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.

Lingshui Village, with over one thousand years of history, is located 78km West of Beiiing. At the Han dynasty, Lingshui village had developed into a good-sized scale and reached its period of great prosperity at Qing Dynasty and early stage of the Republic of China. There were about 360 families and twelve private firms at that time. Currently there are less than one hundred people, most of whom are the aged.
There are many ancient trees and plants, gurgling spring runs through this ancient village. Y...

Lingshui Village, with over one thousand years of history, is located 78km West of Beiiing. At the Han dynasty, Lingshui village had developed into a good-sized scale and reached its period of great prosperity at Qing Dynasty and early stage of the Republic of China. There were about 360 families and twelve private firms at that time. Currently there are less than one hundred people, most of whom are the aged.
There are many ancient trees and plants, gurgling spring runs through this ancient village. You can read its history and feel its spirituality from dappled bricks, tiles and pillars in the temple or old houses. From the rustle of those ancient trees leaves, you can feel the students of Lingshui village reading the Four Books and Five Classics, Poetry and Prose of Tang and Song Dynasty.
Lingshui village, a favorable natural environment, raised distinguished talents. Under the examination system in Ming and Qing dynasty, there were 22 provincial graduates, 2 metropolitan graduates from this village, and 6 graduates from National Peking University at the beginning of the Republic of China. Many people of this village were scholar, businessman and officers, who brought glory to this land. The buildings and courtyard of this village are a scholar-bureaucrat style. You can see the courtyard with nine rooms and cross beams beyond construction limitation, Prefect Liu抯 courtyard with its five sets of rooms and the Tanruilong抯 grand courtyard are all connected

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