introduce
Built in the early Ming Dynasty, Deshengbao is an important pass of the Outer Great Wall, where the Beijing-Baotou Railway and the Great Wall meet, and where the border between Shanxi and Mongolia is divided. One kilometer north of Desheng Fort is Deshengkou, which is an important gateway connecting the inside and outside of the mouth. Desheng Fort, Zhenqiang Fort, Four Castles, and Deshengyue City form a chain of forts with side wall pass, pass guard castle, garrison town town and frontier Saima city. The four castles are very close to each other, all of which are rammed earth castles.
Most of the existing relics in Desheng Fort are rammed earth, simple and heavy. Climbing up to the gate tower, looking around, the fort walls on all sides are complete and regular. The fields outside the wall are vast, and the houses inside the wall are in patches. A main street extends from the south gate to the north, passing through a square platform with brick hoops. There is a door opening under the square platform, and the Yuhuang Pavilion was once built on the platform. There were originally four attics in Deshengbao, namely Nancheng Pavilion, Ripusa Pavilion, Yuhuang Pavilion and Shenwu Pavilion. Today, the four attics, the Urn City and the Moon City no longer exist.
The Ming Dynasty and the Mongols entered into a mutual market covenant to develop trade exchanges, opening up a new situation of national unity. At that time, Fort Victory was the main market for trade. Through this market, goods such as silk, tea, beans, rice, and grain from the Central Plains could be shipped to minority areas such as Mongolia and Northwest China; cattle, sheep, horses, fur, etc. from the minority areas could be imported into the interior of the Central Plains.
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