Brief introduction of Pingdingshan

Benxi Pingdingshan, formerly known as "Qingyun Mountain" and "Pingdingshan", is 657 meters above sea level and covers an area of 17 square kilometers. It is a beautiful "mountain in the city", like a bright pearl embedded in the prosperous territory of Yandong, standing proudly in the mountain city, witnessing the great changes in the mountain city. Tell the history to the people of the mountain city and show the future.

Turning over the picture of history, we can see that there were ancient humans in Pingdingshan as early as 3000 years ago.

Elevation and location of Pingdingshan

Pingdingshan is located in the south of Benxi City, with an altitude of 657 meters. The mountain is towering and the top is flat, covering an area of 250 hectares, hence the name "Pingdingshan". The cliffs around the top of the mountain are like knives and axes, magnificent and beautiful. On the north cliff, the vast mountain city is unobstructed. There is a highway in the south of Shannan to the top of the mountain. There are ancient temples, forest of steles, TV relay stations and bunker groups on the top of the mountain, Benxi Zoo in the north corner of Shanxi, and a cableway leading to the top of the mountain on the north slope. Benxi will gradually build the top of the mountain into an alpine botanical garden. Pingdingshan is the guardian of Benxi City. It has been a battleground for military strategists since ancient times, and there are still traces of war. Pingshan District, the largest district in Benxi, got its name. Climbing high and overlooking, you can have a panoramic view of the beautiful urban area of Benxi. Looking at the Taizi River in the west, it winds like a belt, flows in from Benxi East, passes through the city center and dies at the foot of Xishan Mountain. Four railway bridges and four highway bridges span the Taizi River, connecting the two banks. It's really like China's ink bamboo painting, with sections hooked on a silver bamboo pole. The northwest of Pingdingshan is the blast furnace group of Benxi Iron and Steel Company, which is full of fire and smoke. On the west bank of the river is the well-known Caitun coal mine shaft in the Far East. On the east bank of the river are Shendan Railway and Benxi Iron and Steel, which cross the city. All traces extend north and south like giant pythons. There are many factories on both sides of the Taizi River, and the street trees are covered with buildings of various colors, such as yellow, white, red and orange, which adorn the urban area with colorful colors. Nearby is Wang Xi Park, a green pearl in the urban area. A piece of Song Bailv willow is surrounded by Hong Ting, a jade monument. If the weather is fine, you can see the White Pagoda in Liaoyang hundreds of miles away, and the tall buildings in Benxi City at the foot of the mountain are row upon row. Looking back around, the peaks are undulating, the mountains are small, the eyes are gathered, the mountains are steep, the grass is loose, and the places of interest are famous. Scenes of smoke and war come to mind.

history

Pingdingshan, formerly known as "Qingyun Mountain" and "Pingdingshan". Pingdingshan is a famous military fortress in Liaodong, which is described in many historical books. It is the largest ancient "mountain city" along the Taizi River and a "battleground for military strategists". Pingdingshan is the best preserved tourist attraction of modern war relics. Pingdingshan, a majestic and precipitous historical mountain and city, has better demonstrated its unique military value. It is said that the younger sister of Governor Gai in the Tang Dynasty built a camp on the mountain and dug "seven wells", but only four wells were kept. The ancient well in the Tang Dynasty, which is still out of water, is the earliest record of Pingdingshan battlefield, which verifies Pingdingshan's "Bing Mountain" theory. According to the Historical Records of the Three Provinces in Northeast China, in the early Qing Dynasty, the chivalrous man was ashamed of being an honest official and lived in seclusion in the Jade Emperor Pavilion in Pingdingshan. There is still a temple with two jars, and the well water he drinks is still clear. Bai Yongzhen, a scholar from Liaoyang, left him a stone carving in the late Qing Dynasty, engraved with twelve words: heroic and eternal, mysterious and supreme, which the world did not consider. The ruins of the ancient city wall of the Yuan Dynasty on the top of the mountain tell us about the former Jin Ge Iron Horse and witness the rise and fall of history. Collected more than 40 pieces of jade seals, tombstones, temple monuments and other forest monuments, showing us the cultural heritage of Liaodong for thousands of years and the cultural accumulation of this city for nearly a hundred years;

In the thirty-third year of Guangxu in Qing Dynasty (1904), the Russo-Japanese War broke out. The famous "Pingdingshan Campaign" is an important part of the "Shahe Campaign" in Liaodong. Both Pingdingshan and Lianshanguan in Benxi have become the main targets, and the fighting is extremely fierce. The remaining military bunkers, tunnels and bunkers during the War of Liberation became the direct historical witness of Pingdingshan Campaign and Benxi War of Liberation.