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The main attractions of Zhangbi Fortress

The famous Ming Dynasty King Buddha's Palace, built in the Zhangbi Fort North Gate on the top of the dingzhimen, sitting north to south, three halls, the hall is molded with King Buddha statue, the wall painted with the story of the King's story of the Buddha's frescoes. The top of the Ming Dynasty three-color glaze decoration, knife work is delicate, exquisite firing, realistic image, lifelike. In addition, there are two rare glazed monuments under the front porch of the Palace of the empty King Buddha, the east side of the monument describes the hard journey of the empty King Buddha cultivation, the west side of the monument records the construction of the Palace of the empty King Buddha.

Zhangbi ancient fortress underground there are ancient people built intricate, large-scale tunnel system, the total length of nearly 10 kilometers. Part of the section of the upper and lower two layers, and even three layers. Inside the tunnel, the wide place can be parallel two people, narrow place can only pass one person, most of the section height is less than 1.8. Cave wall every few steps there will be a pit, may be used to place the oil lamp. There is a very elaborate residence on Xiba Lane in Zhangbi Village. It has a tunnel entrance in the east second room of the main house. This entrance is hidden in a large black-lacquered cabinet in the room, which is very concealed.

There are more than ten wells in Zhangbi Fortress, and at least eight of them have been found to be connected to the tunnels. Inside the well on the side wall opening, some of the well wall on the left and right there are two holes opposite each other, build a board will be able to pass, remove the board will be cut off the back way. Due to the collapse caused by many earthquakes and floods, the full picture of the tunnels is no longer known, and because the villagers had dug and cleaned up the tunnels on their own without the guidance of experts, destroying the original cave walls. Nowadays, it is impossible to get an accurate answer as to when the tunnel was dug and for what reason. Some scholars believe that the builder of Zhangbi Village is Liu Wuzhou, the most direct evidence of this conclusion, is the ancient fortress of the Khan's ancestral temple and the early Tang Dynasty, Li Shimin and Liu Wuzhou in the area of Jiexiu fighting the historical facts.