Weishan Ancient City in Yunnan Province —— An ancient architectural complex in Ming and Qing Dynasties for more than 6 years.

Weishan ancient city, located at the foot of Ailao Mountain in western Yunnan and at the source of the Red River, is a famous historical and cultural city in China. There were cottages in the early Tang Dynasty. In the Yuan Dynasty, kingdom of dali, the general manager, began to build a tucheng, and it was not officially built until the Ming Dynasty. So far, the whole county still maintains the chessboard pattern when the city was built more than 6 years ago, and it is one of the well-preserved ancient buildings in Ming and Qing Dynasties in China.

Weishan ancient city is the birthplace of Nanzhao, where Sinuluo, the ancestor of Nanzhao, used to farm and graze. This is also one of the areas where the Tusi system has been implemented for the longest time in Yunnan. The Tusi system is the organizational form and system of local political power established by the Yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties in minority areas. Tusi, also known as local officials and local chieftains, is a general term for a class of official positions in ancient China, which was used to appoint tribal leaders of ethnic minorities in northwest and southwest regions to control foreigners with barbarians.

the streets in Weishan ancient city are built with the arch tower as the center, with a standard well-shaped structure. * * * has 25 streets and 18 lanes, with a total length of 14 kilometers. The 25 streets are East Street, West Street, South Street, North Street, Sifang Street, Risheng Street, Yuehua Street, Wenming Street, Shangshuiba Street, Xiashuiba Street, Housuo Street, Guansheng Street, Leizudian Street, Xuepang Street, Tuguo Street, Dashuigou Street, Baoguo Street, Yandian Street, Nanwai Street, Dongwai Street, Dongxin Street, Xixin Street and Huaxing Street. The 14 lanes are: Zhubi Lane, Humanities Lane, Yaojia Lane, Qunli Lane, Dingjia Lane, Huoxiang Lane, Youxiang Lane, Wenhua Lane, Shangcang Lane, Lengquan Lane, Shuixiang Lane, Chonghua Lane, Qiya Lane and Sunjia Lane. Around the ancient city of Ming and Qing dynasties: Guapu Street and Shuixiang are included in the streets and lanes of the ancient city because there are ancient houses or monuments on both sides; Literature Street and Nanxun Street were built after the reform and opening up, so they are not included.

The houses in the city basically keep the Chinese structure, while the houses on both sides of the south and north main axes completely preserve the architectural styles and styles of the Ming and Qing dynasties. Most of the houses in the ancient city are courtyard-style, which maintains the characteristics of the civil structure of "three squares and one wall" and "four in five patios" of Dali Bai people. The two streets outside the north gate are the main residential areas, with pavements and gates facing the street, and the width is generally 6-7 meters, followed by houses. Most of the houses face south, and the orientation of the houses is about 15 degrees from south to west, which is the best lighting method combined with the local area to make up for the bad light of the "four in five patios".

The north building of Weishan is called Gongchen Building, which was built in the Hongwu period of Ming Dynasty. On the tall city wall, there are five ancient buildings with double eaves and roofs. On the south side of the tower, there are six imperial edicts of Kui Xiong, and on the north side, there is a horizontal plaque of "Looking for Heaven in Wan Li". Magnificent momentum. Gu Lou is 23.5 meters high, and the lower tongue wall is 8.3 meters high. The building frame is supported by 28 large columns, and it is ascended by two small doors, east and west. Climbing to the top of the building, looking around, four streets, east, west, north and south, extend in all directions, and the houses are just like. The whole Weishan bazi has a panoramic view.

The towering Gongchen Building and Xinggong Building have become the landmark buildings of the ancient city. There are many cultural relics and historic sites in Weishan, Dali, including Weibaoshan, Weishan Ancient City, Xuanlong Temple, Yuanjue Temple, Mountain Longshan Yutu City, Yunyin Temple, Chen Yishu sarcophagus, Huiming Temple, Dongshan Menghua Lingquan, Bird Road Xiongguan, Wuyin Mountain and so on. The city also preserves Ming and Qing buildings such as Confucian Temple, Guandi Temple, God of Wealth Temple, Wenhua Academy, Sun Palace and Lengquan Temple. These ancient buildings with exquisite craftsmanship, rigorous structure and carved beams and painted buildings reproduce the prosperity and superb architectural art of Weishan ancient city in the past. Some experts and scholars were amazed after inspecting the ancient city of Weishan, thinking that "the ancient city of Weishan is so complete that it is rare in Yunnan and even the whole country".

Weibaoshan is a famous mountain integrating natural scenery, Nanzhao root culture and Taoist culture. Among the 14 famous Taoist mountains in China, the Taoist temples in Weibaoshan are the largest, the most magnificent, and the architectural style has the most local ethnic characteristics. Among them, the architectural style of the Eight Diagrams in Changshou Cave, the hollow relief of the Eight Immortals crossing the sea on the door of the main hall, and the eight pairs of hollow dragon figures on the top of the main hall are unique among the famous Taoist mountains in China. There are 22 Taoist temples in Qing Dynasty built on Weibaoshan Mountain, which are large in scale and exquisite in construction technology. There are a large number of valuable inscriptions, stone carvings, murals, couplets, plaques, sculptures, etc. in the mountains and temples.

Weishan has unique ethnic customs, with Yi people playing songs, folk "Dong Jing Music", tie-dyeing of Weishan, preserved fruit and famous snack "Ba rou Er Si". This ancient city, with a history of more than 6 years, is quietly in a corner of the hinterland of Wuliang Mountain and Ailao Mountain. An ancient city makes the fireworks life of the people in the small town show a different kind of quaint poetry.