Zhenbeitai

Zhenbeitai is the largest beacon tower of the Great Wall. It is also known as the three wonders of the great wall together with Shanhaiguan and Jiayuguan, and is known as "the first tower of the Great Wall". Zhenbeitai was built in the Ming Dynasty (1607). It is one of the fortresses in the middle of the great wall of the Ming Dynasty. The platform is four stories high. The first floor is the base. There are garrison barracks in the city wall, and some sites still exist. There are moments in the second floor of the cave, which was written by Tu zongjun, governor of Yansui in Ming Dynasty. There was a watchpost on the fourth floor, which collapsed in the late Qing Dynasty. From the top of the platform, you can overlook Yulin City and hongshixia reservoir, with a spectacular view.

Zhenbeitai

Zhenbeitai, a national key cultural relics protection unit. Located in Yulin City, Shaanxi Province, 4 kilometers north of the red peak. Zhenbeitai is one of the most magnificent buildings in the Great Wall Ruins of Ming Dynasty. It is known as "one of the three wonders of the great wall of China" (Shanhaiguan in the East, zhenbeitai in the middle, Jiayuguan in the West) "and" the first one of the great wall of China ". There is a poem saying that "a hard backbone of the Great Wall" is always in the north of the town, "and" when I go on stage and off stage, I play the role of the king and play as soldiers. ". Zhenbeitai, one of the biggest existing fortresses along the ancient Great Wall, is an important part of the Great Wall.

Zhenbeitai is square, with 4 floors and a height of more than 30 meters. The platform is 82 meters long in the north, 76 meters long in the south, 64 meters in the East and 64 meters in the west, covering an area of 5056 square meters.

brief introduction

Zhenbeitai is located in the southwest corner of Gongcheng on Hongshan mountain, 5km north of Yulin City, Shaanxi Province, facing Dongliang across Gongcheng in the East, Dongliang across the Great Wall in the north, laoyemiaoliang across national highway 210 in the west, Shawo in the south, 109 ° 43 ′ 33.9 ″ in the East, 38 ° 28 ′ 08.8 ″ in the north, 1187m in the sea. Yuxi River passes through hongshixia and flows about 1km west of zhenbeitai.

Poplar, pine, cypress, Caragana and other vegetation are planted around the platform. Two hundred meters to the East and four hundred meters to the north are Xinjian team and Qiaotou village, with 50 households and about 200 people.

Zhenbeitai is one of the biggest existing fortresses along the ancient Great Wall.

The platform is square in shape, with a total of 4 floors and a height of more than 30 meters. The platform is 82 meters long in the north, 76 meters long in the south, 64 meters in the East and 64 meters in the west, covering an area of 5056 square meters.

Each layer of the platform is covered with green bricks. The outer side of the platform top of each layer is bricked with crenels about 2 meters high. The upper part of the crenels is provided with a lookout, and the inner and outer sides of the crenels of each layer are connected. The first floor is surrounded by buildings, which are the barracks of the garrison generals in those years, and the base still exists today.

A small square brick city built next to Taipei, the famous tribute city, was the place where Mongolian and Han officials received, discussed and held the tribute ceremony. In 1992, Shaanxi provincial government announced it as a provincial cultural relics protection unit.

history

After the Qin Dynasty destroyed the six states, counties were set up in Yulin and the Great Wall was built. Zhenbeitai Great Wall was one of them. In the early Ming Dynasty, Yansui town moved from Suide to Yulin, and set up cities in Hongshan, Shenmu, Huangfuchuan and other places to the north of Yansui town to trade with Mongolian people.

Since the exchange, Mongolians often wait for the opportunity to go south and plunder property. For the safety of the border city, in 1474, Yu Zijun, governor of Yansui, built the great wall of Yansui town in April on the basis of the great wall of Qin and Sui dynasties. At the same time, in order to cooperate with the trade of Hongshan City, he built Yima City and the tribute city for Mongolian people to control trade. In the 35th year of Wanli (1607), the town of Beitai was built in the South-North of the Great Wall, on the southwest corner of the red mountain, to observe the situation of the enemy and the mutual market.

Zhenbeitai is square in plane and four stories high.

structure

Zhenbei platform, built in 1607, is one of the observation posts of the defense system of the Great Wall. It is one of the fortresses in the middle of the great wall of Ming Dynasty. The platform is square, four stories, with brick and stone outside, rammed earth inside and brick and stone outside. The bottom is large and the top is small. It is built layer by layer, covering a total area of nearly 5000 square meters.

The first floor is the base, 82 meters long in the north, 76 meters long in the south, 64 meters long in the East and West, 320 meters in circumference, and 12 meters in depth. Surrounded by walls, the inner wall is 5.5 meters high, and the outer wall is 10 meters high, with crenels on it. The gate is set on the south side of the east wall, and the stone horse road is set on the southeast side.

The second platform is 16.6 meters high, 130 meters in circumference and 5 meters in depth. There is a Chuandong in the south wall of the second floor, with brick and stone steps leading to the third floor. The stone inscription of "Xiangming" on the banner of the Chuandong and "zhenbeitai" (destroyed) on the North are all written by governor Tu zongjun of Wanli. At present, the word "zhenbeitai" has been inscribed by the contemporary calligrapher Wei Zhongyi. The third floor is 4.1 meters high, 88 meters in circumference and 3 meters in depth.

