Chengkan Village


Chengkan village locates near the famous Mt. Huangshan. It is so mysterious that people who
visit Mt.Huangshan must pay a visit to Chengkan village. In the eyes of most people, Chengkan
village becomes sanctity.

Chengkan Village was formerly named Longxi Village. It was first built in East Han Dynasty. Up to
now, it has a history of more than 1800 years. Chengkan village has a great reputation – "the best
village in Jiangnan area". The location and architecture style depend exactly on the theory of "the
Eight Diagrams" and "Feng Shui". Chengkan village has three streets and ninety-nine lanes, just
like a maze, with hills and rivers surrounding it. The ancient river – Longxi River is like a jade belt
going across Chengkan village. The eight mountains surrounding the village are like eight
directions of "the Eight Diagrams". The exquisite layout of Chengkan village is a wonder among the village architectures in China.

Chengkan village is the unique well-deserved ancient village in Ming Dynasty. The ancient architecture groups are very valuable for the research
about it. The ancient architectures contain elegant pavilions, houses, bridges, wells, ancestral temples, etc. Moreover, there are exquisite stone
carvings, brick carvings, and wood carvings on each house. It is really wonderful article excelling nature! Chengkan village is extremely a perfect
representative of Anhui architectures.

The most laudable and eminent building is Luodong’s Shus Ancestral Temple which is called Baolun Hall now. It is grand and magnificent and
ranked as the No. one in the similar buildings in China. Baolun Hall in the Ancestral Temple of Luo's, built during the Jiaqing's reign, is a
representative collection of typical Huizhou architecture. Baolun Hall was well-designed and constructed with extreme delicacy.

Once going into the Chengkan Village, visitors may fully feel the comfortable atmosphere here. The
farmers are so kind to each other. You may relax yourself and hug the nature.