Attractions in Youyu County
Attractions in Youyu County include Shahukou, Cangtou River Ecological Corridor, Youyu Baoning Temple, Zhongling Ancient City Ruins, Weiyuan Tombs, etc.
1. Shahukou: There are high mountains on both sides of Shahukou, and the terrain is very steep. It is adjacent to Tangzi Mountain in the east and Dabao Mountain in the west.
2. Cangtou River Ecological Corridor: The scenic area is a plateau wetland. The natural water system, riverbank grassland, tree and shrub forest belt and gently sloping farmland form a unique pastoral landscape of the northern Loess Plateau.
3. Youyu Baoning Temple: The temple originally housed more than 100 water and land paintings before the Ming Dynasty. It is said that this painting was ordered by the imperial court to "benefit the people" and is now stored in the Shanxi Provincial Museum.
4. Zhongling Ancient City Ruins: It was built in the 25th year of Jianwu (49th year) by Liu Xiu, Emperor Guangwu of the Eastern Han Dynasty. The ancient city is rectangular in plan, with a wall in the middle, dividing the city into east and west cities.
5. Weiyuan Tombs: The ancient city of Weiyuanbao was originally Zhongling County in the Han Dynasty. There are many Han Dynasty tombs scattered around it. The Weiyuan Han tombs include the Shuerzhao, Nanbali and Jinshiwan tombs.
Tourism in Youyu County
During the "Eleventh Five-Year Plan" period, Youyu County invested a total of more than 100 million yuan in tourism development, and successively created the history and culture of Shahukou A number of high-quality tourist attractions and attractions, such as the tourist area, Youyu Spiritual Memorial Hall, and Cangtou River Wetland Park, have successively won the titles of "National 4A Tourist Attractions", "China's Charming Small Town", and "The Most Recommended Tourist County to the World" , "United Nations Best Livable County" and other honorary titles. Youyu County has held five consecutive "Eco-Fitness Tourism Festivals" and two "Xikou Style Eco-tourism Culture Festival". The "China·Youyu Xikou Style Eco-tourism Culture Festival" was awarded the "Province's Excellent Cultural Festival Exhibition".
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The most interesting place in Youyu is Youyu Killing Tiger’s Mouth,
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Youyu A complete list of tourist attractions in the county
A complete list of tourist attractions in Youyu County
1. Shahukou
Shahukou, also known as Xikou. Located in Youyu County, Shuozhou City, Shanxi Province, close to the junction of Shanxi and Inner Mongolia provinces, mountains confront each other on both sides of Shahukou. The terrain is very steep. It is surrounded by Tangzi Mountain to the east and Dabao Mountain to the west. The open blue sky between the two mountains The Touhe River Valley has been an important north-south passage since ancient times. The highway from Datong to Hohhot still passes through this place. It was built in the Ming Dynasty and is one of the passes in the northern part of the Ming Great Wall. It was called Shenhekou in ancient times. Because of its special geographical location, Shahukou is famous far and wide and has a history of more than 2,000 years.
2. Songtao Garden
Songtao Garden is located in the north of the county and east of the Hushan Line. The scenic area is mainly composed of pines and cypresses that are evergreen all year round, such as Pinus sylvestris, Pinus tabulaeformis, and deciduous leaves. The pines are in the mountain wind, and the pine waves are bursting. The Revolutionary Martyrs Memorial Tower stands among them, where teachers and students of primary and secondary schools in Youyu County commemorate the heroes and martyrs.
3. Zhongling Lake
Zhongling Lake is located in the southwest of the county, mainly in the Zhongling Lake Reservoir area. It is a tourist attraction integrating tourism and leisure in the reservoir area. There are 16,000 Beijing poplars, more than 1,100 Pinus tabulaeformis, more than 3,000 Pinus sylvestris, 210 weeping willows and 1,500 apricots. A nursery of more than 26 acres has been built, two viewing pavilions and a resort.
4. Nanshan Park
Nanshan is located in the south of the county, which means "Shoubi Nanshan". It covers an area of ??400,000 acres. In the park, needles and broad flowers are mixed, and trees, shrubs and grasses are combined. The scenic area stretches for 20 kilometers, and there are Gongpu Pavilion, Zhichunting Pavilion, etc. in the park. The Yulin Lake, which covers an area of ??38 acres and has a water storage capacity of 15,000 cubic meters, has been built in the park. There are rockery ponds, waterfalls, bridges, folk exhibition halls, etc. in the lake.
