On Wednesday, we had to check out of our hotel room in the morning, and then find stuff to see until our 11 pm flight to Shanghai. We got a driver to take us to the Huang Shan Ancient village.
This protected village preserves a lifestyle almost 900 years old. Narrow alleyways twist off and lead you to Ming dynasty era houses that now preserve artworks from the era.
The village was really picaresque, and a busload of art students were busily trying to practice water colors at every corner of the village.
Old aqueducts still carried all the water around the village.
The residents of the village just continued to live their lives while we wandered around poking in and out of their lives. The main crop in that area was tea, and we even saw tea leaves sitting out to dry.
Perhaps some traditions shouldn't be kept up. After watching a guy washing a dried leg of ham in a murky pool we decided not to eat anything in the village itself.
The prohibition vehicle always passes through.
This protected village preserves a lifestyle almost 900 years old. Narrow alleyways twist off and lead you to Ming dynasty era houses that now preserve artworks from the era.
The village was really picaresque, and a busload of art students were busily trying to practice water colors at every corner of the village.
Old aqueducts still carried all the water around the village.
The residents of the village just continued to live their lives while we wandered around poking in and out of their lives. The main crop in that area was tea, and we even saw tea leaves sitting out to dry.Perhaps some traditions shouldn't be kept up. After watching a guy washing a dried leg of ham in a murky pool we decided not to eat anything in the village itself.
The prohibition vehicle always passes through.
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