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The ancient city of Dukezong is located in the southeast corner of Shangri-La County, Diqing Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, and was built by the Tubo Dynasty in the Tang Dynasty. "Dukezong" is pronounced in Tibetan, meaning "Moonlight City" and "castle built on stone". The ancient city is built on the hillside, and the road surface is paved with stone slabs according to the terrain, with natural ups and downs. Up to now, you can even see the imprint of horseshoes on the stone road, which is a token left by the long-standing caravan.
The architectural layout of the ancient city is like an eight-petal lotus flower, with Moonlight Square in the center surrounded by quaint Tibetan-style wooden houses one after another, where local people live peacefully. On the west side of the square is Daguishan, also known as Guishan Park. On the top of Guishan is the world's largest prayer wheel recorded in the Guinness Book of World Records. It takes three people to turn it together. On Sifang Street on the northwest side of Guishan Park, the Tibetan Guozhuang Dance every night always attracts a large number of tourists to participate in it. If you happen to meet it, you must participate in this joy.
The courtyard on the north side of Moonlight Square is the "Diqing Prefecture Red Army Long March Museum". At the entrance of the museum is the central town hall built in the Qing Dynasty, also known as the Tibetan scripture hall. The architectural style integrates Han, Tibetan, and Naxi, which is of great ornamental value. To the south of the Long March Museum is the Diqing Museum. There are Neolithic cultural relics and Tibetan medicine exhibitions displayed in the museum, so you might as well come here to have a look.
Most of the houses in the ancient city have been converted into inns, restaurants and shops. The shops sell local special Tibetan knives, yak meat, Tibetan decorations, etc. The restaurant meals are mainly Sichuan and Tibetan dishes, yak meat hot pot and butter tea , Zanba, etc. must not be missed. Most of the inns are based on Tibetan characteristics, and the price is slightly more expensive than Xincheng hotels, but the advantage is that they are rich in style and there is an endless flow of people every day.
The Dukezong fire that occurred on January 11, 2014 turned a large area of Tibetan dwellings into ruins, which is a pity. But wandering among them, you can still recognize the glory of the ancient city.
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On January 11, 2014, a fire broke out in the ancient city of Dukezong, causing serious damage to the ancient city. What visitors see may not match the description.
