Tang Wangcheng

The Tang Dynasty King City is the ruins of the Tang Dynasty weitouzhou City, which is called "tuokuzi sareyi" by the local minorities. It was built in 206 BC, with a history of about 2200 years. The ancient city is located more than 60 kilometers northeast of Bachu County on the east side of the north mountain at the south end of dairewazitage mountain (Damen mountain). The city wall is made of clay and stone, which is divided into inner city, outer city and big outer city. There are two gates in the north and south, and the wall of the great outer city has been weathered into a soil beam. The northeast of the city extends to Tangwang village about two kilometers away (now the residence of the 51st regiment of the third agricultural division). As an important ancient city site on the middle road of the ancient Silk Road in Xinjiang, Tangwang city has high archaeological value and is listed as a key cultural relic protection unit in the autonomous region.

Tang Wangcheng

The Tang Dynasty King City is the site of the Tang Dynasty weitouzhou City, which is called "tuokuzisalai" in Uighur language. It was built in 206 BC, with a history of about 2200 years. The ancient city is located more than 10 kilometers north of Tumushuke City, on the east side of the north mountain at the south end of dairewazitage mountain (Damen mountain). The city wall is made of clay and stone, which is divided into inner city, outer city and big outer city. There are two gates in the north and south, and the wall of the great outer city has been weathered into a soil beam. The northeast of the city extends to Tangwang village about two kilometers away (now the residence of the 51st regiment of tumushuk City, the third division).

As an important ancient city site on the middle road of the ancient Silk Road in Xinjiang, Tangwang city has high archaeological value and is listed as a key cultural relic protection unit in the autonomous region.

brief introduction

Tang Wangcheng is the site of Weitou city in Tang Dynasty. It is called "tuokuzisalai" in Uighur language. Translated into Chinese, it means nine post stations or nine beacon towers. In fact, it is a general term for nine cities. Now we can see that there are only three cities, each with a distance of tens of kilometers. Two of them stand opposite each other. They are just the upper reaches of Tarim River, the mother river of the people in southern Xinjiang, and the old river course of Yeerqiang River, which originates from Kunlun mountain. We can imagine how broad and happy the river was at that time. When several people's reservoirs were formed, the Ye River, which should have flowed into the Tahe River, stopped flowing here. Of course, the nine post stations are gradually buried in the dust of history with the passage of time.

scenic spot

The site of weitouzhou city in Tang Dynasty, which is called "tuokuzisalai" in Uighur language, was built in 206 BC with a history of about 2200 years. The ancient city is located on the east side of the north mountain at the south end of the mountain pass of 51 regiment rewazitage (Damen mountain) in Tumushuke City, covering an area of several square kilometers. The city wall is made of clay and stone, which is divided into inner city, outer city and big outer city. The inner city is 756 meters long from the hillside to the top of the mountain; the outer city is 1008 meters long from the inner city to the top of the mountain; the big outer city is 1668 meters long from the outer city to the nanshangen. On the hillside and the top of the mountain, there are the ruins of the city wall with the north and South gates built by adobe. There is a gate in the north and south, and the wall of the outer city has been weathered into a soil beam. The northeast of the city extends to Tangwang village about two kilometers away. Archaeologists have excavated more than 4000 cultural relics, including clay Buddha head, silk, pottery and coins. As an important ancient city site on the middle road of the ancient Silk Road in Xinjiang, Tangwang city has high archaeological value and is listed as a key cultural relic protection unit in the autonomous region.

In Tumushuke reclamation area, there are many ancient city sites, which can be roughly divided into three large areas. The first is tuokuzisaraiyi at the foot of Tumushuke mountain; the second is the site in the desert near xiaheying of the fifty regiment in the reclamation area; the third is the city site 50 kilometers away from the fifty first regiment in the reclamation area. Which city site is the king of Tang Dynasty has not been confirmed.

Tang Wangcheng is very famous in history. Tang Xuanzang passed by the city when he went to the west to collect Buddhist scriptures. It has been recorded that Hinayana Buddhism was promoted in the Tang Dynasty. There were many monks, and there were many Buddhist events. According to the records of literature and history, in the second century BC, Tang Wangcheng was the Weitou state of 36 states in the western regions. Later, it was the dividing line between the ancient kuizi state and the ancient Shule state. It was a military fortress by mountains and rivers. In the Tang Dynasty, the land reclamation was unprecedented and the children who believed in Buddhism flourished here.

The destruction of the Tang Dynasty is still a mystery. Around the 10th century, the records of the city of the Tang Dynasty suddenly disappeared from the historical books. It is said that it is due to the change of rivers and the daily withering of forests.

history

In March 1845, the national hero Lin Zexu "drove the Uighur horse in the wasteland for a long time, startled the sand and patted manhuying in disorder". He followed the Tumushuke mountain to explore the eight cities in southern Xinjiang along the ancient river course of the Yeerqiang River, and "had a rest for three days in case of strong wind" in Tumushuke. At this time, the prosperity and glory of the Tang Dynasty imperial city had already disappeared, leaving Lin Zexu with only "the madness of the wind, and it's hard for him to sleep if he wants to pull out the felt cottage", "the withered reed is still higher than people, and there are wild animals along the way", "flying mosquitoes and fleas are extremely disturbing". But he still said to the court: "if the sunning canal is used as a diversion channel, the officials are stationed in the government, and the farming people are paid to defend the border, the number of defense troops can be reduced, and the border defense will be strengthened." He sincerely hoped that "but the period of embroidery ridge into thousands of hectares.". It is today's Xinjiang production and Construction Corps people in Tumushuke who realize Lin Zexu's wish. They opened a new page of history with their hands and sweat. Today, Li Kai, an old man who devoted his whole life to the study of the history of Tumushuke, climbs up the mountain beside the ruins of the ancient city of tuokuzisalaiyi, where he witnessed the history. His passion is hard to restrain. His poem blurts out: "Tumushuke rises from the new city, remembers Lin gongfeng's driving; the wind and sand are long, so why should he be afraid? The dream of embroidering ridges has come true."

Suitable tourism mode

Pilgrimage, archaeology, rafting, rock climbing, hiking, exploration, photography, cross-country, sand skiing

traffic

You can get there by bus from tumushuk or 51st regiment.

get accommodation

Can live in tumushuk

delicious food

There are guanmianfei, Guanmi sausage, roasted steamed buns, roasted whole sheep, roasted mutton kebabs, roasted fish, ramen, Nang, nangkeng barbecue, ququ, youtazi, pilaf, etc.

Special recommendation

There are many cultural relics there. A large number of Buddhist works have been transported to Paris

There are 12 ancient cities and historic sites (Han, Tang, Qing), sleeping "Princess Yeerqiang", 3 Buddhist temple sites (Tang), 1 Manichaeism Temple site, 1 Millennium Saizhong ancient tomb group, 4 Islamic sage Maza culture group, etc.

Ecological reserves include: Huangyang reserve, wetland reserve and Honghai bird reserve.

Geological landscapes include: qicaishan tianmendong Grand Canyon, qishigou, jiupalace, fossil mountain, Yanshan, Heishan agate beach, horseshoe mountain, the king of Populus euphratica, the disappearing Beier lake and the largest contiguous virgin Populus euphratica forest in the world.

Address: more than 60 kilometers northeast of Bachu County, on the east side of Beishan Mountain, the south end of dairewazitage mountain (Damen mountain)

Longitude: 78.711548

Latitude: 40.012891

Chinese PinYin : Tang Wang Cheng