Shou County was called Shouchun in ancient times. It is located in
central Anhui and in the key position of Huai and Fei River (another
famous city besides Yangtze River where you can enjoy the beautiful view
by joining Yangtze River tour)
area. Many important battles in Chinese history took place here. The
former Qin army had “the battle of Fei Water” with Eastern Jin army here
in AD 383. Some historical stories are from this famous battle, such as
“throwing a whip to the river and the river stop slowing” (Tou Bian
Duan Liu) and “When People were panic, they had illusion and saw a tree
as a soldier”.
During the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period,
the Later Zhou Dynasty army had a big battle with the Southern Tang army
in Shou County. The general Zhao Kuang Yin of Later Zhou Dynasty was
trapped in Shou County in the beginning but won the battle in the end.
The award-winning traditional cake “Shou Xian Da Jiu Jia” was named
after this story.
Shou County Ancient City Wall China travel deals
was one of the top seven ancient walls which preserved well in China.
The existing wall was built in the Song Dynasty with a checkerboard
layout of a Song Dynasty city. Shou County Ancient City is rigid and
magnificent. It has a circumference of 7141 meterss and is 8.3 meters
tall. It is boarded by the Hao river to the southeast, Fei River to the
north, and Shouxi Lake to the west. There are four gates and each gate
had dikes to protect the city.
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