Walking in Thousand-year-old Zhenyuan Ancient Town, China’s “Mountain Cliff Architectures Museum”

The dragon boat race in Zhenyuan Ancient Town was postponed to July this year. In order to appreciate the excitement of the dragon boat race and the beauty of the ancient town, I braved the scorching heat to come to Zhenyuan again in July. I shot a video of Zhenyuan before, and this time I shot a completely different feeling. I hope you can see the changes in this ancient town by comparing the two videos. Zhenyuan Ancient Town Located on eastern part of Guizhou Province, Zhenyuan has long been an ancient town of the Miao people. Time-honored history endows Zhenyuan Ancient Town with many rich and generous cultural relics, making it much like a historic garden. The town covers only an area of 3.1 square kilometers (about 1.2 square miles) but greets you with more than 160 scenic spots including caves, palaces, pavilions, temples and rivers with their unique architecture, exquisite engravings and marvelous natural landscape. Among them are the famous Wuyang River Scenic Area and ele