Cultural Tourism in Qingping Township

Weiyuan County is the birthplace of the ancient Weihe River and one of the birthplaces of ancient culture in the upper reaches of the Yellow River. In 205 BC, the county system was established and named Shouyang County, which belonged to Longxi County, and was renamed Weiyuan County in 55 1 year. Yangshao culture, Majiayao culture and Qijia culture are three ancient cultures with a long history and splendid culture. At the same time, Weiyuan County is located in the transition zone from the end of the West Qinling Mountains to the northern part of the Loess Plateau, with complex terrain, beautiful natural scenery, unique geographical environment and a long history, which constitutes rich tourism resources. At present, there are six tourist attractions 16, including Lianfeng Mountain in Weiheyuan National Forest Park, Tianjing Gorge in Shili Gallery, Taibai Mountain in Cloudy Wonderland, Shuangshimen in Shangri-La, Long Yuan, and Baling Bridge, a unique cantilever pure wood arch bridge built in Hongwu period of Ming Dynasty (A.D. 1368- 1398). During the Warring States Period, Qin Changcheng mainly passed through loess tableland and Liang area in Gansu Province, where there were abundant rammed materials. Therefore, the Great Wall was dug and rammed on the spot, and the wall was rammed in sections by plate construction technology. The tamping method is handover, and no vertical joints are basically observed. At the same time, borrow soil to dig trenches, forming a double barrier. On the river banks, terraces and beams, the Great Wall was built by using the original cliffs. The city is not very high, but from the outside, it is very high and steep, and it is difficult for the enemy to climb it. The Great Wall extending along the hillside adopts a combination of cliff-cutting buildings. This cliff-cutting method is to dig the low edge of the hillside downward into a cliff, and build a layer of rammed earth on the outer wall of the cliff, so that only the rammed earth layer is exposed outside the cliff, and the top of the wall is flush with the wall.

Weiyuan is a place where many Qin Changcheng are preserved in Gansu. Weiyuan Qin Changcheng was built after the destruction of Yi Qu Rong. After bidding farewell to the slope barrier of Lintao Great Wall, Qin Changcheng began to enter Weiyuan. The first place in Weiyuan Great Wall is "Meng Jia Zui Ka Liang in Qingping Township". Up to now, there is still a wall of Qin Dynasty on Baoziliang in Weiyuan County. This is a turning point for Qin Changcheng. When building Qin Changcheng, people made full use of the terrain here and built a city defense barrier on the top of the mountain, thus achieving a commanding role. Then, Qin Changcheng entered Longxi County via Yaopogou, Anjiatian, Digouer, Qingquandagou, Dungedou, Wang Qin Temple, Yehushanling, Qijiawan, Zhenshou Temple, Shibaozi, Chenjiawa and Fangjialiang. Some experts who have participated in the investigation in Qin Changcheng believe that the residual height of most sections of this ancient Great Wall is about 3 meters, and a few sections are above 10 meters. It rises and falls along the city wall, with small beacon towers every other mile and beacon towers every ten miles, which is magnificent. The rammed layer under the city wall is clear, and Qin tiles are everywhere.

There are some folklore circulating in Weiyuan, which tells the story of the Great Wall from another side. There is a Temple of the King of Qin in Weiyuan. It is said that Qin Shihuang went west to worship his ancestors because Lixian County, Gansu Province is the birthplace of Qin people. After the ancestor worship, I went to Longxi County (the county where Didi Dao was treated) to inspect the construction of the Great Wall. When he passed Wang Qin Temple, he stayed overnight, and later changed his name to Wang Qin Temple to commemorate Qin Shihuang's voyage to the West. There is a deep well in Wang Qin Temple, named "Wang Qin Yinma Well", and there is a thousand-year-old tree next to it, named "Wang Qin Tiema Tree". This is also a far-fetched story. Because this temple is the product of Buddhism's introduction into China, people think that Buddhism was introduced into China in the early years of the Eastern Han Dynasty. By this time Qin Shihuang had been dead for hundreds of years.