Yangloudong Ancient Town
羊楼洞
A brick-tea town at the source of the Ten Thousand-Li Tea Road, its Ming–Qing flagstone street still marked by wheelbarrow ruts. Its tea trade once flourished so greatly that it was called the “Little Hankou.”
From the Ming and Qing dynasties into the Republican era, Yangloudong was Hubei's largest brick-tea distribution hub. Shanxi merchants and Russian traders shipped green brick tea from here along the Ten Thousand-Li Tea Road to Kyakhta and on to Russia, and at its peak the town had some 40,000 residents. The Ming–Qing flagstone street runs about 2 km, its bluestone paving still bearing deep wheelbarrow ruts, flanked by old tea houses and shops. It is a Hubei Provincial Cultural Relics Protection Unit. Nearby sights include Guanyin Spring, the Lei Family Compound, and the 10,000-mu tea plantations. The old street is free to visit; the coordinates are estimated.
Opening hours
All day