Likang village

During the ride to our first stop, Likeng, I was totally intoxicated by the scenes outside the bus windows: waterways wending among ancient cottages with white walls and black tiles; mist drifting on the water, agitated slowly by the wind, making the village as mysterious as a young woman covered by a veil; bright yellow rape flowers blooming vigorously between the cottages. The scenery gave me a feeling of returning to nature and made me look forward to being a part of it.

So when the bus arrived at the Village of Likeng, I couldn't wait to walk between the rape flower fields. Likeng is an ancient village with a history of hundreds of years. It got the name because it used to be inhabited primarily by people surnamed Li.

Surrounded by mountains, the village was divided in half by a zig-zag creek. Dozens of stone bridges linked the houses on both banks of the creek. The houses were built during the Ming and Qing dynasties and because the village neighbours Anhui Province, all the houses had the characteristics of those in Anhui, with black tiles, white walls and exquisite carvings.

Climbing the stairs up a mountain brought a bird eye's view of the whole village, which reminded me of Lijiang Ancient City in Yunnan Province.

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