Yanqing County on the outskirts of Beijing is a good place with many colorful natural and cultural landscapes. On July 10, 2012, the reporters and his party went to see the majestic appearance of the Shuiguan Great Wall, which was cut off by the construction of China's first independently designed Beijing-Zhangjiakou Railway, and a still-unsolved ancient mystery located 20 kilometers northwest of the Badaling Great Wall. The cultural relics of ancient mystery-Guyaju.

Tie Yixiong closes the door (Photo: Feng Ganyong)

After arriving at the Shuiguan Great Wall, Cao Hongsen, then deputy general manager of Badaling Shuiguan Great Wall Tourism Company, personally received and accompanied us for sightseeing tours. But what the reporter didn't expect was that when he talked with President Cao about the Shuiguan Great Wall, he told him that the Shuiguan Great Wall Scenic Area had suffered many inexplicable and wonderful injustices over the years.

Square embossed wall (Photo: Feng Ganyong)

General Manager Cao said: I have never known what the reason is. Many tourists mistakenly believe that the Shuiguan Great Wall is not a real Great Wall compared with the Badaling Great Wall. In fact, this is a huge mistake. The fact is: The Shuiguan Great Wall, located 40 kilometers northwest of Beijing City, is not only an important part of the Badaling Great Wall, but also its scenic area has a profound cultural heritage.

Photo of the Shuiguan Great Wall (Photo: Tan Shu)

Seventy-two scenic spots around the scenic area are scattered around the Great Wall like pearls. Many scenic spots such as Qinqin Gorge, Goldfish Pond, Shifo Temple, Camel Stone are scattered in a space of 25000 square meters. There are also cultural landscapes such as Zhan Tianyou's former residence. All of these provide tourists with rich tourism and cultural resources.

Zhengguanjian Tower (Photo: Feng Ganyong)

While walking, we chatted and passed through the Xiongguan Gate Tower of the Shuiguan Great Wall, and our eyes suddenly became clear. It turned out that this was the cultural square of the Shuiguan Great Wall covering an area of 6,000 square meters. On one side of the square is a huge 80-meter-long and 8-meter-high Great Wall cultural embossed wall made of copper. Through various character images, it vividly shows the spectacular scene of Qi Jiguang's supervision in building the Great Wall.

Overlooking the No. 1 Building of Chuanzi (Photo: Feng Ganyong)

Climbing the Zhengguanjian Tower of the Shuiguan Great Wall, Cao Hongsen pointed to the Liuyanlou beacon tower far on the right and told reporters: Generally speaking, most of the Great Wall beacon towers are Sanyanlou or Siyanlou, and the beacon tower that serves as the starting point of the Badaling Sichuan No. 1 is Liuyanlou, which shows that it was a very important military strategic fortress at that time.

The beacon tower on the left (Photo: Feng Ganyong)

We are currently located in Zhengguanjian Tower, which is 15.63 meters high and has an average width of 12 meters. The city wall is built with bluestone bricks against the mountains. The boundary monuments built by craftsmen in Shandong and Sichuan are still vaguely visible today. The slopes are strange and rocky, steep and steep. Climb the Great Wall and look into the distance. The Great Wall is like a giant dragon flying among the mountains full of autumn.

Overlooking the Cultural Square (Photo: Feng Ganyong)

President Cao then said to reporters emotionally: In fact, the Badaling Shuiguan Great Wall has a long history, with more than 400 years of wind, frost, snow and rain. The Shuiguan Great Wall is the site of the Great Wall of the Ming Dynasty. It was built under the supervision of Qi Jiguang, a famous anti-Japanese general. This section of the Great Wall was built at the mouth of the dangerous valley. The Great Wall from Shuimen Arrow Tower has a "V" shape and follows the mountain, like a giant dragon spreading its wings like a Kun Peng that wants to fly. The Arrow Tower is an enemy building and has the effect of a water gate. This kind of construction method is extremely rare among the Great Wall along the line, hence the name Shuiguan Great Wall. The Great Wall of Shuiguan has a dangerous terrain. Canglong dragons undulate between the mountains and mountains and pass on the cliffs. The castles are connected. The beacon towers look in the direction, and the double-sided arrows stand, resisting thousands of enemies. The Shuiguan Great Wall starts from "Sichuan No. 1" in the east and ends at the Beijing-Zhangjiakou Railway in the west. It has a total length of 6.8 kilometers and is famous for its oddity, danger, steepness and firmness.

