What are the characteristics of Jiayuguan?

The features of Jiayuguan are briefly described as follows:

1, Jiayuguan local food is full of flavor. Representative famous snacks include fish noodles, noodles, casserole noodles, wonton, minced meat noodles, firecrackers noodles and gluten paste. Snacks are concentrated in Zhenxing Market Food Street and Beijing Railway Food Street, and there is also a food night market on Jianshe East Road in summer. ?

There are dozens of restaurants in Jiayuguan, which are elegant, clean and comfortable, each with its own characteristics, and people are full of praise. Flavor snacks with local characteristics include: snow mountain camel's hoof, Gobi swallow shadow, roast lamb leg, braised mutton, braised mutton, Gobi swallow shadow, Xiongguan crisp, camel's hoof soup, Dongpo meat, jade slice with lamp shadow, green pepper sausage, fried hump, cumin mutton, chrysanthemum bullwhip, unicorn camel's paw, blue tofu, live fish in tomato sauce, pine nut corn, roast lamb leg with fire and instant-boiled mutton.

3. Local specialties: luminous cups, wind and rain sculptures, camel hair paintings, Qilian jade carvings, Jiayu inkstone, replicas of cultural relics, tomb brick paintings reflecting the cultural landscape of Wei and Jin Dynasties, etc.

4. Characteristic tourism: Black Mountain Cliff Shallow Stone Carving Painting, Jiayuguan Guancheng, Jiayuguan Gliding Base, Jiayuguan Hand Stone Seal, Jiugang Water Park, Qiyi Glacier, the First Pier of Wan Li Great Wall, the mural tomb of Wei and Jin Dynasties, the Hanging Great Wall and Yingbin Lake Tourist Area.

5. Route features: Visit the first Xiongguan in the world, visit the underground mysterious gallery and experience the fun of climbing glaciers.

I. Introduction to Jiayuguan

1, Jiayuguan, known as "the first male pass in the world", is located in the middle of the narrowest valley 5 kilometers west of Jiayuguan City, Gansu Province. The walls on both sides of the city pass through the desert Gobi, connecting the Great Wall of Montenegro in the north and the first pier in the world in the south. It is the westernmost part of the Great Wall in the Ming Dynasty. It was once called the throat of Hexi in history. Because of its steep terrain and magnificent architecture, it is called lock and key.

Jiayuguan is the traffic fortress of the ancient Silk Road and one of the three wonders of the Great Wall of China (Shanhaiguan in the east, Beitai in the middle and Jiayuguan in the west).

3. Jiayuguan was founded in the fifth year of Ming Hongwu (1372). It consists of inner city, outer city, Luocheng, Wengcheng, moat and the Great Wall on the north and south wings, with a total length of about 60 kilometers. Towers, piers and forts are scattered all over the Great Wall, which consists of three lines of defense: inner city, outer city and moat, overlapping defense, forming a defense system of five miles, one long, ten miles, one pier, three miles, one fort and a hundred miles.

Jiayuguan is a world cultural heritage, a national AAAAA tourist attraction, a national key cultural relic protection unit and a national patriotic education demonstration base. The main attractions are Jiayuguan Guancheng, Hanging Wall, First Pier of the Great Wall, Wei and Jin Tombs, Stone Carvings in Montenegro, Mulan City, Qiyi Glacier and Gliding Base.

Second, the historical evolution

Jiayuguan (1), located at the junction of the west and the west of Hexi Corridor, was built in the fifth year of Hongwu in Ming Dynasty (1372), nine years earlier than Shanhaiguan. It is the largest pass on the existing Great Wall and the largest pass in China.

2. In the early years of Ming Dynasty, Sheng Feng, the duke and general conqueror of Song State, was on his way to victory. He chose to build a pass in the middle of Hexi Corridor, with Jiuquan in the east, Yumen in the west, Montenegro in the back and Qilian in the south.

3. Turpan in the east of Ming Dynasty became more and more powerful, and it often invaded the cities in Hexi Corridor with troops. Jiayu Mountain Pass was the only place to pass. Jiayuguan has become an important national defense site in the west since its completion, and has played an important role in ensuring the security of Hexi region.

4. In November of the 11th year of Zhengde in Ming Dynasty (15 16), Mansour Khan invaded Suzhou, the guerrilla general Ruining was killed, and the whole army was wiped out, and Jiayuguan fell.

Third, the value of cultural relics.

Jiayuguan is the starting point of the western end of the Great Wall in Wan Li in Ming Dynasty. It is the most spectacular and well-preserved ancient military castle along the Great Wall of Ming Dynasty. It is the Ming Dynasty and its later generations. The important military fortresses along the Great Wall are known as "the great defense of China and foreign countries" and "the first pass in Hexi".

2. After the founding of the People's Republic of China, Jiayuguan cultural protection has been highly valued by the leaders of the state, provinces and cities. 196 1 year, Jiayuguan Guancheng was announced by the State Council as the first batch of national key cultural protection units.

3. The Great Wall Cultural Heritage "Wan Li Great Wall-Jiayuguan": 196 1 was announced by the State Council as the first batch of national key cultural relics protection units, and 1987 was listed in the World Cultural Heritage List by UNESCO. Jiayuguan is the starting point of the western end of the Great Wall in Wan Li in Ming Dynasty. It is also the best-preserved and most spectacular ancient military castle in Ming Dynasty along the Great Wall in Wan Li. It has the reputation of "Xiongguan".

Jiayuguan defense line has been in operation for more than 200 years in Ming Dynasty. By the Wanli period of the Ming Dynasty, there were 60 Great Walls and side walls, nearly 70 piers and a number of military camps (Maolaiquan Fort, Jiayuguan Fort, Ying Si Zhuangzi Fort, Yemawan Fort, Xincheng Fort, etc.), which was the defense system at the western end of the Ming Dynasty. The biggest feature is to make full use of the unique natural disasters such as Taolaijiang Canyon, Heishan and Xincheng Caohu, the Great Wall and Xincheng Fort.

There are so many national defense facilities and military projects in this small area, which is rare in the world, which fully proves how important it used to be. Jiayuguan defense line is the most classic national defense project in the world. In Hexi and Central Asia, we can't find such a place, which is suitable for building national fortifications, with the lowest cost and the highest efficiency (the lowest defense cost).

6. The magic of Jiayuguan defense line lies in its periphery, which has greater natural barriers and barrier protection, namely Qilian Mountain and Heihe River Basin on both sides and Badain Jaran Desert. In ancient times, human beings could not bypass Qilian Mountain and Heihe River. Jiayuguan was the only way for the Central Plains civilization to advance westward and the western regions civilization to advance eastward. Tianshengqiao Pass, Baoxiaoguan Pass and Temple Pass on the defense line are all fortresses.

7. Jiayuguan defense line in the16th century was at the dividing line between the two empires in the world and at the crossroads of the Silk Road that affected the economy and trade of Eurasia. Jiayuguan defense line had a great influence on the history of Ming Dynasty, Mongolia and the Western Regions. Jiayuguan defense line is a turning point of human civilization.