Chaguan Village · Hongguan Village
The stone arch bridge, ancient water-mouth trees, and herding-boy-with-water-buffalo tableau of Chaguan Village are famous scenes in national photography contests—especially photogenic in the morning mist.
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- Opening hours
- All day
- Ticket
- Free
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The stone arch bridge, ancient water-mouth trees, and herding-boy-with-water-buffalo tableau of Chaguan Village are famous scenes in national photography contests—especially photogenic in the morning mist. The neighboring Hongguan is a "famed village of Hui ink," where Zhan-clan ink merchants settled; a thousand-year-old camphor tree at the village entrance coexists with the ancient Hui–Rao post road. The "First Camphor of Jiangnan" and the ink-scented ancient road together form a long cultural-lens shot.
Getting there: self-drive from the county seat (approx. 50 km)
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