Chunqiu Village

Hidden in the depth of Mountain Jing, southwest to Nanzhang, Chunqiu Village, claimed by experts as the “Most Beautiful Village”, is a Heritage Unit under Provincial Protection and might be listed into Heritage Unit under National Protection this year. Legend has it that this village was built by Chu State as a kind of defense work against potential intruders. It is said that Guan Yu once read Spring and Autumn Annals here at night, therefore, some memorial buildings were later put in place for commemoration. This village thus gained its name. Authoritative journal and newspapers like Chinese National Geography, Xinhua News Agency Daily Telegraph, China Comment, Traveler had detailed coverage for the legendary village. A feature program of Home Village ? A Tour to Nanzhang was made by CCTV 7 to introduce the village. In the official website of Nanzhang County, this village is chosen as representative image of the county and put on the home page. These coverage and publicity have drawn high attention from outside world for the ancient village, which has been listed into “Top 100 New Discoveries” this year by Third National Archaeological Survey.

Standing at an altitude of 270 meters and spanning 500-plus meters in length, Chunqiu Village is an ancient architecture complex of more than 8,000 square meters in construction area. Now, there are one north watchtower and more than 150 stone-made houses left in the village. Houses here are constructed to face cliffs in two sides and surrounded by water in three directions, sharing the common features of grandness and steepness, odd and beauty.

Two years ago, Wuhan Sante Cableway planned to invest RMB118 million for the development of the tourist attraction. As planned, the first phase of the development project has been finished and put into official operation in October last year. The second phase of the development project, with preparation work done already, has been put into construction since April of this year.

One cableway measuring 1,000 meters long with 99 buckets is put in place along Wangyue Mountain in opposite of Chunqiu Village. It will take half an hour for a round trip.