聂市古镇位于湖南省临湘市中北部,地处长安河(又称聂市河、沅潭河)注入黄盖湖的入口处。聂市因水兴镇、以茶得利,拥有山、水、城融为一体的独特格局和空间形态,是中国古代城镇规划与建设的典范。聂市古镇距今有一千八百年的历史,明弘治《岳州府志》、清康熙《临湘县志》皆有考证。近代史上商业繁荣时期,制茶业鼎盛发展,聂市成为“茶马古道”和“晋商万里茶路”南方的一大起点,并获得“小汉口”之称。聂市作为历史悠久,名人辈出的江南古镇,其重商崇文的传统理念,中西交融的包容思想,三国传承的民俗文化,都是江南地域文化的典型体现和物化写照,具有很高的历史价值。近几年,聂市古镇按照“保护为主、抢救第一、合理利用、科学管理”的原则,坚持政府强力推进, Nie City, located in the ancient town of Linxiang City, Hunan Province, north-central, is located in Chang’an River (also known as Nie City River, Yuan Tan River) into the entrance of Huang Gai Lake. Nie City, due to the town of water, to tea profit, with mountains, water, city unique combination of space and shape, is China’s ancient town planning and construction of a model. The ancient town of Nie has a history of one thousand eight hundred years ago, Ming Hongzhi “Yuezhou Fuzhi”, Qing Kangxi “Linxiang County” Jieyou textual research. During the period of commercial prosperity in modern history, the tea industry flourished and Nie City became a major starting point for the “Ancient Tea Horse Road” and “Jin Shang Wan Li Cha Road” in the south and was named “Little Hankou”. Nie City, as a historic town with many famous people, its traditional concept of Chongwenmen, inclusive thought of Chinese and Western cultures, and folk culture inherited from the Three Kingdoms, are typical examples of Jiangnan regional culture and have a high historical value . In recent years, Nie City, according to the ancient town of “protection, rescue first, rational use, scientific management ” principle, adhere to the government to promote,