What fun places are there in Songgang?

The main tourist attractions are: Zhibo Octagonal Blockhouse Group, Zhibo Ancient City, Songgang Tusi Official Village, Muzugou Musk Deer Breeding Farm, and Mosdu Ancient Rock Paintings.

1. Zhibo Ancient Watchtower Group

The Zhibo Watchtower Group is located in Zhibo Village, Songgang Township. There are 2 of them, and they are distributed in the north and south along the mountains. The South Tower is in the village, and the North Tower is on the ridge north of the village. The two towers are 50 meters apart. They are all octagonal in shape and circular in shape, and the whole becomes conical in shape from bottom to top. The wall is made of stones and mud, with wooden stairs inside. The inner diameter of the south blockhouse is 8 meters, the length of each corner of the exterior is 2.05 meters, and the wall thickness is 0.95 meters. The blockhouse is 29 meters high and has 7 floors. There is a door in the middle of the west wall at the bottom of the first floor, 1.80 meters high and 0.90 meters wide; there is a small door in the middle of the east wall of the fourth floor and the south wall of the fifth floor, 1.40 meters high and 0.80 meters wide. There are 1-2 vertical rectangular observation holes on each floor on the southeast wall. There is a lookout hole on each floor on the northwest wall, 0.30 meters high and 0.10 meters wide. There are no observation holes on each floor. The inner diameter of the North Blockhouse is 8.50 meters, the length of each corner of the exterior is 2.15 meters, the wall thickness is 0.90 meters, and the overall height is 24.70 meters. The blockhouse has 6 floors. There is a door on the southeast and west walls on the 2nd to 4th floors, with different sizes. It is basically the same as the bottom door and the fourth floor door on the east wall of the South Blockhouse. There is a vertical square lookout hole on the 3rd to 5th floors on the east, west and south walls of the blockhouse. There is a square lookout hole with a side length of 0.20 meters on the 1st and 2nd floors on the northeast and northwest walls of the blockhouse. The first There is also a square observation hole on the north wall of the first floor and the north wall of the third floor.

This building embodies the superb art of Jiarong Tibetan architecture. The blockhouses are tall and majestic, with clear edges and corners. The walls are as smooth as whittling, with superb technology and extremely strong. It is a masterpiece among the octagonal blockhouses. It has survived several major earthquakes. , still towering over the earth. After years of erosion and erosion by wind and rain, the ancient blockhouses have become more primitive and robust. With the concern of the party and the government, strict protection policies have been implemented for the ancient blockhouses. It has been identified as a cultural relic protection unit at the county, state and provincial levels. In 2001, it was announced as a national cultural relic protection unit. From a distance, the Zhibo Fortress looks like an arrow gathering momentum and flying; from a close look, it looks like a pillar holding up the sky. In ancient times, it had extremely high military value and was easy to defend but difficult to attack. The watchtower has only one entrance and exit, which is usually about 2.5 meters above the ground. There are stairs to go up and down in peacetime. During the war, when people enter the watchtower and walk up the stairs, the entire watchtower is like a copper wall. open". There are floors inside the blockhouse made of wooden boards and branches. There are arrow openings on each floor, and you can look out the window. It is said that there is an underground passage at the bottom of the blockhouse to accommodate the old, weak, sick and disabled; in order to prevent the enemy from being besieged for a long time, a large amount of food is hidden in the blockhouse, and there are also underground ditches to divert water into the blockhouse; while the young and strong people fight with each other inside the blockhouse. Fight against foreign enemies.

When Emperor Qianlong attacked Jinchuan and Jinchuan, Long Yan was furious because he could not break through this kind of watchtowers. Later, he recruited natives from the four areas to go to Beijing to specialize in building such watchtowers for the Eight Banners soldiers to practice offensive and defensive drills. , and finally with the help of the four chieftains, the rebellion of Jinchuan and Jinchuan was put down. There are still imitation watchtowers in Xiangshan, Beijing. Now, the smoke has cleared, but the watchtower remains. Hundreds of years later, it still stands tall. Standing at its feet, you can feel the dignity of history, the blood of the battlefield, and the indestructible magic.

2. Mosdu Rock Paintings

It is located on a lawn on the west side of Mosdu Village. Discovered in 1999, there are petroglyph stones of various sizes scattered on the lawn. The stones are carved with various images of people, animals, etc. The images are lifelike and vivid. Among them, the main rock paintings are about 2.5 meters long and 1.5 meters wide. They depict hunting, dancing, living rooms, people, animals and other forms, with smooth and vivid lines. It has high artistic and archaeological value. It is a county-level cultural relics protection unit.

3. Muzugou Musk Deer Breeding Farm

The Musk Deer Breeding Farm is located in Muzugou, Songgang Township, about three kilometers away from Bajiao Diao. It is the largest artificial musk deer breeding base in Asia. , covering an area of ??about 65 acres, currently has more than 600 deer. Deer is a member of the Cervidae family and is a nationally protected animal. Deer's scientific name is Musk Deer. It has a withdrawn, restless and easily frightened character, and is the most difficult to raise at home. Through nearly 40 years of hard work, the scientific and technical personnel here have successfully realized artificial breeding and created a living space where humans and animals can live in harmony. The environment inside the farm is beautiful, with a forest of birch trees.

4. Songgang Tusi Official Village

Songgang Tusi Official Village is located in Songgang Village, Songgang Township, on the ridge on the south bank of the Suomo River. The official village has experienced the influence of several generations of chieftains. The scale of maintenance and expansion is huge. The last large-scale construction of the official village was during the Kangxi period of the Qing Dynasty. In order to show and publicize his power and honor, the famous chieftain Chang Wangerjia built the official village on the basis of the original hereditary chieftain. The large-scale Xinguanzhai has an architectural appearance similar to the Potala Palace in Tibet. It claims to be the "second Potala Palace" and is also known as the "Little Potala Palace". The official village has a stone and wood structure, built with flake stones, with a wall thickness of more than 1 meter. It has 14 sutra halls from 5 sects, including Sakya, Nyingma, Juonang, Gelug, Benbo, etc., and luxurious bedrooms for the chieftains. 3 places and Suomo Chuosijia toast dormitory and superior guest room. At that time, the entire Songgang Liangzi was full of buildings and bustling with pedestrians. Unfortunately, it was destroyed by fire in 1936, and now only the ruins remain.