Warm spring ancient town

Wenquan ancient town, located in the west of Yuxian County, is named for its warm water all year round. Today's Nuanquan ancient town has become a "famous historical and cultural town in China" and a "national AAA scenic spot", with springs, markets, ancient buildings and folk culture as its characteristics. The ancient town was built in the Yuan Dynasty and expanded into "Sanbao, Liuxiang and shibazhuang" in scale between the Ming and Qing Dynasties. It was once a necessary place for Shanxi businessmen to do business in Zhangjiakou and the north area. It was also a transportation hub and business center in the west of Yuxian County. The long history has left warm spring academy, Sanbao (West castle, North official castle, middle and small castle), Huayan Temple and other ancient buildings with great research value. The folk cultural tradition here has a long history. The traditional activity of "beating trees and flowers" of the Han nationality has sprung up in Nuanquan. During the Lantern Festival, the "tree and flower square" in the town always gathers countless local people and tourists who are looking forward to performing. In addition to historical sites and folk culture, the spring water in Nuanquan town can also be called "the wonder of Yu county". In the last nine cold winters, the spring water in the town flows into Huliuhe reservoir for 1.5 kilometers without freezing, which is really eye opening.

Warm spring ancient town

Wenquan ancient town is located in the west of Yuxian County, Hebei Province. It is a famous historical and cultural town in China, and is now a national AAA tourist attraction. The ancient town is known as "warm spring" for its spring water with the same temperature throughout the year. The ancient town has a long history and is famous for its springs, markets, ancient buildings and folk culture. In the Ming and Qing Dynasties, it developed into "three fortresses, six lanes and eighteen villages", reaching a glorious period in the history of the town. In the small warm spring town, the ancestors built three castles, namely Beiguan castle, Xigu castle and Xiaozhong castle, six streets, namely, Pifang lane, Changjia lane, yaosao lane, squire lane, alley and dayoufang lane, and six streets, namely, Fengshui village, shazipo, Yongquan village, Dadi village, Dongxing village, Xixing village, dongzhuanwayao, Xixing village Brick kiln, Xichang village, Huayuan village, Taiping Village, Desheng village, Yong'an village, Yongsheng Village, Fulong village, Fusheng village, Taiping Village (West) and Fuxing Village (many of them have been merged), which shows the dual status of human settlement and military defense of this town. Wenquan ancient town, built in Yuan Dynasty, is stronger than Ming and Qing Dynasties. It is a famous historical and cultural town in China.

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Wenquan ancient town, built in Yuan Dynasty, is stronger than Ming and Qing Dynasties. It is a famous historical and cultural town in China.

Nuanquan ancient town was built in the Yuan Dynasty and developed into "Sanbao, Liuxiang and shibazhuang" in the Ming and Qing Dynasties. Since then, Nuanquan ancient town has become a transportation hub and business center in the west of Yuxian County.

It is recorded in the channel map of Weizhou annals that "in the warm spring Fort 30 miles west of the city, the source of the spring flows from east to west with a stone urn." it is also said that "the water is as clear as a mirror, and it does not freeze in three winters, so it is the cloud." The name of "warm spring" comes from this. The most famous of the two springs is Fengyuan pool water, which flows slowly around the village through the East and West Longkou. In the south of Fengyuan pool is the pavilion Academy. The main building of the academy is a pavilion. The spring water passes through the pavilion from the ground. In front of the pavilion is a flowing well, which is octagonal in stone, so it is called octagonal well. "Water over the pavilions and octagonal wells" is one of the "eight scenic spots" in Yuxian County. The spring water irrigates hundreds of acres of vegetable gardens and rice fields in the south of the town along the open channel around the village, and finally flows into Huliuhe reservoir in the southeast of the town. On a cold day, the spring water flows out for 1.5 kilometers without freezing.

Xigubao is one of the "three fortresses", commonly known as "zhaibao". It is located in the southwest of Nuanquan town. The ancient castle was built in the Jiajing period of Ming Dynasty, expanded and continued in the late Ming and early Qing Dynasty. It is one of the most unique and well preserved examples of the 800 ancient Yuzhou castles, which integrates the four cultural wonders of "ancient folk houses, ancient temples, ancient castles and ancient theatres".

The comprehensive development project of ancient town was launched in 2014

The ancient town scenic spot tourism development project has started. The project will build the ancient town into a leisure and holiday tourism destination based on the construction of national 5A tourist attractions. The initial investment of the project is 250 million yuan, which will be completed before the end of December 2016.

According to the plan, the ancient town will be divided into the Western Castle tour experience area, the East Water Fort leisure experience area, the high platform viewing area, the performing arts experience area, the tourist service center and the entrance image area. The Weng Cheng type tourist service center, the theater Plaza Town God's Temple, the dining hall with high view, the tree flower theater and the landscape axis running through the two central and Western China and the southern border tourism plank road will be built. Eight new sceneries were built, including jiaguotianxia, tieshujinhua, daiwanglangyue, huliuyanbo, Shimen Yingcui, baigongzhiying, jiutiantongshen and Gulei shuhuainuanquan. The completed Nuanquan ancient town will form a cultural tourism and leisure resort area bounded by the central landscape axis, covering the northern leisure resort integrating accommodation, sightseeing and experience, and the southern traditional skills business district integrating shopping, sightseeing and experience.

