Zhangjiakou Wanquan One-Day Tour

Wanquan Youwei City, a military garrison city set up under Xuanfu Town, is located at the foot of the Great Wall on Cui Ping Mountain in the northwest of Wanquan District, Zhangjiakou City, Hebei Province. The city was founded in the 26th year of Hongwu in the Ming Dynasty (1393), and has a history of 630 years. It is known as the 'First Garrison to the West of Beijing' and is one of the best-preserved Ming Dynasty military fortresses in Hebei and even in North China, earning the nickname 'living fossil of the garrison system of the Ming Dynasty'. Wanquan Youwei City is situated at a strategic throat fortress and is the best-preserved military garrison city of the Ming Dynasty along the Great Wall, known as the 'living fossil of the Ming Dynasty garrison system'. It faces north and south, and the city is slightly diamond-shaped. The city walls are 880.4 meters long from east to west, 880.7 meters long from north to south, with a perimeter of 3522.2 meters, a height of 12 meters, and an area of 0.78 square kilometers. In ancient times, Wanquan Youwei City was a key town guarding the capital region. On May 25, 2006, Wanquan Youwei City was announced by the State Council as the sixth batch of national key cultural relics protection units.