Yanggao Great Wall

In Yanggao County, the Great Wall is always south by west, passing through zhenmenpu from the 19th pier. After passing Mt. Hutou and Mt. papilla to shoukoupu, we continue to pass zhenhongbao westward, pass Changcheng township to zhenbianbao, and then go westward to Yanggao to enter the jurisdiction of Datong City.

Yanggao Great Wall

In Yanggao County, Shanxi Province, the Great Wall is always south by west, passing through zhenmenpu from the 19th pier. After passing Mt. Hutou and Mt. papilla to shoukoupu, we continue to pass zhenhongbao westward, pass Changcheng township to zhenbianbao, and then go westward to Yanggao to enter the jurisdiction of Datong City.

Location overview

Yanggao County, the ancient Great Wall, all along the hillside or flat construction, brick buildings and loess rammed piers and abutments are more dense, a total of 119. There are many piers and abutments on the high mountains on both sides of zhenmenbao pass, on the top of shuanglonggoukou pass and on the top of the mountain outside the Great Wall near shoukoupu pass and zhenbianbao pass for defense. These piers and abutments still exist today.

Site trend

After the Great Wall entered Yanggao County, it went from the 19th pier to zhenmenpu through the 7th and 5th piers. Seven pier, five pier near the village, loess rammed city wall, man-made damage is almost exhausted. Zhenmen fort, according to the "San Yun Chou Zu Kao", was set up in the 25th year of Jiajing period of Ming Dynasty and in the 6th year of Longqing period. On Tuesday, the city was 160 feet and 5 feet high. During the Ming Dynasty, garrison garrisons were stationed here, with 13 li of the great wall and 21 side piers. Today, there is a dirt road leading to tractors from zhenmenpu along the valley, which leads northward to Inner Mongolia. The castle has been demolished.

The Great Wall is still rammed with loess from zhenmenpu to shoukoupu through Pingshan, Hutou mountain and papilla mountain. This section of the ancient Great Wall is the most seriously damaged in Yanggao County, especially in Pingshan and papilla mountain villages. The city walls of several miles on both sides of the East and West, together with the tall and solid enemy towers, have no traces of piers and abutments. It is understood that most of them were destroyed by the peasants digging the Great Wall in the 1970s. Today, digging the Great Wall for soil is still happening. The new pump house wall in Xietun village, sunrenbao township was plastered with the great wall soil. According to the local villagers, the original brick building on the west slope of Hutoushan village is only a rammed earth platform.

Field attractions

Garrison. Shoukou fort was built in the 25th year of Jiajing reign of Ming Dynasty (1546 A.D.) and bricked in the 6th year of Longqing reign (1572 A.D.). The city is 220 feet high and three feet high. There is only one gate in the east of the city.

During the Ming Dynasty, garrisons were stationed here, with 13 li of the Great Wall, 23 side piers and four fire road piers. According to historical records, during the reign of emperor Longqing of the Ming Dynasty, the Anda Khan department was involved in the crime, which made the whole town of Datong in a state of emergency. Now the castle is destroyed.

The town side fort. From Zhenhong fort to Zhenbian fort, the Great Wall is mostly destroyed by nature and man-made activities. The remnant height of the Great Wall ranges from two to five meters. Although the overall survival, but no earlier than the momentum of Kao Da Xiong Zhuang. According to the research on Sanyun chouzu, Zhenbian castle was not a castle where the officials set up soldiers. Jiajing eighteen years (AD 1539) more build this city, to guard in, and to the town side Fort name. Wanli 11 years (AD 1583) brick package. On Wednesday, the city is 80 feet high and four feet high. Now the castle is destroyed. During the Ming Dynasty, zhenbianbao was divided into 21 li of the Great Wall, 30 biandun and 6 huoludun.

The Great Wall is about eight Li to the West from the town side fort, leaving Yanggao and entering Datong City. This section of loess rammed wall of the Great Wall is relatively complete. The ancient Great Wall was about 100 li long in Yanggao County. All the brick buildings were demolished, only a few of them were surrounded by broken bricks and stones. The remaining walls of the Loess rammed Great Wall in the county are about three meters high and two meters wide on average.

Address: Changcheng Township, shoukoubu, sophomore and sophomore village, Yanggao County

Longitude: 113.7476348877

Latitude: 40.350730565918

Chinese PinYin : Yang Gao Zhang Cheng