Introduction to Dayang Ancient Town

The introduction of Dayang Ancient Town (tourist attraction in Jincheng, Shanxi Province) is as follows:

At the foot of Taihang Mountain in Zezhou County, Jincheng, Shanxi Province, there is an ancient town with a history of more than 2,600 years— Dayang Ancient Town. Dayang was called Yang'a in ancient times. Historically, the Qin Emperor established a county here. The Han Dynasty inherited the Qin system and granted the title of marquis here. The Western Yan Dynasty established it as a county. It has been the seat of a county, a feudal state, and a county for more than 800 years. During the Ming and Qing Dynasties, there were many officials in Dayang. The local folk songs "If you have an official, you don't have to praise it in Dayang" and "If you have three fights and three promotions in Dayang, you will be promoted to a sesame official", which truly reflects the prosperity of the literary movement in Dayang at that time and the emergence of official officials one after another.

At the same time, Dayang is known as the "Acupuncture Capital of Kyushu" due to its developed handmade needle industry. From the Western Han Dynasty to the Ming and Qing Dynasties, many legendary figures emerged in the history of Dayang. Zhao Feiyan, who was both beautiful and artistic, Kong Sanzhuan, who pioneered various palace tunes, and Ru Taisu, who was honest and wrote tens of thousands of words, sacrificed their lives for the country. Zhang Dajing, the champion of martial arts, and so on, left their own indelible mark in the history of Dayang.

Features of Dayang Ancient Town

Dayang Ancient Town in Zezhou County, Jincheng, Shanxi Province has a long history and a large number of cultural relics. There are 127 ground-level monuments and cultural relics alone. The main categories of cultural relics are: The four categories of biological landscapes, ruins and relics, buildings and facilities, and cultural activity landscapes reflect the strong commercial, cultural and religious atmosphere of ancient Dayang Town.

The architecture of early northern towns in China was often influenced by the concept of "spiritual turtle", and most of them were spatially laid out in a "turtle shape". The ancient town of Dayang is surrounded by mountains and rivers, and the villages are arranged east-west along the Yang'a River. In order to strengthen the defense capabilities, the people of Dayang built four villages in the north and south of the ancient town. Looking down at Dayang Ancient Town, the Dayang Reservoir to the west of the ancient town is the turtle's tail, the east and west Dayang between the Qianhe River and the Back River is the turtle's body, the east end of Dayang at the Tianzhu Tower is the turtle's head, and the crisscrossing streets of the ancient town are Turtle shell, the whole shape presents a vivid turtle shape.

Reference for the above content: Baidu Encyclopedia-Dayang Ancient Town