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Ancient Fenghuang | Yangshuo / Guilin | "Impression: Liu Sanjie": China | Beijing | Hong Kong & Macau | Yunnan Province 1993

Ancient Fenghuang

Fenghuang: Phoenix Ancient Town

'Fenghuang' is Chinese for 'Phoenix', the mythical bird of good omen and longevity that is consumed by fire to be re-born again from the flames. Phoenix Ancient Town is so called as legend has it that two of these fabulous birds flew over it and found the town so beautiful that they hovered there, reluctant to leave.

Phoenix Ancient Town is a wonderful example of what villages were like prior to the onset of modernization. Here dozens of alleys paved with flagstones run between the houses, each showing wear caused by the feet of generations of local people who have used them when going about their daily business. For the visitor, these alleys are the way to see the typical high gabled wooden houses built on stilts along the banks of the Tuo Jiang River at close quarters.

Phoenix Ancient Town does not rely entirely upon natural beauty to attract the visitor for this ancient town with a history spanning 1300 years has a number of remarkable old gardens as well as distinctive residential buildings, elegant bridges and mysterious towers and pagodas. These architectural delights date from the Ming and Qing Dynasties (1644-1911).

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Setting Sun Water taxis & pagoda in the mist Fenghuang Pagoda just before all the night lights came on Tai Chi Morning Fenghuang Night
Fenghuang, Hunan Fenghuang, Hunan Fenghuang, Hunan Quiet Morning Pagoda in Fenghuang Night
Misty Morning Fenghuang, Hunan Fenghuang Night Market Fenghuang, Hunan Night Reflections
River View Fenghuang, Hunan Washing in the Tuo Jiang Tea Room Chat / Fenghuang, Hunan Traditional Minority Dress
Fenghuang, Hunan Fenghuang, Hunan Fenghuang, Hunan Street vendor, Fenghuang Break time Fenghuang
Silent Tuojiang The Village Lights Up Fenghuang back street market at night Morning Tai Chi Session Blind Erhu player
Tuo Jiang River Bridge at Sunset Village Sidewalk Fenghuang Morning Tai Chi Night Shoppers
Night Shopping Fenghuang Night A Happy Vendor Morning Solitude Back Street
Time Capsule Morning Light Daily Life When the Lights Come On... Tai Chi
Watching an Artist at Work Floating Morning River Cruising Evening: Pagoda & Restaurant On the River
Morning Fog Thousand Year-old Fenghuang Afternoon Scene Village Morning