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Zhangjiakou Fort (Zhangjiakoubu) 张家口堡Zhāngjiākǒubǔ
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 Zhangjiakou Fort (Zhangjiakoubu)
The old Ming fort of Zhangjiakou, built in 1429 as a garrison post on the Great Wall defences, which grew into a major trading town on the caravan road to Mongolia and Russia. Its streets still hold several hundred Ming- and Qing-period courtyard houses, along with the Wenchang Pavilion, the Yuhuang Pavilion and an old academy, many of them restored in recent years. It is a lived-in old quarter rather than a closed attraction, and a protection regulation for it took effect in 2023.
How to get to Zhangjiakou Fort (Zhangjiakoubu)
In the middle of Qiaoxi district, central Zhangjiakou, about 3 km south-south-west of Dajingmen.
Nearby
Also within 20 km: Former Chahar Military Governor's Office 察哈尔都统署旧址 (under 10 km), Dajingmen 大境门 (under 10 km), Anjiagou Ecological Tourism Area 安家沟生态旅游区 (under 10 km), Wanquan Right Guard City 万全右卫城 (10 km).
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