Ancient city of Yandu

Yandu ancient city is located in the southwest of Beijing, in the urban area of Yixian County, Hebei Province, 98km (about an hour's drive) away from Beijing, 60km from Baoding, 185km from Tianjin. It is located in the Baojin triangle of Beijing and Tianjin, and now belongs to the Binhe new area south of Yishui river.

It is a key project of Hebei Province and Baoding Municipal government. In the future, it will become the first tourism and holiday commercial complex around Beijing that integrates six functions of "eat, live, travel, play, buy and earn". It is also the first waterfront ancient city in North China.

Ancient city of Yandu

Yandu ancient city is located in the southwest of Beijing, in the urban area of Yixian County, Hebei Province, 98km (about an hour's drive) away from Beijing, 60km from Baoding, 185km from Tianjin. It is located in the Baojin triangle of Beijing and Tianjin, and now belongs to the Binhe new area south of Yishui river.

It is a key project of Hebei Province and Baoding Municipal government. In the future, it will become the first tourism and holiday commercial complex around Beijing that integrates six functions of "eat, live, travel, play, buy and earn". It is also the first waterfront ancient city in North China.

Introduction to the ancient city

The total investment in the development of Yandu ancient city is 5 billion yuan, covering an area of 1900 mu (about 1.267 million square meters), including 450 mu (about 300000 square meters) of water park and 150 mu (about 100000 square meters) of riverside landscape greening. At present, Yandu ancient city is the largest Riverside ancient city in North China, covering an area of 1300 mu (about 870000 square meters) of commercial development. The project development is located in Beiyishui River (North and south sides), which is divided into two phases, It is a key project of Hebei Province and Baoding Municipal government. In the future, it will become the first tourism and holiday commercial complex around Beijing that integrates six functions of "eat, live, travel, play, buy and earn". It is also the first waterfront ancient city in North China.

The overall planning of Yandu ancient city is "two axes", "one belt" and "multi center". The two axes are the East-West "Zhouyi culture experience axis" and the North-South "Zhongyi culture experience axis". The "one belt" is the "Yishui leisure and sightseeing belt" built on the basis of Yishui River (also the water theme park built by the project). The multi centers are mainly divided into comprehensive business and tourism center, hot spring health resort center, leisure experience center, market folk custom center, landscape residential center, etc Hair area.

The main business types in the ancient city are: tourism commodity street, calligraphy and painting street, Mianyu street, antique street, tea street, yishuiyan specialty street, catering street, snack street, leisure bar street, health culture street, Hongmu street, Riverside Hotel, hot spring Health Resort Inn Group, etc.

Traffic in ancient city

1. Beijing Yixian: (self driving) Beijing Hong Kong Macao Expressway Langzhuo Expressway Zhangshi Expressway Yixian entrance and exit road.

2. Beijing - Yixian: (self driving) Beijing Kunming Expressway - along Beijing Kunming Expressway - Zhangshi Expressway - Yixian exit road.

Beijing Yixian: Beijing Lizeqiao bus station: you can take a long-distance bus to Yixian County passenger transport center, Shanbei, Qingxiling, yanxiadu, Warring States film and Television City, etc. with an interval of 20 minutes.

3. Tianjin - Yixian: Baojin Expressway (Rongwu Expressway) - Daguang Expressway - Langzhuo Expressway - Zhangshi expressway, the entrance and exit of Yixian.

4. Baoding Yixian: Beijing Kunming Expressway Baoding connecting line Beijing Kunming Expressway Yixian exit road, turn right and go straight to Xiguan bridge to see Yandu ancient city sales tourist service center. (bus 681, bus 981)

5. High Speed Railway: take the high-speed railway from Beijing west station to Gaobeidian station in Baoding, and transfer to the bus from Gaobeidian to Yixian

Ancient city tourism

Yi county is one of the 35 counties around Beijing Tianjin metropolitan area in Hebei Province, with a population of 570000. It is one of the first batch of 14 millennium old counties in China named by UNESCO. It is a famous cultural city in Hebei Province and one of the only 50 most beautiful cities in China. The forest coverage rate of the whole county reaches 53%. It is rated as "Yizhou National Forest Park" by the State Forestry Administration, with 27 reservoirs and lakes The content of negative oxygen ion in the air is 40 times of that in Beijing, which is a famous green county in China issued by the State Forestry Administration. Ranked first in Beijing, Tianjin and Hebei.

Yi county is the most abundant suburban area in North China and around Beijing. The main tourist attractions nearby are: Yesanpo, Qingxiling, Langya Mountain, yanxiadu, Jingke tower, Yishui Lake (Baoding South Lake), Zijingguan, daodejingzhuang, Longhu, Hongya mountain, Yunmeng Mountain, Manchu village, Warring States cultural city, etc.

According to statistics, in 2013, the number of tourists from Beijing, Tianjin, Baoding, Shijiazhuang and other places reached more than 5 million. According to the annual increasing number of tourists, it is estimated that the annual number of tourists will reach more than 10 million in the next five years.

historical origin

During the Warring States period, the lower capital of Yan state was in today's Yi county. At that time, Yanxia was divided into palace area, handicraft workshop area, residential area and burial area. Among them, Wuyang terrace is located in the center of the palace area, with the most grand scale; laomu terrace was the place to receive guests at that time; Huangjin terrace was the place where King Yanzhao recruited talents, which was widely praised by later generations. The handicraft workshop area surrounds the palace area, forming a prosperous Yanxia capital.

The main tourist attractions are: Qingxiling, Langya Mountain, yanxiadu, Jingke tower, Yishui lake, Zijingguan, daodejingzhuang, Longhu, Hongya mountain, Yunmeng Mountain, Manchu village, Warring States cultural city, etc.

Picture of the ancient city

Address: Binhe Road, Xiguan bridge, Yi County, Hebei Province

Longitude: 115.484127

Latitude: 39.347274

Tour time: 2 hours

Traffic information: 1. Beijing - Yixian: (self driving) Beijing Hong Kong Macao Expressway - Langzhuo Expressway - Zhangshi Expressway - Yixian entrance road.

2. Beijing - Yixian: (self driving) Beijing Kunming Expressway - along Beijing Kunming Expressway - Zhangshi Expressway - Yixian exit road.

Beijing Yixian: Beijing Lizeqiao bus station: you can take a long-distance bus to Yixian County passenger transport center, Shanbei, Qingxiling, yanxiadu, Warring States film and Television City, etc. with an interval of 20 minutes.

3. Tianjin - Yixian: Baojin Expressway (Rongwu Expressway) - Daguang Expressway - Langzhuo Expressway - Zhangshi expressway, the entrance and exit of Yixian.

4. Baoding Yixian: Beijing Kunming Expressway Baoding connecting line - Beijing Kunming Expressway Yixian exit road, turn right and go straight to Xiguan bridge to see Yandu ancient city sales tourist service center. (bus 681, bus 981)

5. High Speed Railway: take the high-speed railway from Beijing west station to Gaobeidian station in Baoding, and transfer to the bus from Gaobeidian to Yixian.

Ticket information: Free

Opening hours: all day

19:00-20:00 big bonfire party every night in peak season (free)

20: 20-21:00 performance (free)