general situation
Yanhe City was called Sancha Village and Yanhekou in ancient times because it guarded several mountain passes. Yanhe City was called after it was built in the sixth year of Wanli (AD 1578). Zijingguan, one of the three passes of the Great Wall in Ming Dynasty, is one of the main roads leading to Beijing. According to Zhang Jingwei's "Garrison Monument along the Yangtze River", the garrison commander of the Yangtze River Estuary in the fourth year of the Ming Dynasty (1642), the garrison along the Yangtze River was in the thirty-second year of Jiajing (1553) and the city was built in the sixth year of Wanli (1578), with mountains as the city and rivers as the pool along the river. At that time, it was under the jurisdiction of Yanhe City, and there were seven buildings, so the towers were numbered X along the word.
In the 19th year of Wanli in Ming Dynasty (159 1), Feng Zilv, assistant envoy of Shanxi Province, wrote "Building a Monument along the River Mouth", which recorded the reasons for building a city: the country took Xuanhuayun (now Datong) as the gateway, thistle as the screen, the estuary as the intersection of two towns, Wangjing division in the east and desert in the west. When Lu Lan entered the village, the people heard of the police and dispersed, hiding in the valley. People failed to insist on lying down in their seats. So the court built a defensive city here and ordered officials to have warehouses, but they didn't, and everything was settled in a few months. The police have no red feathers, and it is also the city to wait for the policy to come. Therefore, it can be seen that only those in power should defend the country in danger. The frontier fortress was originally intended to defend against the invasion of foreign enemies in the north, and the Great Wall was built by stationing troops in previous dynasties. This monument was originally built in the Sage Temple in Yanhe City. After 400 years of wind and rain, the first half was destroyed, and the rest of the characters were badly weathered and illegible. Two stone monuments, the garrison monument along the river city and the city monument along the river mouth, are now in the Yanhe City Department.
The inner city along the Yangtze River is about one and a half miles wide in Li Long, divided into east and west gates. The East Gate is called Wan 'anmen, but it was destroyed in the 1950s. Only the city walls and doorways can be recognized. There is a stone tablet along the river city on the east gate wall.
The city along the river and the enemy station are on the northwest mountain in Mentougou District. It was a frontier fortress and garrison fortress in the Ming Dynasty. Because the city is near Yongding River, it is named Yanhe City.
It is about 420 meters long from east to west and 300 meters long from north to south. There are two east and west gates, the east gate named Wan 'an (now demolished) and the west gate named Yongsheng, both of which are masonry structures. The city walls were made of stones and pebbles (most of them have collapsed now). There is a stone tablet named "Building a City along the River Mouth" in the city, which records the whole process of Cheng Zhanglu's construction of the city defense in the sixth year of Wanli in the Ming Dynasty (1578).
There are 15 enemy platforms under the jurisdiction of this city, which are distributed on 40-kilometer-long hilltops or dangerous passes along Yanhekou, Longmenkou, Huangcaoliang and Hongshuikou, and three of them have been destroyed. It was built in the first year of Wanli in Ming Dynasty (1573) to three years. It is divided into two layers, about15m high and about10m wide. The bottom layer is paved with stone strips and the wall is bricked; There is a crib around the upper floor and a ladder between the upper and lower floors. The stones on the enemy platform are engraved with numbers (from YanziNo. 1 tono. 15). Although there is no wall connection between enemy platforms, they can echo each other according to the terrain and form a continuous line of defense.
What is even more peculiar is that there is an unnumbered enemy platform in Li Yuanling, east of Hongshuikou, and its shape and appearance are basically the same as those of numbered enemy platforms. It attracts a large number of tourists to visit here. Visitors can learn about the endless creativity of the ancient working people in China and their ability and determination to resist foreign aggression. The combination of history and reality, the strength of the motherland, can you not be moved?
climate
It is best in summer and autumn. On the Yongding River, you can escape the heat in summer and enjoy the scenery in autumn, which is beautiful.
stay
You can consult the local villagers' committee when you go to Yanhe City.
