Phoenix Ancient Town

The ancient city of Phoenix was built in the 43rd year of Kangxi in the Qing Dynasty and is located in the southwest of Xiangxi Tujia and Miao Autonomous Prefecture in Hunan Province.

Tuojiang River is the mother river of the ancient city Phoenix. The Tujia Diaojiao Building, which has a history of 100 years on both sides of the Taiwan Strait.

Down the river, across Hongqiao is the Longevity Palace, the Ten Thousand Pagodas and the Cuilou. The south bank of Tuojiang River is an ancient city wall built with purple sand and stone.

The city wall has two towers, east and north. The Tuojiang River is clear, and the river course beside the city wall is very shallow. The water flow is gentle and leisurely, and you can see the water plants flaunting in the gentle waves.

The Diaojiaolou Group built along the Tuojiang River is near Hongqiao in the East Gate and Tiaoyan in the North Gate. The thin-legged standing alone in the Tuojiang River looks like a landscape painting with strong flavor.

Diaojiaolou Group is located in Huilongge in the southeast of the ancient city, facing the ancient official road in the front and hanging over Tuojiang River in the back. It is one of the ancient buildings with strong Miao architectural characteristics in Fenghuang ancient city. The 240 - meter - long Diaojiaolou complex was built in the early Qing Dynasty and the Republic of China, and now houses more than a dozen families.

Wulong Mountain scenic spot is 28 kilometers away from the ancient city of Phoenix, the birthplace of the story " Wulong Mountain Killing Bandits". It is located in the mountains and valleys along the border between Hunan and Guizhou.

Due to the lack of people here, the original ecological features are still relatively well preserved.

It is 30 kilometers west from Fenghuang County City. It is the ancient city of Huangsi Bridge. The ancient city of Huangsi Bridge is located in the border of Hunan and Guizhou. It has a broad terrain, with seven miles in the east to choke the throat, the danger of Tingzi Pass in the south, a long and firm wall in the west, and the barrier of high mountains and deep valleys in the north. It is an important ancient city in the west of Zhengan.

The ancient city of Huangsiqiao is the best preserved castle in China. The ancient city was built in the 3rd year of Tang Dynasty ( AD 687 ). It was used as a place to station troops and was an outpost for rulers of all dynasties to prevent disputes between Miao and people in the west.

The South Great Wall, also known as the Miao Border Wall, was a military defense project in ancient China.

It was the result of the suppression of the southern minorities, mainly the southern Miao, by the rulers of the Ming and Qing dynasties in order to consolidate their rule. In order to continue the rule and repression, this poisonous plan of building walls to station troops and dividing the rule was devised. Isolate the Miao people in western Hunan from the north to the south. This is a checkpoint composed of Xun Bao, Diaolou, Tunka, Outpost, Battery, Closed Door and Closed Compartment to isolate and conquer the Miao people.