Historical records of Jielingkou

Jielingkou was invaded by Mongolian nomadic cavalry many times, only 12 times in the early Ming Dynasty. For example, in the ninth year of orthodoxy (1444), at the border of Wuliangha Sanweikou, the Ming court sent tens of thousands of troops to go through customs from xifengkou, Jielingkou, Liujiakou and Gubeikou respectively. "Thousands of men and women were captured and thousands of horses, cows and sheep were taken away. Naturally, Sanwei can't. " In the tenth year of Zheng De's reign (15 15), he rode into Jielingkou Pass, with Gui Yong, the deputy general, leading three soldiers from Beijing and two thousand guards from Guinea. In order to strengthen the defensive function of the Great Wall here, the Ming Dynasty continued to strengthen and repair it. The inscriptions on the nearby Great Wall, such as "Made in Autumn in Dezhou in the 3rd year of Wanli", "Made in Xuande House in the 6th year of Wanli" and "Made by Li Sizhong, Shiyingtou, Dezhou in the 21st year of Wanli", all illustrate this situation.

Near Hanshuiguan, 2 kilometers west of Jielingkou, the outer walls of several watchtowers were riddled with bullets, and there were seven inscriptions on them, such as "Showa's place where the commander of water dance died on March 16th" and "Showa occupied the 10th Division on March 16th". On March 1933, 1 1 day, the Japanese army merged into the 40th United Wing of the 33rd Brigade and attacked the 53rd garrison of the Kuomintang 1 16 Division, with Miao as the division commander. After heroic resistance, the defenders retreated. 16, the defenders counterattacked and retaken the left and right wing positions. Tug of war is very intense.

5 kilometers east of Jielingkou, there is an arrow shaft Lingkou. This castle is built of stone. "It is 292 feet long, and there is a building in the west gate." Today, the castle city is well preserved, the entrance of tickets still exists, dozens of families still live in the castle, and some traditional houses still remain. Monuments are everywhere, and some of them are even used as bridge slabs. The "eagle does not fall from the building" in Beikou is 508 meters above sea level, and the "tall building" is 706 meters above sea level. Huaguoshan Village, 3 kilometers to the east, is the west gate of Zushan, and there are attractions such as water curtain cave Xianren Qianlong Gate.