Xixia Palace Site

Xixia Palace Site

According to the archaeological identification of Ningxia Museum, the site is located on both sides of Dashuigou, 45 km southwest of Pingluo County, about 4 km long from north to south. Along the 110 national highway, go north to shangmiao Township, Pingluo County, and go up along the West intersection to Dashuigou entrance of Helan Mountain. On the right side of the gully, there is an earth built platform 66 meters high and 133.2 meters wide at the bottom, which is called "Mu Guiying's commanding platform" by local people. According to experts, it is the liyuanhao Palace site in Xixia period. Under the site, a lot of Xixia hoard coins and a large number of Xixia bricks and tiles were unearthed. One kilometer away from the pass is the well preserved Ming Great Wall. Three kilometers away, there is an ancient temple site.

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Rock paintings left by ancient nomads have been found in many places around shangmiao. The mountain springs in Goukou are continuous all the year round. The mountains on both sides are steep. The trees in the mountains are lush and the air is fresh. It is a good place for outing and mountaineering. According to Xixia Shushi, in May of 1047, the first emperor of Xixia named Yuanhao married Prince Ning Lingge. Because of his beautiful son and wife, he accepted himself as the new queen. He built a Li palace in the east of Dashuigou in Helan Mountain. The pavilion was more than ten feet high. He had a banquet with his concubines.

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There are dozens of building platforms on the site of Ligong in the Western Xia Dynasty. There are more than ten building platforms on the south side of the gully. The largest platform is more than 100 meters long, 70 meters wide in front and back, about 12 meters above the ground. The smallest platform is more than 20 meters long, 10 meters wide in front and back, 8 meters above the ground. The other platforms vary in height, about 5-15 meters. There are three groups of building platforms on the north side of the gully: the first group consists of upper and lower floors, with the lower floor nearly 100 meters long from north to South and 30 meters higher than the ground; the second group is located in the north of the first group of platforms, built on the hillside 200 meters long along the mountain, which is divided into four layers from bottom to top, with the top layer about 100 meters higher than the ground and the width of each layer more than 60 meters; the third group of building platforms is located in the northeast of the second group Three building platforms were built more than 500 meters along the hillside. The back end of the platform is to cut off the hillside and form a right angle with the platform, the front end is to build a straight wall with stones, and the platform is built with stone steps on both sides or in the middle. On the platform and nearby, there are a large number of building debris of the Xixia period, such as glass bricks, stones, tiles and dripping water. Coins of Xixia and Song Dynasty were also unearthed here.

Restoration and reconstruction

It is reported that the feasibility project development and construction plan of Xixia palace has passed the special demonstration of the expert group hired by the Tourism Bureau of Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region on the 28th, which means that Xixia palace, the largest tourism development project in Ningxia built on the site, will stand in Helan Mountain in the near future.

According to historical records, Li Yuanhao of the Xixia Dynasty wanted to take the Maiyi family as the prince's wife. Because of his love for her beauty, he married himself and was granted the title of "new Queen". He successively built palaces in Tiandu mountain and Xingqing palace to have fun with the Maiyi family. Later, he forced tens of thousands of Dingfu to build separate palaces at the eastern foot of Helan Mountain, with a range of tens of miles. Among the palaces in Helan Mountain, dashuikou is the largest. The palace is built on the terraces on both sides of the pass, stretching 4 kilometers from north to south. It is about 50 meters high, with compact layout, natural style and magnificent. In 1227, after Genghis Khan, the Mongolian tribe, destroyed Xixia, the civilization and architecture of Xixia were destroyed. In the 1970s, the Ligong site was built as the living area of the northwest bearing factory. With the relocation of people living here at the end of the 20th century, the Xixia Ligong site once again became a ruin.

In recent years, Wang Aiqing, a private entrepreneur who built a motorcycle rally competition field in dashuigoukou and held the national Jialing Motorcycle rally here twice in a row, saw the opportunity of the tourism developer of the Xixia Palace site in dashuigoukou. He lobbied many times in Pingluo County, Shizuishan City and the Tourism Bureau of Ningxia District, and finally led the competent government departments to come forward and complete the development of the West China Palace The demonstration of Xia Li Gong project.

