2018-10-0210:08|Cangnan Tourism WeChat official account Wanyao Scenic Area has been renovated and upgraded, and finally opened to citizens and tourists with a new look during the National Day holiday.

2018-10-02 10:08 | Cangnan Tourism WeChat official account

Bonkill Scenic Area has been transformed and upgraded, and finally opened to citizens and tourists with a new look during the National Day holiday.

Bonyao was formerly known as Jiaotan. It is located upstream of the beautiful Yulong Lake. It consists of the local buildings of Wanyao, the Wanyao Museum, the handmade porcelain workshop, Yulong Lake, Sanzhe Waterfall, and the Wanyao Ancient Road. It is a "National AAA-level tourist attraction", a "famous historical and cultural village in China", a "famous village in China's national and folk architecture", and a "first batch of traditional Chinese villages". Today, let’s go to this century-old village with the original ecological environment...

bowl kiln—

Ancient houses, ancient kilns, ancient stages,

Ancient roads, ancient trees, ancient villages,

More than 600 years of historical and cultural accumulation.

After the prosperity faded,

was hidden deep among the quiet mountains and rivers in a quiet and leisurely posture.

Wanyao Ancient Village was built during the Hongwu period of the Ming Dynasty. It has been more than 600 years ago. It is a living fossil of ancient houses. The ancient village is built along the mountain and climbs the steps. Looking from the other side of Yulong Lake, there are villages in the mountains and kilns in the village, like a mountain city stacked with overlapping mountain cities.

Since last year, after more than a year of transformation and upgrading, the Wanyao Scenic Area has undergone new changes, making it more beautiful and refined and antique. A tourist center that integrates the style of the Wanyao Scenic Area is a must-pass place, and we can access the scenic area more conveniently through smart tourism facilities.

If you park your car on the viewing platform opposite the village, you can shuttle all the way to the Wanyao Scenic Area along the newly built lakeside plank road. There are trickles of water everywhere in the village. Walking on the wooden plank road, you can see the rapids of mountain springs, and you can see the fine rocks of swimming fish in the water in the clear water. Follow the old stone path and gradually go deeper into the village...

Chen's Ancestral home

Wanyao Ancient Village is the Qing-style mountain wooden village building complex. The Chen family’s ancestral house is the most typical ancient house in Wanyao: it has a wing room, door, , a courtyard, railings, walls, and a basement. Here, you can enjoy hitting the stones with a mountain spring, and use the afterglow of the sunset as a curtain, and watch the mountains, water, and watch the sunset, and be content with peace and contentment.

Perseverance in craftsmanship and inheritance from generation to generation

At the end of the Qing Dynasty and the beginning of the Republic of China, when the Wankiao porcelain making industry was at its peak, there were 18 dragon kilns in the ancient village of Wankiao! Here, making bowls has become the root of generations of craftsmen! The bowl kiln still retains the ancient production method of primitive pottery. The car wheels that are dragged by hand and the water wheels that are still rotating for generations! There is still a handmade porcelain intangible cultural heritage inheritor in the village who sticks to the bowl kiln and performs a hand-pulled "Porcelain Art Show" for citizens and tourists. The mottled years accompanied by ancient craftsmanship, everything seems so peaceful.

Ancient stage, Sanguan Temple

There is a joint building of ancient stage and Sanguan Temple in the center of the village, which can gradually clear the grand occasion of the Wan Kiln for a hundred years. The ancient stage is a wooden building in the Qing Dynasty. It is built against the mountain. The base is high and elegant and exquisite. There are murals of opera stories left on the caisson on the top. The immortals and beasts on the roof are still as clear and intact as before, lifelike, visible and very complete. Here are rare physical materials for studying "Southern Opera".

Opposite the stage is a magnificent Sanguan Emperor Temple. It has red railings and red columns, painted with heavy colors. The four pillars in the central hall support the umbrella roof of the temple. This is an extremely rare spiral caisson in traditional buildings, with a total of 13 spirals. The caissons depict characters, flowers and plants layer by layer. This architectural style is usually only used in the palace. It is surprising that this ancient building that shows the royal style can be found in this remote mountain village.

Because the "Sanguan Temple" stands in confrontation with the ancient stage, a connected building complex is formed through the wing room, which can accommodate more than 1,300 people to watch the show at the same time. No matter whether it is windy or rainy, the performance is performed on stage and the performance is taken off stage. Back then, the Wanyao acted twice a month, and more than 20 times a year. Merchants from Fujian, , Wenzhou and other places came in a crowd of people, with gongs and drums being loud and the scene was very lively.

Gu Long Kiln

The treasure of the village in Wanyao Village - the existing Gu Long Kiln was built by the Wang family during the Kangxi period of the Qing Dynasty and has been used to this day. This is also the only one-stop kiln preserved in the ancient village of Wanyao.The dragon kiln is made of earthen bricks, the height of the cave is 1.5 meters and the depth of the cave is 7 meters. Each cave is divided into three levels of platform-shaped distribution, layered along the hillside, with a total of 17 levels.

The kiln wall that has been burned for a hundred years has become like jade. Walking down the steps of the Gu Long Kiln, there was an illusion of walking into the time tunnel and traveling to ancient times. In the tall courtyard wall covered with wild vines on one side of the corridor, a tall chimney stands from the sky. The only remaining Wanyao chimney has become a landmark building in the Wanyao Ancient Village.

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Walk along the scenic area plank road. As soon as you arrive at the parking lot, you can hear the gurgling water from Sanzhe Waterfall.

Sanzhe Waterfall

Sanzhe Waterfall, the source of the water comes from the Yucang Mountain vein, each level is 30-40 meters high. Under the waterfall flows, there is a blue pool, which is bottomless. When the water is large, a huge water curtain pours down, and the droplets appear as if they are in it quietly falling into the clouds. When the water volume is small, the trickle flows down the stage, with a unique charm. There is a winding plank road in the mountains surrounding the Sanzhe Waterfall, guiding the direction of the tour. Stepping on the wooden bridge, looking at the waterfall, listening to the sound of water, I suddenly felt an indescribable tranquility in my heart.

Bowl Kiln Museum

Bowl Kiln Museum is a condensed ceramic culture in the ancient village of Wanyao. The exhibition hall is divided into two parts: Crafts and Products. It displays folk ceramics from the early Ming Dynasty and various periods of the Qing Dynasty. The physical ceramics on display are all products produced in different eras in the local area, including large circle bowls, snack bowls, wine pots, vases, vegetable oil lamps, etc., as well as pottery making tools such as horse head chairs, car plates, and car seats, as well as text introductions such as "changes of bowl kilns" and "crafts of bowl kilns".

Boan Kiln Night View

The renovated and upgraded Wanyao Scenic Area has added a new lighting system to illuminate the entire ancient village. When the lights are first on, walk into the ancient village of Wanyao. The quiet night is filled with colorful clothes, ancient gravel roads, winding plank roads, and rushing Sanzhe Waterfalls are all decorated with wonderful decorations by the lights, like handfuls of pearls, scattered in every corner of the ancient village, dazzling.

The ancient village of Wanyao is decorated with a bit more enchanting and romantic. Wander together in the night and feel a feast of light and shadow.

Bowl Kiln is a place where people escape the hustle and quiet city and return to nature. Here, the human landscape and natural landscape are natural, forming a natural picture of human landscapes. All those who have been here will leave unforgettable memories in their hearts.

(Original title: "Cangnan Bowl Kiln, have a brand new experience! Is it on your holiday travel list?". Editor Lin Rujue)