How is the scenery of Weishan Ancient City in Yunnan?

The ancient city of Weishan is located at the foothills of Ailao Mountain in western Yunnan, Weishan at the source of the Red River. It is a famous historical and cultural city in China. There were cottages in the early Tang Dynasty. In the Yuan Dynasty, the Duan family in Dali began to build the earth city, and it was not until the Ming Dynasty that the city was officially built. To this day, the entire county still relatively intactly maintains the checkerboard pattern when the city was built more than 600 years ago. It is one of the best preserved in China. One of the more complete ancient architectural complexes of the Ming and Qing Dynasties.

The ancient city of Weishan is the birthplace of the Nanzhao Kingdom. Xinuluo, the founder of Nanzhao, once farmed and herded here. This is also one of the areas in Yunnan where the chieftain system has been implemented for the longest time. The chieftain system is the organizational form and system of local political power established in ethnic minority areas during the Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties. Chieftain, also known as native official and native chieftain, is a general term for a category of official positions in ancient China. It is used to appoint leaders of ethnic minority tribes in the northwest and southwest regions to control foreigners with barbarians.

The streets in Weishan Ancient City are built in a standard tic-tac-toe structure with the arch tower as the center. There are 25 streets and 18 lanes in total, 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, Shang Shui Ba Street, Xia Shui Ba Street, Housuo Street, Guansheng Street and Lei Zudian. Street, Xuepang Street, Tuguo Street, Dashuigou Street, Baoguo Street, Yandian Street, Nanwai Street, Dongwai Street, Dongxin Street, Xixin Street, Huaxing South Road, Menghua South Road (formerly Weicheng West Road) , Guapu Street; the 14 lanes are: Zhubi Lane, Humanities Lane, Yaojia Lane, Qunli Lane, Dingjia Lane, Huo Lane, You Lane, Wenhua Lane, Shangcang Lane, Cold Spring Lane, Water Lane, Chonghua Lane, Qiya Lane, Sunjia Lane. Around the ancient city of the Ming and Qing Dynasties: Guapu Street and Shuixiang are included in the streets and lanes of the ancient city because they have ancient residences or monuments on both sides; Wenxing Street and Nanxun Street were not included because they were built after the reform and opening up.

The houses in the city basically maintain Chinese-style structures, while the houses on both sides of the south and north main axes have completely preserved the architectural styles and styles of the Ming and Qing dynasties. Most of the residences in the ancient city are courtyard-style, maintaining the characteristics of the Dali Bai people's civil structure of "three squares and one screen wall" and "four in five patios". The two streets outside the north gate are the main residential areas, with pavements and gates facing the streets. The width is generally 6-7 meters, with residential buildings behind. Most of the houses face north and south, and the house orientation is about 15 degrees from south to west, which is the best way of lighting in the local area to make up for the poor lighting of the "four-in-five patio".

The North Tower of Weishan is called Gongchen Tower and was built during the Hongwu period of the Ming Dynasty. On the tall city wall, there are five ancient buildings with double eaves and roofs. On the south side of the tower hangs the "Six Edicts of Kuixiong" and on the north side hangs the horizontal plaque "Looking at the Sky Ten Thousand Miles Away". The momentum is majestic. The ancient building is 23.5 meters high and the lower tongue city wall is 8.3 meters high. The building frame is supported by 28 large pillars, and is climbed up through two small gates on the east and west. Climbing to the top of the building and looking around, you will see four streets extending to the east, west, north and south, and the houses will look like them. The entire Weishan Bazi has a panoramic view, which is very spectacular.

Dali Weishan is a collection of cultural relics and historic sites, with many scenic spots, including Weibaoshan, Weishan Ancient City, Xuanlong Temple, Yuanjue Temple, Shanlongshan Yutucheng, Yunyin Temple, Chen Yishu Sarcophagus, Huiming Temple, Dongshan Menghua Lingquan, Bird Road Xiongguan, Wuyin Mountain and so on. The ancient city of Weishan also preserves Ming and Qing dynasty buildings such as the Confucian Temple, Guandi Temple, Caishen Temple, Wenhua Academy, Sun Palace, and Lengquan Nunnery.

These ancient buildings with exquisite craftsmanship, rigorous structure and carved beams and paintings reproduce the prosperity and superb architectural art of the ancient Weishan City in the past. Some experts and scholars were amazed after inspecting the ancient city of Weishan, saying that "the ancient city of Weishan has such a complete style, which is rare in Yunnan and even the whole country."