On September 28, 2015, the first phase of Guzhen scenic area was officially put into operation

In my dream, I don't want to go back to Weizhou. The trees and fireworks are warm and the spring is flying! " On the eve of the national day, the newly-built Shuhua theater in Nuanquan, with a total investment of 120 million yuan and a capacity of 1000 people at the same time, is full of seats. The first panoramic intangible cultural heritage show "the first castle in the world - love of trees and flowers" integrating intangible cultural heritage project in China is performed, marking the formal operation of phase I of Nuanquan ancient town scenic area in Yuxian County. In line with the planning concept of "protecting and repairing the West castle, building and inheriting the East Water Castle" and the tourism planning of "warm spring dream, Yuzhou Millennium", in April 2015, CITIC Industrial Fund signed a tourism cooperation agreement with Yuxian County Government on warm spring ancient town. The total investment of the project is planned to be 5 billion yuan, which will be carried out in three phases. 1、 The second phase investment is 1.16 billion yuan, with a total planning area of 223.33 Mu and five functional areas. In the process of construction, the first glass tower of ancient town in China was newly built. The eaves and platform of the whole tower were made of glass. The glass in different directions showed different colors in the sunlight refraction.

geographical position

Wenquan ancient town is located in the west of Yuxian County, Hebei Province, only 3 kilometers away from the border between Hebei and Shanxi Province. During the Ming and Qing Dynasties, it was a necessary place for Shanxi businessmen to do business in Zhangjiakou and its north.

Main attractions

Warm spring Academy

Warm spring academy, also known as Wang Min Academy. This ingenious academy is the family school of Wang Min, the Secretary architect and craftsman of the Ministry of industry in the Yuan Dynasty. Warm spring academy is the symbol of warm spring ancient culture and the main scenic spot reflecting the charm and garden characteristics of warm spring water town. Among the four academies in Yuzhou, the Academy was built the earliest.

West Castle

As one of the "three fortresses" of Nuanquan ancient town, xigubao is a key cultural relic protection unit in China. It is located in the southwest of Nuanquan ancient town. The West castle is an ancient architectural complex of Ming and Qing Dynasties, which integrates ancient dwellings, temples, castles and theatres. The most important thing is that there are still residents living in the castle, which maintains the traditional folk customs and has a high value of tourism and research.

Huayan Temple

Huayan Temple, a national key cultural relic protection unit, was built in 1399, the 32nd year of Hongwu in Ming Dynasty. It was renamed chongjiao temple during Shunzhi period in the early Qing Dynasty, commonly known as xiahuayan. Now it covers an area of 3400 square meters, with front and back halls from south to north, and East and west auxiliary halls on both sides. The front hall is three rooms wide and three rooms deep, with a single eaves resting on the roof, five steps on the brackets under the eaves, five beams on the beam frame, one step beams on the front and one step beams on the back, and smallpox inside, with exquisite dragon and phoenix patterns.

Lao Jun's view

Laojun temple is located on the north sand mound of the ancient town, belonging to the architecture of Ming and Qing Dynasties. The Taoist temple is located in the north to the south, with the main buildings: theater building, Mountain Gate, front hall (Sanqing Hall), back hall (by the North Pole Palace) and east-west side hall on the north-south axis. Laojunguan Mountain Gate is five beams, hanging mountain style. Inside the gate, there is a wooden wall with a picture of the eight trigrams of heaven and earth. There is a stone lion squatting on each side of the gate. There are rare and exquisite Taoist murals in the main hall of the temple, which are valuable materials for the study of Taoist culture. The whole temple is a simple and elegant ancient building on the central axis of North and south. It has become a beautiful scenery and Taoist temple in the north of warm spring.

Tourism information

Scenic spot tickets

Adult tickets are 120 yuan, open all year round, half price discount for active servicemen, 60-70 years old people and students with valid certificates. Children under 1.2m, disabled people (with disability card) and elderly people over 70 years old (with ID card) are free of charge.

Tickets for tree and flower show

The indoor dashuhua theater "the world's first Castle" is 180 yuan. The performance time is Monday off, from Tuesday to Sunday at 19:00 p.m., and on Saturday and Sunday at 15:00 p.m.

It costs 160 yuan to hit trees outdoors.

Since October 1, 2018, the ticket price will be adjusted to 100 yuan in the peak season.

In 2020, from the end of the epidemic to December 31, 2020 (during the operation time of the scenic spot), medical workers in China can enjoy the free admission policy of the scenic spot by virtue of their doctor or nurse qualification certificate

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Traffic information

Coach

Beijing, Liuliqiao passenger station, a total of about 15 classes a day, to Yuxian long-distance bus station, about 4.5 hours drive, ticket price 65 yuan. Then take the bus No. 819 leading to Nuanquan town in Yuxian City, and the ticket price is 5 yuan. (6:00-19:00 in summer, 7:00-18:00 in winter, about half an hour's drive.)

Self driving

Full speed: Take Beijing Tibet Expressway to Xuanhua County, turn to Xuanda expressway, turn to Zhangshi Expressway towards Yuxian County, go to the east exit of Yuxian County, get off the expressway, go west along Xiaguang line, cross Yuxian County for another 14 km, and reach Nuanquan ancient town. This route is about 280 km from Deshengmen, North 2nd Ring Road to Nuanquan ancient town.

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