During the long history, gansu has been in the zone of ethnic integration in the frontier for a long time, so it has also become a concentrated area of disputes and friction between the Central Plains dynasty and ethnic minority areas.
Historically, this is an important military defense point, overlooking the air, you will find that the outline of the ancient city is like a living flights from shenzhen to kota kinabalu turtle, the city around the military facilities still exist. If not for self-driving, it is a very difficult thing to come here, although the road has now been repaired, the road is not difficult to walk, but still winding long.
More than 400 years ago, I don't know how many people here have stood far away from home, how many letters have not been sent to become loess long buried here, how many people have been completely forgotten. ..。 However, this does not seem to be an obvious place, full of vicissitudes of life, in the era of more than 400 years ago, there have been war, brilliant and quiet story.
At present, we see the ancient city walls built from gansu flights loess rammed, the city circumference of about 1.7 km,12 meters high,12 batteries, four towers, the shape of a round, the city around the moat, now the moat has dried up, according to the "yongtai city" records, in the Qing Dynasty Yongzheng emperor period, the governor of Shaanxi and Gansu Province, Zhong Qi proposed to cut five wells in the city to fill the "turtle city" five viscera, and in the corner of the north city set up a large pool, called "mannose pool ", to fill the" city turtle city "pulse," add" Qi City.
One of the city's most memorable is the beginning of thirty-six years in the Ming Dynasty, where General Li Wen has been fighting for 12 years. The success of the battle of songshan 12 years ago, the achievement of the yongtai ancient city along the site of the border has undergone tremendous changes, from then on, the border began to flourish.
According to the history books, once Yongtai was a place of spring in the four seasons, beautiful environment, suitable for human settlements, because of the frontier fortress, it became the throat of Qinghai, Hetao, Xinjiang and Tibet, in the political, military, diplomatic, commercial development, there have been great changes. In a long time, become the eastern end of the Hexi Corridor portal.
Sometimes the years and the history will always be a joke, see the remains of today's ruins, you may not have imagined that the glory of the past will happen here, but in fact, did happen, and the real existence of that era.
During the four hundred years of peace, and perhaps for a moment of glory, and tired of the life and death of the war, it became quiet and indistinguishable for the rest of the time, because of man-made destruction, and the effects of the natural environment, it was no longer a habitable place, but for such an important site, which might have been uninhabited.
There may also be those who cling to it, and there are generations of locals who have passed on, the descendants of former resident soldiers, who have lived here for generations, and the elderly who have grown accustomed to the changes of the four seasons, still feel more reassuring in the constant tranquillity.
In the glory of Yongtai ancient city, the Qing Dynasty generation famous general - Shang Shuyue Zhongqi, a famous descendant of Yuejiajun, who was stationed here, repair, let Yongtai ancient city in a long time, still have a reputation, perhaps if he saw today's Yongtai ancient city, will be a little regret, but although there are fewer people living here, the protection of the ancient city has already been a lot of people.
Some are garrisoned, others move away, and insist on this last guard, when you step here from the morning, away from the hustle and bustle of the city, forget the time. Almost few residents, but you will always be touched by some scenes, such as the return of shepherds, sheep calls one after another.
To the winter of the ancient city more bleak, occasionally a dog in the lane, ticking footsteps, to and from the few tourists here, and in the moment of the shepherd, like a painting in the desert.
Brand new, but also full of charm; vicissitudes of life, also cannot let people give up. Whether it is the story of history behind countless legends or the people living here, still full of expectations for the future, history is a very difficult thing to ponder, but I have to say, because of the memory that has happened, it will make today's Yongtai in silence become fresh and meaningful.
Another strange feature of the ancient city of yongtai is that there is a primary school called yongtai primary school, which was founded in 1920, is one of the three primary schools in the period of the republic of china, which is one of the "living fossils" to witness the modern primary education in china.
Perhaps because of the sparsely populated reason, will let here retain the complete, the primary school now no longer has the student to attend here, all remains intact, uses for the visit, more than 6 meters high rich nation tradition small veranda-style arch gate, the relief content is rich, the skill is exquisite.
Although the sound of Lang Lang's reading is gone, the sound of his reading is no longer there, but the well-preserved places always bring countless reveries, none of us know when the city of Turtle will disappear in the sight of people, the ancient city of loess may be the best home, but when you still have a chance to see in memory, you should use the most real eyes to remember, this place is a trace of history.
