Huang Yao Ancient Town

Chinese people typically make use of numbers to symbolize good luck, respect and well wishes. The modest slates of Huangyao’s streets also feature this characteristic. On the main commercial streets, the slabs of slate are in odd numbers, like three, five and seven. The numbers reflect the importance of these streets, and the slates are incised into the same size, smoothness and plane. The number of slates fronting a household is often three, with some wealthier families having five or seven. But some small alleys and extensions of main streets are made up of even-number slates or gravel.

The more 'modern' part of town is one long dusty road where dogs roam, children run and adults repair broken down trucks or sell fruit on the side of the road. In fact not a lot happens here. The elderly sit on their doorsteps all day watching people go by, the children, who at the time of me being there all seemed to be around a year and a half old, walk around in the dirt, and the flies which congregate around the rubbish were unstoppable.

Water is a necessity of daily life and vital to the irrigation of farmlands, so the Chinese fengshui theory attaches great importance to water. It holds that it is good for the people if a river near their dwelling bends around. A curving waterway will hold fast the fortune of residents, while a straight flow will carry fortune away. Huangyao Town is embraced by flows of winding water, so, according to Chinese fengshui, Huangyao is an ideal place for people to live. On a practical level, water running peacefully along a winding channel will provide greater convenience for daily life. And so these rich natural resources gave birth to Huangyao Town, and sustained its development in this isolated environment.

Around Huangyao ancient town, alongside the streets and beside the ponds, are typically many students drawing and painting. Gu Zhenlei, teacher of Arts Design School in Hunan College of Science and Technology brought his 170 environmental design freshmen here to absorb the setting and practice their art. “We’ll stay here 14 days. The primitive natural environment and cultural ambience will be good to their future career in design.”

-Huang Yao tofu is a major feature of the local dishes, stuffed bean curd and bean curd, both should try.

-Huang Yao still fresh mushroom, mushroom fried rice cake, vegetables also Xiantian, carp and grass carp markets.

-Restaurant in town to do the dishes delicious relatively more inclined opposite some deserted hotel restaurant, is called the market to buy food before, but this town than some less expensive restaurants.

-Dumpling shop in the market there, glutinous rice balls are large and round, a dollar can buy five or six.

-Huang Yao also sell tea; Huang Yao famous lobster sauce, for seasoning.

-Huang Yao have a never-ending eating sweet potato, all households Hong Shugan sun, every day a child in the street, street, the entrance to the village sweet potato simmer, so Huang Yao, you will not eat sweet potato .:)

-It's also worthy to note that, Yao Huang were very hospitable, if you chat with a few others, most likely he will ask you to his home to eat, sweet potato, rice, rice flour, Ciba to dinner From breakfast, lunch to dinner, you have the opportunity to be invited, if you want to try the rice farm, preferably with a small gift presented to them (or buy some fruit).

what's to see around Huangyao?

- Court of civilization: This is a small temple built in the mountains, local villagers worship, to the Court of civilization continue to climb, a platform is used by local people Qiu Yu, to climb can be seen To the river and farm fields. civilization Court following a piece of turf, Huang Yao's children will be encouraged to put your fireworks in the evening barbecue +, Kan Xingxing here is not bad. But the barbecue do not forget to bring about the end of the fireworks and garbage bags to clean up the cartridge, paper towels and the like to be away from the miscellaneous items (paper towels will not damage the ecological, but threw on the grass is also filled with dazzling, offensive to the eye). I told them if the children said, just do not know if they will not always remember to remind visitors, I hope that ALICE is also constantly remind them of the environmental protection and warned of other tourists.

-Zhou Reservoir: go in the direction of Zhaoping, about 34 kilometers, three rounds of 1 yuan electric car, can walk. The reservoir 20 of the common bamboo, can be used, but must pay attention to safety.
on his way to the reservoir, very good on both sides of the pastoral scenery, unique to the region Wong brick wall, criss-cross paths with China, feeling mellow. Looking return ancient town, the town stands behind the karst peaks, beautiful simplicity.

Festival:Huang Yao in check when you had the old monthly magazine to see the two festivals, one third of the third lunar month, in the old stage to sing opera; another Fourteen is the lunar calendar, the Five-Year Plan Two days, there was a festival custom of He Shen (a grapefruit-point night lights on the river), the ceremony for about 2-3 hours.
asked the local people, can confirm that the March of the three festivals. As for the sacrifice He Shen, said that there are adults, but children have not seen that, to be verified.