Heshun Village, Yunnan

Four kilometers far from Tengchong district, Yunnan region, over a paddy field and a stone scaffold, is Heshun town, an old and excellent south China town.

Tengchong used to be a paramount stop on the ancient"southern land silk street" which was an exchange course interfacing Burma, India and China's Sichuan and Yunnan. Heshun sits alongside the street. Throughout that time, a vast volume of cigarettes, liquor, silk and tea from Yunnan were traded, and cotton, jade product and gems were foreign from Burma. Numerous individuals from Heshun went to Burma and the neighboring nations for business.

Today, this conventional town has safeguarded much of its rich legacy, and the structural planning and people traditions that existed before the Ming and Qing administrations still prosper in Heshun. It is stunning that there is such an awe inspiring Chinese town in the outskirt territory. The traditional hereditary corridors, sanctuaries, dedication passages, structures, stone fences and people houses with white dividers and dark tiles record the prospering history and conventional society of the town. The poplar and willow trees by the stream and the wonderful lotus blossoms in the lakes make the arrangement scene of the farmland much all the more beguiling. The lovely view has pulled in numerous painters, photographic artists and film executives.

The town is likewise the origination of a lot of people well-known researchers. The old conventional building by the door to the town is a town level library with the longest history and wealthiest accumulation of books in China.