Changting without a map, this diagram is my Changting walking "mapping" out of the local Tourism Authority of friends helped me to do was amended and finally compiled by our US Kogashiwa finished.
The first time that Chang-ting, because the phrase of Rewi Alley, a famous New Zealand writer: Phoenix and Changting are two of China's most beautiful mountain city.
Changting trip would give rise to mixed feelings, just set foot on this small town, it and Phoenix Nazuo little mountain town is a far cry from the bus station disorder, speakers sound deafening sound the red brick roads and other bare block of tofu, or close to the white tile buildings, both people had to use "small town" to describe it, you will be very surprised Is this the two, one of the most beautiful town Changting?
But when you enter or streets, although there are no stretches of ancient dwellings, those enveloped in disorder of the wire net under the old houses have been segregated in a fragmented manner a new puzzle, and there is no imagination second floor flat-topped room, the "public telephone" big Tiepai at any time in the midst of the ancient walls on the earth-shattering there.
When you are an old house in front of Tantoutannao the face of the master quiet smile, they are holding your camera and lens-like monster is not the slightest excuse me, but easy-going to say, come shoot bar. Even sitting in the courtyard where the old lady while picking vegetables did not understand Mandarin, but she immediately got up to to the side.
In some cases, from the old house covered with ancestral portraits of the reception room will be drilled between the back of a few happy boy, they smile with eyes full of curiously visitors up to ask this question: "Do you come from, is Longyan Mody" each time am wrong, only to tell them to use "further" can be had, and they guessed "Nanping," after never guess the place beyond.
Or, tired of the time, into a Lane side shop to sit down, pointing to the pot of beef stew turnip soup, tell the boss you just want to eat carrot soup to drink, he will come for you fishing for a big bowl of stewed radish was the exciting moment, before you eat less, focusing instead on the radish soup when the kind-hearted boss again quietly in your bowl add 1 tablespoon of the carrot, and before leaving, he received only a piece of money.
When you come to the former Soviet Changting, gatekeepers were not scattered to sit in the sun in years, buying a ticket does not matter, even if the Mai Menpiao is completely affordable, 5 yuan. Standing in the empty courtyard, listening to the sound of the wind through the branches; sitting in the inaugural meeting of the year the Soviet regime, the hall on a bench, watching the podium hanging like Marx and Lenin.
Every such times, you will understand that Changting or Changting, a beautiful town.
Deep in the mountains of western Fujian Changting, not many people know. Chang-ting, also known as Tingzhou, is the main habitat of Fujian Hakka people, known as the "Hakka capital." Throughout the county's Tingjiang Hakka upbringing of generations, but also be seen as "Hakka Mother River."
To Changting, the most important thing is to do these three things: visit age-old monuments; He visited the site of the Red Army during the revolution; feel the ancient Hakka culture.
Changting Hakka very simple, totally unfamiliar to tourists in the local absolutely not "Ai Zai."
Transport: early in the morning to 6:20 in Xiamen Wucun car station, take the car sent to Chang-ting, 6 hours later, you can reach the Changting. Of course, if that too early, then you can take the 2:20 pm of that bus was only when the Changting was already dark.
If you want to go directly from Shanghai Chang-ting, you can take the 10:00 am start time of K175 train, at 4:27 the next morning to the Wing Station, as arrival time, too early, we can only wait for a while at the station where But fortunately, clean and quiet Wing Station exception. Of course, you can stroll to the Morning Market. And then to the railway station a mile away from the Yong-car station, take the early shift to Changting coach, generally speaking, six more have car. 34 hours to go to Chang-ting.
Accommodation:
Changting came out from the bus station is called the first cars rickshaw, heading straight for Hakka hotels, fare 1 yuan.
Hakka Hotel is located in the trunk trillion Changting county levy on the road, before liberation here is the KMT's Chang-ting the seat of government, it is behind is the Wolong mountain, is said to feng shui is very good. Lush green trees in the hotel garden, pleasant. Standard room 100 yuan, 30 yuan ordinary double room.
Even the 30 yuan for the room is quite clean, there are already quite rare elsewhere in the wood frame sub-window. Window in front of a large desk, the sun can be a good time to hold the quilt to the sun above. The little girl saw the waiter will hold your quilt to the next terrace up drying.
Food:
Hakka cuisine is very right set of Hakka dishes are very delicious. So look for Hakka open shop can satisfy their appetites for dinner, to judge a restaurant is not open very simple Hakka - Hakka people have long a pair of black eyes, and modest expression.
Ming and Qing dynasties of ancient streets, there are several Hakka people in the house to open a small restaurant between reception room, large kitchen on the stew pot with 23 ribs, small intestine, fish balls and the like, being accompanied by steaming hot delicious flavor. Since the host and he himself was dining here. Casually sit down, even if the host family's dinner table sitting in does not matter, the boss or the boss is not a moment on the side you want to eat things. Keep in mind that prior to eat the best put money on the table, otherwise, where the atmosphere is very easy to make people feel that eating at home, so that finally forgot to pay. I am the way, after eating with interest around the stove was also photographed, and then laughs and say good-bye with the boss. Until the train back up only to forget to pay bills and that meal.
In the Changting eat very cheap, a bowl of soup Hakka noodles, soup is a three-shift days, began to stew, the plane filled with pork, fish balls, tofu balls, the following Dianzhe vegetables, delicious smooth, 2 dollars a bowl, a bowl on the full.
Need to eat something in the local include: Tingzhou river frog, Changting meatballs, egg white fish balls, fried tofu balls, Erigeron cake.
Attractions in Fujian Soviet Government site - here should be the most famous attractions Changting. In ancient times it was a Tingzhou test homes, the Red Army during the Soviet Government here is the location of Fujian Province; Now the museum here, has become a changting for visitors. Hospitals in the two giant Bo Tang Dynasty is still to grow a lush, shading the entire compound.
Ternary Ge Tang Dynasty tower - on the road across the former Soviet is a very impressive city buildings, towers on the other side he is a street, which spread many Hakka old house. Afternoon hours, you can see the women and children, the elderly have a leisurely sit on the square tower below the sun.
Li Tang Dynasty ancient city wall - in Tingjiang the West Bank, in the county where Changding coming and going, and always want to go through here. And the walls are filled with red lanterns, a very eye-catching.
Tingzhou House Confucian Temple - The ancient Confucian temple door has a row of majestic arch, each engraved on both numbers such as "Germany with Heaven and Earth" or similar words. Although the temple was a painting Place's share, but still archaic.
Wolong Mountain - the mountain scenery is good and is the favorite to go where the locals. Song mountains have ancient temples Sands Temple. From the county next to the path go up the hill.
Xin Geng Villa - in the Golden Shahe West Bank, you can walk along the river to the north. Mao Zedong had to work and live here for some time.
Yun Xiang Ge - a modest two-story pavilion, the Red Army during the Revolutionary Committee of the site Changting County.
Author: freetao
