Tourism Co., Ltd. to develop the local tourism based on the local tourism resources. Villagers who used to work outside have returned home to participate in the tourism development. Last year, the village collective income exceeded 250,000 yuan, with the average household income increasing by more than 2,000 yuan.
“The key to protecting and developing the traditional villages is to stimulate the cultural consciousness and the endogenous development power among villagers.” Tian Zhou, a senior official in Xupu County, said that the leading enterprises should play a leading role in rural development, and that the fruits of development need to be shared with villagers. Moreover, village culture needs to be inherited and developed to rebuild rural values.
You can enjoy the unique Dong oil tea and black rice with fragrance in Yanjiao Dong Village, Zhaiya Township, Jingzhou Miao and Dong Autonomous County. You can also learn how to spin yarn, weave straw sandals and embroider exquisite patterns on purses, as well as make the soybean milk by hands with the stone mill here.
“Traditional Chinese villages store a large amount of historical and cultural information. We should protect and inherit them.” Yang Shunxian, secretary of the village Party branch, said that visitors can indulge themselves in the traditional buildings and the local culture.
The Dong village was built against the mountains in Shuangjiang Town, Tongdao Dong Autonomous County.
In order to promote the protection of the traditional villages and the integrated development of local culture and tourism, Huaihua City established 28 digital museums of traditional villages to display the rural culture, natural scenery and local characteristics of the traditional villages in an all-round way.
