August 15 clouds cover the sun, the fifteenth day of the first month snow lights, this familiar folk song, presumably will not be unfamiliar!
The fifteenth day of the first month happens to be the day to enjoy the lights, and the city of Beijing coincides with the snow, and the snow reflects the landscape of red lanterns, which is an extreme beauty to think about!
If you haven't thought about where to go to see the snow, you might as well consider this good place I recommend, fork in the road mouth ancient city!
The ancient city of Fork Road is located near the Badaling Great Wall in Yanping District, Beijing, which is the gateway to Juyongguan, also known as "Three Forks"!
According to the "Chronicle of Yanqing Prefecture", "There are two roads on the forked road, one to Huailaiwei, Yulin, Tumu, and Jiming to Xuanfu (present-day Xuanhua) as the west road, and one to Yanqingzhou, Yongningwei, and Sihaizhi as the north road." Hence the name "Fork road".
The ancient city is boat-shaped, 510 meters from east to west and 180 meters wide from north to south, and is made of stone bricks, lime and mud. The ancient fork road city is surrounded by green mountains on three sides, and 10 temples such as the Emperor Temple, the City God Temple, the Taishan Temple, and the East Prison Temple are built in the city, as well as the garrison gate, the mansion, and the theater building.
There is a military training field outside the West City Gate, and there is a fortress on each side of the northeast, and the Ming and Qing dynasties have used the fork road as an important castle to renovate and strengthen.
The ancient city was once not only a military stronghold, but also a continuous paving in the city, merchants and merchants gathered, many inns, accommodation, rest, and many pedestrians!
With the change of time, the original shops, inns and other old-fashioned buildings in the city have been replaced by some modern houses, and now we have to see the General Office, the Garrison Office, the Jade Emperor Temple, the City God Temple, the Guandi Temple basically restored, and the ancient city of Fork Crossing has also become a Beijing outing attraction!
The southern and eastern and western sections of the forked city wall are relatively well preserved, and the northern city wall collapses more seriously. Its four corners now retain a solid city platform, there are two horse faces in the south wall, the west gate still exists, and the east city gate only has a stone foundation!
Scattered on both sides of the street, stone mills, stone millstones, still vaguely retain a bit of ancient meaning!
The three nearly 200-year-old locust trees in the main street, despite the wind and rain, are still leafy, and at this festival time, they are draped in red and color, attracting the attention of countless tourists!
Climb to the city wall, along the city wall to enjoy the surrounding scenery, the mountains and antique houses integrated into one, the beacon tower on the mountain tip in the distance, the fiery red lantern nearby, leisurely time, dusting the years of the golden iron horse.
I like the ancient city and the ancient village, perhaps it has lost its former appearance, but the ancient history and brilliant dreams left to future generations are still preserved in the sunshine and rain of the ancient city.
Fork crossing the ancient city area is not large, homestays and folk households are many, the price of homestays varies, meals in addition to farmhouse dishes there are some more fashionable small restaurants, basically can meet the needs of families, is also very suitable for the elderly and children to travel together! And this place is just over ten kilometers away from liugou tofu banquet!
The ancient city of the festival is full of lights, and if you come to appreciate it at night, it must be another style.
The city takes about an hour to get here, via the Badaling Expressway, and the view of the Great Wall along the way is simply amazing!
The ancient city tour time is about 2 hours, friends who come to Juyongguan Great Wall or Badaling Great Wall may wish to use this place as a stop or a foothold!
Share a snow map of the ancient city, the source of this picture is online search, for reference only! This picture is very beautiful, but there are fewer flower lanterns and red lanterns, and now shooting snow scenes, I think the scenery is better!
I am March, with video and text to record the footprints of walking, the pictures are taken by mobile phone, for reference only, thank you for your support and watching. #这就是年味儿 #