Fenghuang Gucheng - One of most beautiful towns in China 湘西凤凰古城:中国最美丽的小城之一

Located on the either side of Tou River (Tou Jiang) in Xiangxi Prefecture in west of Hunan Province, the old town of Fenghuang (Fenghuang Gucheng, Chinese:凤凰古城, Fenghuang is Chinese for Phoenix) was once acclaimed as one of the most two most attractive towns in China by New Zealand-born writer Rewi Alley. This fascinating riverside town of ancient city walls and gate towers, houses on stilts overlooking the river and hoary temples dotted about the old town can easily fill a couple of days. Home to a lively population of the Miao and Tujia minorities, Fenghuang's architectural legacy shows distressing signs of neglect, so get to see it before it crumbles away under a combined onslaught of disrepair and over-development aimed at luring tour groups.

 

湘西凤凰古城: 中国最美丽的小城

 

凤凰古城 - 国家历史文化名城，曾被新西兰著名作家路易艾黎称赞为 中国最美丽的小城, 带着好奇、探究造访它，果然是名不虚传。这座汉族、苗族、土家族等多民族聚居的湘西小镇，位于湖南怀化、吉首和贵州铜仁三城之间，拥有沱江河和南华山，孕育了文学巨匠沈从文、民国时代的第一位内阁总理 “湖南神童”熊希龄、国画大师猴票的设计者黄永玉等名人。凤凰古城并不大，但感觉很好，清澈的沱江穿城而过，青砖灰瓦的建筑,青石板路铺砌的街巷,锈迹斑斑的铁门，还有那随处可见的楹联，透着灵秀与文化沉淀的醇厚之美。