Recently, more than 600 students from Tangshan Middle School in Shiqian County came to the ancient town of cinnabar in Wanshan District, Tongren to carry out research and practice activities. What she saw along the way made Leng Jiahui feel a lot, "Walking into the ancient town is like entering a TV series decades ago, seeing old street signs and sewing machines...... Especially the house is completely different from what we live in now, very historical. In the underground mine, we saw the cinnabar ore growing in its original state in the rock wall, and at the same time felt the hardships of the miners. "Since the beginning of this year, Cinnabar Ancient Town has received nearly 50,000 research students from inside and outside the province.
The cinnabar ancient town scenic spot in Wanshan District surrounded by green mountains
The underground mine mentioned by Leng Jiahui is the "underground Great Wall" attraction of Cinnabar Ancient Town. This is a very spectacular thousand-year-old mine ruins, with a total length of about 8 kilometers, which is like a mysterious and magical "time tunnel" under the rendering of lights. There are thousands of stone pillars, stone curtains and stone flowers in the mine, and the cinnabar ore in its original state on the cave wall is dotted, and the marks of the excavation seem to tell the hardships and harvests of thousands of years. The constant temperature in the cave is 18°C all year round, making it a natural summer resort.
"The ancient town of Cinnabar was once the largest mercury mine in China and enjoyed the reputation of 'the thousand-year-old Dandu'. Huang Zhenhua, director of the Cultural Tourism Industry Development Investment Service Center of Wanshan District Culture, Sports, Radio, Television and Tourism Bureau, introduced that in addition to the "underground Great Wall", the local area also retains a large number of ancient buildings and historical relics in the Ming and Qing dynasties, ancient streets, ancient wells, ancient towers, etc. can be seen everywhere, these monuments have witnessed the glorious history of the town, and have also become a good place for tourists to explore the ancient world.
With the depletion of mercury resources, it has been included in the second batch of resource-exhausted city policy support areas in the country. Wanshan District has been indomitable, actively breaking the problem and promoting the integrated development of culture and tourism, comprehensively upgrading the ancient town of cinnabar in accordance with the principle of "repairing the old as the old and retaining nostalgia", and will be selected as a national industrial tourism demonstration base in 2022. As the "third generation of mines" Peng Hui, this year is her 8th year in the ancient town to engage in the interpretation work, for this hot land that has raised many children of mercury mines, Peng Hui is full of affection, "Now everyone sees the scenic spot of the Workers, Peasants and Soldiers Square, the post office, 'a street in that era', etc., are full of my childhood memories, extremely familiar but more beautiful." That's why I'm more like I'm introducing my home when I explain to tourists. ”
Tourists shop in the "One Street of That Era" store in the ancient town of Cinnabar
Today, this legendary ancient town has become a tourist attraction integrating natural scenery, cultural landscapes and historical relics, receiving 612,100 tourists in 2023 and achieving a comprehensive tourism income of 117 million yuan. During this year's May Day holiday, many hotels and B&Bs in the town are currently fully booked, and tourists will find the "Millennium Dandu" in the cool mountain breeze and pleasant climate, and feel the magic of nature and the weight of history.
Guizhou Daily Tianyan News reporter Liu Lichao
Edited by Long Hairuo
Second instance Wang Xiaoting
Third trial Min Jie