Yingjia Ancient Town

　　Yingjia Ancient Town is situated on the west bank of the ancient Siqu River. The town began to take shape in the late Song and early Ming dynasties, reached its peak during the Kangxi and Qianlong periods of the Qing Dynasty, and still retains nearly a kilometer of flagstone streets, divided into seven sections by gate towers and water lanes. There are nearly two hundred original shops, including several large-scale ones. The town is surrounded by mountains on three sides and faces the river on one, with numerous caves and dense forests in the hills. At the eastern foot of Back Mountain lies the New Stone Age human site known as Dongtianyan Cave, along with a Ming Dynasty Wanli-era stone inscription titled “Hundred Barbarians Follow the Dao.” In front of the town streets are nearly a hundred acres of contiguous ponds, not far from the Siqu River, whose banks feature dikes built during the People’s Commune period. Upstream is a concrete bridge, at the head of which stands the Yingjia Uprising Memorial Pavilion, while downstream there is an ancient wooden plank bridge nearly a hundred meters long.