Located in Guanfeng Village, Guanfeng Township, Shennongjia Forest District. Originally built during the Tang Dynasty, it was later abandoned and later repaired by the White Lotus Sect peasant army during the Jiaqing era of the Qing Dynasty. Covering an area of approximately 3,200 square meters, the village walls are distributed along the cliffs on the eastern bank of the Village River, stretching from the southeast to the northwest. Constructed with flat-laid dry-stacked stones, the walls are about 300 meters long, 2 meters wide, and 2–6 meters high. There is one arched gate each on the southeast and northwest sides, each 2 meters high and [width missing] meters wide, with over ten remaining firing holes on the walls. Holes carved into the cliff walls inside the village indicate where houses were built in the past. (Third Batch)
Source: Hubei Provincial Cultural Relics Bureau
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