5. Danan Mountain
Danan Mountain is located 6 kilometers northwest of the county, with a maximum altitude of 1,592 meters. The large tomb and ancient stele from the Ming Dynasty on the top of the mountain record the entry of Emperor Xiaowen of the Northern Wei Dynasty. The historical fact of paying tribute to ancestors in Pingcheng.
What are the tourist attractions in Youyu?
When entering Youyu County from Beijing and Datong, the first place to visit is Xiaonanshan Forest Park, and then the Zhongling Lake Tourist Area in the southwest of the county. , along the Hushan line of the provincial road, are the Jiajiayao Mountain Songtao Garden, the Cangtou River Ecological Corridor, the Xinbaoliang Ten Thousand Mu Forest Sea, and the Shahukou Ancient Culture Tourism Area, and enter the Inner Mongolia grassland from Shahukou.
Nanshan Forest Park
Located in the south of the county, meaning "Shoubi Nanshan", it covers an area of ??400,000 acres. In the park, needles and broad flowers are mixed, trees, shrubs and grasses are combined, and the scenic area is connected. In the first 20 kilometers of the park, there are pavilions, platforms, altars, pavilions, flowers, irrigation, roads, and gardens in an orderly manner, including Gongpu Pavilion, Zhichunting Pavilion, etc. It has built a Yulin covering an area of ??38 acres and a water storage capacity of 15,000 cubic meters. There are rockery ponds, waterfalls and bridges in the lake. You can browse the scenery in the lake by boarding a boat. There is also a folk custom exhibition hall in the scenic area, which displays various local folk ornaments.
Jiajiayao Mountain Songtao Garden
It is located to the north of the county and east of the Hushan Line. The scenic area is dominated by pines and cypresses that are evergreen all year round, including Pinus sylvestris, Pinus tabulaeformis, and deciduous leaves. The pines are in the mountain wind, and the pine waves are bursting. During the period when the Revolutionary Martyrs Memorial Tower was erected, during festivals such as Qingming Festival and July 1st, primary and secondary schools in the county would organize teachers and students to come to commemorate the heroes.
Da Nan Mountain
Also called Helan Mountain, or Danan Mountain as the locals call it, it is located in the northwest of the county, 6 kilometers away from the county. The mountain is tall and majestic, with a maximum altitude of 1,592 meters. Various tree species on the hillside complement each other, and the green waves roll as far as the eye can see. The large tomb and ancient stele from the Ming Dynasty on the top of the mountain tell visitors an eternal mystery. The ancient stele records the fact that Emperor Xiaowen of the Northern Wei Dynasty came to Pingcheng to pay homage to his ancestors. According to historical records , the present mausoleum of the capital of Wei is located in Youyu County.
Cangtou River Ecological Corridor
Going north along the Hushan Line, there is a narrow strip of "extensive forests and grass, gurgling water", this is the Cangtou River Ecological Corridor , the scenic area is a plateau wetland, with natural water systems, riverbank grasslands, trees and shrubs, and gently sloping farmland, forming a unique pastoral landscape on the northern Loess Plateau. Chickens, rabbits, partridges, roe deer, yellow sheep, foxes, and badgers are often seen in the scenic area. Yinshixing is an excellent place for camping, traditional agricultural and ecological tourism, and ecological wetland protection tourism. It is also a good place for leisure and summer vacation.
Xinbaoliang Ten Thousand Mu Forest Scenic Area
It is located in the north of the county, on one side of the Hushan Line, with a total area of ??14,971 acres. There is a hexagonal iron pavilion for sightseeing in the scenic area, and the surrounding area is all hardened and Greening, beautification, and the roads in the scenic area have also been hardened, greened, and beautified. The scenic area has green in all four seasons and flowers in three seasons. In the summer, you are in the forest, with the breeze blowing on your face, and you can see the vast forest in all directions. It has become a high-grade natural forest scenic tourist area. .
Zhongling Lake Scenic Area
Located in the southwest of the county, the scenic area is mainly based on the Zhongling Lake Reservoir area. It has been built into a tourist attraction integrating tourism and leisure in the reservoir area. Planting in the scenic area There are 16,000 Beijing poplars, more than 1,100 Pinus tabulaeformis, more than 3,000 Pinus sylvestris, 210 weeping willows, and 1,500 apricots. A nursery of more than 26 acres has been built, two viewing pavilions, and a resort. The mountains, water, and The forests, pavilions, and roads are complementary to each other. The lake is sparkling. You can take a yacht to enjoy the beautiful scenery of the lake and mountains. The lake is rich in seafood. Visitors can fish on their own and taste fresh seafood. It has become the first tourist destination in the area around Youyu.
