Zhangjiakou Jimingyi Ancient City Travel Guide

Scenic spot introduction:

Zhangjiakou Jimingyi Ancient City is the largest existing ancient post station with the most complete functions in the country. It is also a precious relic of China's postal and military posts. It has important historical, artistic and scientific values ​​and is known as a "postal archaeological and confidential archaeological site". "Living Fossil". Jiming Post was originally used to open up a post route for Genghis Khan's western expedition. In the 18th year of Yongle in the Ming Dynasty (AD 1420), it was expanded into the first stop for Dinghuofu to enter the capital. There are 17 Ming and Qing architectural temples in the city, most of which are well preserved. The Ming and Qing murals left in the temples still have colors and lifelike characters. Its unique historical and cultural landscape and postal value have attracted a large number of domestic and foreign visitors and film and television visitors. The playwright has been listed as one of the 100 world endangered cultural heritage sites by the World Monument Conservation Foundation, which shows the high value of his cultural relics.

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Jimingyi Ancient City is located at the foot of Jiming Mountain on the north bank of Yanghe River in Huailai County. It covers an area of ​​22,000 square meters, has a nearly square plane, and a city wall perimeter of 1,891.8 meters. There are four corner platforms evenly distributed around the city wall. There are gates on the east and west sides, with towers and smoke piers outside the city. Five roads in the city crisscross each other, dividing the city into twelve areas of varying sizes. There are existing historical sites such as the Post Office and the Gongguanyuan, and there are 7 temples including Taishan Temple, Wenchang Palace, City God Temple, Dragon Temple, Temple of Wealth, White Guanyin Temple, Yongning Temple, etc. Empress Dowager Cixi and Emperor Guangxu were on their way to Xi'an when they fled to Xi'an. We stayed in the He Family Courtyard where the command post was originally located at Jimingyi.

Scenic spot qualifications:

It is a national 4A-level scenic spot, a national key cultural relic protection unit, and one of the 100 world endangered cultural heritage sites.

Scenic spot features:

Leisure, sightseeing, visiting ancient times, history and culture, religion, historic sites