Xanadu-Shuihongchi Village

Shuihongchi Village is located in the depths of Taihang Mountain at the junction of Henan and Shanxi. This is a unique place, known as "Xanadu". The following are some descriptions of Shuihongchi Village:

1. Location: Shuihongchi Village is located in Li Si Town, Jiyuan City, with an altitude of 1470 meters. It is located at the junction of Henan and Shanxi, surrounded by mountains and covered by strange mountains, just like a city wall, making it a flat land. There is a pool in the center of this flat land. Every rainy season, the pool is full of rainwater for residents to drink all the year round, so this place is named Shuihong Pool.

2. Natural scenery: Panshan Road now leads directly to Shuihongchi Village, which is easy for tourists to reach. The local natural environment is beautiful, and there are a large number of ancient trees, such as big oak trees, with a height of 23 meters and a bust of 3.56 meters, with an average crown 12 meters. It is said that this tree is 500 years old.

3. Historical background: Shuihongchi Village has a profound historical background. 1943 During the victory of the Anti-Japanese War, the anti-Japanese democratic government of Jiyuan County established its armed forces here and established the anti-Japanese base area of Jiyuan. There are some two-story wooden buildings here, which used to be places for the rich, but now some old people live here.

4. Tourism resources: Shuihongchi Village is the highest village in Jiaozuo area, with a unique geographical position. Its development benefits from the integration of traditional residential buildings in Yangcheng, Shanxi and Jiyuan, Henan, which provides reference value for the study of residential buildings in southern Shanxi and northwestern Henan.

To sum up, Shuihongchi Village is a tourist attraction with unique natural scenery and profound historical background.