Huangsiqiao ancient city

Huangsiqiao ancient city was built in the third year of Tang Dynasty (687 A.D.), and it has been transformed and repaired in different generations, forming a magnificent stone city.

Huangsiqiao ancient city

Huangsiqiao ancient city was built in 686 ad

It is the county government of Weiyang in the Tang Dynasty. The ancient city, built entirely of Qingguang stone, covers an area of 2900 square meters. The ancient city wall is 5.6 meters high, 2.9 meters thick and 686 meters long. The city was originally a Tucheng. In 1799, it was built into a stone city, with the government offices such as Dushi and Xunjie. After renovation in song, yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties, a unique stone city was formed. Miao people living inside and outside the ancient city still keep the customs of their ancestors. The local government further developed and renovated it to make it a good place for tourists to visit. When you visit the ancient city, the simple and elegant architectural style and various ethnic customs make people enjoy themselves. Alaying, an important trade town on the border of Hunan, Guizhou and Sichuan, is about one kilometer westward to the famous ancient city of huangsiqiao. This is the best preserved castle in China so far. When you climb to the top of the ancient city, you can see a thousand hectares of fertile land and green water. In the setting sun, the smoke of cooking is continuous, which is a school of pastoral poetry.

brief introduction

Huangsiqiao ancient city is located 24 kilometers to the west of the county. It was called Weiyang city in ancient times. It was built in the second year of Tang Dynasty (686 A.D.), and has a history of more than 1300 years.

In 1700, in order to appease and suppress the ethnic minorities, the imperial court set up the Fenghuang Zhili hall and the yuanyongjing military preparation road. In 1794, the largest Miao uprising in history broke out here. Historians call this uprising a war in the Qing Dynasty, and from then on, the Qing Dynasty began to fall. Huangsiqiao ancient city is a part of the Great Wall in the south, which is the front of the Miao and Han Dynasties. The ancient city is a stone city with bluestone structure. The stones used in the city wall are all of Qingguang huge stones of limestone. The biggest one weighs about 2000 Jin, and the small one weighs more than 1000 Jin. The stone surface is smooth and exquisite. The perimeter of the city wall is 686 meters, 153 meters from east to west, 190 meters from north to south, with a total area of 29070 square meters. The height of the city wall is 5.6 meters, and the thickness is 2.9 meters. The width of the walkway on the city wall is 2.4 meters. There are 300 arrow buttresses and three gates in the East, West and North. In October 1983, huangsiqiao ancient city was listed as a provincial key cultural relics protection unit.

The ancient city is built with bluestone structure. The city wall is 5.6 meters high, 2.9 meters thick, 2.4 meters wide, 153 meters long from east to west, 190 meters long from north to south, 686 meters long from circumference, covering an area of 2900 square meters. The stones used for building the city are all bluestone from limestone, and the small ones are more than 1000 Jin. The stone surface is fine drilled and chiseled, the stone surface is smooth, and the technology is exquisite

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The upper part of the city wall is sawn and chiseled, with 300 arrows and two protruding battery. Standing on the fort, thinking back to that year, there were many swords and halberds beside the arrows, the figures on the fort were floating, and the watchtower on the hill outside the city was full of smoke. It seemed that I could see the shadow of the hand over of swords and swords, and I heard the call of fighting. In a moment, I felt a sense of tragedy.

History of the ancient city

Huangsiqiao ancient city is one of the best preserved castles in China. It was built in 687 A.D. in the third year of chuigong in Tang Dynasty. It was a garrison in ancient times. It was an outpost for the rulers of past dynasties to prevent the Miao people's livelihood from quarrelling. Ma Yuan, the former Fubo general, and Fu kang'an, who shocked Tibet, died here, and the Miao people were forced to go deep into the mountains, with a sharp drop in population.

Characteristics of ancient city

The ancient city is built of bluestone structure. The city wall is 5.6 meters high, 2.9 meters thick and 2.4 meters wide, covering an area of 2900 square meters. The stones used in the construction of the city are all bluestone of limestone. The largest one weighs about 2000 Jin, and the smaller one weighs more than 1000 Jin. During the masonry, the glutinous rice porridge mixed with lime is used as the mortar to fill the joint, so that the hundreds of meters of city wall is integrated and firm.

There are three gates in the ancient city, namely "Heyu gate", "Shicheng gate" and "sunlight gate". All of them are built with tall city buildings of Qing style with a height of more than 10 meters. The roofs of the three city buildings are of Xieshan style. The lower layer is covered with waist eaves, and the upper layer is covered with small green tiles. The upper part of the city wall is sawn and chiseled, with 300 arrows and two protruding battery. Huangsiqiao is the place where Wu Zetian once stayed when she was selected to go to Beijing in Tang Dynasty, which has a deep origin with Wu Zetian.

In the ancient city of huangsiqiao, there is a royal garden, which is said to have been built by Empress Wu Zetian at that time. In the Royal Garden, there are lots of lotus ponds with jagged rocks. There are rocks in the shape of dragons, turtles, swords and Mirs. There was also a stone gap that had to be twisted to get through.

