The current situation of protection and development of tourism resources in Chengguan Town

In recent years, with the growth of Chengguan economy, the tourism industry in Chengguan Town has also developed further. Tourism has become a new economic growth point in Chengguan. For this reason, Chengguan Town has invested a lot of money. for the protection of tourism resources. Cooperating with relevant departments in the declaration of cultural relics protection units, construction of tourist facilities, ancient city planning and protection, Panxian Beimen City Drum Tower is located in Chengguan Town, Panxian County. It was formerly known as Pu'anwei Zhenyuan Tower. It was built in the 25th year of Hongwu in the Ming Dynasty. (1392 AD), it has a history of more than 600 years. The floor is five rooms wide and five rooms deep, with double eaves on the top of the mountain, seven bucket-shaped beams, a double-step cloister on the ground floor, 1 meter high wing corners, and green tube tiles covering the roof. The ancient city walls of the city towers are all made of stone. The highest point is more than 10 meters and the width is 39.6 meters. There are 24 battlements on the city wall. This is the only ancient city tower with gate towers in Guizhou Province. Pu'an Guard Tower was built in the 22nd year of Hongwu (1389). In the 25th year of the reign of Emperor Hongwu, the commander Wang Wei and others began to build the earthen city wall and build it with stones. According to the Records of Pu'an Prefecture written by Jiajing of the Ming Dynasty, the city wall was eight miles and a half in circumference and two feet and three feet high. There were four stone arch gates: Yongxi in the east, Guangju in the south, Chongren in the west, and Zhenyuan in the north. A drum tower was built on the Zhenyuan Gate; the city wall was built in the shape of a mountain, high in the west and low in the east, shaped like a bell. In the 26th year of Emperor Kangxi's reign (1687), the east gate was renamed Huizheng. In the eleventh year of Daoguang (1831), the south wall collapsed by tens of feet and was later repaired; in the third year of Xianfeng (1853), the east wall was repaired; in the eighth year of Xianfeng's reign the city wall was increased by three feet. In the second year of Tongzhi (1863), the South Gate Fort was renovated. In the second year of Guangxu (1876), the west gate Drum Tower was built, and in the twelfth year of the reign of Emperor Guangxu, the two northwest drum towers were renovated.

Before 1952, the entire city wall was still intact. Later, it was gradually demolished. By 1966, more than half of it was destroyed. Now only a section to the left and right of the north gate remains, which is more than 1,100 meters long, 1.2 to 5 meters high, and 0.6 meters thick. The west gate cave still exists, as does the stone plaque "Chongren Gate". The north gate is intact. The door opening is a semi-circular arch. The arches are built vertically and in sections (also known as the joint arch method). It is 5.5 meters high, has an arch span of 5.87 meters and a depth of 23.8 meters. At 2.9 meters from the entrance, there is a vertical arch groove, 2.6 meters wide and 0.6 meters deep, which is where the city gate is set up. The wooden core and iron-faced city gate was dismantled in 1957. The north gate and the left and right city walls are all made of stone. The north gate platform is 9.9 meters high and 39.6 meters wide. There are 24 battlements on top. The current Drum Tower on the north gate platform was rebuilt in the 17th year of the Republic of China (1928) after the "Jinri Tower" in Kunming. It is five rooms wide and three rooms deep, with double eaves resting on the top of the mountain and seven bucket-shaped beams. There is a two-step cloister on the ground floor, which has been sealed with adobe bricks, leaving only the open room exposed. The wing corners are raised with support arches to a height of 1 meter, the eaves are more than 2 meters, and the roof is covered with small green tiles. Now in perfect condition. The north gate is the earliest city gate built in the Ming Dynasty in the province. It has both gates and towers and is the only one in the province. On September 23, 1981, the Yuanpan County Special Administrative Region Government announced the Beimen Drum Tower as a cultural relic protection unit. In June 1984, the Liupanshui Municipal People's Government announced the Beimen Drum Tower and the remaining city walls as a cultural relic protection unit. It was repaired in 2002, and in June 2002, the Guizhou Provincial People's Government announced it as a provincial cultural relic protection unit.

