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Taozhou Garrison Town 洮州卫城Táozhōu Wèichéng
National heritage site · Gannan, Gansu
- Time needed
- 1–2 hours
- Days to budget
- Half a day
- City
- Gannan
- Region
- Gansu
- Type
- Heritage
- Listed as
- National heritage site
About Taozhou Garrison Town
The walls of a Ming garrison town, rebuilt from 1379 as the seat of the Taozhou Guard on the old Tang–Tibet road, which still enclose the small town of Xincheng in Lintan county; it is regarded as the largest surviving garrison town (weicheng) in China. The walls run 5.43 km and stand up to 9.9 m high, climbing from the riverside plain to a ridge almost 300 m above it, with beacon platforms on the western ridge; they were badly damaged in an earthquake in 2013.
How to get to Taozhou Garrison Town
In Xincheng town, about 30 km east of Lintan county town by road, roughly 40 minutes.
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