Looking sideways at Zhengguan Arrow Tower (Photo: Feng Ganyong)

The four seasons here are picturesque. In spring, the mountains are blooming, in summer, the trees are lush, the mountains are covered with red leaves in autumn, and in winter, the dragons are lying in the snow. Here, the mountains and rivers are beautiful and the Great Wall is magnificent, and the ancient temples are quiet and quiet. In spring, when you see the mountains and flowers blooming on both sides of the Great Wall, and the Great Wall as far away as smoke and mist in the distance, people will fully appreciate the greatness of the Chinese nation. For example, basketball superstar Jordan and F1 racing driver Toya have all visited the Shuiguan Great Wall. The background of "Chinese" sung by Hong Kong performing arts superstar Andy Lau is the Shuiguan Great Wall. The Shuiguan Great Wall has increasingly become a tourist destination among many Great Wall attractions.

Roaming the Shuiguan Great Wall (Photo: Feng Ganyong)

Passing through the Zhengguan Arrow Tower and heading left to climb another high beacon tower. Looking down from here, the shape of the Shuiguan Great Wall in the shape of the "Ren" is vividly remembered. This section of the Great Wall is the eastern section of the Badaling Great Wall, which was built due to the construction of China's first independently designed Beijing-Zhangjiakou Railway. Mr. Zhan Tianyou, the engineer who designed this railway, is even more famous. Traveling west three thousand meters along the Great Wall, people can see China's first railway, the Beijing-Zhangjiakou Railway, and the "Ring-shaped railway." President Cao laughed: Maybe Mr. Zhan Tianyou was also inspired by the "herring-shaped Shuiguan Great Wall when he designed this railway...

Zhan Tianyou's former residence (Photo: Feng Ganyong)

At the foot of the Shuiguan Great Wall, the small courtyard where Mr. Zhan Tianyou worked is here. This ordinary small courtyard has three main rooms and one wing on each side. Currently, some precious historical pictures of Zhan Tianyou when he built the railway are displayed in the main room. Through these documents, we can appreciate the style of modern great men from one aspect.

Zhan Tianyou's old residence courtyard (Photo: Feng Ganyong)

Coming down from the Shuiguan Great Wall, we came to the ancient post road of Qinqin Lai, which was under planning, where Kangxi traveled westward. This nearly 1-kilometer-long ancient post road of Qinqin Valley still houses historical relics such as Wuguitou and Wulang Statues, as well as natural and cultural landscapes such as Buddhist temples, Guandi Temple, Guanyin Pavilion, Maitreya Tingyin, and Fuye Terrace.

Ancient Post Road Stream (Photo: Feng Ganyong)

Walking into the ancient posthouse road of Qinqin Gorge, you can see that the cliff is steep and not far east. The stone cliff is engraved with the six characters "Qinqin Gorge, Wuguitou". This was originally a famous landscape of Guangou: "Qinqin Gorge". In ancient times, the peaks here turned in circles, with green mountains and beautiful waters, two mountains facing each other, stone walls facing each other, and clear streams flowing in the middle. The stream flows down from the gentle slope and flows between the cracks in the rocks, making a gurgling sound. The stone walls on both sides resonate with it and are melodious, like the crisp and pleasant sound of playing the piano, hence the name is "Playing the Piano Gorge". Chen Fu, a poet of the Yuan Dynasty, came here and once wrote a poem,"The moon makes the gold emblem and the wind makes the strings. How can the clear sound be shot by your fingers? Boya has a special alpine tune, written among the pine winds and rocks."

Listening to Maitreya in the Qinqin Gorge (Photo: Feng Ganyong)

Wei Yuan, a poet in the Qing Dynasty, described this scenic scene as: "There is no sorrow on the battlefield, but the sound of Qin Gorge." When building the Beijing-Zhangjiakou Railway, the mountains and canyons in the northeast were cut to flat ground, and the Badaling Highway was built. The silt and stones used to cut mountains and holes filled the valleys. Nowadays, the inscriptions on the stone wall depend on each other, and the beautiful sound of the stream swirling in the canyon is no longer there.

The statue of Lai Goro in the piano (Photo: Feng Ganyong)

At noon that day, the China People's Broadcasting Station's Voice of Hong Kong program connected reporters and a party on the spot. Accompanying CCTV reporter Tan Shu used the radio wave to vividly introduce to Hong Kong listeners the feeling of collecting wind on the Great Wall of Shuiguan, and the unique natural and cultural landscape of the Great Wall of Wanli Cultural Water Pass.

Tourists visiting Shuiguan (Photo: Feng Ganyong)

Ji Zhi, then general manager of Badaling Shuiguan Great Wall Scenic Area, said: The Shuiguan Great Wall shows people the long history of the Chinese nation of five thousand years with its unique natural scenery and multi-level knowledge, and best represents the three different periods of ancient, modern and modern times. Representative works that represent the talents of the Chinese nation are presented to people, allowing tourists here to fully appreciate the rich connotation of five thousand years of culture. Zhang Zhe, general manager of the China and Tang International Travel Service, who was accompanying him, told reporters that she attached great importance to the cultural connotation of the Shuiguan Great Wall. In recent years, she has transported thousands of tourists from Henan and Shandong to visit here, and has won favorable comments from many tourists.

