Guyuan Moon Mountain

Guyuan Moon Mountain

Moon mountain is the highest mountain in Xiji County of Ningxia, located in the northwest of the county, at the junction of Xiji and Haiyuan counties, and northeast of Baicheng township. It belongs to the remaining veins of Quwu mountain, and is named because its shape is similar to the arc moon. The main peak is 2633 meters above sea level. The way up and down the mountain is about seven Li. There is baohegou in the west, so it is also called qilibaoshan.

geographical environment

The moon is bounded by xifengling, the remaining vein of Liupanshan Mountain, in the South and Xihuashan mountain in the northwest, with a northwest southeast trend, about 40 km long and 20 km wide. The mountain is in the shape of a narrow fish ridge, with a gentle slope on both sides, generally between 40 and 60 degrees. Most of its vegetation is herbaceous. There are rare or endangered forages in the world, such as Elymus sibiricus, Elymus nutans, Celosia cristata, Kentucky bluegrass and Medicago sativa. It is the main pasture in Xiji and Haiyuan counties. Hujianao is the birthplace of Hulu river. Zhongwei - Jingning highway passes by.

There are three Neolithic cultural sites in the southern foot of the moon. The exposed area of the site is 500 meters wide from east to west and 2000 meters long from north to south. It is distributed in the East and West slopes of Beizhuang and the playground of Sanshui primary school. The cultural layer is 1-2 meters, and the three layers of ink, yellow and red are alternately covered. A large number of ceramic pieces are scattered on the surface and in the cultural layer. The pottery pieces are made of sand and mud, and the decorative patterns are rope patterns and impressions. In July 1984, a stone axe and a gray pottery pot were unearthed while the school was building a wall. A 13 meter long and 30 cm thick layer of lime soil mixed with a large number of pottery pieces was found. This place has been listed as a cultural relic protection unit at the county level.

On the east side of Zhongjing highway at the south foot of moon mountain, there is a large-scale ancient city site, now named baichengzi. According to textual research, the site was built in 1106, the fifth year of Chongning in the Northern Song Dynasty. It was under the jurisdiction of Xi'an Prefecture at that time, and Longde County in the Jin Dynasty. Later it was renamed baichengzi. The ruins of the city are 800 meters long and 800 meters wide, covering an area of 640000 square meters.

Address: Northwest of Xiji County, Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region

Longitude: 105.62454301227

Latitude: 36.194738140698

Chinese PinYin : Gu Yuan Yue Liang Shan