Yanhecheng Farmhouse Lianfeng Farmhouse, etc.
environment
City tax along the river
Lv Xiuyu
The first time I saw this small town along the river, I was fascinated by its simplicity and elegance. The real mountains and water, the real antique, though not as elegant as the flowing water of the small bridges in the south of the Yangtze River, are magnificent, simple and desolate. It is extremely difficult to find a quiet and leisurely place in the north.
This town has a long history. In those years, because of the dangerous terrain, it will become a battleground for military strategists, and it will take a long time to build a castle. Years of wind and rain make this ancient building like a sculpture that has experienced vicissitudes. Although scarred, it stands proudly and its glory is undiminished. In the afterglow of the sunset, it becomes more mysterious and charming.
The wars between each other in the past have been replaced by peace and prosperity today. It never occurred to our ancestors that the military facilities painstakingly built to resist foreign invasion would change today. It is not only a precious cultural heritage, but more importantly, it has left endless reverie and thinking for future generations. Now he has attracted the attention of the world, and the restoration project has begun. Come here every year for sightseeing, exploring ancient times, and there is an endless stream of paintings and sketches. What's more, some people have fallen in love with this land of feng shui and are unwilling to return. They buy a house here as an ideal place for self-cultivation and retirement. The hustle and bustle of the city made them exhausted, and the picturesque scenery and profound cultural heritage of the small town fascinated them.
Approaching the town, you will marvel at the magic of creation and lament the extraordinary creativity of your ancestors. Among the mountains, there is such a magnificent, superb technology, tall and firm, weathertight stone city! According to the conditions at that time, how such a huge stone was transported to the wall more than ten meters high is unknown to future generations. East and West Gates are like majestic armored generals, holding their heads high and indestructible. The north and south gates are exquisite and hidden, and the whole mountain city and mountain are natural. What is even more incredible is that the Yongding River runs through canyons and valleys, like a green ribbon, and runs through hundreds of streams around Qian Shan. Another example is a affectionate girl who came to the town. She fell in love with the town and brought infinite scenery and aura to the town. Outside the city, the Shui Rou River is open, with fragrant orchards and rich willows on both sides. Seen from a distance, Su Like Causeway extends northward, just like a fairyland. The scene of "Spring City is full of flowers everywhere" can be enjoyed by the town every year.
This town is too small, only one mile in Fiona Fang. Urban architecture in Ming and Qing Dynasties was quite compact. Except for a street that goes straight to the city, most of them are alleys extending in all directions, and there are few deep houses and courtyards. However, small quadrangles with excellent workmanship and exquisite style can be seen everywhere. The gatehouse is tall and elegant or small and chic, with fine brick carving. Brick carving Hongfu screen wall, wood carving door and window furniture, stone carving step pier ... all show the prosperity and glory of the town to future generations.
The main rooms in the town, that is, the north and south rooms, are tall and spacious, and they are all inhabited by elders. Most of the wing rooms are two bedrooms and one living room, but regardless of the size, they are all of the same style, with exquisite workmanship and five purlins and eight columns. Masonry civil structure is practical and firm, warm in winter and cool in summer. Every family has a heatable kang firewood stove. If the main room is partitioned, there are two sets of heatable kang stoves, which are convenient for heating and cooking. Years of life practice have enabled smart people in the town to improve the firewood stove into a continuous fire stove. People in small towns cook rice with big fire first, and then stew it with charcoal fire. The cooked rice is very cooked, soft and fragrant. Stir-fry the vegetables before stewing them. When all kinds of dishes are put together and cooked to taste, they will not be cold when eaten. It can be regarded as a real hot pot. Especially in winter leisure, carefree townspeople sit on the hot heatable adobe sleeping platform, and the room is filled with milky steam and the smell of food, eating home-grown potatoes and pumpkin rice, enjoying home-made pickles and stewed "hot pot". This is a wonderful enjoyment. Small-town people are real, and wherever they go, they will be warmly welcomed and seated, without any hypocrisy. Outsiders are often moved by this sincerity and simplicity and lament the return of human nature. As a small town person, this is very common. There is also a custom in the town, that is, every family should raise a few pots of flowers. There are no famous flowers and plants, and the treasures are beautiful, but they reflect the leisure and elegance of the people in the small town, dotted with farmhouses and rendering their lives.
