Dukezong Ancient City in Shangri-La City - A castle built on a rock
Dukezong Ancient City is located in Shangri-La City, Yunnan Province. It is a city with a history of more than 1300 years and is the best preserved and largest Tibetan residential group in China.
During the Tang Yifeng and Diaolu period (AD 676-679), the Tubo set up a fortress on the top of the Big Turtle Mountain here, named "Dukezong", a Tibetan pronunciation contains two meanings, one is "castle built on a rock", and the other is "moonlight city". The later ancient city was built around the fortress on the top of the mountain.
Dukezong Ancient City is the oldest castle on the Ancient Tea-Horse Road. For the horse teams crossing the Ancient Tea-Horse Road, Dukezong Ancient City is a key town on the Ancient Tea-Horse Road and the first stop after the horse teams enter Tibet. This is a quite comfortable journey.
Main attractions:
1. Sifang Street, which has always been the thoroughfare for the tea-horse trade between Yunnan, Sichuan and Tibet, is now a commercialized tourist ancient street.
2. At the end of the ancient city is the Moonlight Square, where the bronze horse team on the square seems to remind us of the horse team that was walking in the past, reminding people of the glorious history of Dukezong.
3. The small hill on the east side of Moonlight Square is Turtle Mountain Park, which does not require a ticket. Climbing up the park to look out, you can see the endless snow-capped mountains, overlooking Shangri-La City, all in sight, no high-rise buildings, but see the smoke curling up, the sparkling Qinglongtan. The bright sunshine, pure blue sky and white clouds, solemn Dafo Temple, and golden prayer wheel form a moving picture.
From Moonlight Square, you can climb up to the Han Temple. If you turn around from left to right, you will come to the world's largest prayer wheel. Looking up, the entire prayer wheel is five stories high, majestic and spectacular. The body of the drum is pure copper and gold-plated. On the upper end of the drum wall, the four great bodhisattvas, Manjushri, Samantabhadra, Guanyin, and Ksitigarbha, are carved in relief. The eight treasures of Buddhism are carved on the lower end, and the drum contains sutras, mantras, and various Buddhist treasures. Each turn is equivalent to chanting the Buddha's name 1.24 million times. If you turn three times, you can pray for disaster relief, good luck and happiness.
tips:
1. There is a parking lot at the entrance of the ancient city gate. It is not recommended to park. It is still a kilometer walk to Turtle Mountain Park. It is best to park in the underground garage on the left side of Moonlight Square, and you will reach the main attractions in a few steps.
2. The altitude here is high, prepare warm clothes in advance before traveling. To prevent altitude sickness, you can take Rhodiola a week in advance, and also prepare a portable oxygen bottle.
3. Stick to low-carbon and environmentally friendly travel and protect the living environment.
The ancient city of Dukezong is the best preserved and largest Tibetan settlement in China. Tang (AD 676-679), Tuyu here set up a Zhaibao on the top of the big turtle mountain, named "Dukezong", a Tibetan pronunciation contains two meanings, one is "castle built on stone", and the other is "moonlight city". For the horse gangs who cross the ancient tea horse road, Dukezong Ancient City is a heavy town on the ancient tea horse road, and the first stop after the horse gang entered Tibet. The most worth seeing in the ancient city is the Big Buddha Temple and the prayer wheel. The Big Buddha Temple on Guishan Mountain was built during the Qing Kangxi period. The prayer wheel was built in 2002 and is the world's largest prayer wheel. The prayer wheel is an iconic building built to commemorate Zhongdian's renamed Shangri-La. The current ancient city is similar to the ancient city of Lijiang and Dali. It is a store mainly for inns, restaurants, shops and travel photography.
Dukezong Ancient City as the oldest castle on the Tea Horse Road, so with its unique geographical location, and the vicissitudes of an ancient city full of mercy, welcome the endless business travelers in the history of the Tea Horse Road. At the same time, the development of business has also cultivated a generation of giant merchants who have gone out from the ancient city of Dukezong. Ma cast materials are one of them. With the Tibetan cast materials of the "cast record" business, this is the long historical footprint of Dukezong ancient city, exploring the outside world.