Ancient city tourism

Transportation: take the minibus from tuqiaolong station in Fenghuang county to Ala, the fare is 6 yuan / person, and take the battery car from ala to the gate of huangsiqiao ancient city, the fare is 2 yuan / person.

Admission: 40 yuan, 20% discount for student tickets, and a free Miao tour guide

Protection and development

Five ups and downs of relocation in eight years

Huangsiqiao ancient city was built in Tang Dynasty with a history of more than 1300 years. It is one of the most well preserved ancient stone cities in China. In 1983, it was rated as the provincial key cultural relics protection unit, and in 2006, it was rated as the national key cultural relics protection unit.

In 2001, Fenghuang County entrusted eight scenic spots including huangsiqiao ancient city to Fenghuang Ancient City Tourism Co., Ltd. In 2003, after investigation and argumentation, it was decided to move all the residents out of the city, and restore the original appearance of the ancient Tang city by presenting the original restoration of the official Yamen and barracks in the ancient city.

No one thought that the relocation had been started five times, which not only failed to achieve the goal, but also made the ancient city into a development dilemma.

In 2003, huangsiqiao relocation headquarters was established, and the relocation work started in September of that year. Because some residents are not satisfied with the compensation standard and lack of funds, the relocation work stopped in January 2006.

In March 2007, although the relocation was restarted, the contradictions caused by the relocation became more and more acute. The tourism affairs of huangsiqiao ancient city were seriously affected, and the relocation work stopped again five months later. In view of this, Fenghuang County held an office meeting in huangsiqiao at the end of that year, and decided to suspend tourism operation in huangsiqiao ancient city to ease the contradiction.

In May 2009, the relocation work started for the third time, and it is difficult to continue in just one month.

According to Wang Cuizhen, deputy mayor of alaying Town, the relocation of huangsiqiao ancient city was started twice, and then was forced to stop.

Why can't we move repeatedly

In early 2008, the government of alaying town raised funds to organize representatives of relocated households to visit the ancient city of Pingyao in Shanxi Province and Dali in Yunnan Province to learn about the experience of local people in cooperating with the government in the protection and development of cultural relics. The residents of the ancient city have gradually realized that only when the ancient city is fully protected and developed, can their life be better and better, and can they not waste their deep feelings and responsibilities for the national key protected cultural relics. Residents said that as long as they can get reasonable compensation and resettlement, they are willing to move out of the ancient city.

According to the latest statistics of alaying Town, the relocation of huangsiqiao ancient city involves 6 natural groups, 141 households and 580 people, and 41 households have been relocated. Some of the remaining 100 households have selected sites and built houses outside the ancient city, but have not yet signed an agreement; some have selected sites but have not yet built houses; another 27 households have not yet selected sites. To complete all the relocation work, 62 mu of land will be acquired, 11200 square meters of houses will be built, and the budget will be increased by 35.44 million yuan.

According to Fenghuang Ancient City Tourism Co., Ltd., in the contract signed by the company and Fenghuang county government, the budget for the relocation of huangsiqiao ancient city is 20 million yuan. The first phase investment for the relocation compensation of the company has reached 19.52 million yuan. In addition, the work fund paid to the relocation headquarters is more than 2 million yuan, with a total investment of 21.7 million yuan, but the relocation work still can not be promoted.

The relocation took eight years, and the number of households involved in the relocation also increased compared with 2003. In addition, the company still has to pay the contract fee when the ancient city is closed to the outside world and there is no income. Therefore, it is very difficult to ask Fenghuang Ancient City Tourism Co., Ltd. to add more than 30 million yuan of relocation expenses, and the problem of relocation funds still cannot be solved.

The ancient city is swaying in the wind and rain

After eight years of five ups and downs, the relocation of the ancient city of huangsiqiao is still in a deadlock. The relocation headquarters is dead in name, and the protection of the ancient city is almost deserted.

Since the suspension of business at the end of 2007, the daily protective maintenance of huangsiqiao ancient city is very few. Except for the west gate tower, the east gate and north gate may collapse at any time. Tu Linying, director of the huangsiqiao village committee, told reporters that building materials on city buildings fell off and stones fell to the ground from time to time. In addition, the weeds on the ancient city are more than two meters high. When the climate is dry or firecrackers are set off during festivals, it is very easy to cause fires.

Individual business is also a hidden danger. Due to the great value of the research on the architectural art of ancient castles and the research on the history of Fenghuang ancient city, the ancient city of huangsiqiao has attracted many cultural circles, art lovers and historical researchers long before the rapid development of Fenghuang tourism.

After the suspension of the opening of the scenic spot, there are still sporadic individual tourists coming to travel and sketch. Driven by interests, the residents of the ancient city began to collect tickets from individual tourists. A table in an old house is called "government office", and it is also required to enter by ticket

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