Qingyang Pavilion Street

　　Qingyang Pavilion Street is situated in Qingyangba Village, Jiaoyuan Town, Xuan'en County. Constructed during the Qianlong reign of the Qing Dynasty, it spans 561 meters in length and 21 meters in width, covering a total area of 11,781 square meters. This wooden, pavilion-style ancient street served as a border trade hub connecting the provinces of Hunan, Hubei (historically referred to as "E"), Sichuan, and Guizhou during the Qing and Republican periods. The street follows the natural contours of the mountain and waterways, and currently, 65 well-preserved structures remain. These buildings feature a post-and-lintel construction style (with either five posts and four spans or eight posts and seven spans), and vary from two to three stories in height. They form a layout of “three streets and twelve lanes,” with street-facing buildings designed as “swallow-tail houses,” while those along the water include both “stilt houses” and Dong ethnic group “pavilions.” It stands as a crystallization of the architectural ingenuity of Enshi’s ethnic minorities and is also an ideal travel destination.