Yankou Ancient Town

Yankou Ancient Town is located in Wusheng County, known as Fengshan Town in ancient times. Yankou Ancient Town is the second largest settlement of Hui people in the Jialing River Basin, with Islamic characteristics. The entire ancient town is built on the mountain, with a total length of about 4 kilometers and an area of about 0.5 square kilometers. In ancient times, due to the convenient waterway transportation, merchants gathered here, and more than 100 merchant ships were gathered here. After the founding of the People's Republic of China, Wusheng moved the county seat here, and the ancient town became the political, economic and cultural center of the county, and it was even more prosperous. Due to the low terrain of the ancient town, it has been invaded by Jialing River floods many times. Since the 1980s, the county seat in the valley has been relocated and developed, and the buildings of the ancient town have been well preserved. The streets of the ancient town are based on terrain, with high and low connections, and twists and turns. The streets are narrow and deep, with slate paving and several meters wide. The houses are wooden structures, with many styles of two-entry or quadrangle courtyards. Thousands of traditional dwellings are scattered at different heights, and the buildings such as mosques, old theaters, winemaking workshops, and Muslim cattle slaughterhouses are antique and large-scale. The Majia Mosque, which was built in the 43rd year of Emperor Qianlong of the Qing Dynasty, was continued in the 8th year of Daoguang. It is a wooden structure with a large scale and a courtyard layout. It consists of a mountain gate, a chapel, left and right wing rooms, and inner and outer patios, with Islamic characteristics. The surviving Huangjia Mosque and Yuwang Palace are also Qing Dynasty buildings. Yongshou Temple, a thousand-year-old temple, has a bridge directly connected to it. Dingyuan Ancient Pagoda stands majestically, and you can see the beautiful scenery of Jialing River and the style of the ancient town in front of you. The statues of the Thousand Buddhas Rock in the Song Dynasty are full of fun and interesting. The tombs of the Han Dynasty unearthed under the Thousand Buddha Rocks add to the mystery of the ancient town.