Old Guangwu City - China Travel

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The old Guangwu City is located at the Baicaokou under the Yanmen Pass, on the south side of the Guangwu Tombs. It is one of the relatively complete ancient cities in Shanxi Province, and it is also a relatively complete ancient city of the Liao Dynasty in my country. According to the "History of Liao Dynasty", the old Guangwu City was first built in Liao and Jin Dynasties, and it was the defensive stronghold in front of Yanmen Pass. Today, there are still ancient city walls built in the Ming and Qing Dynasties in the city.

The city wall is 7.35 meters high, 5 meters wide at the bottom, and 3.4 meters wide at the top. The exterior is all brick, with stone strips as the foundation. Crenels, lookout holes and perforations are placed along the parapet. There are gates on the east, south and west sides of the city wall, but no north gate. Climbing the tower, you can see the ancient Great Wall of Guangwu on the far mountain. On some streets in the city, there are still dents left by the passing of horse-drawn carriages.

There are two tall and lush ancient cypress trees standing in the city. According to research, the ancient cypress trees have a history of more than 800 years. The two cedars, one female and one male, are 4 meters apart, which is also rare in China.

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The scenic spot is not big. It is recommended to visit Yanmen Pass by the way. There is no public transportation here, and most of them are self-driving and chartered cars.
If you come here, you may wish to take a look at the ancient Great Wall of Guangwu not far away, which is a relic of the vicissitudes of history.

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The old Guangwu City is very good, it is worth it, it is really worth going, and now it is eating out

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wendylqd

The city walls of the old Guangwu City have been renovated, and there are not many monuments to see, but the new Guangwu City is still old and can be seen. Most of the ancient buildings in the city have collapsed walls and houses. They should be in the stage of wanting to develop, only repairing walls, and not yet having time to do large-scale construction.

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[Value for money] It's still free now! A village surrounded by walls! It looks like they are repairing the roads and sewers in the village! I don't know what will happen in the future!

xierita

Leaving the wooden pagoda, we continue to head towards Datong. As for the Yungang Grottoes, the key point of the day, Datong is going around the city, and we are walking around the mining area. Fortunately, the road is smooth. When we arrived at the gate of Yungang, there was a traffic jam. The absolute golden week effect, the parking lot stretches infinitely on the hillside, but it will be farther to walk to the ticket office after parking the car.

翱翔的大鲨鱼

Guangwu Ancient City is an ancient city in the Liao, Jin and Ming dynasties, connecting Yanmen Pass, Ningwu Old City, Yungang Grottoes and Mount Wutai. The tombs of the ancient Han Dynasty that can be seen everywhere, the ancient battlefields of the Hu and Han Dynasties, I think of the year, the gold and iron horses, and I think of Li Hua's "Diagram of the Ancient Battlefield" in the Tang Dynasty~

Lily

Old Guangwu is a village with square walls. After going to Yanmen Pass, you can take a look at it, and you can also go to Guangwu Ming Great Wall... We drove around three places in a day... Old Guangwu is not old, and new Guangwu is not new , Desolation has charm!