This beautiful mountain hike will bring us to the 1000 years old Lingshui village. From Pingguoyuan Subway station our driver will bring us to Jieshi Village. from there we ll start hiking for about 4 km. Close to an old cave temple we ll have have small lunch to strengthen us for a beautiful hike on hill ranges surrounded with steep mountain slopes. Before we enjoy an excellent dinner at in one of the old houses of the village you ll have plenty of time to absorb the history, the temples wall paintings,old propaganda or tai chi posters. A relaxing overnight stay in this quiet village will is for sure the best way to get away form Beijing's hustle and bustle.

Jieshi Village, a ancient and supernatural village, surrounded by green mountains, with an elevation of 600 meters, is located at 60 kilometers west away from Beijing city.
There are so many beautiful stories about this village, which was built at late Ming Dynasty and early Qing Dynasty. It is said that three officers appointed by Emperor were in favor of the geomantic omen there and brought their family and belongs to this place, digging the well building the house, and settled down there.
Judging f...

Jieshi Village, a ancient and supernatural village, surrounded by green mountains, with an elevation of 600 meters, is located at 60 kilometers west away from Beijing city.
There are so many beautiful stories about this village, which was built at late Ming Dynasty and early Qing Dynasty. It is said that three officers appointed by Emperor were in favor of the geomantic omen there and brought their family and belongs to this place, digging the well building the house, and settled down there.
Judging from tablet inscription, among those family with distinction identity, there are Gao, Yu and He three family, they separately have been officials and Prefect, Sheriff and member of Imperial Academy. Their ancestral grave were built magnificently, but for many years, never seen anybody sweep these tomb sites, and more surprising, currently there is no one in the village whose surname is Gao, Yu and He. What happened to these three family, why they disappeared?
There are three Chinese Scholar trees over thousand year history and 72 wells with cold and sweet water. 59 well-preserved courtyard dwellings can be seen in the village. There are less than 50 families, most of them are aged.

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