The famous scenic spot Shahukou, appreciate the Xikou culture
Shahukou is located at the junction of Shanxi and Inner Mongolia provinces (regions) in Youyu County, Shuozhou City, Shanxi Province, leaning against the ancient Great Wall in the north and west Lin Cangtou River. As a great pass, it is famous far and wide and has a history of more than 2,000 years. The terrain of Shahukou is dangerous. A 3,300-meter-long narrow corridor is formed between the east and west mountains, forming a natural pass. "Shuoping Prefecture Chronicles" of the Qing Dynasty says: "Killing the tiger's mouth is the key point in the direct north. It strangles the three passes and controls the five plains. It has been called a dangerous point since ancient times." It has always been a battleground for military strategists. The Killing Tiger Pass is also an important tax card in history. As the only way for trade between the Central Plains and Mongolia, Xinjiang, and Russia, during the heyday of the Qing Dynasty, tariffs were increasing day by day. At the end of the Qing Dynasty, there were still 130,000 taels of tariffs to be lifted. During the Ming and Qing Dynasties, Shahukou also became the birthplace and main thoroughfare of Shanxi merchants. The birthplace of the once prosperous "Dashengkui" business name is here. In addition, the west exit in "take the west exit" is the entrance to kill the tiger. As the saying goes, "Zhangjiakou is in the east and tiger-killing mouth is in the west." As an ancient military fortress and an important border trade town, Shahukou has a high reputation and rich historical and cultural heritage. The majestic ancient Great Wall, the well-preserved Tiger Killing Fort, row upon row of beacon towers, desolate and simple ancient battlefields, rare open slopes of ancient roads in the province, and exquisite ancient music towers are all like bright stars. The pearl is embedded in the ground where the tiger is killed. This is truly the "West Exit". "Going to the West Exit" not only carries the glory and dreams, growth and hardships of the Shanxi merchant gang, but also inscribes the blood and tears of the Shanxi people who immigrated to the West Exit to make a living. Killing the Tiger's Mouth is a microcosm of the history of Shanxi in the Ming and Qing dynasties, and is evidence of the rise and fall of China's modern finance and trade.
Shahu Pass was called Shenhekou in ancient times, Bailang Pass in the Tang Dynasty, and Yalang Pass in the Song Dynasty. In order to resist the southern invasion of Mongol Washi, the Ming Dynasty sent troops from this mouth many times to fight, so it was named "Shahukou". Since the "mutual trade" between Mongolia and Han in the fifth year of Longqing in the Ming Dynasty, conflicts have turned into friendship, and horse markets in Shahubao, Deshengbao, and Xinpingbao (Tianzhen) have reopened. In 1925, the National Army led by Feng Yuxiang entered "Killing Hukou". That year, Feng Yuxiang appointed Han Duofeng, one of his thirteen Taibao, as the envoy to kill Huguan. In order to ease ethnic conflicts and promote trade between the Central Plains and beyond the Great Wall, South Korea officially changed its name to "Shahu Pass", following the common name since the Qing Dynasty.
High mountains confront each other on both sides of Shahukou, and the terrain is very steep. It is adjacent to Tangzi Mountain to the east and Dabao Mountain to the west. The open Cangtou River Valley between the two mountains has been an important north-south passage since ancient times. The highway from Datong to Hohhot still passes through here.
Shahukou Pass City was built with earth in the 23rd year of Jiajing in the Ming Dynasty (1544 AD) and covered with bricks in the 2nd year of Wanli (1574 AD). The city circumference is 1 kilometer and 11.7 meters high. In the 43rd year of Wanli of the Ming Dynasty (AD 1615), a new castle was built outside the Shahukou Fort, named Pingji Fort. Its length, width, height, and thickness were the same as those of the old fort. Between the two forts, an east-west fort was built. The walls are connected, forming a mutual support situation.
As for the importance of Shahukou and Youyucheng in the Ming Dynasty, it can be seen from the fact that Emperor Daizong conferred the Water and Land Shenzhen. Emperor Zhu Qiyu succeeded Yingzong after he was captured by the Mongolian Oara. He prayed to God for the safe return of Yingzong and made a wish that if Yingzong returned after defeating the Oara, he would like to bestow the "Water and Land Shenzhen" to Youyu County, Shuoping Prefecture. Later, the Kyoto defense battle organized by Yu Qian was victorious, and Yingzong was released. Daizong then sent his ministers to award Youyu with the "Water and Land Shenzhen" to thank the gods. "Shuilu Shenzhen" are 120 rare treasures and valuable paintings stored in the palace. It is said that most of these paintings were painted by Wu Daozi and Yan Liben during the Zhenguan period of the Tang Dynasty. Some of the remaining treasures are now collected in the Shanxi Provincial Museum.
