{"id":3781,"date":"2023-06-26T04:07:00","date_gmt":"2023-06-25T20:07:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/?p=3781"},"modified":"2023-06-26T20:55:16","modified_gmt":"2023-06-26T12:55:16","slug":"cuandixia-village-cuandixia-cun-mentougou-beijing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/beijing-travel\/beijing-excursions\/cuandixia-village-cuandixia-cun-mentougou-beijing","title":{"rendered":"Cuandixia, Cuandixia Village"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Cuandixia Village is located between\u00a0Shuangshitou Village<\/a> and Baiyu Village under the jurisdiction of Zhaitang Town in Mentougou,\u00a0Beijing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lying about 90km west of Beijing, Cuandinxia Village is an ancient village of over 400 years built in Ming and Qing Dynsties with an area of 5.3 square km.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cCuandixia \u2013 \u7228\u5e95\u4e0b\u201d literally means \u201cunder the stove\u201d relative to fire wood and cooking on an stove ( something hot ). All the surnames of the people in Cuandixia Village are \u201cHan \u2013 \u97e9\u201d. \u201cHan \u2013 \u97e9\u201d in Chinese has the same pronunciation of \u201c\u5bd2\u201d ( Cold ). So \u7228 Cuan (hot) and \u201c\u97e9\u201d (cold) complement each other in Chinese Fengshui, hence the village\u2019 name.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There are about 74 courtyards with 689 rooms, most of which were built in late Qing Dynasties. Many of the local villagers, especially the young people have left the village for the development in the big cities. But there are still approx. 29 households with 93 people living in the village. Most of the people in the village now live on the rural tourism offering accommodation and dining for the visitors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cuandixia Village is nestled on the northern hillside of the valley and faces the southern hillside with a main road passing by the village from east to west in the valley.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The village spreads like a opened Chinese fan perched on the northern hillside in the valley. Hiking up to the hillside in the south, you can have an eye-bird\u2019s view of the whole village resembling a shoe-shaped gold ingot as well as a Chinese fan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Follow us to have a circuit walking tour of Cuandixia Village.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After visiting Shuangshitou Village<\/a>, we continue to drive 2km in the north and soon we arrive at the entrance to Cuandixia Village. A banner \u201cWelcome to Cuandixia Village\u201d is hung over the main road to the village. <\/p>\n\n\n

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Now we are at the entrance to Cuandixia Village.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n

A stone carved with a huge Chinese character \u201c\u7228\u201d (Cuan) functions as a screen wall of the village standing by the entrance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This is the east-west street road in front of the village houses. North of the street road are located the ancient houses perched on the hillside. South of the street road is the south side where you can have a bird-eye\u2019s view of the village. <\/p>\n\n\n

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This is the east-west street road in front of the village houses.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n

Now we are going to have a circuit hike around the village. We begin our circular walk from southeast at the stone stairs leading to Goddess Temple.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The stone stairs leading to Goddess Temple is the best starting point for your circular hike.<\/p>\n\n\n

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We begin our circular walk at the stone stairs leading to Goddess Temple<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n

This is the Goddess Temple. If you long for a kid, then come here to pray the goddess. The temple faces the north. <\/p>\n\n\n

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This is the Goddess Temple<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n

Please look at the picture. We are supposed to walk by the Goddess Temple ( see the temple in the picture).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Then hike on the stair steps to some open places or the platform on the hillside in the south where we can have a panoramic view of the village on the northern hillside.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Then hike on the stairsteps to some open places or the platform on the hillside in the south<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n

We are looking at Cuandixia Village perched on the hillside in the north while we are standing on the southern hillside.<\/p>\n\n\n

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It is an easy walk up to the platform on the southern hillside.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n

Cuandixia Village spreads like an opened Chinese fan. <\/p>\n\n\n

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we are standing on the southern hillside.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n

I zoom in on my camera and get the picture below:<\/p>\n\n\n

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Cuandixia Village spreads like an opened Chinese fan.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n