One side of the soil and water support one side. Small town people who live by mountains and rivers thrive on the mountains and rivers here and are happy from generation to generation. The inexhaustible firewood on the mountain solved their fuel. On the riverbank outside the city, there are industrious and thrifty traditional small towns, where people move stone barriers, weir barriers and fences to form walls, forming vegetable gardens of different sizes and shapes. Even if it is only a large piece, it will be colorful with thick and dexterous hands. Fertile river mud, rich farmyard manure and pure river irrigation make the vegetables here particularly watery and varied. There are all kinds of home-cooked dishes handed down from generation to generation and introduced from outside, and wild vegetables "foreign dishes", both famous and unknown. It is not only a vegetable basket for small town people, but also a beautiful scenery. Looking at these vegetable gardens and walking through the fence alleys, there is both a sense of freshness and a sense of comfort in watching landscape paintings; Under the blue sky and white clouds, beside the clear water of Nanshan, there are green vegetable gardens, flat land, straight beds, colorful cauliflowers, hedges covered with bean sprouts, bees and butterflies singing and dancing happily in the garden, quiet rivers outside the garden, and small fish playing freely by the river, washing stones and drying clotheslines. After cleaning up the garden, the master washed the picked vegetables in the river and put away the hung clothes. Chai Men left the door unlocked ... a real map of Xanadu.
Simple nature, open-minded mind, beautiful environment and pure food make the townspeople live a long life, and old people in their eighties and nineties can be seen everywhere here. Most of them are clear-headed and refreshed, working in the fields for a while. The habitual labor they have developed for decades is their greatest pleasure.
Small town people who are used to getting up early get up before dawn every day. Women make a fire to cook, feed chickens and pigs, men chop wood and carry water or send manure to water the garden, chickens and dogs crow in the city, and some people walk at the gate early. Busy and safe smog and morning fog make up the dawn of the town.
The most beautiful thing is the night in the town. The mountains are quiet, and the green hills are hidden in the darkness, silently guarding the town. A bright moon hangs in the treetops outside the city. Naughty children sleep sweetly with old nursery rhymes, and practice "planing dogs" and "playing carp" in their dreams. Bridges outside the city and willows by the river are a paradise for young people. Night is the best time to love, fish and shrimp, and the old people's paradise is next to the ancient tower of the city: the history of the small town, the glory of ancestors and the myths and allusions handed down from generation to generation are vividly interpreted by their different versions. If you talk about your extraordinary experience of going to the East with a gun, it will not only excite young people, but also make them feel young again ... Old people are not good at staying up late, just like children are reluctant to get up early. All is silent, the moon is hanging in the sky, only the nightingale is singing, and the cricket is singing. Like moonlight, the deep blue sky is dyed into the distant deep sea, and the quiet town sleeps in the shadow. ...
The nourishment and nurturing of Lingshan Xiushui make the children here handsome and strong, revealing a sense of intelligence and agility in their brow. Girls are pure and free, boys are alert and lively. They live in a small town with the whole world in their hearts. They know about the celestial universe and electronic networks. When foreigners with big noses and blond hair visit their homes, they will say "hello" and "welcome" in English.
The grown-up children are out of town, studying, working, enlisting, doing business, and they are found in all walks of life. But no matter where they go or what they do, they will never forget that they are small-town people. Honesty, kindness, diligence and hard work handed down by ancestors have penetrated into their bone marrow and are the wealth of their lives.
The wanderer will always come back. No matter whether he is rich or frustrated, the town will greet him with his mother's broad mind. This is their childhood, their ancestral grave, the place to give them life and wings, the spool of kites and their roots!
What will they bring to the town?
Ancient and young town, may your tomorrow be better.