Nuodeng Ancient Village

Nuodeng Village is a Bai village with a history of thousands of years. The residential buildings in the ancient town are built against the mountain and most of them were built during the Ming and Qing Dynasties. From a distance, the red bricks and black tiles dotted among the blue sky and green mountains are very pleasing to the eyes. The houses here are all built against the mountain, and there are up and down stairs to enter the village, so donkeys become the means of transportation. Nuodeng Village became widely known because of the program “A Bite of China”, and Nuodeng ham also became famous because of it. The reason why Nuodeng ham is so good is because the salt produced here is good. It is said that well salt is less salty and can keep the ham more fresh and fragrant. Every household here pickles ham, and the feeling of hanging them from the beams really tastes delicious. I had the ham here for lunch, it was really delicious, so I took some back. This was once an important stop on the ancient Tea-Horse Road and a trading location where merchants gathered, so there are a large number of exquisite buildings left here. In the village, there are Dragon King Temple, Ancient Jiangxi Guild Hall, Wanshou Palace, ancient banyan tree, "Timingfang" of Huang family and "Lingxing Gate" in front of Jade Emperor Pavilion and other scenic spots. The memorial archway in the ancient town is the largest existing ancient wooden memorial archway in western Yunnan. The ancient Pistacia trees in the village are thirty or forty meters high, and the oldest one is more than 800 years old.