文档介绍：My hometown
Four ancient cities of China(中国四大古城)
Lijiang, Yunnan(云南·丽江)
Pingyao, Shanxi(山西·平遥)
Langzhong, Sichuan(四川·阆中)
Shexian, Anhui(安徽·歙县)
阆苑仙境
LangYuan wonderland
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Location: It is situated on the northeast of Sichuan province, in middle and upper reaches of the Jialing River.
most well-preserved ancient city in China.
Has a history of 2300 years
The city is credited by the experts as the “Treasure House of the Chinese Folk Architecture”.
阆中
古城
苏轼赞曰:“阆宛千葩映玉寰,人间只有此花新”。
杜甫赞曰:“阆中胜事可肠断,阆中城南天下稀”。
陆游赞曰:“城中飞阁连危亭,处处轩窗对锦屏”。
Honors
In 1986, the State Council (国务院)named it a famous historic and cultural city .
In 1992, open to the outside world
In 2001, Authorized national-level ecological model city(生态示范市)
In 2004, Excellent tourist city (优秀旅游城市)
In,2006, /Places research institutions/世界千年古县 World millennium ancient county
In 2009, Global tourism vacation BBS全球旅游度假论坛电子布告栏(Bulletin Board System)/International best tourism resorts国际最佳旅游度假胜地
In 2010, Chinese Folk Literature and Art Society中国民间文艺家协会/the hometown of Spring Festival
Deep cultural accumulation
Langzhong has deep cultural accumulation.
The legend goes that Hua Xu华胥, Fu Xi's mother, was pregnant with Fu Xi in Langzhong who is the ancester of Chinese nation. It is the breeding place of Ba culture and a place where Islamism, Confuciunism, Buddhism, Christianity coexist harmoniously.
Fengshui ancient city
The special geographical[dʒiə'ɡræfikəl]地理的layout and the integration with mountains, waters and city are in conformity(一致)with Chinese Fengshui theory and reflect the profound traditional Chinese culture.
So, Langzhong is hailed as称赞 the first Fengshui ancient city of China.
Langzhong was also the researching center of Fengshui (geomantic[,dʒi:əu'mentik]风水的 omen['əumən]征兆).
In the Tang Dynasty, Yuan Tiangang袁天罡 and Li Chunfeng李淳风, two experts on astronomy [ə'strɔnəmi]天文学and Fengshui culture, went to Langzhong, studying astronomy and Fengshui and living in seclusion[si:'klu