Tourism in Qiaoxi District

Qiaoxi District has been led by the two national 4A-level scenic spots of Dajingmen - West Taiping Mountain and Anjiagou, supported by Zhangku International Ancient Trade Road, connected to the Jellyfish Palace in the west and Chengyun in the south. The development pattern of the tourism industry in Quachan Temple, Zhangjiakou Fort and Laiyuan Fort. The tourism resources in Qiaoxi District can be roughly divided into: ecological tourism resources, historical and cultural resources and red tourism resources. The main ones include Anjiagou, West Taiping Mountain, Jellyfish Palace, People's Park, Xiaobai Mountain, Xize Garden, etc.

1. Anjiagou Ecological Tourism Area

Anjiagou Ecological Tourism Area is a national AAAA-level scenic spot. It is located in Xigou, Qiaoxi District, and is known as the "Northern Silk Road". Connected by the Zhangku Ancient Road, it is a tourist area with natural scenic spots, tourist resorts and cultural landscape features. The annual average temperature is 5-6℃, and the maximum temperature is 26.6℃.

Anjiagou is dominated by natural ecology and is a mountain and countryside tourist area integrating leisure, vacation, catering, accommodation, conferences and entertainment. The scenic area has a training center for food, accommodation, entertainment and entertainment, a multimedia conference center that can accommodate more than 100 people, standard rooms, superior rooms, deluxe rooms, as well as many participatory, entertaining and fashionable rooms. Amusement projects are provided for tourists to enjoy sightseeing.

2. West Taiping Mountain Scenic Area

The West Taiping Mountain Scenic Area is located in the north of Zhangjiakou City, with a total area of ??6,395 acres, an altitude of 1,302 meters, an annual average temperature of 9-10°C, and a maximum temperature of 27 ℃. Taiping Mountain is a national AAAA-level scenic spot and a provincial-level scenic spot, belonging to the remnants of the Yinshan Mountains.

The landscape features of the scenic spot are mainly plant landscaping, interspersed with cultural landscapes. There are 18 scenic spots including the Cypress Garden, the Underground Great Wall, the Stone Corridor, the Jingyi Platform, and the Meritorious Monument.

3. Jellyfish Palace Scenic Area

Jellyfish Palace is a national AA-level tourist attraction located at the foot of Woyun Mountain in the northwest of Zhangjiakou City, 3.5 kilometers away from the city. The scenic garden area is more than 40 hectares. The annual average temperature is 8-9℃, and the maximum temperature is 27℃. Spring, summer and autumn are the best tourist seasons. The Longquan Temple in the Jellyfish Palace was built in the 47th year of Qianlong reign of the Qing Dynasty (1782) and has a history of more than 200 years. Behind the Jellyfish Palace, in Woyun Mountain, there is a spring at the foot of the mountain that flows out of a stone cave and never dries up all year round. It is called the Big Water Spring. Because the water is hard and contains minerals such as sulfur and aluminum, it is suitable for soaking and washing tanned fur. The main ones include Dajingmen (Provincial Protection), Yunquan Temple (Provincial Protection), Zhangjiakou Fort (Provincial Protection), Laiyuan Fort, Cliff Carvings, etc.

1. Dajingmen Scenic Area

Dajingmen Scenic Area is a national AAAA-level scenic spot. It is located at the northern end of Zhangjiakou City. It is a landmark building in Zhangjiakou, close to Jiayuguan, Shanhaiguan, Juyongguan is also known as the four major passes of the Great Wall and is known as the "first gate of the Great Wall". The annual average temperature is 9-10℃, and the maximum temperature is 29.5℃.

Dajingmen was built in the first year of Shunzhi in the Qing Dynasty (1644) and has a history of more than 300 years. It is a brick arch with a stone foundation. The door wall is 12 meters high, the bottom is 13 meters long, and the depth is 9 meters. It has two wooden and iron doors. The top is a platform, 12 meters long and 7.5 meters wide, with a 1.7-meter-high crenel outside and a 0.8-meter-high parapet inside. On the lintel are the four characters "Great Rivers and Mountains" written by Gao Weiyue, the governor of Chahar in 1927.

Dajingmen and the Great Wall are provincial-level cultural relics protection units. Eight scenic spots including the Dajingmen Great Wall, old photo exhibition, Zhangku Avenue Historical Scenery Park, and Erlang Temple are open to the public. Along the Great Wall Trail you can reach the West Taiping Mountain Scenic Area.

2. Ci'er Mountain Yunquan Temple

Cier Mountain is located in the west of Zhangjiakou City, 3 kilometers away from the urban area. Legend has it that Qilin, a gift to the world of children, once came to this mountain and left its toe prints on the mountain. Many people came to pray for children and blessings, so this mountain was called "Ci'er Mountain". There is a temple on the hillside of Ci'er Mountain called "Yunquan Temple". It is a typical temple landscape represented by "Buddhist and Taoist" culture.

Yunquan Zen Temple was built in the 26th year of Hongwu in the Ming Dynasty (1393) and has a history of more than 600 years. Because the temple is often surrounded by white clouds, and the spring water in the mountain is clear and flowing continuously, some people wrote poems and called this scenery "there is a clear spring deep in the white clouds". Therefore, Yunquan Temple got its name and is the largest Buddhist holy place in North China. The annual average temperature here is 8-9°C and the highest temperature is 28°C. It attracts tourists with its natural scenery of "clouds flying over the springs and springs flowing among the clouds" and its cultural characteristics of both Buddhism and Taoism.

Starting in 2008, investment was made to build a new mountain gate, three main halls, east and west side halls and wing rooms.

3. Zhangjiakou Fort Scenic Area

Zhangjiakou Fort Scenic Area is a national AA-level scenic spot, located in the center of Zhangjiakou City, commonly known as Baozili. Founded in the fourth year of Xuande in the Ming Dynasty (1429), it is an ancient city with a history of nearly 600 years. Zhangjiakou Fort is the root of Zhangjiakou and the birthplace of Zhangjiakou urban area. Most of the buildings in the fort are government offices, official residences, private residences of wealthy businessmen, and religious places. Looking down from a high altitude, the layout of the street shows that the streets with Wenchang Pavilion as the center are straight and straight. The street pattern formed in the late Qing Dynasty and the early Republic of China is still intact.

Zhangjiakou Fort covers an area of ??about 23 hectares, with a length of 590 meters from east to west and 330 meters from north to south. It has 20 streets and lanes and 478 courtyards maintaining its original layout. It was evaluated by Wu Liangyong, a famous academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and the Chinese Academy of Sciences. Ming and Qing Architectural Museum" and became a provincial key cultural relics protection unit. The annual average temperature here is 8-9°C, and the highest temperature is 28°C. It is a gathering place for culture, tourism, cultural relic appreciation, and photography.

The main ones include the former site of the Chahar Farmers Association (provincial security), Chahar Metropolitan Administration (national security), the "Underground Great Wall" (national defense project), Ji Hongchang Memorial Hall, Feng Yuxiang Villa, the 29th Army Anti-Japanese Martyrs Memorial Shrine, and Jellyfish The Empress Temple, the Memorial Hall and Statue of General Ji Hongchang, the famous anti-Japanese national hero of China, and the Memorial Hall and Statue of General Feng Yuxiang have become red tourism education bases.