Jiujianlou is located in Panxian City. It was the headquarters of the Second and Sixth Corps of the Chinese Workers’ and Peasants’ Red Army when they passed through Panxian during the Long March. It is also the site of the famous “Panxian Conference”. Because there are nine rooms on the upper and lower floors, it is commonly known as the "Nine Rooms Building". The building was built in 1928. It was originally the military camp of Huang Daobin, commander of the 5th Division of the 25th Army of the National Revolutionary Army. The building is a two-story wooden bucket-type beam frame with a single eaves rest. Hilltop style building. The building area is 817.6 square meters. It is commonly known as the "nine-room building" because there are nine rooms on the upper and lower floors. It was rated as a provincial cultural relic protection unit in 1982 and a provincial patriotism education base in 1997.

Biyun Cave - "The winding cave swallows the stream ten miles away, and the beautiful place crowns Nanzhou" Biyun Cave is located 1.5 kilometers south of Chengguan Town. It is a natural karst cave. The cave is 6.5 kilometers long and has three streams converging into it. It is also called the "water cave". The "Unification Chronicles" of the Ming Dynasty called it "the first wonder of Pu'an", and there are descriptions of the Biyun Cave landscape in the "Dictionary of Chinese Scenic Spots" and "Xu Xiake's Travels". Joined the International Speleology Association in 1992. Biyun Cave is divided into cave scenery and cliff scenery. The cave number is divided into water cave and dry cave. The water cave is divided into entrance and exit. They are 6.5 kilometers apart. The undercurrent runs through it, flows out of the wind tunnel and discharges into the Nanwaqiao River. The cliff scenery is divided into the east cliff scenery. The west cliff scene and the east cliff scene include Biyun Temple, Echo Pavilion and Forest of Steles. From bottom to top, there are rock platforms, winding paths, ladders, plank roads, and Lingyun Cave in the West Cliff Scenery. It is really amazing to climb every step, and there is danger everywhere and joy everywhere.

Biyun Cave has a long history. As early as the Ming and Qing dynasties, there were as many as 28 Moishite carvings in Biyun Cave. In the third year of Jiajing in the Ming Dynasty (1524), Jiang Liangcai, the supervisory envoy, was outside the Tiandong entrance. The two characters "Shui Dong" written in running script on the stone wall have a history of ~400 years. In the 34th year of Jiajing's reign, Jiang Hongquan (also known as Jiang Zonglu) from Panxian County, the first Jinshi in Pu'an, left on the cliff "Langmiaojianghu, fairyland on earth", eight regular script stone inscriptions, and one inscribed by Chen Xiao, the imperial envoy to patrol Guizhou. "Tongtian Yimen" and other mosaic rock carvings.

On the third day of May in the eleventh year of Chongzhen in the Ming Dynasty (1638), Xu Xiake made a careful inspection and detailed description of Biyun Cave. He wrote in ((Travel Notes): "The cave gate faces the stream in the north, and there is a huge stone square in front. The title, 'Biyun Cave Sky' is only known to be the Biyun Cave." It can be seen that the cave had been named Biyun Cave in the Ming Dynasty. Xu Xiake also mentioned the poem stele inscribed by Zhang Huan and Shen Shenchong, "The poem is not very It is beautiful, and the character "Huan" is so lively and lovely that Xu Xiake said in "Travel Notes" that there are four unique features in the cave, such as "hanging dragon spine", "eighteen dragon fields", "snake peeling skin" and lions, and the grand inner hall It was called the Afang Palace of the Qin Dynasty and the Laiyang Palace of the Han Dynasty. In 1984, the county government built Biyun Park here, with imitations of ancient plaques, buildings, gates, pavilions, teahouses, pools, and gardens. , stone archway, etc., the statue of Xu Xiake standing in the garden, carrying an umbrella, looking like a tourist in those days. Every year on the 23rd of the first lunar month, there is a custom of "playing in the water hole". All ethnic groups in the county People come to visit "Biyun Cave".