No one is a hero who has not reached the Great Wall (Photo: Feng Ganyong)

The reporter and his party drove away from the Shuiguan Great Wall Scenic Area and drove to the ancient cliff dwelling located in Zhangshanying Town, Yanqing County, northwest of Badaling, adjacent to Guishui in the south and Haituo in the north. This was a cliff dwelling cave dug on the steep rock wall by an ancient ancestor who was not recorded in historical records. It still has the magic of a thousand-year mystery.

Walking into Guyaju (Photo: Feng Ganyong)

Accompanied by Mr. Han Zhanli of Guyaju Scenic Area, the reporter and his party strolled among the mountains along the mountain roads of Guyaju Scenic Area. After walking a mountain road in the Grand Canyon, I climbed high and looked into the distance. I saw the wonderful ancient cliff houses located in the mountains. I can see that on the steep rock walls standing upright on three sides of the canyon, there are large artificially carved stone chambers, either rectangular or square, with the large ones being more than 20 square meters and the small ones being only 3- 4 square meters; or single rooms, or 2- 3 rooms are connected; or suites are parallel, or have two floors above and below; and there is a typical "three-bedroom room".

Photo taken by Guyaju (Photo: Zhang Nong)

The east wall of Guyaju Qiangou has the largest number of caves, with 48 caves, and the north and south walls totaling 43 caves; the east wall of Hougou has 26 caves. There are a total of 117 caves and more than 350 bays in the front, middle and rear parts. The caves are adjacent to each other and look like a natural village. Generally, the caves are three-bedroom with one light and two dark. There are also single and double bedrooms. They are about 2 meters high, 1-6 meters deep, and have an area of about 3-20 square meters.

Landscape of the Back Mountain of Ancient Cliff Residence (Photo: Feng Ganyong)

Under the mountain beam between the front and rear ditches, there is a large palace-style cave. It has two floors, facing east and west. The lower floor is a hall. There are stone tables in the hall and several rooms on both sides, one of which can lead to the upper floor. This place is very similar to a meeting hall or meeting hall. Locals call it "Guantangzi","Jinluan Hall" and "Guya Hotel".

Overlooking the Ancient Cliff Residence (Photo: Feng Ganyong)

There are 6 carefully carved stone pillars in the hall to support the upper level. The upper floor is a bedroom, similar in shape to the lower floor. According to legend, there was a plaque in front of this cave with the inscription "Qingshui County Yamen." In all caves, doors, windows, kang, stoves, manger, wall kitchens, flues, etc. are all available. They are round when they are round, and square when they are square, all of which are Chinese-American rules. The door frames, door pivots, and air holes are finely chiseled, with edges and corners, and the chiseling marks are vaguely visible. When you close your eyes, you seem to be able to smell the smell of cooking smoke, coming through the silence of history.

Lush Ancient Cliff Residence (Photo: Feng Ganyong)

The magic of Yanqing Ancient Cliff Residence also lies in that it annotated the magical achievements of ancient architecture with its magnificent and exquisite craftsmanship. All stone rooms have no columns or beams, but they can set up structures that exit the building; there are no ladders or plates, but there are multiple layers above and below, and the layers are connected. Moreover, all stone rooms are round and square, which are in line with aesthetic rules and show a primitive aesthetic taste.

Corner of Ancient Cliff Residence (Photo: Feng Ganyong)

Being in the stone room and meditating attentively is like being in a historical scripture gallery. All the stone caves are like books without words, reproducing the golden sword, iron horse, slash-and-burn cultivation at that time, allowing future generations to read heroism and war and peace in the solemn air.

Landscape of the Ancient Cliff Residence Front Mountain (Photo: Feng Ganyong)

There are also several clearly visible veins that have undergone 130 million years of geological changes, and the naturally formed stone walls between the mountains will make people sigh at the mystery of nature. As a result, it was praised by later generations as "China's First Maze, Beijing's Second Zhoukoudian, Beijing's Dunhuang, and the" Goldbach Conjecture "of Humanities and Art. Mr. Du Xianzhou, President of the Chinese Architectural Society of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, praised it as a blank in the history of architecture, a precious jade that has yet to be carved in the history of cultural relics, and a beautiful woman that has been raised in a boudoir in the tourism industry.

Xi Palace in Ancient Cliff Residence (Photo: Feng Ganyong)

Today, it has won the title of "Key Cultural Relics Protection Unit in Beijing City","Beijing Scenic Area","National Youth Science Popularization Education Base","Capital Civilized Scenic Area","Green Safe Scenic Area", and "Social Classroom" resource unit for municipal primary and secondary school students. Many other honorary titles. It is one of the famous attractions in Yanqing, Beijing for people to carry out popular science exploration tourism. (Photo and text: Feng Ganyong)