Sixi Yancun

Sixi Yancun, a strange claustrophobic duet of villages with tall gray walls and narrow maze-like streets and tumble-down buildings. With the tourist entrance set further away from the town, these villages manage to preserve their living identities better, and, especially towards the end of the day, it really does seem that time stopped in these villages many years ago. There is also an ancient bridge in Sixi that although not as old as Qinghua, is far more pleasant and really renders a visit to Qinghua where the bridge is pretty much its only redeeming feature, a bit pointless. It is possible to take the bus between Wuyuan and Qinghua and get off in the middle, at the turnoff, the area near the turnoff is extremely beautiful, crossing the bridge to the small hamlet is worthwhile. From the turnoff, it is still a ten minute motorcycle ride past a beautiful village and on to Sixi Yangcun.