Where does Lengguan belong?

Lengkouguan, located 32 kilometers northeast of Qian 'an City, was built in the early Ming Dynasty and is an important pass of the Great Wall in Ming Dynasty. According to the Records of Yongping Prefecture, "Guancheng is made of bricks, with a height of 20 feet and an extraordinary height of 387 feet. There is one in the southeast." Lengkouguan was built on the steep Phoenix Mountain. Seen from a distance, Phoenix Mountain looks like a phoenix with its head held high and its wings spread. There are two bright green rocks on the mountainside of the main peak, like the phoenix eye. There are green, brown and Huang San mixed rocks on both sides of the main peak, such as Cai Feng spreading its wings, and the 12 chain peak is like phoenix tail. There is a castle on the mountain 12 peak, so it is called "Twelve Phoenix Mountains". Guancheng is built on a mountain, with brick walls and a training ground in the south.

Cold Pass was not originally called Cold Pass, but it has a nice name-Qingshui Mingyueguan. According to historical records, the Shahe River, which passed through the pass, was famous for its clear water. Every night in March and May, the bright moon is in the sky, reflecting the clear river, which is quiet, hazy and solemn, giving people infinite beautiful reverie. Therefore, it can be said to be a veritable "clear water and bright moon pass". Then why did it change to "cold mouth"? It turned out that its name change was approved by Emperor Kangxi.

Legend has it that one winter, Emperor Kangxi rode a donkey and went to Lengkou incognito. It was the middle of winter, the goose feather was snowing heavily, the north wind roared and the snow rolled up, which made people unable to open their mouths and eyes. Needless to say, it is difficult to walk on the flat ground in the mountains, let alone cross the mountain pass between the two mountains. However, it was such bad weather that Kangxi just caught up.

It is said that Emperor Kangxi and his entourage have been riding donkeys for a long time, and they are exhausted. Because of the high mountain barrier, even if it doesn't rain or wind in spring and summer, the pass is chilly. It's winter now, and it's caught up with a snowstorm. The situation can be imagined.

It was snowing, and Kangxi rode on the donkey's back, struggling in the biting cold wind and cold snowflakes. As soon as he entered the pass, he immediately felt a strong impulse blowing head-on, as if to overturn him from the donkey at once, and the donkey was blown straight back by the snow. In the face of the storm, he tried several times and was swept back by it. The same is true of the followers behind. Although they want to help, they still take care of themselves. Kangxi, after all, was once an emperor and a courtier, and suffered many battles. Seeing this, he suddenly had a brainwave: since the oncoming snowstorm is so big that people can't open their eyes and open their mouths, why not learn to ride a donkey backwards, so that they don't have to get wet by the snowstorm? Thinking of this, he got off the donkey, changed his sitting position and turned his back to his front face and back. Sure enough, he felt much better. He waved a whip and struggled forward. Followers followed his example and walked backwards. This is also because they are not going well. Unexpectedly, when they were about to leave the pass, Kangxi was thrown off the donkey's back because of the slippery road and carelessness. Fortunately, Kangxi was agile, narrowly missed and unscathed. Finally, Kangxi couldn't help looking back at his route and sighed: "The cold mouth of Xiren is so sad!" With Kangxi's golden signboard, Qingshui Yuemingguan was changed to "Cold Pass" from now on.

Due to the dangerous terrain, all dynasties were heavily guarded at the cold entrance. When Qi Jiguang was the company commander of the market town in the Ming Dynasty, he built a border town and an enemy platform here as an important place. In 1930s, it became one of the main battlefields of China's famous Great Wall against Japanese invaders. The Lengguan Anti-Japanese War was the only active attack of China's army. Although it lost its ground, it also showed the heroic and unyielding spirit of China soldiers.

Source: Tourism Bureau.