Welcome to Liaoning
After a winter snowfall, the Northeast is already freezing, but Suizhong is an exception. Suizhong County, Huludao City, located at the junction of Liaoning and Hebei, is close to Hebei Province in the "Guannei", and the similar temperature makes the local snow melt quickly, and the blue sky, yellow leaves, and mountains are reflected in the interest, a late autumn scene.
Since the Ming and Qing dynasties, the territory east of Shanhaiguan has been commonly known as "Guanwai", and has also become a synonym for the Northeast including Liaoning, Jilin and Heilongjiang.
As an important pass of the Great Wall, the Great Wall of Jiumen in Suizhong County "a stone pass" spans the Jiujiang River nearly 100 meters wide. The city is sparkling, the water is towering, the mountains and waters, this Great Wall was built in the Northern Qi Dynasty and expanded in the early Ming Dynasty, experiencing the smoke of war, showing the vicissitudes of history, recording the past and the future.
Wang Jianhua, deputy director of the Suizhong County Archaeological and Cultural Relics Protection Center, said that "a piece of stone pass" is also known as the nine gates because there are nine water gates outside the southeast of the city. "The Great Wall at the Nine Gates is a section of the Great Wall on the water, and it is also a world cultural heritage, which has been awarded the reputation of 'Wonder of the World'. ”
Climb the Great Wall at the Nine Gates, where the ancient city walls stretch out along the ridge. In ancient times, this continuous high wall, together with passes and gates, formed a huge military defense system, and the rulers hoped to use it to protect the territory and the people, once and for all.
The main function of the Great Wall is to defend against foreign invasions, but it also has other functions such as ** exchanges. Zhuang Wei, deputy director of the Huludao Municipal Bureau of Culture, Tourism, Radio, Film and Television, said, "The Ming Dynasty set up all kinds of customs on the Great Wall of Liaodong, and exchanged rice, tea, ironware, silk cotton, etc. from the mainland for horses, timber, fur leather, ginseng, etc. ”
On the hillside not far away, the newly built Great Wall Museum at the Nine Gates of the Great Wall is covered by pine trees, and the courtyard of Sanjin is quiet and simple. In the exhibition hall on the east side, the 3D animation restores the scene of the "Battle of a Stone".
In 1644, Dolgon of the Qing Dynasty led the Eight Banners Army and Wu Sangui, the general soldier of the Ming Dynasty, to defeat Li Zicheng's Dashun army in the area of Shanhaiguan and "a piece of Shiguan". The autumn wind of the iron horse is far away, and the sunset shines into the room along the window lattice, leaving only the desolate city and quiet courtyard waiting for people to approach it and read it.
Today, the Great Wall has become a symbol of Chinese culture and civilization. Zhang Kaixin, vice president of the Chinese Society of Modern and Contemporary History and Historical Materials, said, "To protect the Great Wall is to protect the spiritual home of the Chinese." ”
In August 2021, China issued the "Plan for the Construction and Protection of the Great Wall National Cultural Park", starting the construction of the Great Wall National Cultural Park, integrating the cultural relics and cultural resources of 15 provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities along the Great Wall, including Liaoning and Hebei, with the intention of building the Great Wall National Cultural Park into a national landscape that inherits Chinese civilization.
Zhuang Wei said that the Ming Great Wall in Huludao is located in the center of the western Liaoning corridor, with the Jiliao Great Wall intersection section and the ancient city of Xingcheng "Shanhai City Island" defense system as the core, set the wall, enemy platform, beacon tower, fort, station, guard in one, a total length of 2652 kilometers, there are 151 beacon towers and 7 national key cultural relics protection units.
In the territory of Yong'anbao Township in Suizhong, the magnificent Great Wall of Awl Mountain is criss-crossed in the mountains and wilderness, and the mottled city wall witnesses the passing time, which retains the most primitive style of the Great Wall.
In Xigou Village, at the foot of the mountain, many villagers' own farmhouses are open to welcome guests. Diao Pengzhu, a 69-year-old photographer, resigned from his hometown of Jinzhou 15 years ago and moved to the mountains to photograph and protect the Great Wall.
This section of the 'Wild Great Wall' is so magnificent, so beautiful that people can't put it down. Diao Pengzhu said. Since then, he has been guarding the Great Wall day and night, filming the Great Wall, holding photo exhibitions, leading villagers to build farmhouses to get rich and increase income, while also protecting the Great Wall and discouraging tourists from destroying the Great Wall.
The Great Wall is so beautiful, we appreciate it, and we must protect it. Diao Pengzhu said that in recent years, the country has started to build the Great Wall National Cultural Park, and he feels down-to-earth and gratified.
As part of the Great Wall National Cultural Park, the newly completed Great Wall Visitor Center in Yong'anbao Township is fully equipped, including hotels, restaurants, RV campsites, open-air cinemas, and a sea of flowersDiao Pengzhu also donated a number of photos of the Great Wall** taken by himself for display and publicity. He is looking forward to next year's spring when the Great Wall welcomes new visitors and new stories.
According to the plan, the Great Wall National Cultural Park will focus on the construction of four main functional areas, including control and protection, theme display, cultural and tourism integration, and traditional utilization, and implement projects such as the protection and inheritance of the Great Wall cultural relics and cultural resources, the improvement and improvement of environmental facilities, and the in-depth integration of culture and tourism.
On the one hand, we must protect the Great Wall, and on the other hand, we must tell the story of the Great Wall, so that people can better understand the Great Wall and love the Great Wall culture more. Zhuang Wei said.
*:Xinhua.