tian wang zhai jing qu

Located in the Taibaiding Attraction of ​​Tongbai Mountain in Sui County, it is located on Gucheng Mountain, the second highest peak of Tongbai Mountain, with an altitude of 1,080 meters. It is backed by Gucheng Mountain in the north, and has cliffs on the east, south and west. The terrain is dangerous and easy to defend but difficult to attack. According to historical records, it was built in the late Song Dynasty and early Yuan Dynasty (1204 AD), more than 800 years ago. At that time, in order to resist the invasion of the Yuan army, the farmers surnamed Tian in Tongbai Mountain gathered to revolt, calling themselves the King of Tian, ​​and set up a camp in Gucheng Mountain, raising soldiers and generals, training soldiers and braves, and storing grass and grain. The village city was built with blocks of stone according to the mountain, surrounded by nine hilltops, and the village wall was undulating, like the Great Wall. The area inside the village is about 1.5 square kilometers. There is a high-water spring pool, named Yinma Pool, which is inexhaustible. There is a hole like the moon on the cliff of thousands of feet in the east, named Yueer Rock; there is a drum platform in the northeast, with huge rocks standing obliquely and leaning out of the village; there is Yingzizui in the west, like a giant eagle spreading its wings in the sky. To the east, there are Dongxu Peak, Lianhua Peak, Xixia Peak, Feiyun Peak, etc., like stars surrounding the moon. The horse ranch in the south mountain was built by Tian Wang to raise war horses. As an ancient battlefield, Tianwangzhai was in a commanding position when sending troops out, and it was impregnable when retreating, until it was breached by the Yuan army. In the fourth year of Emperor Xianfeng's reign in the Qing Dynasty (1854 AD), the village was expanded and reinforced, and renamed Anhezhai, which could accommodate thousands of troops. There are now hundreds of house ruins. There are seven city gates, including the East Gate, the Great West Gate, the Small West Gate, the Great South Gate, the Small South Gate, the North Gate, and the Great North Gate. The South Gate is the main gate with an urn built on it. It is the main entrance to the village and an important line of defense against the enemy. There are five military camps in the east, west, south, north and center, and four outposts outside. There is a beacon tower 150 meters outside the south gate, also known as Sifangcheng, which is the first outpost. The main peak has the "Silver Palace" (now only the ruins). After the expansion, the wall of Tianwangzhai is tens of kilometers long. Today, the smoke of gunpowder in Tianwangzhai has long dissipated, and the ruins still exist. Although the incomplete wall and city walls are not as majestic as before, they witness the vicissitudes of history and the unyielding spirit of the Chinese nation. The site is large in scale and has certain academic value. It is a well-preserved ancient military village group in central China.