Fugu Day Trip: Time-Travel Through Ancient Wonders

Fugu Old Town, about 1 km away from Fugu New County, is an ancient city built by the Yellow River. The old city of Fugu was built in the Five Dynasties period. Now tourists see that the ancient city was built in the early Ming Dynasty, with a history of about 500 years. It is also a relatively complete stone city in northern my country. The entire Fugu Old City has four gates and three small gates respectively. At present, Fugu County is preparing to repair the ancient city on a large scale. Several gate towers and city walls have been renovated, and new city bricks have been wrapped. There are two characters "Fuzhou" on the south gate. When you pass through the south gate and Wengcheng, you can enter the ancient city. The most important scenic spot in the old city is the Fugu Confucian Temple, which is a large-scale and well-preserved Confucian temple in Yulin. It was built in the Hongwu period of the Ming Dynasty (1381). It is very beautiful, and the banner of the main hall used to hang the plaque of Emperor Kangxi's own handwriting "Master of the World". According to legend, the Fugu Confucian Temple is the home of the Fugu Museum. Many authentic local cultural relics are here, but no tourists have actually seen the cultural relics here, although there are indeed several houses in the Confucian Temple that have been locked all the time. In addition to visiting the scenic spots in the city, visiting the ancient city is also a good feeling to overlook the Yellow River at the foot of the city wall. It takes about 10 minutes to walk from the new town of Fugu County to the old town. If you take a taxi, it will cost about 10 yuan. On the way, you will pass Qianfo Cave and Ronghe Academy, but there are no collections in these two places, but you can see the appearance of the grottoes and old buildings.

The Ming Great Wall in Yulin area starts from Fugu in the east and ends at Dingbian in the west. Although it has been repeatedly damaged, it can still see its majesty in the past, especially the section from Yulin to Shenmu is relatively well preserved. The Great Wall of Ming Dynasty traverses Yulin City. It was built in March for Yu Zijun, the governor of Yansui Town in Chenghua City, led by 40,000 soldiers. The Ming Great Wall started from Qingshuiying in the east (northeast of Fugu County, Shaanxi Province) in the east, and reached Huamachi in the west (northeast of Yanchi County, Ningxia) in the west, with a total length of 880 kilometers. Its city wall in Yulin enters from the border wall of Gaojiabao in Shenmu County in the east, passes through Jian’an Fort, Shuangshan Fort, Changle Fort, Baoning Fort, and exits from Poluo Fort in Hengshan County in the west, winding for more than 100 kilometers. There are more than 210 beacon towers. This section of the Ming Great Wall was renovated during the Wanli period of the Ming Dynasty because it was close to Yulin City. On the inner side of the top of the wall, there is a parapet wall made of bricks, and there are crenels on the outer side. The upper part of each crenel has a lowering port, and there is a shooting hole under it. The ancient Great Wall in Yulin City has a small army city every 5 kilometers, and there are also platforms raised from the city wall on the small army city, which are used for patrol, sentry and lookout.

Erlang Mountain, on the outskirts of Shenmu County, Yulin City, has two bulges in the middle of the mountain, which are shaped like camel double peaks, also known as "Camel Peak Mountain"; during the Zhengde period of the Ming Dynasty (AD 1518), Emperor Wuzong Zhu Houzhao of the Ming Dynasty traveled through Shenmu County, see The shape of this mountain is similar to a desk pen holder, so it is also named "Bijia Mountain", which is commonly known as Xishan in the local area, and is known as "Xiaohua Mountain in northern Shaanxi". The road in Erlang Mountain is not complicated. After entering the gate of the scenic spot, you can travel along the tourist trail. There are many temples in Erlang Mountain. There are many temples in the scenic spot, such as Kizang Cave Grottoes, Baxian Cave, Haoranting Grottoes, Erlang Temple, Notre Dame Hall, Inverted Guanyin Hall, Sanjiao Hall, and Mountain Temple. Different architectural styles. Erlang Mountain is relatively rare. Erlang Temple Group was built in the 8th year of Ming Zhengtong (1443) and has a history of nearly 600 years. The temple sits on the north and faces the south, and is a courtyard-style building. It consists of the main hall, the penthouse, the east and west halls, the gate, the bell and drum tower, etc. The main hall has three beams with a front porch, a hard top, and the east and west walls are all painted in the fifteenth year of Daoguang in the Qing Dynasty (1835). Outside the gate is a screen wall of brick carvings of Ming Dynasty, with a bas-relief on the core of the wall. The front is engraved with the "Tiger Roaring Picture", and the back is engraved with the "Nine Dragons Playing in the Water Picture". The carvings are exquisite and lifelike. The Notre Dame Hall, built on a natural rock platform, was built in the Qing Dynasty. The stone archway in front of the hall was built in the first year of Chongzhen in Ming Dynasty (1628). "Bixia Xinggong", the north engraved "Virgin Mary Yuanjun". Behind the temple are the temples of the Ming Dynasty. The inverted Guanyin Hall was built in the Ming Dynasty and was later destroyed by wars. It was restored in the 16th year of Emperor Kangxi of the Qing Dynasty; the Sanjiao Temple in the mountain was built in the Jiajing period of the Ming Dynasty (1522-1566), and was rebuilt as the Sanjiao Temple in the 23rd year of the civil society (1935). The larger temple group on the mountain, the east and west walls of the temple have painted murals of the Ming Dynasty. Behind the Erlang Mountain ridge.