1. The History
Shuhe is an ancient village in the Yunnan province of China, located 4 kilometres north-west of the better-known city of Lijiang. Shuhe Also known as Longquan Village (which means “dragon spring village”), it is the site of the earliest habitation of the Naxi tribe. It is also an important point on the Ancient Tea Horse Route which was an international trade route in South-west China. The village is now best known as a tourist hotspot and is subject to visits from many Chinese and international tourists who flock to walk its quaint wooden house lined streets in search of locally made souvenirs.
2. The Explore
Not done a report in eons, so good to get back on it. This is the first of ten or so reports from our trip to China/Kong Kong.
Urbex is quite difficult in China, however, we were on a family daytrip to Shuhe from Lijiang. Subsequently, with no real expectations of doing any exploring, while looking around the streets of this delightful ancient village we came across this place. The first sign of abandonment was the large number of decrepit Chinese lanterns at street level. Then, on climbing a staircase up to the next level we were confronted by an almost temple-like complex of wooden buildings, most of which were unoccupied/abandoned. It’s hard to say how old the complex is or what exactly what it was and I’ve looked on the net and can find absolutely nothing about it. However, it appears that this was some sort of craft village/small business centre that has fallen on tough times (maybe during COVID) and all of the business and shops have vacated this floor of the complex. It made for a nice half-an-hour relaxed mooch and was also extremely photogenic.
3. The Pictures
Street level:
And up a level we go:
What a stunning place:
With so much lovely carved wooden panelling:
And broken lanterns:
One of the former business’s signs:
This was the largest unit – completely empty:
Next to this much small place:
A large, vacated unit with a few bits and bobs in:
This one had quite a bit of stuff left in it:
The floor was starting to go in this one:
Yet more small units:
These two were vacant units at street level. The first looks like some tea-themed shop:
That’s all folks!
Shuhe is an ancient village in the Yunnan province of China, located 4 kilometres north-west of the better-known city of Lijiang. Shuhe Also known as Longquan Village (which means “dragon spring village”), it is the site of the earliest habitation of the Naxi tribe. It is also an important point on the Ancient Tea Horse Route which was an international trade route in South-west China. The village is now best known as a tourist hotspot and is subject to visits from many Chinese and international tourists who flock to walk its quaint wooden house lined streets in search of locally made souvenirs.
2. The Explore
Not done a report in eons, so good to get back on it. This is the first of ten or so reports from our trip to China/Kong Kong.
Urbex is quite difficult in China, however, we were on a family daytrip to Shuhe from Lijiang. Subsequently, with no real expectations of doing any exploring, while looking around the streets of this delightful ancient village we came across this place. The first sign of abandonment was the large number of decrepit Chinese lanterns at street level. Then, on climbing a staircase up to the next level we were confronted by an almost temple-like complex of wooden buildings, most of which were unoccupied/abandoned. It’s hard to say how old the complex is or what exactly what it was and I’ve looked on the net and can find absolutely nothing about it. However, it appears that this was some sort of craft village/small business centre that has fallen on tough times (maybe during COVID) and all of the business and shops have vacated this floor of the complex. It made for a nice half-an-hour relaxed mooch and was also extremely photogenic.
3. The Pictures
Street level:
And up a level we go:
What a stunning place:
With so much lovely carved wooden panelling:
And broken lanterns:
One of the former business’s signs:
This was the largest unit – completely empty:
Next to this much small place:
A large, vacated unit with a few bits and bobs in:
This one had quite a bit of stuff left in it:
The floor was starting to go in this one:
Yet more small units:
These two were vacant units at street level. The first looks like some tea-themed shop:
That’s all folks!
