Weishan Ancient City, Yunnan Province —— An ancient architectural complex in Ming and Qing Dynasties for more than 600 years.

Weishan ancient city, located at the foot of Ailao Mountain in western Yunnan and the source of the Red River, is a famous historical and cultural city in China. There were cottages in the early Tang Dynasty. In the Yuan Dynasty, Dali, the general manager, began to build a tucheng, which was not officially completed until the Ming Dynasty. Up to now, the county still maintains the chessboard pattern when the city was built more than 600 years ago, which is one of the well-preserved ancient buildings in Ming and Qing Dynasties in China.

Weishan ancient city is the birthplace of Nanzhao, where Silla, the ancestor of Nanzhao, used to farm and graze. This is also one of the areas where the Tusi system has been implemented for the longest time in Yunnan. Tusi system is the organizational form and system of local political power established in minority areas in Yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties. Tusi, also known as local officials and local chiefs, is a general term for a class of official positions in ancient China, which was used to appoint tribal leaders of ethnic minorities in northwest and southwest regions to control foreigners who get along with barbarians.

The street of Weishan ancient city is a standard well-shaped structure with arch tower as the center. * * * There are 25 streets, 18 lanes, with a total length of 14 km. These 25 streets are Dongjie, Xijie, Nanjie, Beijie, Sifang, Risheng, Yuehua, Wen Ming, Shangshuiba, Xiashuiba, Housuo, Guan Sheng, Leizudian, Xuepang, Tuguo, Dashuigou, Guobao, Yandian, Nanwai, Dongwai, Dongxinjie, Xixinjie and Huaxing. 14 lanes are: Zhu Bi Lane, Humanities Lane, Yao Jia Lane, Liqun Lane, Dingjia Lane, Huoxiang Lane, Shiyou Lane, Wenhua Lane, Shangcang Lane, Lengquan Lane, Shuixiang Lane, Chonghua Lane, Qiya Lane and Sun Jia Lane. Around the ancient city of Ming and Qing Dynasties: Guapu Street and water town were included in the streets and lanes of the ancient city because of ancient houses or monuments on both sides; Literature Street and Nanxun Street were built after the reform and opening up, so they are not included.

The houses in the city basically maintained the Chinese structure, and the houses on both sides of the north-south main axis completely preserved the architectural style and style of the Ming and Qing Dynasties. Most of the houses in the ancient city are quadrangles, which maintain the civil structural characteristics of "three squares and one wall" and "four in five patios" of Dali Bai people. The two streets outside the north gate are the main residential areas, with sidewalks and gates facing the street, and the width is generally 6-7 meters, followed by houses. Most houses face south, and the orientation of the houses is about south to west 15 degrees, which is the best lighting method combined with the local area to make up for the bad light of "four entrances and five patios".

The north building of Weishan is called Chen Gong Building, which was built during the Hongwu period of the Ming Dynasty. On the tall city wall, there are five ancient buildings with double eaves and heavy roofs. On the south side of the tower, there are six imperial edicts of Kuixiong, and on the north side, there is a horizontal plaque of "Wan Li Seeking Heaven". Magnificent momentum. The drum tower is 23.5 meters high and the lower tongue wall is 8.3 meters high. The building frame is supported by 28 large columns and rises through two small doors. Climbing to the top of the building, looking around, four streets extending in all directions, east, west, north and south, like houses. The whole Weishan dam has a panoramic view.

The towering Chen Gong Tower and Palace Tower have become the landmark buildings of this ancient city. There are many cultural relics in Weishan, Dali, including Weibaoshan, Weishan Ancient City, Long Xuan Temple, Yuanjue Temple, Longshan Yutu City, Yunyin Temple, Chen Yishu sarcophagus, Huiming Temple, Dongshan Hua Meng Lingquan, Niaolu Xiongguan and Wuyin Mountain. The city also preserves Ming and Qing architecture, such as Confucian Temple, Guandi Temple, God of Wealth Temple, Wenhua Academy, Sun Palace and Cold Spring Temple. These ancient buildings with exquisite craftsmanship, rigorous structure and carved beams and painted buildings reproduce the prosperity and superb architectural art of Weishan ancient city. Some experts and scholars were amazed after inspecting the ancient city of Weishan, and thought that "the ancient city of Weishan is so well preserved that it is rare in Yunnan and even the whole country".

Weibaoshan is a famous mountain with natural scenery, Nanzhaogen culture and Taoist culture. Among the 14 famous Taoist mountains in China, the Taoist temple in Weibaoshan is the largest and most magnificent, and its architectural style has the most local ethnic characteristics. Among them, the architectural style of the Eight Diagrams in Changshou Cave, the hollow relief of the Eight Immortals crossing the sea on the main hall door and the eight pairs of hollow dragon patterns on the top of the main hall are unique among the famous Taoist mountains in China. There are 22 Taoist temples in the Qing Dynasty built on Weibaoshan, which are large in scale and exquisite in construction technology. There are a large number of precious inscriptions, stone carvings, murals, couplets, plaques, sculptures and so on. In the mountains and temples.

Weishan has a unique ethnic customs, such as Yi people playing songs, folk "the joy of cave sutra", Weishan tie-dyeing, Weishan preserved fruit and famous snack "shredded pork bait". This ancient city with a history of more than 600 years is quietly located in a corner of the hinterland of Wuliang Mountain and Ailao Mountain. An ancient city makes people's fireworks life in a small town present a different kind of quaint poetry.