Kaili City in Guizhou Province is located on the banks of the Qingshui River, boasting a historic ancient town

🏨 Xiashi Ancient Town ❤ Recommended Reason: Xiashi is not only stunning at night, but the 600-year-old buildings are also incredibly photogenic during the day! Xiashi Ancient Town is situated in Kaili City, Guizhou Province, nestled on the banks of the Qingshui River. This ancient town has a long history that dates back to the Ming Dynasty. 🌟 Highlights: As an important commercial port in the southeastern region of Guizhou, Xiashi Ancient Town was once the economic, cultural, and transportation center of southeastern Guizhou. The town's architecture is unique and quaint, resembling a vivid ink painting! 🗓 Itinerary: 1. Drum Tower: This is a common sight in Dong villages, and surprisingly, there's such a structure at Kaili South Station! It's usually used for meetings and dancing, and the dome is quite beautiful! You can take photos from different angles! 2. Xizi Tower: A place where scholars in ancient times used to burn paper, with a small inverted U-shaped door for placing the paper! 3. Yangming Academy: The most rewarding part of the trip! The entire academy interprets the life of Wang Yangming from birth to death in five stages of 'realization'. His ups and downs, changes in thought, personality, hobbies, and character are vividly depicted on paper, truly dynamic! 4. Conscience Bridge The bridge surface is more complex and grand. There's also another bridge called the Connected Hearts Bridge, both ancient and single-arched. 5. Lusheng Square: A place where locals dance and sing, and also a large square for gatherings and performances, with an ancient stage (reportedly filmed by CCTV), and Western-style buildings – the old post office, connected to the ancient street, with vendors' calls echoing! 6. Yuwang Palace: Actually, it's the former site of the Two Lakes Guild Hall, and the wood carvings inside are stunning, especially the wood carving with its two claws suspended in the air! Moreover, the origin of the Xiashi dog is introduced inside, which is quite interesting. You can also visit the Zhejiang Guild Hall, which houses many coins from the Qing Dynasty and the Republic of China! 7. Guangdong Guild Hall: Grand and splendid, it's said to have a very large stage inside, but it was not open today. The exterior walls are very beautiful, all patterned, and from the side, it looks like a 'convex' character. It's said that a lot of silver dollars were spent on its construction, not something ordinary people could afford! 🍽 Dining Recommendations: Of course, there are also docks and some other buildings worth checking out! There are two restaurants recommended inside, one is Yang Dog Restaurant (owner's name), where I ordered a beef hotpot, which was very generous! Then there's Xiashi Taste across the street, where I had 'chicken rice', which is actually smoked chicken porridge haha, both very affordable and delicious. 👍 Most Recommended: Besides the architecture, you can also capture the local culture, framing the streets and residents together, which really brings out the flavor of the old street!