Last updated 2026-10-14 — 【Jiameng Memorial Archway】 The Jiameng Archway features exquisitely carved craftsmanship and classic, elegant ornamentation. During the Spring and Autumn Period, the area along the Jialing River in present-day Zhaohua was inhabited by a people known as the Ju—actually a branch of the Ba people—who primarily made a living through fishing and hunting. By the time of the ninth king of Shu, Kai Ming Shang, after the Shu Kingdom conquered the territory where the Ba Ju people lived, the Shu king granted land to his younger brother, spanning from north of Cangxi County to south of Hanzhong, establishing the Ju Kingdom, with the title of Ju Marquis. The capital was built at the confluence of the Jialing River and the Bailong River on Tujiba (then called Tufei City), and named Jiameng. As recorded in Huayang Guo Zhi · Shu Zhi: “The King of Shu separately enfeoffed his younger brother Jiameng in Hanzhong, granting him the title of Ju Marquis and naming the territory Jiameng.” The Jiameng Archway bears an inscribed couplet on its pillars: “A Strategic Town of the Three Kingdoms on the Shu Road” and “The World’s No.1 Taiji Diagram.” Zhaohua is a city that inherits ancient culture, particularly renowned for its Three Kingdoms heritage. In just 52 years—from Liu Bei taking control of Jiameng (211 AD) to the fall of the Shu Han (263 AD)—Zhaohua was thrust to the forefront of history, making its Three Kingdoms culture one of the most dazzling aspects of historical legacy. Historical records show that numerous Three Kingdoms heroes such as Liu Bei, Zhuge Liang, Zhang Fei, Huang Zhong, Huo Jun, Fei Yi, and Pang Tong once planned strategies, trained troops, and fought battles in Zhaohua, leaving behind a wealth of relics from the Shu Han era: the Ancient Jiameng Pass, Fei Yi’s Tomb, the Temple of Marquis Fei Jinghou, the Shengzhan Dam, the Jiebai Ancient Ferry, Tianxiong Pass, Niutou Mountain, and Jiang Wei’s Well, among others. Hence, it is honored as the “Strategic Town of the Three Kingdoms on the Shu Road.” The Jialing River, which flows around the ancient city, is divided by the nearby Bijia Mountain ahead and Yishan Mountain behind, forming an inverted “S-shaped” curve that resembles the Taoist Yin-Yang Taiji diagram. Spanning an area of 20 square kilometers with a diameter of 5 kilometers, the ancient city of Zhaohua sits precisely at the eye of the Yang element in this Taiji pattern, hence earning the name “Taiji Formed by Nature.” According to current knowledge, such a grand natural Taiji landscape is rare in China, thus it is celebrated as the “World’s No.1 Landscape Taiji.”