There is a site of the ancient city of Junggar, which was built more than 300 years ago. The ancient city is located about 5 kilometers southeast of Hoboksar Mongolian Autonomous County and 3 kilometers west of the provincial road from Hoboksar County to Fuhai County. Surrounded by green grass and overflowing springs, it is convenient for grazing and farming. The ancient city belongs to soil tamping technology, which was built in the 12th to 16th year of Chongzhen in Ming Dynasty (A.D. 1639 1643). This is the early royal court of Junggar khanate, which was once the center of military, political, economic and cultural activities of Junggar khanate. The ancient city is square, with a wall more than 5 meters high, 5 meters wide at the top and 8 meters wide at the bottom. You can ride on the wall and patrol. There are semicircular watchtowers in four corners of the ancient city. There are gates in the north, west and south of the city wall, but there are no gates in the east wall. The remnants of existing palaces, temples, pagodas and other bricks in the city were left after the collapse.
According to historical records, in the late Ming and early Qing dynasties, Junggar, one of the four nomadic Mongolian tribes in Weilat, Junggar Basin, gradually rose. From 1634, Batoul Hongtaiji of Junggar Khanate and his successor Sanger controlled the whole northern foot of Tianshan Mountain. They were powerful and dominated all directions. At that time, the Hoboksar grassland was the core of the khanate. Hanwang often holds Churgan (Alliance) meetings attended by all Mongolian princes here, and even the princes of Tuerhute tribe in Volga River and Hoxute tribe in Qinghai also attend the meetings. Russian envoys to Junggar tribes have also arrived here many times, leaving a lot of written records about the ancient city. In Xinjiang, there are few ancient cities built in Junggar period, and even fewer tucheng sites can be preserved. For more than 360 years, the ancient city of Junggar, as an important historical witness of the early period of Junggar Khanate, has experienced ups and downs and is now in ruins, but its potential archaeological value and tourism value cannot be underestimated.