Which ancient town in Sanya was once an ancient exile?

Speaking of Sanya, most people may be very familiar with it, and they all know that it is an island tourist city. But at the earliest, Sanya was called Yazhou, and later it was renamed Sanya. Residents in Sanya generally live a comfortable life, and few office workers usually do their own business. Therefore, residents of Sanya often play cards for entertainment during the day.

In advance, Sanya may only think of islands and seascapes first, and few people will pay attention to the human history of Sanya, so that the human history of Sanya is getting weaker and weaker. I only know that the scenery here is picturesque, but I don't know that the history here is also legendary.

However, Yazhou Town, more than 40 kilometers west of Sanya, still retains the name of the old city. It is the southernmost city in China, but it has been gradually forgotten by people. It has been more than 2,000 years and is the oldest ancient city in Sanya.

Since the Tang Dynasty, Yazhou ancient city has been regarded as the exile place of officials. Exiles are generally hot and dry places with bad weather. It can be seen that the hot weather in Sanya in that dynasty is daunting, which may be the exile place in many historical dramas we have seen before.

It was originally located as an exile. Maybe few people live here. The imperial court only knew that it was extremely hot here, but it didn't know that it was picturesque. With the development of the times, Yazhou has become an important foothold for merchants nearby, and the ancient city is a bustling scene.

The ancient town of Yazhou kept its original appearance before 1920, but later, due to road construction and large-scale construction, people dug bricks for construction on a large scale during the Cultural Revolution, thus the ancient town of Yazhou was largely destroyed, leaving few marks, leaving only a city gate and a small section of city walls. The city gate is now a civilized city gate, and the rest of the city walls and towers were built later and are still under construction.

The location of Yazhou ancient city is very particular, because in ancient times, geographical location was the first choice for building a city. Yazhou ancient city was built in the hilly area at the southern foot of Wuzhishan, surrounded by mountains on three sides, overlooking the sea and facing south.

The ancient city of Asia, the ancient geographical symbol of China, is the dividing line of its location. I hope this ancient city full of historical traces and stories will not decline. May it live with the motherland, the only historical city in Sanya-Yazhou Ancient City.