Taitung has four layers of masonry. The fourth floor is 4.4 meters high and 35.44 meters long. The area of the top platform is 225 square meters, and the depth of each side is 2 meters. In the middle of the building, a square watchpost with brick and wood structure was built, which collapsed in the late Qing Dynasty. Each layer is surrounded by parapets and crenels, and the platform surface is paved with green bricks. In the first layer of the city wall, there are garrison barracks, some of which still exist.

Each floor of the platform has stone steps to climb, and the platform is close to the mountain, tall and straight. From the top of zhenbeitai, you can see Jinsha blue sky, Bicheng reservoir, winding Great Wall, green forest belt and the suburbs of the city.

We can see hongshixia reservoir, the brilliant achievements of desert control - sand botanical garden and desert canal - Xisha canal and Yudong canal; Haizi scenery and lush forest orchards in yupujie desert; beacon tower ruins and fluctuating loess hills of the Qin great wall; and Hongshan City, yimacheng, hongshixia and Yulin ancient city, which are friendly trade between Han and Mongolia in the 16th century.

characteristic

overview

Zhenbeitai is the largest military lookout tower on the Ming Great Wall built by Tu zongjun, governor of Yansui Town, from April 1607 to July of the next year to protect Hongshan City, which is located on the border of the Great Wall. It is known as the first tower of the Great Wall. Up to 2009, it has a history of nearly 400 years.

Zhenbeitai is located three kilometers north of Yulin city. It is a national key cultural relic protection unit. In 2002, Jiang Zemin came to zhenbeitai to see the customs.

Zhenbeitai is located on the top of the red mountain, 4 kilometers north of Yulin City, Shaanxi Province. It is only 2km away from hongshixia and 7km away from Yulin city. It was built in 1067, the 35th year of Wanli in the Ming Dynasty. It is located close to the mountains, dominates the north and south, and locks the main entrance of the Great Wall. It is an important pass and military Observatory in ancient times.

Tainan, inscribed with the word "Xiang Ming", was written by Tu Zongrui, governor of Wanli period. It is one of the observation posts of the defense system of the Great Wall in Ming Dynasty and the fortress of the Great Wall in Northwest China. At the end of the Qing Dynasty, the outpost collapsed. Each layer of Zhenbei platform is covered with brick, and the brick crenels are built on the upper side of each platform, about 2 meters high, and the crenels are built. Now the moss marks are scattered, which is particularly simple and magnificent.

Liu minkuan, governor of Yansui in the Ming Dynasty, governor of the three sides of Shaanxi Province, and right servant of the Ministry of war, visited zhenbeitai and wrote a poem "zhenbeitai" leisurely

An important town in autumn is not for the stage.

Thousands of mountains line up to the sky, and a stream of water comes from the desert.

Xu Pavilion Cui Wei, near the sky que, surrounded by the wall to Wei back.

With high polar eyes, langyanjing, it seems that Xiaoyao Yangyuan nestles up.

Tribute city

On the east side of the North platform of the town is the "tribute city" built in the same period, with a circumference of 668 meters and an area of about 2 hectares. It is a city where Mongolian and Han officials offer tribute, present gifts and negotiate trade. The city and zhenbeitai form a complete building system of Yulin Great Wall.

800 meters southwest of Taiwan, there is the Yima City of the Ming Dynasty, covering an area of about 6.5 hectares. It is a city of free trade between the Mongolian and Han people, and a historical witness of the harmonious coexistence of the Mongolian and Han nationalities.

Yimacheng

During the period of "yimacheng" Hongshan city's Mongolian Han mutual market, Mongolian herdsmen drove cattle, sheep, camels, horses and fur. Han businessmen from all over the world also came to Hongshan city with a large number of cloth, silk, salt, tea, tobacco and wine. There are herds of cattle and sheep, the scale of the account package, the cactus of the camel, the roar of the people, and a lively scene of Mongolian Han trade.

In this regard, Yang Yun, a scholar in the early Qing Dynasty, wrote in "Spring View of zhenbeitai": close the door and go straight to the wasteland. Every day cattle and sheep come to the market. After thousands of miles of spring wind and snow, tourists point out heliantai. Standing at the top of the North platform of the town, people can look around and have a panoramic view of the scenery for tens of miles. Southeast: the forest network of farmland, vertical and horizontal channels, willow line, and the vicissitudes of Yulin ancient city, the sparkling Yuxi River and the new modern city of naxisha buildings; Northwest: the scenery outside the Great Wall, the numerous green hills and sand dunes surrounding the oasis, under the stage: Yima City, Zigong City, Hongshi gorge and Pinghu on the gorge.

Travel

Aviation: Yulin Yuyang airport. There are flights to Xi'an, Beijing, Shanghai, Haikou, Taiyuan, Zhengzhou, Harbin, Lanzhou and other places with convenient transportation.

Highway: the total mileage of the region's highway reaches 18732 kilometers, and there are buses to Xi'an, Yinchuan, Baotou, Taiyuan and other foreign cities, as well as counties and towns in the region every day. If you take Volvo from Tangdu bus station in Xi'an at 8:30 a.m. to Yulin, you can get there at 9 p.m., and the fare is 128 yuan. You can also transfer from Yan'an long distance bus station to Iveco to Yulin. The journey is about 5 hours.

Address: Yuyang District, Yulin City, Shaanxi Province

Longitude: 109.736979

Latitude: 38.339255

Tel: 0912-3821359

Tour time: 2-3

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