What's interesting about the colorful area of Anhancheng Lake in Xi?

There are four scenic spots in Bacheng Cai Yi District of Hancheng Lake Scenic Area, namely Waterwheel Square, Bachengmen Ruins, Peace Bridge and Huangyu Shenshu, which have both architectural and natural landscapes.

Shuiche plaza

Waterwheel Square, covering an area of 5,000 square meters, has two large waterwheels in the Han Dynasty. The largest diameter is 2 1.5 meters, representing the rule of the Western Han Dynasty, and the smallest is 19.6 meters, representing the rule of the Eastern Han Dynasty 196. On the ground of the waterwheel square, there are also ground sculptures of water conservancy projects in the Western Han Dynasty, which fully show the water conservancy in the Han Dynasty.

Bachengmen site

Bachengmen is the southernmost gate on the east side of Chang 'an in Han Dynasty, also known as Qingcheng Gate. There is a guard room on the door. There are three doorways with a width of 8m, and the width of the partition wall is about14m. Bachengmen is west of the East Gate of Changle Palace in the city, and the site destroyed by Wang Mang in the last years is well preserved. Bachengmen was also one of the three gates of Chang 'an Dongcheng in Han Dynasty. The three gates of Dongcheng are Xuanping Gate, Qingming Gate and Bacheng Gate from north to south. From east to west, the three gates in Cheng Nan are Tiananmen, Tiananmen and Xi 'anmen. Xicheng Sanmen is Zhangchengmen, Zhichengmen and Yong Men from south to north; The three gates in the north city are Hengmen, Kitchen City Gate and Luocheng Gate from west to east.

Heping bridge

Taiping Bridge was named after the historical facts of pursuing peace in Han Dynasty, such as Su Wu herding sheep, Zhang Qian's mission, Silk Road, Zhaojun's departure from the fortress and so on. It is a municipal road and bridge, with the secondary entrance to the scenic spot in the east and the wall ruins of Chang 'an in the Han Dynasty in the west.

Huangyu Shenshu

Elm Garden is named after a yellow elm tree called "Holy Tree" that grows here. This "holy tree" is a rare tree species and a national first-class protected tree species. The DBH of this tree is 1.5 meters, and it needs 4.5 people to hold hands to surround it. According to experts' research, this yellow elm tree is nearly a thousand years old and can be called the king of yellow elm.