Wuxuanyuan County was first built in the old county village, 20 miles southeast of the county. In the third year of Hongwu in Ming Dynasty (1370), a clay city was built on the mountain, and Chenghua changed it into a brick wall. In the sixth year of Xuande in Ming Dynasty (A.D. 143 1), the name of the county was changed from Wuxian to Wuxuan, and then it was officially moved from the old county to the present address. There were four towers in the east, south, west and north, which were connected by city walls. In view of the surging Qianjiang River outside the city wall, the building not only pays attention to the military defense function, but also constructs the flood control function of the whole city with solid barriers. Now only the tower at the north gate of the old North Street in the county is left.
Standing in front of the majestic North Gate Tower, I looked up. Above the high stone arch, I propped up a simple top floor with two layers of brick and wood rolls, and the white tiles went straight into the sky. The eaves of green glazed tiles cover the heavy scenery in the city. Rows of neat square green stone walls over 20 feet high extend for miles on both sides until they disappear into beautiful modern buildings. Climbing the stairs more than ten feet wide, the first thing you see is eleven fortresses and more than 700 battlements similar to ancient city walls. The ruins everywhere reveal the luxury and elegance of that year. Touching the mottled stones, Hong Xiuquan, the leader of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, called for the heavenly king in Dongxiang, a suburb, and the solemn oath seemed to be traced back from a distant place. Xiao Chaogui, a local tyrant in the west, and the prime minister sent troops to the east of the city, which vividly rewritten history.
Looking around, the east, south and west towers have disappeared in the blood rain of that particular era. The city walls built many times in the past dynasties were swallowed up by the rapidly changing high-rise buildings after the war, and the rest, perhaps with a sigh, were gradually buried in the dust of history. However, the North Tower has resolutely survived the ups and downs. Although it has not been completely preserved, it reveals the painstaking efforts of countless people with lofty ideals to do everything possible to protect cultural heritage. June 1997 wuxuan county was designated as a first-class revolutionary old county by the central government. This shows that the sons and daughters of all ethnic groups in Wuxuan have not succumbed to the arrogance of foreign invaders, and started a prairie fire in Wan Li, centering on the county town, in the old revolutionary base areas of War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression, such as Wantong Longjiang, Tongling Xiuzhu, Dongxiang Ding Jie, Lisanhong Shitan and Ertang leye county. The indomitable bloody spirit is well known throughout the ages, and the bright moon is a mirror, passed down from generation to generation!
How many heroes a tower contains!
A tower, how many joys and sorrows!
Walking, I looked at the neat blue bricks on the ground and admired the flowers and animals carved on the eaves. Wind chimes crunched everywhere in the wind. The voice encourages every patriot to keep jumping: overlooking the suburbs, trance in Lingnan picture. The Qianjiang River formed by Liujiang River and Hongshui River is like a ribbon around Wuxuan County, bordering Guigang, Yulin, Hong Kong and Macao in the south and Liuzhou in the north. 100-ton ships are unimpeded all the year round. No wonder when Xu Xiake, a famous traveler in Ming Dynasty, wrote his autobiography "Xu Xiake's Travels", he couldn't hold back his excitement and wrote down the beautiful scenery he saw when he visited Wu Xuan in July during the tenth year of Chongzhen (1637). There are cliffs and skyscrapers in the east, the "rare canyon scenery in the world" with a hundred folds of Qingxi, and the Baiya Grand Canyon, a district-level scenic spot in Guangxi. Hongxiuquan Dongxiang Mo Village in Taiping Heavenly Kingdom is known as Tianwang Site, and it is the former residence of Xi Wang Xiaochaogui. To the south are the mysterious and peculiar district-level scenic spots in China, namely, Eight Immortals Tianchi and Dateng Gorge, which are "better than the Three Gorges without the Three Gorges". The Confucian Temple, the largest existing building in Guangxi and a key cultural relic protection unit in the autonomous region, is entrenched in the city. It was built in the prosperous West Street Pier in the Ming Dynasty, just like a fairy combing her hair. The underground canyon rhinoceros rock can bring tourists into the fantastic cave world; In the north, there are Huang, Guo Songnian, the largest ancient dwellings in Guangxi.
When we closed the curtains, we were surprised to find that the North Tower, which once stood on the periphery of a tiny place less than 3 square kilometers, became a "city within a city" at some point. As the central building of the county, it has witnessed the rapid and brilliant development of the urban area: along Gaolishan, there are many large commercial groups such as Gaolishan Commercial Pedestrian Street, Xianmi Road Commercial Community, Baijiahui Commercial City, Hydropower Building, Shengsheng Hotel and Huaqi International Hotel. The County Publicity and Cultural Center and Ma 'anshan Cultural and Sports Square hosted the launching ceremony of Guangxi Laibin Rural Tour and the first "Xiancheng Cultural Tourism Art Activity Week" in wuxuan county. The new century martial arts publicity has become the focus of attention of cultural circles inside and outside Guangxi.
The southern part of the county is the most densely populated and commercially developed area. With the development of the street for hundreds of years, the 17 office and trade building built by villages and families has been built in blowing in the wind ... Hunan Street, the ballroom of the county Federation of Trade Unions building, the office dormitory group of oil companies, the hardware and medicinal materials company that once dominated the economy, and the county department store, the trading center of the county people, are all old houses and old courtyards. Instead, it is a new landmark commercial center integrating eating, living and traveling, such as automobile transportation terminal, Hongfu New City and Yuyin Building. Cultural relics and modern cultural facilities complement each other, reflecting the ups and downs of Wuxuan ancient city from one side, which is its historical value and appreciation value, and has since become an important coordinate of Xiancheng culture.
The north gate building of the ancient city wall, which has been preserved since moving to the county, is simple and magnificent, with superb architectural technology and the most complete existing, and the peace and progress of the ancient city can be felt all around; You can watch the blue river dancing with the green hills and mountains and thousands of lights, which makes you forget the whole picture of Wuxuan: compared with the high-rise buildings in different festivals, it has become a major tourist landscape of Wuxuan. Although due to historical changes, this tower is not so harmonious with the surrounding environment. But there are flaws, revealing a trace of regret and attracting attention, perhaps it is a kind of beauty that brings people!
Climb the North Tower, face the picturesque scenery, and multiply your patriotism.