Zhangye HeishuiGuo Ruins A mysterious ancient city in the west of the Qianli River
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Heishuiguo ruins, also known as Heishuiguo Castle, commonly known as Heishuiguo or Old Ganzhou, folk also known as Ganzhou Old Town, is a post on the "Silk Road", with a history of more than 4,000 years, is a collection of Han and Tang ancient cities, prehistoric sites, ancient temple sites, ancient Tunzhuang, ancient tombs as one of the huge Ganzhou "historical books", but also a collection of ancient humanities, scenery, dunes, lakes, Ludang, wetlands as one of the Hexi "characteristic album". Standing here, as if standing in the high sky of history, the eyes seem to be able to see the long years of the Yue clan gathering, the Han-Hungarian war, the establishment of counties, the tea horse trade, the garrison of soldiers, and the destruction of the ancient city...
A Beauty of ruins
Jin Zhangye! "A lake of mountain light, half a city tower shadow, reed streams continuously, ancient temples everywhere", with the bell and drum tower as the center, to the southeast, northwest and four directions to a cultural journey, how wonderful it will be, the Great Buddha Temple, Xilai Temple, Wanshou Wooden Pagoda, Ming Granary, Gao ZongbingFu ... Which place does not need to linger all day to appreciate its long historical and cultural atmosphere? But our eyes have long been drawn to the edge of the city.
In Mingyong Township, 12.5 kilometers northwest of Ganzhou City, there are ruins of the Black Water Country. The ancient city is divided into two cities, north and south, the two cities face each other, about 3 kilometers apart, and the 312 National Highway passes between the two cities. The north city was first built when the Xiongnu occupied Hexi, the Han Dynasty was used and Zhangye County, the Tang Dynasty, the Yuan Dynasty and the Ming Dynasty, all set up post stations in the North City; the South City was built much later, it was built in the Tang Dynasty, and was used by the Song, Yuan and Ming Dynasties.
For the ruins of the Black Water Country, Mr. Yu Youren once wrote a poem: "The sand and grass are lost to the edge of the Black Water, and the history of the founding of the He King is not passed down." The Central Plains stove has long human bones, and the Daji inscription grass is brick. The poem aroused people's curiosity: on the edge of the sandy and grassy Gobi, what kind of river water would be called black water? What kind of ancient city is called the Black Water Country?
First go to the south city, ruins, broken walls, dead trees, wild finches. In the distance, a mound tens of meters high first appeared in the field of vision, just to the east is the entrance to the south city, two tall mound gates form a natural opening, outside the city, it looks like two ordinary mounds, do not know that there is a city hidden in the middle of the opening around the mound.
Climb up the wall along the quicksand pile next to the city wall, and in the core area of the city, the streets and laneways, the layout of the buildings are still faintly visible, and the architectural ruins are dense. Among the weeds and gravel, there are a large number of bricks, tiles and pottery pieces from the Han to Wei and Jin dynasties, allowing people to appreciate the charm of the beauty of the ruins.
quiescence
B Black River Pulse
Climb the earthen steps to the corner pier, which is the highest point of the South City. Looking down on the entire southern city, we found that the walls of this ancient city were very well preserved, and the entire outline of the city could be clearly seen.
Out of the South City, not far to the east is the North City of the Ruins of the Black Water Country. The North City is Seoul, which has been eroded by the long years and has been further decayed.
As the sun sets, it is more like a red dragon about to disappear. Unlike the South City, the North City is overgrown with tall and straight poplar trees, and the leaves "cling" in the wind, like the flow of the pulse of the Black River.
Following the dense poplar forest, we walked to the depths of the north city, and it seemed that we were about to reach the edge, and a small gap appeared in the middle of the city wall. Through the gap, a swarm of reeds with no edge in sight appeared in front of me.
Where there is water, there will be reeds, and the area full of reeds in front of you is the dried up crescent lake that is closely related to the black water country.
Crescent Lake is named after its resembrand of the crescent moon, and the former Black Water Country North City depends on this lake to reproduce and flourish.
The ancient city of Heishui was built on the Heihe River, and it was built on the alluvial fan terrace on the west side of the Heihe River. This terrace was silted up by the historical Impact of the Black River, and the loess layer is more than 7 meters thick, which makes the Site of the Blackwater State City both drinkable and unaffected by floods. So, why was the ancient city of the Black Water Country upgraded to the "Black Water Country" by posterity?
Ancient meaning
C Tragic fighting
Local friends told a folklore: a long time ago, the area around the Black Water Country was an endless swamp lake, with the passage of time, the lake gradually dried up into a peaceful river with abundant water and grass, and later a people called "Yueshi" migrated here, stationed and tun tian to repair the city, built a capital state, because of the black water, so named the Black Water Country; there is also a saying, the Black Water Country is named after the "Black Hungary", the legend that the Black Water Country is a city built by the Huns, and the powerful Xiongnu tribes once grazed and lived and established a country here. Because the Huns had black skin, the foreigners called them "Black Huns", and the "Black Water Country" was also named.
There was also a tragic period of war hidden here, and the battle against the Xiongnu took place here.
At that time, Huo Quyi adopted the strategy of long-distance attack, and with the momentum of wild galloping and the speed of lightning that could not cover his ears, he raided the enemy's heart, showed his divine might and shocked the enemy, and captured the sons of the Hun evil king, Xiang Guo, Du Wei and other important officials in the city of Lide, beheaded more than 8,000 enemies, and dealt a heavy blow to the arrogant Xiongnu. The name of Lide City also appears many times in the Han Jian excavated from Juyan, from which experts judge that the site of the Heishui State is located in Han Zhende County, Zhangye County.
Throughout that history, farming cultures and nomadic cultures collided with each other at the site of the Blackwater River, blending and smudging, giving birth to beautiful patterns like the Blackwater River under the setting sun. People of different nationalities come and go here, differentiating and converging, blending and mixing.
Desolation
D Amazing secrets
Whether it is the city of Zhende in the Xiongnu period or Zhangye County in the Han Dynasty, it was once a place where merchants and merchants gathered, envoys gathered, and people were noisy. Zhangye County in the Western Han Dynasty had ten counties under its jurisdiction, which showed its prosperity and splendor.
With human activities, with architecture, there will be tombs, in the black water country area distribution of 3 kilometers north and south, 5 kilometers east and west of the dense ancient tomb group, at the same time, outside the black water country area, along the ancient Qianjin Canal distribution of large areas of ancient tomb groups is also amazing. Due to the existence of Han Dynasty architecture and a large number of ancient tombs, the number and type of bricks and tiles in the Han Dynasty here are the most complex, only the brick chamber tomb, it is estimated that there are 12 million bricks, they are taken by craftsmen on the spot, masonry black water country south city wall wall, the length of 490 meters, so the black water country south city built on the Wei and Jin ancient tomb group.
The Blackwater Nation has left the world with more than the rise and fall of the city. Its southern and northern cities are only the tip of the iceberg of the ruins of the Blackwater Country, and the archaeological value of the prehistoric cultural sites of the Blackwater Country is much higher than that of the Northern and Southern Cities.
The prehistoric site is located in the middle of the two cities. The smelting remains hidden under the strata confirm that around 2000 BC, the Hexi Corridor from Xinjiang to Gansu must have existed a bronze road connecting West Asia, Central Asia, and East Asia, which spread not only bronze technology and bronzes, but also many materials and concepts, such as cattle, horses, sheep and related technologies...
If the prehistoric cultural site of the Blackwater Country is excavated again, its scope should be expanded and extended, and how many amazing secrets are hidden under this soil layer?
Text/Photo Liu Xiaolei, lanzhou morning post reporter