Shiling Guan, known as "BaipiGuan" (白皮關), "Shiling Town", is located in the north of Guancheng Village in Xinzhou, the north of Shangyuan Village in Dayu Town, Yangqu County, and is the dividing point between Xinzhou and Taiyuan. To the east is Xiaowutai and to the west is Guanmao Mountain. The mountain is steep and dangerous, the pass is majestic, and it is the place where soldiers and families of all generations must fight, and it is the key to the traffic of Taiyuan to Dai, Yun, Ning, and Shuo, and is known as the gateway of Taiyuan Xinding. The picture shows The Shiling Pass between Taiyuan Province and Xinzhou.
The date of construction of Shilingguan is unknown. Qing Daoguang's "Chronicle of Yangqu County" records that "Ming built tucheng to guard, and changed to build a stone city during the Wanli years". According to field investigation, the city is surrounded by 1.25 kilometers, and there are originally three inner, middle and outer gates, and each gate is about 150 meters apart. There is a "Guanyin Pavilion" on the top of the inner gate cave, and a "Sanyi Temple" on the top of the outer door cave. Shicheng was demolished in 1920 during the construction of the Pingyao-Xinzhou highway, and some remnants of the Sanyi Temple still exist. Nowadays, the inner and outer gates of the ancient pass have been destroyed, and only the middle gate remains, known as "Yaode", which was built in the twenty-fourth year of the Wanli Calendar (1596). The picture shows Shiling Pass.
According to legend, Han Gaozu went north to resist the Xiongnu, besieged Pingcheng (present-day Datong), and when he broke away from the siege, the army went south and went to Xinkou to get rid of the pursuing troops. Gao Zu broke his sorrow and smiled, and the Sixth Army gladly returned, because "Xin" passed "Xin", and the name of Xinzhou was born. In the Xinzhou area, most of them belonged to Jin in the Spring and Autumn Period, the Warring States belonged to Zhao, and the Qin and Han belonged to Taiyuan, Yanmen, Taiping and other counties. The picture shows Xinzhou, the southern end of the border.
During the Three Kingdoms period, the State of Wei set up counties and counties, which were administered by Xiurong County. During the Tang Dynasty, it was named Xinzhou and was subordinate to Dingxiang County. During the Republic of China period, the prefecture was changed to a county, which belonged to Yanmen Road in Shanxi. In 1983, the area of Xinxian was changed to the area of Xinzhou. In 2000, with the approval of the State Council, the district of Xinzhou and the county-level city of Xinzhou were abolished and the prefecture-level city of Xinzhou was established. The picture shows the southern border of Xinzhou.
Xinzhou City, ancient name "Xiurong", referred to as "Xin", also known as "Xin". Located in the north-central part of Shanxi Province, it is adjacent to datong and Shuozhou by the Great Wall in the north, across the Yellow River from Shaanxi and Inner Mongolia in the west, by Taihang and Hebei in the east, and adjacent to Taiyuan, Yangquan and Lüliang in the south by Shiling Pass. The picture shows the boundary monument at the southernmost point of Xinzhou.
Yanmen Pass, located about 20 kilometers north of the county seat of Dai County, Xinzhou City, Shanxi Province, China, is an important pass on the Great Wall, known for its "danger", known as "China's first pass", with "the world's nine plugs, Yanmen as the head" said. Together with Ningwu Pass and Partial Pass, it is called "Outer Three Passes". The picture shows a desolate and desolate goose gate pass.
The siege of Yanmen Pass is built along with the mountainous terrain, with a circumference of more than 5 kilometers. The southern end of the city wall is connected to the east and west wings of Seki castle, and to the north, it extends along the ridge to the bottom of the valley, and the gate is built at the junction. In addition to the siege, 3 large stone walls and 25 small stone walls were built to serve as a barrier. On the hill just north of Guancheng there are the former barracks of the Ming and Qing garrisons, and in the southeast there is a school for military training. Outside the West Gate about the Imperial Temple. Outside the east gate there is the Jingbian Ancestral Hall, dedicated to the famous general Li Mu of the Warring States, and only stone platforms, stone lions, stone flagpoles and several Ming and Qing inscriptions remain. The picture shows the Yanmen Gate.
Now the goose gate is closed.