According to the plan, Xixia palace is bounded by dashuigoukou, which is located in Pingluo County. The palace has 11 scenic spots and landscape corridors, including entrance area, Xixia imperial village, Xixia agricultural garden, Xixia military village, Palace site, earth art, landscape real estate, wasteland oasis, Xixia Buddhist temple, Xixia palace and Xixia paddock. The planning landscape will be built according to historical records. Li Yuanhao once built a Keyi gate in Xixia kingdom. The Keyi gate is located at the entrance of lishuigoukou site. It is planned to build a super large columnar gate with peculiar shape by using Gobi pebbles and Helan mountain stone. The gate is 40 meters wide. The stone column is engraved with "Keyi gate of Xixia Kingdom" in Chinese and Xixia. Xixia imperial manor is a representation of the Royal Manor directly managed by the royal family of Dangxiang in Xixia. The scenes of production, hoarding, troops and grain in the park include the farm, Fanshi street, Guoxue hall, Yucang, Guoguan cellar, Tongji prison (Mint), fanyue hall, Wensi courtyard, Sizhu courtyard, brick kiln site, sacrificial platform, tombs and environmental construction. Xixia farm is an extension of Yuzhuang Dangxiang customs area, which reproduces Dangxiang people's old appearance of "clothing, animal husbandry, and Tibetan nature". The Xixia military stronghold is built by using the alluvial fan Gobi desert in dashuikou, including three garrison military strongholds, moat, Yinma beach, Dianjiang platform, martial arts performance field, horse racing field, archery field, throwing platform, Bagua maze array, military pigeon garden and barracks entertainment field. According to historical records, Dashuigou palace area was once the garrison site of keyimen, the Shunjun division of the Youxiang Dynasty in the Xixia period. The equipment of the Xixia army, including tents, bows and arrows, horses, guns and various weapons, were also garrisoned here. The Xixia soldiers were good at riding and shooting. They were not good at swords and guns. Cavalry was the main force. In every battle, cavalry would break in and infantry would follow up. Xixia military stronghold was also built according to these characteristics of Xixia soldiers. The Ligong site is the most important core landscape of the whole Xixia Ligong project. The planning plans to design the three building platforms of the former Li Palace on the north side of Dashuigou according to the original ruins landscape, such as partial collapse and partial ruins. Through the ruins and ruins, we can reflect the sadness of history and show the magnificent buildings of the former Li palace in the heyday of the western Xia Dynasty. According to the situation of the mountain, the site skillfully deals with the relationship between man and land, and is separated from other functional areas by forest belts. It makes good use of the rich mountain stream water resources and trees to make a good waterscape of the palace. This scenic area includes the site of Li Gong architectural complex, Li Gong courtyard site, Genghis Khan memorial tablet, Li Gong garden, Jing ancestral temple, etc. Its landmark buildings include the 200 meter high large landmark building on the top of the abrupt hill with the theme of miaoyingniao, the mascot of Xixia Culture; the 20 meter high "Helan Mountain Que" built by Helan mountain stone at the mouth of Dashuigou, where visitors will find and worship the words "driving a long car to break through the Helan Mountain Que" in Yue Fei's "Manjianghong" Where is the point. The two pagodas are decorated with Xixia patterns, and the words "Helan Mountain pagoda" are written in Xixia and Chinese. Another landmark landscape in the ruins of Li palace is Jing ancestral hall. In memory of Li Yuanhao, the founding emperor of the great Xia state, the Xixia kingdom once built a ancestral hall of Li Yuanhao in Dashuigou palace, which is known as "the ancestral hall of King Hao". According to historical records, after Li Yuanhao declared himself Emperor in October 1038, he defeated the song army with great talent and bravery. After 10 years in office, he laid the foundation for 190 years of Daxia kingdom. After ten emperors, he made immortal contributions to Xixia cultural construction. The ancestral hall was built between the site of chaoshunjun and the site of Ligong. It is a high platform with a height of 10 meters and an area of 200 square meters. The platform is surrounded by a guardrail, which is called "Shouming platform". It is the place where Li Yuanhao built the altar to accept the imperial throne. On the platform, there is a ancestral hall on Xieshan mountain, covered with yellow glazed tiles and 5 rooms wide. The plaque on the door is engraved with "Xiajing ancestral hall". There is a statue of Li Yuanhao in the temple, a mural depicting the story of Li Yuanhao is painted on the four walls, and a notice stone tablet and a large incense burner are built in front of the temple. In addition, the Xixia Palace also built earth art, among which the Helan Mountain historical celebrity Park and Gobi pebble sculpture plastic art city are the most distinctive. Others, such as landscape real estate, wasteland oasis, Xixia Buddhist temple, Xixia palace, Xixia paddock, landscape corridor, etc., are like green leaves accompanying red flowers, making Xixia palace a complete representation of the glory of Xixia state and Xixia Culture in history Huang.

As an important part of Xixia Culture, Xixia palace is located in Helan Mountain National Nature Reserve; relying on Helan Mountain, a famous mountain in Saishang; making full use of Helan fold geological landscape, an earth gallery with aesthetic value and ornamental value; excavating and displaying the lost Xixia civilization with great mystery and attraction; in the open, desolate and tourist areas The unique Xixia Culture is outlined on the powerful Gobi desert, and its tourism development and development prospects are optimistic by the experts of the demonstration group. The overall image of Xixia's leaving palace is defined as "the dead Xixia's leaving palace, the living Xixia Dynasty". The project is planned to be developed and constructed in three phases from 2004 to 2015 and completed in 12 years.

Address: Dashuigou Town, Pingluo County, Shizuishan City

Longitude: 106.1895904541

Latitude: 38.875999450684

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