Ancient City Site

Ancient City Site

The ancient city site is located about 1,000 meters east of Gucheng Village, Taicheng Town, Wutai County. It has a rectangular layout, approximately 1,460 meters in length from north to south and 1,150 meters in width from east to west, covering an area of about 190,000 square meters. The eastern, southern, and northern walls are relatively well-preserved, while the western wall has been destroyed. The remaining sections of the wall are 420 meters long from north to south, 451 meters wide from east to west, with a base width of 16 meters, a top width of 3 meters, and a remaining height of 7 meters. The walls were built using rammed earth construction, with each layer being 0.1 meters thick. According to the *Wutai Xin Zhi* (New Chronicles of Wutai) from the ninth year of the Guangxu reign during the Qing Dynasty (1883), this site was the location of the ancient Lüsi County during the Han Dynasty. On July 1, 1987, the People's Government of Wutai County designated it as a county-level cultural relics protection unit. (Content excerpted from *Xinzhou Cultural Relics Collection*)

Source: Xinzhou Website

Gucheng Village: Located northeast of the county town in Shanxi Province, Gucheng Village faces the county town across a river, about 1 kilometer away. The village enjoys convenient transportation, with all streets paved. It currently has 563 farming households, a total agricultural population of 1,215, 682 laborers, and 70 Party members. The village covers a land area of 2,300 mu, including 1,300 mu of arable land primarily used for growing crops such as corn, and 1,000 mu of forested land. Gucheng Village is traversed east to west by the tourist highway leading to Mount Wutai, a sacred Buddhist site.

Gucheng Village has a long history and is home to the ancient city walls from the Western Han Dynasty. It lies to the west of the Tangjiawan Reservoir. The village has long held a strategic advantage in terms of education and geography... More detailed information about Gucheng Village++