Brief introduction of Youyu County
Youyu County is located in the northwest border of Shanxi Province and belongs to Shuozhou City, Shanxi Province. The north and northwest are bounded by the ancient Great Wall, bordering Liangcheng County and Helinger County in Inner Mongolia, Zuoyun County in Datong City in the east, and Yin Shan County and Pinglu District in the south. Youyu County is surrounded by mountains, high in the south and low in the north. Cangtou River runs through the north and south, with a width of 45.7 kilometers from east to west and a length of 67.7 kilometers from north to south, with a total area of 1.964 square kilometers. The average elevation is 1400 meters, which belongs to the gentle slope area of loess hills. It is a "national ecological civilized county for soil and water conservation", "national advanced county for farmland water conservancy capital construction" and "the first batch of national food and beverage service food safety demonstration counties".
Youyu county is also known as the hometown of castles. There are more than 100 castles in more than 300 villages in Youyu County, some with one castle, some with more castles in one village and some with more castles in one village. Most of the ancient castles are made of earth, and there are also masonry bags. Some of them have an urn outside the castle gate, which looks like a military town and protects the people.
Introduction of scenic spots
1, killing the tiger's mouth-Youwei ancient city
The main scenic spots are: Kill Tiger Mouth, Kill Tiger Fort, Generalized Bridge, Youwei Ancient City, Maying River Fort, Ming Dynasty Grand Stage and Five Temples, and some nearby villages.
Youwei Ancient City is located in the north of Youyu County. It has been an important town in the north since ancient times. There are 256 generals' houses and other places in the ancient city. During the Ming and Qing Dynasties, more than 50 social altars, agricultural altars and various official temples were built, including Mingluntang and Yulin Academy, which were too small for Confucianism. There are also dozens of treasury, county treasury, pension office and tax office. There are many shops, businessmen and more than 50 big companies on the fourth street. The right guard occupies a place in the history of China with its important military position.
2. Thirteen-thirty-two Great Walls
The main attractions are: Shengshan, the Great Wall from Shisanbiangou Village to 32 Village, Tieshan Fort, Red Clay Fort, Cangtou River and other nearby villages. This is a cross-country route and hiking route with the Great Wall.
The holy mountain hangs alone, and the peaks are abrupt and steep. From a distance, it looks like a huge circular pillar, supporting the sky and piercing the blue sky. Seeing this spectacular scene, people will think of the poem "Fear of the Road _ The mountain is too high to reach, and even the peak is not at night". Take a closer look, the holy mountain is not very high, the relative height is only 40 meters.
Tieshanbao is located in the county (25 miles southwest of the old city and 30 miles west of the side wall). In the thirty-eighth year of Jiajing in the Ming Dynasty (1559), the fort was built in the second year of Wanli (1574), and the weekly 1 4 was odd, even the female wall was 3 feet 6 feet high.
3. Weiyuan Castle-Old and New Marble Castle
The main attractions are Weiyuan Fort, Ancient City, Weiyuan Han Group, New Pinball Fort, Old Pinball Fort, Zongliao Mountain and some nearby villages.
The site of the ancient city of Zhong Ling in Han Dynasty is located 2.5km southwest of Weiyuanbao. The ancient city of Zhong Ling is the site of Zhong Ling County, Yanmen County in Han Dynasty, which was built in the 25th year (49 years) of Emperor Guangwu of the Eastern Han Dynasty. The ancient city is a rectangular plane with a wall inside, which divides the city into two cities, East and West. The length of the north-south wall is 1500m, the width of the east-west wall is 900m, and the total area is 135m.
4. Niuxinshan-Niuxinbao
The main attractions are: Niuxin Mountain, Niuxin Fort, Huang Tu Fort and some nearby villages.
Niuxin Mountain is located 0.5 km south of Niuxinbao Village in Youyu County, with an altitude of 1604 m, a relative height difference of 200 m and a circumference of 5.5 km ... Niuxin Mountain was formed by volcanic eruption. The whole mountain peak consists of black volcanic rocks. Looking from a distance, the isolated mountain is towering, with a flat and round top and a dark mountain, just like a huge bull's heart, so it is called Niuxin Mountain. Because its black stone is extremely hard and smooth as jade, surrounded by green mountains and green waters, and surrounded by clouds, Niu Xinshan embraces each other tightly, the local people vividly call this scene "Niu Xin pregnant Pu". Panshan highway has been built halfway up the mountain, and a circuitous wooden plank road has been built according to the mountain situation.
Routing and playback
1, route
Take the Beijing-Tibet Expressway from Beijing to Youyu County via Datong, the whole journey is about 440 kilometers, and the one-way journey takes 5-5.5 hours.
2. Vehicles
The road conditions in Youyu County are very good. Except for G 109 national highway, there are a little more carts, and there are almost no vehicles on other rural roads. Cars can basically walk, but the road to the top of the Great Wall is still dirt road. It is recommended to drive a four-wheel drive off-road vehicle and cross-country along the Great Wall.
3. Play
Youyu county doesn't need tickets, and all the scenic spots don't accept tickets, which is a natural state. You can bring photographic equipment. There are many castles in Youyu County with beautiful scenery, which can not only shoot magnificent scenes, but also find delicate and exquisite oil paintings.