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Wanquan Right Guard City 万全右卫城Wànquán Yòuwèi Chéng
National heritage site · Zhangjiakou, Hebei
- Time needed
- 1–2 hours
- Days to budget
- Half a day
- City
- Zhangjiakou
- Region
- Hebei
- Type
- Heritage
- Listed as
- National heritage site
About Wanquan Right Guard City
A Ming garrison town founded as an earth fort in 1393 and given a brick facing in 1438, whose square circuit of walls, about 880 m on each side, still stands with a south gate (Ying'en) and a north gate (Desheng). The town inside is still lived in and has been used as a filming location for period dramas. It served as a defence base on the Ming Xuanfu frontier and, from 1693, as the seat of Wanquan county.
How to get to Wanquan Right Guard City
In Wanquan District, about 17 km north-west of Zhangjiakou railway station, reached by road.
Nearby
Also within 20 km: Anjiagou Ecological Tourism Area 安家沟生态旅游区 (10 km), Zhangjiakou Fort (Zhangjiakoubu) 张家口堡 (10 km), Former Chahar Military Governor's Office 察哈尔都统署旧址 (10 km), Dajingmen 大境门 (10 km).
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