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A day trip to Qingyan Ancient Town. Let’s go!
It was first built in 1378 (the 11th Year of Hongwu of the Ming Dynasty), and nowadays Qingyan Ancient Town is a famous cultural town in Chinese history.
Historically, Qingyan Ancient Town was a traffic lane and also a strategically vital position. Originally Qingyan Ancient Town was just a city wall. The city wall gradually turned into a stone town with streets and alleys interlacing after being repaired and expanded for several times. The gate tower reaches to the sky, and the
city wall wriggles. In the town, there are streets and alleys interlacing and peaceful flagstone walkway, and the old buildings elaborately designed during the Ming and Qing Dynasty intersect with each other.
In Qingyan town, the people are simple and honest, and there are rich special local products. The local products, such as Qingyan Tofu, Rose Sugar, Pot-stewed Pig's Trotters, Shuanghua Vinegar and Rice Jelly, are well-known far and near, and loved by all visitors: Qingyan ancient town has profound culture, where Buddhism, Taoism, Catholicism, Christianity coexist.
Entry is ¥10 for Guizhou locals including any foreigners whose visa was issued in Guizhou. It’s ¥60 for everyone else.
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The Great City Wall of Qingyan & its views!
In Qingyan ancient town, there are old building complexes with ancint melodies: nine monasteries, eight temples, five pavilions, two ancestral halls, one courtyard, one tower, some stone arches and a city wall, therefore, Qingyan is honored as one of the most charming ancient towns in China.
The wall is one of the City’s prides as it served a very important purpose during ancient times. Today many people climb to reach the top as a way of exercising, to remember the history of the wall as well as to catch the spectacular views from the top. It’s an amazing experience.
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Slow Farm children’s play center @ Qingyan
Slow farm is a recently opened ranch / farm for families with small kids to have fun at. The place is packed with so many spots that fun is guaranteed. If you have kids that love dirt, love the outdoors and are adventurous, then this is the place to spend your time and money.
They have a sheep and goats farm.
They have a place for camping for small families as well as bigger tents for bigger families.
They have a foam baths where kids can also blow bubbles and play with them.
The place is well designed with a giant gorilla in the middle of the farm and there are gardens for anyone who wants to plant some plants, ranging from tomatoes, onions to other kinds of vegetables that one can find in the countryside.
They also have heart displays for taking pictures to freeze the memories that one could make there.
Entry ticket is 38RMB per person.
There are golf carts to carry people from the main entrance to the farm for only 10RMB per individual.
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