Father zooming in my pictures, I spot a Mao\u2019s slogan\u201dUse Mao Zedong\u2019s thought to arm ourselves \u201c.<\/p>\n\n\n

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I zoom in on my camera and get the picture<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n

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Use Mao Zedong’s thought to arm ourselves<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n
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Overlooking at the village from west hillside.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n
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We are hiking from west hillside down to the main street road.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n

This is an ancient well, 16.67 meters in depth with stone walls. A bucket is hung by windlass used to draw water. A stone notch was dug out for holding water on the water stand, which can used for washing vegetable and watering the drought animals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There is a small hole at the lower part of it, which can drain the dirt water. Until 1960s, people had been drawing water in this well.<\/p>\n\n\n

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This is an ancient well, 16.67 meters in depth with stone walls.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n
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Now we cross the main street road and walk up the northern part of the village from west to east.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n

This is a farmhouse inn managed by the local villages with the financial support from the local government. They offer accommodation and dining.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Now we cross the main street road and walk up the northern part of the village from west to east.<\/p>\n\n\n

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A hutong, or an arrow lane in the village.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n
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a Mao’s slogan – Learn From Dazhai in Agriculture and learn Daqing in Industry<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n
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A slogan on the wall of one courtyard. – Long live Chairman Mao<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n
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The doorway decorated with couplets<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n
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A local landlord’s Doorway.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n
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Chinese painting and Chinese calligraphy on the both sides of the hall after first door.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n
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A screen wall<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n
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Inside the landlord’s courtyard.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n
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We are passing through the northern part of the village and start to walk down to the east of the village<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n
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Inside the Marshal Guan Temple<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n
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Overlooking Cuandixia Village from the east hillside.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n
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We are back to the main road and plan to visit Baiyu Village, 4km north of Cuandixia Village<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n
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Two foreign visitors have just arrived at the village and guided by Beijing tour guides.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n
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Some of the villagers are actively engaged in rural tourism and offering Beijing accommodation and dining.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n

Tip: Hassle-free Beijing Guided Tours<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

If you don\u2019t want to go the do-it-yourself route and prefer the hassle-free escorted tours,  here are some options for Beijing guided tours:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Beijing Day Tour<\/a>
Beijing Tour Packages<\/a>
Beijing Winter Tour<\/a>
Beijing Autumn Tour<\/a>
Great Wall Tour<\/a>
Car Rental in Beijing<\/a>
Beijing Tours<\/a>
China City Tours<\/a>
China Tour<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Further Readings<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Best Time to Visit Beijing<\/a>
How to plan a trip to Beijing<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Top 10 Attractions in Beijing<\/a>
How to Visit Forbidden City<\/a>
How to Visit Temple of Heaven<\/a>
How to Visit Summer Palace<\/a>
How to Visit Ming Tombs<\/a>
How to Visit the Great Wall of China<\/a>
How to Visit Tiananmen Square<\/a>
How to Visit Hutongs<\/a>
How to Visit Olympic Sites<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Top 10 Markets in Beijing<\/a>
Top 10 Shopping Malls in Beijing<\/a>
Beijing Shopping<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wangfujing Walking Street<\/a>
Qianmen Commercial Street<\/a>
Gui Jie ( Ghost Street) Food Street<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Any questions, just drop a line.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Cuandixia Village is located between\u00a0Shuangshitou Village and Baiyu Village under the jurisdiction of Zhaitang Town in Mentougou,\u00a0Beijing. Lying about 90km west of Beijing, Cuandinxia Village is an ancient village of over 400 years built in Ming and Qing Dynsties with an area of 5.3 square km. \u201cCuandixia \u2013 \u7228\u5e95\u4e0b\u201d literally means \u201cunder the stove\u201d relative to fire…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":38,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[694],"tags":[2328,2329],"class_list":["post-3781","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-beijing-excursions","tag-cuandixia","tag-cuandixia-village"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3781"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/38"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3781"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3781\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":31920,"href":"https:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3781\/revisions\/31920"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3781"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3781"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3781"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}