Exploring the Shanxi vacant Village: hanging in the sky when clouds

Hanging was the village of seal in the mountains for hundreds of years, a chance to be explorers found. The only "main street" in the village, it is a root of a frame with stakes in the cliff;

Said that 300 years ago, there are the villagers living here. Legend has it that they are following the emperor Chongzhen four prince to retirement, they had a mission: generation guarded the treasure buried here in the Ming dynasty;

Floating village people long. The explanation is: ancestors left the longevity tips in this land, the people living here can prolong life, worry-free life.

Floating village

Speaking of "Hanging Temple",ShanxiThe temple is Beiyue Mt. Hengshan make known to every family, historical described it "soar several hundred feet, like the immortal Pavilion, is in the cloud". But the mention of "hanging village", may not have a few people heard: did the village also built in the air? It will become "the others"?

Indeed, in the province of Shanxi Ningwu County in the mountains, there is a whole are hanging in the air of the village, it is back on the cliff, into the abyss, houses are built on the cliff more than 2300 meters above sea level.

The village was named Wang Hua village. The village houses for cliff it, hanging on the hillside, so called "hanging village". According to research, dangling village has a history of over 300 years. So, the villagers is how to build the village? Why should they choose to live here? And what is the reason, let they still stick to this unique home, lived almost retire life?

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����Adventures in the mountains

Hidden in the deep mountains and forests in the floating village, for a long time were not known to the outside world, it found it in an outdoor adventure accident experience: 90's of the last century, one day, several outdoor enthusiast Zai ShanXiningThrough the Wu near the mountains, when they came to the king of the ditch, dusk, so prepare in local camping. It was also at this time, suddenly found not far away, there is a few lights. Where no human habitation, especially after dark mountain heavy, cold wind gusts, the lights in the night like a ghost...... A few explorers was surprised and frightened, after some discussions, decided to find out.

Taihang cliffs

They try holding the mentality to go to the lights. The rugged mountain road, a trail in the bushes and grass, only to find a way. We foot deep shallow foot also do not know how far to go, appear in front of a mountain, and the light, from the hillside. Everyone is difficult to restrain my curiosity, to continue down the mountain to climb, and soon came to a hillside village.

Arrived in the village, outdoor enthusiasts stunned: the whole village turned out to hang in the air above the ground 100 meters high mountain cliff, leaning against the cliff, facing the canyon, forming a world around the land of idyllic beauty be misfits. From the outside, because the space is narrow, at the back of the house is located in the rock, the front half is suspended and built, several posts extending from the crack in the mountain village, the whole up, give a person the feeling a little shake and crumble. Look again carefully, the village only a "main street", is actually made of wood of a paved, the road is very narrow, half hanging in the air, like the ancient path along the cliff, let the person worry will accidentally fall.

This is the real version of the "castles in the air", let a person can't help but wonder is it right? To another time and space. Then as one falls, bark and bring people back to reality...... Everyone was amazed here ancient buildings, while knock at the door of a family. On purpose in coming, the villagers warmly welcomed them into the home. Because the village rarely to outsiders, people almost the whole village all gather together to see novelty, small yard soon surrounded simple hospitality of the villagers, many people also brought food and warm from your own family quilt for them for the night, a few explorers had such wonderful and warm night.

The very next day after day break, the explorers to fully examine the whole village: the village households connected, well-proportioned, houses built with stone and wood, a lot of the window also paste paper-cut for window decoration paper. The village can be seen everywhere in the whole stack of whole stack of logs, and mules, horses, cattle, sheep although not living room so exquisite, but also is carefully planned, rational layout, even the animals more activities at the edge of the cliff, also won't fall into the abyss.

Because the ground is not enough, so the house can only extension to the air, most of the villagers home houses are two attic, which depend on import, wooden ladder. Exclaim, people could not help but sigh the villagers to the building. Although it is dangerous, but the scenery fresh and refined, like a fancy mountain cabin diagram. Place oneself among them, overlooking the valley stretches, in the sea of clouds Songtao; overlooking the green wave, million hectares of lush. From the foot of the mountain looked up, the whole village in the clouds looming, stocking white sheep like clouds......

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