Cailiangshan Ancient Great Wall

This section of the ancient Great Wall is located at the foot of Cailiang Mountain, 20 kilometers east of Datong City. It was built earlier in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period. In the Song Dynasty, it was overhauled to resist the invasion of Liao and Jin in the north. It is one of the few ancient Great Walls in Shanxi left in the north. In the Spring and Autumn Period, Datong was the residence of Bei Di, and in the early Warring States Period, it was a Daiguo, and later merged into Zhaodi. It connects Shanggu in the east, Bingheng in the south, the Yellow River in the west, and the desert in the north. The screen of the real capital, the protection of the Central Plains". Historically, there have been more than a thousand wars, big and small, and it is known as "Three generations of Beijing, two dynasties." On the ground, there is a sense of desolation. These city walls that once blocked the invasion of ethnic minorities are now incomplete, and the villages walking under Cailiang Mountain can also see city towers and city walls everywhere.