As military fortresses, Shahukou and Youyucheng have been subject to constant wars since ancient times. Especially from the Zhengtong period of the Ming Dynasty to the Jiajing period, they were captured by the Mongolian army many times. However, in a war in the thirty-sixth year of Jiajing (1557 AD), the defenders fought alone and held on to Youyu City for eight months without any support. This was also unprecedented in the history of Chinese wars. Common.
This war originated from the "Taosongzhai Incident". Taosongzhai was the concubine of Xin Ai, the son of Anda Khan. She was fooling around with a leader of Xin Ai's men. After being discovered, she hurriedly defected to the Ming Dynasty. The then governor of Datong, Yang Shun, sent her to the capital in order to claim credit and reward. . For this reason, Xin Ai led his troops to attack Shahukou, and then surrounded Youyu City. Seeing that things were not going well, Yang Shun regretted that he should not have taken Taosong Village in. He lied to the court that the Mongolian Xin'ai Ministry was willing to exchange Taosong Village with Han Chinese who had fled after the failure of the White Lotus Sect uprising. The emperor agreed to return Taosong Village, but Xin Ai not only did not retreat, but strengthened his troops. While attacking Youyu City, he also launched an attack on the Great Wall in Datong and Xuanfu areas.
Under the repeated strong attacks by the Mongolian soldiers, the soldiers and civilians of Youyu City fought bloody battles. After General Youyu was killed in the battle, a general named Shang Mingbiao who was resting at home volunteered to take command of the defense of Youyu. . In this extremely difficult situation, in addition to repelling the enemy's attacks, he also seized advantageous fighter opportunities and sneak attacks on enemy camps many times. From September to April of the next year, although Youyu City was not captured, the soldiers and people in the city were almost without food and food, and all the cattle, horses and other livestock that could satisfy their hunger were eaten up.
When the situation was very critical, the Ming Dynasty sent Yang Bo, Minister of War, to personally lead an army to relieve the siege of Youyu. When the Mongolian soldiers saw that Youyu City was difficult to capture and that the Ming Dynasty reinforcements were approaching, they took the initiative to lift the siege of Youyu City and withdrew the Great Wall from the Tiger Killing Pass.
After this war, Shahukou and Youyucheng, as well as the Great Wall in the Shahukou area, were re-reinforced and repaired. And the number of garrison troops was increased, which greatly improved the defense capability of Killing the Tiger's Mouth.
The historical story of "walking to the west exit" happened at Killing the Tiger Pass.
In the early Qing Dynasty, the long-term suppression of peasant uprisings and the war against the Qing Dynasty caused great damage to production within the Great Wall in the north. Fields everywhere were barren, houses were broken down, and people were in exile. A large number of bankrupt peasants and defeated peasant rebels in Shanxi, Shaanxi, Gansu and parts of Hebei, either "bringing men and women" or alone, left their homes in groups, and crossed the Great Wall in spite of the ban, "taking the Xikou (referring to Shanxi Province) Kill the tiger's mouth. Later, it was generally pointed out that the entrances to the west of the Great Wall went to various places in western Inner Mongolia) to "naturalize" and "forage for survival".
At that time, the refugees headed west from Tumote, either renting land from Mongolian people to cultivate crops, or entering the desert to cultivate crops privately, forming a migratory group that "went westward". In addition, the Qing Dynasty adopted a soft policy towards Mongolia. He promoted Lamaism, built temples, and recruited a large number of craftsmen and bankrupt farmers from Shanxi, Shaanxi, and Hebei. At the end of the Ming Dynasty, due to the military disaster of Lin Dan Khan, the Tumut leader Xiao Shunyi, whose population was reduced sharply, supplemented the population of Dingkou and Sumu (Zuo). Regardless of nationality, Nading made an exception to make up for the shortfall of 30 sumu (1 sumu for 150 households). Refugees from Shan and Shaanxi came to join the Mongolian nationality one after another; with the relaxation of the Qing Dynasty's ban on Mongolia and the Over the years, farmers who suffered serious natural disasters and went bankrupt continued to flow in. People who "walked the west entrance" gradually moved from Tumed to the west to Alxa, Ejina and other banners to farm and herd and eat. This continued until the liberation. The painful history of "walking to the west exit" ended only after liberation.
CCTV's 2009 opening drama "Walking to the West Exit" and the TV series "Slaying the Tiger's Mouth" are both adapted from the true historical facts of the "Slaying the Tiger's Mouth".