Hainuke Ancient City

　　Hainuke Ancient City is located on the southern bank of the Yichebuhu Canal, approximately 4 kilometers northeast of Hainuke Village. The surrounding terrain is open and flat, mostly modern farmland. The ancient city was originally built during the Yuan Dynasty, around the time of Arughu, also known as the Erilian City — the location of Arughu's encampment. According to research by Mr. Huang Wenbi, this city corresponds in age to the Alimali City, dating back to the 13th century during the Yuan Dynasty. By the Qing Dynasty, the Zhungar people still regarded Hainuke as their political and religious center. Hainuke Ancient City was a Mongolian khan’s city from the Yuan Dynasty. The ancient city is not large, consisting of inner and outer walls. The outer wall has long been lost, leaving only an earthen ridge over 2 kilometers in circumference. The inner city is roughly rectangular, with remnants of the city walls still visible. Built from rammed earth, the walls stand about 2 meters high. The overall layout of the city is an oval shape, longer from north to south and narrower from east to west, covering a total area of 500,000 square meters. To the east, west, and north of the city, there are remnants of a moat. Outside the eastern, western, and southern sides of the city, there are traces of burial sites, which are mound tombs. To the east of the city, there are traces of a spring ditch and temple ruins, which some believe to be the remains of the Silver Roof Temple. A variety of cultural relics have been unearthed within the city, including scattered pottery shards in red, gray, and brown, wheel-made and plain-surfaced. Other artifacts include jade seals, tiger-head steel seals, brass daggers, and pottery jars. In 1966, the site was designated as a key autonomous region-level cultural heritage protection unit and is under legal protection. However, the city has suffered severe damage and was subjected to destructive gold mining activities in the mid-20th century. Today, almost no architectural ruins remain.