Jiayuguan Great Wall is a national key cultural relic protection unit.
south of Jiayuguan is Qilian Mountain, with snow peaks stretching thousands of miles; Longshou Mountain and Mazong Mountain are in the north, facing Qilian Mountain and living in Hexi.
the charm of Jiayuguan lies in the word "Guan".
The whole Guancheng is divided into three layers: the outer city, the urn city and the inner city. The structure is ingenious and can be said to be impregnable.
The new Great Wall is still being built outside Guancheng. There are so many man-made landscapes that future generations can't tell who is real or fake, and they don't know whether it is a blessing or a curse.
The Great Wall Museum next to it is worth a visit, with many cultural relics and introductions that are refreshing.
Jiayuguan City is very well preserved, and the Guancheng building is very magnificent.
There are two prosperous food streets in Jiayuguan city, one is the revitalization market, and the other is the mirror iron market, where there are many kinds of pasta.
Jiayuguan tourist resources are the most famous ones, including Jiayuguan Guancheng, the mural tomb of Wei and Jin Dynasties, the first pier of Wan Li Great Wall, the hanging Great Wall, the Great Wall Museum and the rock paintings in Montenegro.
Jiayuguan is located in the middle of the ancient Silk Road, which is the western starting point of the Great Wall in Wan Li in the Ming Dynasty.
It is bordered by Qilian Mountain in the south and Mazong Mountain in the north, and the Great Wall connects the two mountains, making Jiayuguan the most famous place in the world.
There are many historic sites and scenic spots around Jiayuguan. Dunhuang Mogao Grottoes, Jiayuguan Gate Tower, Hanging Wall, Qiyi Glacier, Wei and Jin Tombs are well-known at home and abroad. In addition, local luminous cups, large-scale melon seeds, camel hair and other special handicrafts have made Jiayuguan an important tourist attraction.
The altitude of Jiayuguan area is generally above 1,6 meters, and it is dry all the year round. The average annual precipitation can only be kept at about 8 mm, but the evaporation is more than ten times that of precipitation, which poses a great threat to the stationing and survival of the military and civilians.
However, compared with the environment of the northwest plateau, Jiayuguan is a small basin with high periphery and low middle, and its water source mainly comes from the snow peaks and glaciers in Qilian.
The melt water of Qilian Mountain gathers in the low places in the form of surface runoff and valley undercurrent, and Jiayuguan has become a place with relatively concentrated water sources.
There is water under Jiayuguan, which is called Jiuyan Spring.
Nine is the limit of number, which doesn't mean number here, but there are many springs.
When Feng Sheng's army was stationed on this land, it was this spring at the foot of Jiayu Mountain that attracted them first, and the material foundation of human civilization in Jiayuguan area for thousands of years was also these flowing clear waters.
A Brief Introduction to the Qin Border contains: "When there is water at the beginning, it will be closed later, and then the building will be built. If there is a building, then the Great Wall will be built, and then it can be defended.".
Jiayuguan, the starting point of the western end of the Great Wall in Wan Li in Ming Dynasty, is the most spectacular and well-preserved ancient military castle along the Great Wall in Ming Dynasty. It is an important military fortress along the Great Wall in the Ming Dynasty and its later generations. It is known as the "Great Defense of China and Foreign Countries" and the "First Pass of Hexi".
Jiayuguan is located in the western part of Hexi Corridor (west of the middle), with a history of 631 years.
it was built nine years before Shanhaiguan.
in the early Ming dynasty, duke Guo of song and general Feng Sheng, the conqueror, were on their way to victory. They chose the central Hexi corridor, with Jiuquan in the east, Yumen in the west, Montenegro in the back and Jiayu tableland in the west.
Guancheng was built in the fifth year of Hongwu in Ming Dynasty (AD 1372), which lasted for 168 years and was completed in AD 154.
as recorded in the historical material "A Brief Introduction to the Frontier of Qin Dynasty", "When there is water at the beginning, it will be closed later. When there is a building, the Great Wall will be built later. When the Great Wall is built, it can be defended later".
the layout of Jiayuguan Guancheng is reasonable, and the building is well done.
Guancheng has triple battlements and multiple defense lines. There are cities inside the city and trenches outside the city, forming a trend of defending the city.
it consists of: inner city, urn city, Luocheng, moat, three three-story and three-eaves high-rise pavilions, moat, Great Wall peak platform, etc.
The inner city is the main body and center of Guancheng, with a circumference of 64m and an area of 25,m2.
outside the east and west gates of the inner city, there are urn-protected areas, each with an area of more than 5 square meters.
the gates of the urn are all facing south, and the west of the west urn is built with Luocheng, and the middle of the Luocheng wall is closed to the west, with the word "Jiayuguan" inscribed on the lintel.
The existing buildings in Guancheng mainly include guerrilla generals' mansion, Guanjing, Guandi Temple, stage and Wenchang Pavilion.
Jiayuguan Guancheng is surrounded by mountains and waters, and guards the canyon area with a width of about 15 kilometers from north to south. The Qiulai Valley in the south of the canyon also constitutes a natural barrier for customs clearance.
the beacon towers and piers crisscross Jiayuguan, and there are 66 piers and piers in the east, west, south, north and northeast of Guancheng.
Jiayuguan, with its natural terrain and both offensive and defensive capabilities, forms a strict military defense system with the nearby Great Wall, city platform, moat, beacon tower and other facilities, and is also known as "the first male pass in the world".