Hongshanbao

Hongshanbao

Hongshanbao is named for its location in Hongshan area. According to historical records, in ancient times, under the sun's rays, the mountains here were bright red, so they were named "Hongshan" and then falsely called "Hengshan", and "hongshanbao" was also called "hengshanbao" in the old days.

structure

Hongshanbao is a city barrier in the defense system of the Great Wall in Ming Dynasty. It was built in 1503, the 16th year of Hongzhi in Ming Dynasty. It was built by Qin Dan, the Minister of Shaanxi military affairs department. It has been more than 500 years. According to local historical records, "hongshanbao" was originally under the jurisdiction of thousands of households in the spiritual state. It is a square with a side length of 300 meters. It has an east gate and an urn city. The gate opens to the south. The wall is 8 meters high, 7 meters wide at the bottom and 4 meters thick at the top. It was set up according to the defense system of 70 Li city and 30 Li Fort along the great wall of the Ming Dynasty. It is 50 Li from Qingshuiying in the East and 20 Li from Hengcheng in the West.

development history

According to historical records, at the beginning, there were only 102 garrison officers and soldiers. During the reign of emperor Yingzong of the Ming Dynasty (1457-1464), the three tribes of Wala maoliha, aroshu and xueluohu gradually became strong and entered Hetao. In the first year of Chenghua (1465), the three Wara tribes continued to invade Shaanxi and Ningxia. In the ninth year of Chenghua (1473), Wang Yue defeated bochuluo and other departments in Hongyanchi, a spiritual state, forcing them to "cross the river to the north". But the Tatar tribe became stronger and stronger, and the little prince tribe led the people to live in Hetao, which often invaded the frontier fortress and "killed tens of thousands of people", causing serious damage to production. At this time, the defense task along the Great Wall was heavier.

In 1521, Ningxia instructed Shi Yong to expand hongshanbao. The scale of this expansion is larger than before. At that time, the castle was about 380 meters long from north to South and 320 meters long from east to west; the urn was 30 meters long and 20 meters wide. There are 251 troops living in the fort, including one garrison officer and one integrity officer.

Entering the castle, we can see that the original base of the house is still indistinct despite the wind and rain. In the northwest platform of the castle, a large number of broken bricks and building components can be seen. The local guide told us that this should be the residence of the garrison officials. Before it was destroyed, it was a magnificent building.

historical significance

In 2007, Ningxia Institute of archaeology conducted an archaeological investigation and excavation on the northeast corner of hongshanpu and Wengcheng. From the section of Hongshan Fort excavated, we can still clearly see the house base and fire traces of the garrison fort at that time. In addition, we also found stone mill plates, marching pots and other items.

Garrison the border

Defending the border is to strengthen the defense on the Great Wall line.

Prevent autumn

The so-called "anti autumn" is an ancient example of some nomadic nobles in frontier fortresses in history. In autumn, when the horse was fat and the grass was flourishing, they launched a large-scale invasion to the south. At this time, farming in the mainland was in the autumn harvest season. Therefore, from the Sui and Tang Dynasties to the Ming and Qing Dynasties, every autumn, the court had to mobilize a large army to guard the border to protect the people's autumn harvest, which was called "anti autumn". However, some researchers believe that the objective function of "anti autumn" action is not only for defense, but also as a commercial channel in a certain sense. For example, since the tenth year of Jiajing (1531), Wang Qiong built "toudaobian" and implemented "deep ditch and high base", which connected the "Ningyan Avenue" in the Great Wall with the barrier protected traffic Avenue in Northern Shaanxi, thus becoming the "Golden Business Road" for business transportation. On the other hand, post stations were set up at the city barriers from Hengshan to Qingshuiying, 120 Li longer than in the past, which is the only way for the military supply, the delivery of military documents and the exchange of officials in Ningxia town. This, together with "Ningyan Avenue", constitutes the two main traffic lines under the military protection. On the other hand, at that time, when people of all nationalities inside and outside the Great Wall went to and from the "horse market" and "cattle and sheep market" in Qingshuiying for commodity trading and trade, hongshanpu was one of the important passageways.

Film and television shooting

On September 7, 2015, the crew of "Dahua journey to the west 3" came to Shuidonggou hongshanbao for shooting and held a national media visiting ceremony. Zhizunbao played by Han Geng, Zixia fairy played by Tang Yan, Tang Seng played by Wu Jing, and Niu devil played by Zhang Chao all appeared one by one.

Address: 4km east of Shuidonggou Paleolithic cultural site, 33km northeast of Lingwu City, Yinchuan City

Longitude: 106.526833

Latitude: 38.275611

Tel: 0951-5014338

Ticket information: no ticket required. Included in the ticket of Shuidonggou scenic spot.

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