The beautiful and pleasant village of Masouleh is located 55 km from Rasht in Gilan province, a city called Masuleh. Masuleh is located 32 km southwest of Fooman city and is limited to Khalkhal from the west, to Masal from the north and to Tarom from the south. The first and oldest people of this city have been that most of its buildings are displayed with wall stones. In this area, pottery with various colors on which the characteristics of the Seljuk period were engraved were discovered. The relatively watery river next to which Masouleh is located is called Masouleh Rudkhan. It is formed by the confluence of the upper tributaries of this river. There is a beautiful waterfall right next to Masouleh. As you know, Masouleh is located in a mountainous area and has peaks. Shah Moallem peak with 3050 meters height is one of the highest peaks in this region.
Some people believe that in the third century AH. AH “Aqasid Jamal al-Din Ashraf” escaped from Tarom, “Aoun bin Muhammad bin Ali” one of his wounded companions came to this area. After the burial of Aoun ibn Muhammad ibn Ali in this place, the shepherds gradually gathered around his tomb and over time, buildings and houses were built there and gradually Masuleh was formed.
Others attribute the origin of this city based on the linear history of the seeker “Saluk Moallem” to two seekers of the seeker named “Ain Ali” and “Zain Ali” who invited people to Islam and believe that people He converted to them and after that their tomb became a shrine for the people. Masouleh was under the control of the army during the reign of Fath Ali Shah and made bullets for the Iranian artillery.
The traditional architecture and composition of Masouleh houses is what attracts the attention of domestic tourists today more than anything else. You should know that Masouleh houses are on two floors. The house consists of two parts in total.
Winter part, The winter part of the house is known as Sumeh in the local language.
At the back of the house is a small room that does not have much light. Third, there is only one point of light in it, which is called Loon. Used niches around the room, on which various porcelain and copper utensils are placed.
The summer part or the so-called counter room has wooden and upholstered windows. These windows have geometric porcelain knots and are decorated with beautiful and colored glass. In addition to the counters in some houses, there is a room on the roof of the house, which is called “tower” in the local language. The characteristic of this room is that it is used only in summer. In the counter room, side niches can be seen, the roof of each house is built in a mountainous slope, and the front part of the house dominates the back.
The door frames of houses and roofs are used as sidewalks in each pair. During Zandieh’s rule, the architectural texture of Masouleh was formed and small streets and many stairs did not allow motorcycles to pass. The beauties and special form of Masouleh architecture are summarized in one sentence: the roof of the lower building is the upper courtyard of the house, which this architectural form can be compared to Oramant of Kurdistan.
The color of most buildings in Masouleh is yellow, that is why houses look better in the fog, as Masouleh spends about a third of the year in the fog. Older houses are made of a combination of stone and wood, though the exterior of old buildings can retain its traditional pattern, but these buildings will disappear one by one and be replaced by concrete buildings with iron roofs.
For this reason, we try to preserve the exterior of old buildings, which give wooden and double doors and windows a special and special beauty to Masouleh, and the tasteful residents of Masouleh decorate and decorate this wooden frame with geranium vases in a proper way. .
There are more than 350 residential units in Masouleh, which was 600 600 years ago. The existence of more than 120 commercial units in the area of Masouleh Bazaar, more than 4 caravanserais, 2 treasury baths, more than 33 public (blood) springs, 10 mosques and 5 Imamzadeh shows the prosperity of this town.
Most of the people of Masouleh are Talesh and have a Twelver Shiite religion. The existence of numerous shrines in the whole region and some architectural similarities with Mehri and Manichaean temples also show their historical and religious influence.
At least from the 8th and 9th centuries AH onwards, the name of the city of Masouleh is used in the same way as it is now, which some consider it to be derived from the name of a mountain next to the village of Masouleh called Mah Salar, and they believe that this region is called Masal
In other words, the word Masuleh is composed of two parts, “Mas” and “Ole”. The first part in Iranian cultures means mountain and obstacle and the second part also means height, that in combination with “ha” is reduced to the meaning of “like”. Therefore, Masuleh can be defined as “high mountain” and “mountain Anand”. Based on Sanskrit and Middle Persian languages, it has also been meant as “small moon” or “land of the small moon”.
Summer in Masuleh with mild weather and winter in this region is very cold, in this region more than a month of severe frost is experienced and on most days the clouds and foggy weather doubles the beauty of Masuleh. The reason for snowfall and heavy rain is the relatively high humidity in the region. This humidity may not be annoying due to the cold weather.
Due to the fact that Masouleh is located in the past communication cloud and because of having eight caravanserais, it can be clearly understood that the work and occupation of the people of Masouleh has been exchanged and traded. It used to be common but now it is completely gone. Now the economy of Masouleh depends on the presence of tourists.
It is time to introduce the traditional food of Masouleh called Mirza Ghasemi Mirza Ghasemi is one of the delicious dishes that is cooked in northern Iran for Shohreh Masouleh. This food dates back to 1860 AD and the return of Qasim Khan Wali from St. Petersburg.
Masouleh handicrafts and souvenirs
Masouleh souvenirs include rugs, kilims, shawls and socks, wood and metal industries, local clothes and sweets, small dolls woven with yarn, gloves and blankets (cotton socks), cotton and wool, Bath towels, stockings and socks, woolen hats and. . . .
The Anthropological Museum of Masouleh was established at the entrance of the historic city of Masouleh. Inside the Masouleh Museum, a collection of objects related to the culture of the Masouleh people is displayed in three sections. The first part is the documents and tools related to the last hundred years in and around the Masouleh region.
The second part and the tools related to the last two centuries are the Masouleh region and the surrounding villages, and the third part is the tools of the last 14 centuries. Leather and paper and… is.
Kousham waterfall is one of the waterfalls that is located at the end of Masouleh forest valley and in the heights of this region and its height reaches about 30 meters. The access route to this waterfall is with a gentle slope and along the river and in the opposite direction of water flow After about an hour of hiking and passing through several other small waterfalls, at the end of the gorge, a stone wall can be seen from which water falls from the top to the bottom.
Masuleh Market
The bazaar of every city and village is one of the first places that one wants to visit. So far we have known that Masouleh is one of the most touristic cities. Although climbing the stairs and walking in the back alleys of this city is attractive enough, we also visit the Chi Bazaar of this city, where the villagers sell their constructions and knitwear or the colorful jams and pickles they make at home.
So far we know that Masouleh is one of the most touristic cities, although climbing the stairs and walking in the back alleys of this city is attractive enough, but we suggest you visit the Chi Bazaar of this city where the villagers build and knit or they sell colorful jams and pickles that they make at home.
Masouleh Forest Park
Masouleh Forest Park is another beautiful and pristine place in this city. The cool and clean air of this forest park will delight everyone. This park is located in ﻏﺮb ﻓﻮﻣﻦ and 35. And with an area of 2400 hectares is one of the largest parks in this area. The park is 800% of the 5 valleys and its height is 1800%.
