Taozhou Wei City

　　Located in Xincheng Village, Xincheng Township, Lintan County. Commonly known as Xincheng (New City), it stands in contrast to the Old City (the site of the old Tao Fort). According to the *Taozhou Hall Chronicles* and the *Taozhou Wei City Completion Stele*, it was built in the 12th year of the Hongwu reign during the Ming Dynasty (1379) by Mu Ying, the Marquis of Xiping, and was renovated multiple times during the Ming and Qing dynasties. After 1913, it became the county seat of Lintan.

　　The city is built against a mountain, higher in the northeast and lower in the southwest. It has a polygonal shape with a perimeter of 5,430 meters. The city walls were rammed earth, with a base width of 8 meters, remaining height of 9 meters, top width of 6.7 meters, and rammed layers ranging from 0.15 to 1.18 meters thick. All four sides have brick-faced gates, each with an outer barbican, gate openings 3.95 meters wide and 4.2 meters high, featuring arched tops, plus one Water West Gate. Outside the southern wall, there are six hemp and cotton towers and two corner bastions, while along the mountainous backside, a circular outer wall was constructed with three beacon towers on the outer wall. Multiple beacon towers are situated on the hills northwest and northeast of the city, together forming a cohesive defensive system.

　　Inside the city stands a Temple of the City God dating back to the Ming and Qing periods. In August 1936, the Fourth Front Army of the Chinese Workers' and Peasants' Red Army, led by -, stationed in Xincheng and established the Lintan County Soviet Government at the Temple of the City God. The “Taozhou Conference” was also held here, where a major decision was made for the Fourth Front Army to halt its westward crossing.