Jiezi Ancient Town in Chongzhou City

Jiezi Ancient Town is known as the 'Water Town of Western Sichuan' and is referred to as the 'Back Garden of Qingcheng'. The town's establishment has a history of over 1000 years, and during the Five Dynasties period, it was called 'Hengqu Town', 'Sijie Town', and 'Yongkang County'. The town area is characterized by the unique agricultural culture of Western Sichuan, the Shuanghe site (also known as Shuanghe Ancient City or Xiaomang City ruins) that dates back about 4000 years, the Buddhist culture represented by the ancient temple Guangyan Zen Monastery from the Jin Dynasty, the Taoist culture represented by the Shangyuan Palace, and the poetry culture represented by Tang Qiu, the 'One-Ladle Poet' from the Tang Dynasty. These elements together construct the unique cultural foundation of Jiezi Ancient Town and the Chongzhou region. The ancient street area currently preserves six streets centered around Jiangcheng Street, with 68,000 square meters of ancient buildings. The houses on both sides of the streets are mainly from the middle and late Qing Dynasty, with water wells from the Ming Dynasty still in existence. The Jiezi Ancient Opera Stage is an important symbolic place for cultural inheritance, featuring a spectacular nine-ridge top hip-and-gable roof, relief stone walls, and stilted building columns, showcasing the excellent architectural culture of the Chinese nation and the profound roots of its folk culture.