Fenghuang Town, Pinglu District, Shuozhou City, Shanxi Province

Fenghuang town

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Fenghuang town is located in the north of Shuozhou City, with gaoshizhuang Township in the north, Zhihu Township and shuangnian Township in the west, xishuijie Township in the South and Youyu County in the East. It is 70 kilometers away from Shuozhou City and 40 kilometers away from Jingping Town, the seat of Pinglu district government. It is located in two provinces (Shanxi Province and Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region). The ancient city of Fenghuang town has a history of 527 years. The location of the town is very advantageous. With a total area of 180.49 square kilometers, the town has 22 villager committees, 3157 permanent residents (in 2017), and 54657.8 mu of cultivated land. In 2007, the total social output value was 45 million yuan. The leading industry is grain and oil planting.

Brief introduction of ancient town

Fenghuang Town, facing the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region in the north, is historically the key link between Shanxi and Inner Mongolia. Fenghuang town is one of the four towns in Pinglu District, which is one of the four towns in "one city and four towns". There are two most important traffic trunk lines in Fenghuang Town, 109 National Road and Pingshuo first class road. National Highway 109 runs through the whole territory, and is one of the main links between Shanxi and Inner Mongolia; provincial highway Pingshuo first class road starts from Fenghuang city in the north and ends at Shuozhou City in the south, which is the main traffic artery of Fenghuang city.

Historical evolution

Phoenix City originated in the early Ming Dynasty. It is said that when phoenix city began to build the city wall, the skilled builders saw a beautiful Phoenix falling from the top of Beigu mountain on the back of the city when setting out the line. They immediately moved the line to the Damen (Fengtou) where the city was being built. At that time, the officials who were supervising the construction of the city played the matter to the imperial court. The imperial court was very happy to get the news. They thought it was a treasure land of geomantic omen to moisten the common people. They were gracious on the spot and paid a lot of money to build the city wall here. They repeatedly ordered that the city should be built according to the posture of Phoenix waiting to fly on the mountain, showing the characteristics of magnificence and invincibility.

In the Ming and Qing Dynasties, Phoenix was an important commercial and military town in the north of China, with a population of nearly 10000. At that time, the city of Phoenix was full of Commerce and commerce, and the streets were crowded with people, sweating like rain, which was a prosperous scene. At that time, there were many temples in the city. There were 18 temples in Beigu mountain alone, with constant incense throughout the year. After hundreds of years of historical evolution, the ancient buildings in the city have been very rare. The existing ancient ruins in Beigu mountain have thousand Buddha cave in the East, God of wealth temple in the west, rain praying platform on the top of the mountain, and several pairs of stone lions and stone tablets beside the mountain gate witness the vicissitudes of the times.

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Fenghuang town ancient city

Fenghuang town has a history of 527 years. The old military camp was set up in the early Ming Dynasty, and the city was built in 1481 A.D. of Chenghua in the Ming Dynasty. Pingluwei was under the jurisdiction of the commander of Shanxi provincial capital. It once set up a military town to prevent the northern nomads from invading the Central Plains. The planning of the ancient city is reasonable and the architecture is scientific. The layout of the ancient city is four streets and eight lanes. The perimeter of the city wall is 3150 meters and the height is 12 meters. Beigu mountain is located in the north end of Fenghuang Town, with a radius of 1 km, a north-south trend, an altitude of 1596 meters, covering an area of more than 2100 mu. The whole mountain and the top are composed of temples, with many temples, among which Qianfo cave, Zhenwu temple and Yuhuang temple are the largest. Although there are relics, most of them have been destroyed due to the war. In 2007, it was appraised by provincial and national experts: in the north, such as Phoenix City, the construction format and scale are rare, especially in the northern frontier of the Great Wall, so it is of great value to develop its historical and cultural resources. Relying on the development of cultural tourism industry in northern mountain areas by Pinglu district Party committee and government, and the fact that Beigu mountain is listed as a key tourist attraction in the first phase of development, the Party committee and government of Fenghuang town invested more than 1 million yuan to complete the greening of 1060 mu of barren hills in Beigu mountain, planted more than 70000 spruce, Pinus tabulaeformis and Pinus sylvestris var. mongolica in the mountains, completed the water diversion project and built a new 80 cubic meter pool on the top of the mountain One, 1380m of water diversion pipeline was laid, and the roads, steps, Shipai, Qianfo cave and Mountain Gate of Beigu mountain were repaired.