Where to go for the weekend? Head to Yutou Ancient Dong Village in Tongdao County, Huaihua City, Hunan Province

Yutou Ancient Dong Village is located 9 kilometers southwest of Tongdao County in Qiantou Village. It was founded in the Hongwu period of the Ming Dynasty in 1368, with a history of more than 600 years. It suffered a fire during the Shunzhi period of the Qing Dynasty (1644) and was rebuilt, forming seven settlement clusters arranged around the Yutou Stream as the central axis. In the 42nd year of Qianlong's reign (1777), Yutou Hui Long Bridge, Ya Shang Drum Tower, and Long's Drum Tower were built. During the Daoguang and Guangxu periods of the Qing Dynasty, Tian Niu Drum Tower, Lusheng Ancient Tower, Longmen, and the maintenance of the ancient post road streets were constructed, among others. On June 21, 2001, it was announced by the State Council as the fifth batch of national key cultural relics protection units. In 2007, it was rated as one of the first batch of Chinese landscape villages, covering an area of about 18.29 hectares. The village has 176 households and 758 people, all of the Dong nationality. It is a pure Dong ethnic mountain village and is considered to be the most complete preservation of ancient residential buildings in China, known as the 'Dong's Potala Palace in the mountains'.