Abyaneh

To go to this village, you need to charter a car to go, the location is relatively remote. However, there are really many people who come here to visit, and maybe this is the reason why it is the most responsive to the rural houses in Iran. Climbing up the high slope can see the panoramic view of the village.

Obiyanai is located in a valley in the Karkas Mountains in central Iran, inhabited from the Pattaya period for at least 2,000 years. The residents have been isolated for a long time due to remote geographical location and harsh natural conditions. Villagers still use ancient Pahlavi, which is very rare in other parts of Iran, and Obijanai is known as the living fossil of Iranian culture.

The whole village is far from the city. On the high altitude plateau, I spent a night here at night. The sunset is really beautiful, but the accommodation conditions are really average, and the people can't stand the cold at night.

After about 70 kilometers of driving, we arrived at the mountainous ancient village of Obijana, which is known as one of the three oldest villages in Iran. Therefore, the number of foreign tourists here is also large, it should be a quiet mountain village, because the tourists visit, the noise lost the value of viewing. This is actually a helpless tourism, tourists want to visit the original mountain village, but the arrival of tourists itself destroy the so-called original flavor. At an intersection before entering the ancient village, a fee railing was set up. It used to be a free tour, and now it is necessary to buy 50,000 riyals per person to enter the village. Once again, the commodity economy is rapidly eating away at once a simple Iran, and it is rapidly changing its people. The driver put us at the gate of the village head, which is located below the hillside, and told us to go up to the parking lot. We walked along the main access route through the narrow streets of the village, most visitors entered through the gates above the hillside, so we passed each other relatively. The ancient village is at least 2,000 years old, the information said. Residents have long been isolated due to remote geographical location and harsh natural conditions. Now villagers still use the ancient Pahlavi language, which is very rare in other parts of Iran, and the village of Obijanai is also known as the living fossil of Iranian culture. Walking in the village's not spacious streets, you see rows of red brick and earth buildings, because the house is built with red clay. Building on the hill, some intact, some damaged and desolate. In the narrow streets, I also saw a small donkey walking past things, such a scene is really a bit of a mountain village. The local villagers also dress differently from the rest of Iran: women mostly wear flower headscarves and loose skirts, brightly colored and generous; men wear large lanterns, loose and unique. From time to time, several grandmothers can be seen sitting on their doorstep or selling small goods, and they are often the target of tourists taking pictures. It is said that they were just like most Iranians we saw now, smiling and welcoming tourists to take pictures, and now they are also opening their eyes, if they see the camera on them, it is absolutely ruthless to reach out for money. The valley where Obijanai is located is rich in apples. Since there is no corresponding storage facilities, villagers traditionally like to make apples dry, so the village entrance and the village store have apples for sale. I asked about the price. The small package is worth tens of yuan. Local specialties with such high prices also seem to be unappreciated.

A person walked through the ancient village 2,500 years ago, watching the yellow leaves fly, watching the elderly bask in the sun, watching children play, picking up garbage, and being invited to the home by strangers who couldn't speak. Time is still with obsession, and I believe that anyone can find the long-lost peace here. There's not much that makes me want to go back, Abyaneh must be one of them

Obiyanna is one of the few ancient villages in Iran that maintains traditional style. There are still many people in the local area wearing traditional clothing. The buildings are all houses built with red soil and wood. The architectural style is typical of traditional Iranian architecture. The old lady in traditional floral costumes is said to be the star of the village, often sitting in a corner, happy to let others take pictures, but gave her a little change.