Walking in the 800-mile Taihang Mountains, you will be impressed by the natural scenery here, and you will be shocked by the characteristic ancient villages in the mountains. Because in this big mountain, people have many different ways of life, and many ways have lasted for a thousand years, and the author walked in the Taihang Mountains, the most shocking thing to hear was this village that lived under the well for a thousand years.
When you hear the name, the village of Jingdi, also known as (穽底村, 阱底村), makes many people wonder, why is this village called Jingdi? But as you learn more about the village, you will understand the meaning of the name of the village. This village is located at the junction of Henan and Shanxi, as the name suggests, this village is surrounded by cliffs and is shaped like a large well, and the village is at the bottom of this valley, so it is named the bottom of the well.
This village is located on the edge of the cliff of the Taihang Mountains, at the junction of Henan and Shanxi, and it can be said that the terrain is very steep. Because of this topography, the people of this village have been living a relatively isolated and secluded life. And this kind of life has lasted for nearly a thousand years, the villagers live in the most primitive way of life, self-sufficiency, in the mountains to open fields and cultivate land, with traditional farming methods to support themselves.
Because of the relative isolation from the world, in the past, the villagers here rarely went out of the mountains. In the past, it was not an easy task for the villagers in the village of Jingdi to go out. To get out of the mountain, they had to climb the ladder of the ancient boardwalk high into the clouds and cliffs, and then walk around the mountain road for a long time to get out of the village, and now look at the ancient boardwalk ladder to know how difficult it was at that time.
It is precisely because of the special location of the village and the special scenery that with the development of society, this place has changed greatly, and it has become a fragrant feast in the eyes of the people in the city. Nowadays, as the village is becoming more and more well-known, the village has begun to develop tourism, and now walking in the village, you will see that there are already farmhouses and shops, and many people have come to experience this former paradise village.
In order to strengthen the connection with the outside world, the villagers here have used their hands to chisel off a hanging road hanging from a cliff, which has taken more than a decade. And it is precisely because of the road carved out of this cliff perpendicular to the ground that the village is even more famous. Nowadays, when you walk to Jingdi Village, you will feel the atmosphere of the times even more, in the past, because of the lack of transportation, the village was relatively isolated from the world, and now it has become a good place for many people in the city to relax because of the convenient transportation. With the development of tourism, it has also driven the lives of the villagers here.
With the convenience of transportation, more and more people have discovered this treasure land deep in the mountains, and tourism in the village has begun to develop. The old buildings made of stones in the village have become a fragrant feast in the eyes of the people in the city, and even many of the agricultural tools and daily necessities used by the villagers in the past are made of stone and wood, which has also become a rarity in the eyes of the people in the city. Because of the strong sense of age and the special geographical location of the village, many people in the city who have come here now feel away from the hustle and bustle of the city, and the feeling of tranquility and tranquility.
Under aerial footage, we can see the whole village in the middle of the mountains on all sides, and a small river flows from the side of the village. The embankment next to the village is today's landmark building, the pool water is clear to the bottom, next to the village like a turquoise ribbon wrapped around the neck of the village, more like a long dragon lying across the village, adding a little mysterious color to the ancient village at the bottom of the well.
Nowadays, as this mysterious village is known to more and more people, come to the village to experience the life of the mountains and feel the thrill of the road hanging on the cliff. Nowadays, not far from the old village of Jingdi Village, there is a modern building that has been erected from the ground, which is very spectacular, as if telling people outside about the changes of people's lives and the development of the ancient village with the changes of the times, and also telling the story of the struggle for life and the harsh conditions of nature here.