Shilang City

Shilang City

"Kurtu balhassen" in Mongolian is located 2 kilometers north of Shangdu Town, where Zhenglan Banner is located. Founded in the Jin Dynasty, it is named "Huanzhou" because it is the nomadic hometown of Wuhuan. The site is also square, divided into outer city and inner city. The four walls are mostly civil construction, with a circumference of more than 4 kilometers. The ancient city site was listed as a key cultural relic protection unit of the autonomous region in 1987.

history

The local people also call it Silang city. It is said that during the battle between the Northern Song Dynasty and the state of Liao, Yang Silang, a young general of the Song Dynasty, was captured by the state of Liao and was favored by the princess. Empress Xiao of the state of Liao recruited him as his son-in-law and built Silang city. According to historical records, there are two old and new cities in Huanzhou. The old Huanzhou city is 30 kilometers southwest of Shangdu Town, where Zhenglan Banner is located, and the new Huanzhou city is on the south edge of the hills on the North Bank of Shangdu Town, across the river from Shangdu town. In order to fight against the Mongolian cavalry going south, the rulers of Jin Dynasty dug trenches in the northern border area and sent heavy troops to garrison. Along the trench line, they set up three recruitment divisions: Northeast Road, Northwest Road and Southwest Road. The first Huanzhou city was built on the upper reaches of Shangdu River, about 30 kilometers away from Shangdu town.

Shangdu river is the upper reaches of Luanhe River, originated in the mountains of Guyuan County, Hebei Province. This mountain was called Tanshan in Liao Dynasty. To the north of Tanshan is Liangxing, which is the summer resort of the emperor of Liao Dynasty. Shangdu river flows from the south to the north, flows through Huanzhou City, turns to the East, passes through Shangdu and Duolun in Yuan Dynasty, then turns to the South and flows into Luanhe River. It turns a semicircular circle between Huanzhou, Shangdu and Duolun, and forms a vast alluvial plain on both sides of the Strait, thus giving birth to the vast and prosperous jinlianchuan grassland. Fengshui land is naturally loved by everyone, so it has become an active stage for the royal families of Liao, Jin and Yuan Dynasties.

Wan Yanyong of Jin Shizong came here many times to hunt and entertain the tribal leaders. In 1185, Zhao Bingwen, who came here with Jin Shizong, wrote the poem "Jinlian"

A look at the five colors of the golden lotus, leaving the palace full of clouds and dragons;

Han has always been sold out, why rose dew dye thick;

Autumn water bright side Luo socks step, sunset low purple gold Rong;

After hunting in Changyang, we return to the sky. Ten thousand candles are shining down the green peak.

The poem describes the scene of Jin Shizong when he was hunting in jinlianchuan. He went out in the morning and returned in the evening. He traveled while hunting and enjoyed the beautiful scenery of jinlianchuan. However, at that time, the garrison of the Northwest Road recruitment department, that is, the old Huanzhou City, was near the emperor's palace, which was inconvenient. In order to ensure the emperor's safety, the recruiting department of Northwest Road decided to move Huanzhou city 30 kilometers to the north, near jinjiehao, which is today's Shilang city.

years

According to textual research, Huanzhou city was built in 810 A.D., which was granted by the emperor of Jin Dynasty to bureaucrats and was under the jurisdiction of Datong Prefecture in Xijing of Jin Dynasty. It is not only the location of Zhaozhao department in northwest road of Jin Dynasty, but also an important horse ranch in Jin Dynasty. In the early Ming Dynasty, Huanzhou post was set up, known as "the first post in the southwest of Kaiping". It was an important traffic road and military town in Jin, yuan and Ming Dynasties. Huanzhou city faces Shangdu River in the South and hulhu mountain in the north. It is 1052-5 meters long from east to west and about 4 kilometers long around the city. In the northeast corner of the ancient city, there is a square sub City, about 289 or 2 meters from east to west. In the middle and west of the ancient city, as well as in the south of the middle, there is a building base, scattered with many residual bricks and scattered tiles. The tiles are plain, and the back is cloth pattern. The remnant wall is 2-3 meters high and can be seen clearly. There is a parapet on the outside of the city wall, a horse face at equal distance on the wall, and a river around the city between the outer wall and the inner wall. The city wall is rammed with loess, and the outer part of the city wall is covered with stones. The city has unearthed rough gray stone carving faucet, lotus pattern cornerstone and other stone building components, and unearthed gray pattern tiles, coarse porcelain ears, iron axe and so on. The ancient city is well preserved and is an important site of political facilities in Jin Dynasty. The ancient city site was listed as a key cultural relic protection unit of the autonomous region in 1987. Today's Shilang city has been buried in the wilderness, and can only be used for people to express their nostalgia for the past.

traffic

The national highway 207 runs through the whole territory. The Jitong Railway passes through six Sumu in the whole banner and meets the national highway 207 in sangendalai, making it the largest passenger transit station and freight distribution center in Ximeng area, and also the main road for the export of agricultural and livestock products in the whole banner.

Address: Zhenglan Banner, Xilin Gol League

Longitude: 116.00375366211

Latitude: 42.255012512207

Chinese PinYin : Shi Lang Cheng