Site of Zhanggu City

Site of Zhanggu City

The Site of Zhanggu City is a cultural tourism attraction.

The Site of Zhanggu City is located 7 kilometers west of Xinxiang City. In the fifth year of Yuanding during the reign of Emperor Wu of the Western Han Dynasty (112 BC), Zhao Mo, the prime minister of the Southern Yue Kingdom, refused to submit to the Han rule and raised an army in rebellion. Emperor Wu dispatched troops to suppress the revolt. The following year, when Emperor Wu passed through this area, the rebellion in the Southern Yue had just been quelled, Lü Jia was captured, and Lü Buwei sent someone to deliver Lü Jia’s head. Overjoyed, Emperor Wu immediately established the new town of Xinzho (present-day Zhanggu City) in Jixian County as a county, naming it Huojia County. During the Sui Dynasty, after Huojia County was moved westward, the site became known as Gucheng (Old City). In the early Ming Dynasty, the Zhang family built a village west of the old city, hence the name Zhanggu City, later written as Zhanggucheng. To the east of the village are the ruins of the Han Dynasty Huojia County seat and the tomb of Zhao Yue from the Han Dynasty; to the south lies a legend-associated tomb; and south of the railway are clusters of Han Dynasty tombs.