The ancient city of Dukezong in Shangri-La is called Jiantang, which means a castle under white moonlight. The ancient city was built in the Tang Dynasty and the Tibetans called it the "Moonlight City". At present, the world's largest, heaviest, and most Tibetan scriptures are located on the Big Turtle Mountain in the center of Dukezong Ancient City.
Shangri-La Yubeng National Day 7 | Snow Mountain Meadow and Tibetan style National Day travel follow the principle of being able to go out is a blessing, and draw a blind box of destinations in the intersection of normalized control areas and their own unknown areas. About a month in advance and the friends finalized Shangri-La Yubeng as the destination, then leave enough time (considering the stranding factor) and travel. Outbound ✈️:10/4 Shanghai Pudong 15:55 - Lijiang 19:35 Return ✈️:10/11 Lijiang 10:20 - Shanghai Pudong 15:4510/5 Napahai ➡️ Duke Zong Indigo 10/6 Pudacuo ➡️ Duke Zong 10/7 Shangri-La ➡️ Deqin ➡️ Xidang ➡️ Sushang Yubeng 10/8 Ice Lake ➡️ Su Yubeng 10/9 Shen Waterfall (half journey) ➡️ Xidang ➡️ Deqin ➡️ Shangri-La 10/10 Songzanlin Temple ➡️ Lijiang Ancient City 😷 nucleic acid reports are required within 24 hours for scenic spots and hotels, and the records in the test are not recognized. The airport and Lijiang and Shangri-La passenger terminals have landing detection booths, and they need to continue their lives at the frequency of 12-24 hour intervals in the city. Due to the epidemic in Yunnan, the return ticket from Shangri-La has been temporarily cancelled, and finally can only be temporarily booked from Lijiang. Attractions 🏙: Napahai 🎫 0➕🚗 200r chartered /2r one-way bus Pudacuo 🎫 138r➕🚗 80r one-way taxi / 25r one-way bus Dukezong Ancient City 🎫 0➕🚗 City taxi Songzanlin Temple 🎫 55r➕🚗 City taxi traffic 🚌: Intercity traffic is mainly through "Lijiang Transportation" and "Diqing Transportation", Traffic in the city can be directly dripping. Lijiang Airport 🚖 Lijiang Ancient City 1h/80-90r Lijiang Passenger Terminal 🚌 Shangri-La Passenger Terminal 3h/80r Shangri-La 🚌 Deqin 4h/62r Deqin 🚗 Xidang 1h//Carpooling 20-50r Xidang 🚗 Shangyu Beng 1h/ Off-road Vehicle 200r Xidang 🚗 Rain Beng 1h/ Off-road Vehicle 260r Shangyu Beng 🏍️ Rain Beng 2km/50r Accommodation 🏨: ▪️ Shangri-La is the origin of "Songzan". It is recommended that the first Songzan hotel "Shangri-La Songzan Green Valley" and "Songzan Linka" at the top of the mountain overlooking Songzanlin Temple. "Songzan Linka" in "Songzan Linka" and "The ancestral bird living room" can also be visited for free without staying in the store. These two Songzan hotels are giving Songzanlin Temple tickets, afternoon tea, sweet soup fruit before bed, breakfast, pick-up and drop-off, and the store decoration is suitable for Tibetan clothes shooting. The price of about 1k on weekdays is actually not expensive. ▪️ Four or five-star hotels in Shangri-La and Lijiang 300-1000r/night, luxury or design hotels 2-5k/night. Shangri-La Food 🍴: ▪️ Yipin Yang Restaurant: Hot Black Goat Hot Pot ▪️ Colorful Snow Field: butter tea, fried beef, bovine fungus ▪️ Ancient City Corner: butter tea latte, yogurt (can be photographed in Tibetan clothes) ▪️ Yubeng's mountain bistro: latte, Western-style light meal ▪️ Shangyubeng Restaurant chooses more than rain
The architectural style of Dukezong Ancient City is more unique. Compared with the ancient city in the mainland, according to the characteristics, there is a strong ethnic architectural style. The wooden structure-based buildings and the brick-and-wood castles meet the mainland buildings in style. There are obvious differences. The architectural wisdom of the Tibetan people is, It is fully reflected here.