There are two ancient castle sites in the open wilderness in the northwestsuburb of Yinchuan city. This is the famous zhenbeibao ancient city in China.The castle is a cultural relic protection unit in Yinchuan City, and is now thelocation of Western China Film and television city.
The two castles were garrison fortresses set up in the Ming and QingDynasties to prevent the invasion of Fucheng (Yinchuan City) by variousnationalities to the north of Helan Mountain. Zhenbeibao also got its name. Thelocal people call them "old castle" and "New Castle". According to localrecords, the old fort was built in the 13th year of Hongzhi (1500), and the newfort was built in the 5th year of Qianlong (1740).
The two fortresses, one south and one north, both face east in the West.The old castle close to the east side of the mountain highway has beencompletely eroded by the wind, and only the remnant walls and broken wallsremain. The city is 175 meters long in the East and West and 160 meters wide inthe South and North. Passing through Huangtu road in the city to the north isthe site of the old castle urn. Another 200 meters to the north is the newcastle. Xinbao city is relatively complete, 170 meters long from east to westand 150 meters wide from north to south. The walls are rammed with loess and aremore than 10 meters high. There is a semicircle urn in the East and a slope onthe south side of the gate to climb the wall. The city wall is 5 meters wide,with crenels 1.8 meters high. There were turrets at the four corners of the citywall, and the base of the turret can be seen.
After hundreds of years of vicissitudes, zhenbeibao has become a touristlandscape in the eastern foot of Helan Mountain with its vigorous and simplestyle. With its unique mysterious charm, it has aroused the strong interest ofmany famous Chinese film artists and has been praised as "a mysterious treasureland" by artists.
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