There is an ancient village in Miyun, Beijing. It used to be the first pass to Beijing. There are a large number of cultural relics.

The Gubeikou Great Wall can be said to be the most spiritual section of the Great Wall in Beijing. The Crouching Tiger Mountain and the Panlong Mountain are towering and winding, and the rushing tidal river cuts them off in the middle. Without any unnecessary carving, every angle and every tile of these Great Walls silently brings people into the corresponding historical coordinates, and sees his magnificence in the vicissitudes of history. At the foot of the Great Wall is the quietly nestled Gubeikou Village with a thousand-year history.

Gubeikou Village stands quietly in the beautiful autumn scenery in the suburbs of Beijing, as if the years of fighting and killing have never been experienced here. Gubeikou Village is very close to Gubei Water Town, only about 10 kilometers away, about 15 minutes by car. This is an ancient village with a long history. It is known as the "gateway to Yanjing and the key to the capital". It was an important military town for strategists during the war and an important gateway for communication between domestic and foreign land trade during peacetime.

In late autumn, the autumn breeze is raging, and history has left a deep impression on the town. Climb to Panlong Mountain in the north of the village to see the panoramic view of the whole village and the Great Wall. Speaking of the Great Wall, Simatai and Jinshanling are well-known. In fact, they all belong to a section of the Gubeikou Great Wall. The Gubeikou Great Wall is the most complete Great Wall system in the history of the Great Wall of China. It is composed of the Great Wall of the Northern Qi Dynasty and the Great Wall of the Ming Dynasty. In addition to the two sections mentioned above, it also includes two sections of Wohu Mountain and Panlong Mountain.

The Panlongshan Great Wall is an important section of it, and the Twenty-Four Eyes Building and the General Building are its essence. In addition to the Great Wall of the Ming Dynasty, the Great Wall here also includes the oldest Beiqi Great Wall in Beijing, the ancient imperial road in 1680, and the Yanglinggong Temple, Caishen Temple, and Yaowang Temple built in 1025. They were built in the fifth year of Jintaihe (1205). The three-eyed well and other places of interest.

Upon entering the entrance of the village, the three characters of Gu Yudao came into view. An ancient stone path in the town was built along the river with twists and turns. This is the ancient imperial road that has experienced thousands of years of vicissitudes. It was the route the emperor took when he passed by to Chengde. The ancient imperial road is 1,500 meters in length. It became prosperous during the Qing Dynasty. During its heyday, there were many shops. More than 160 companies including "South Juyuan", "North Juyuan" and "Xijuyuan" gathered here. There are a large number of cultural relics and historic sites around the Yudao. According to expert research, there were 72 temples in the Ming and Qing Dynasties.

It is different from the atmosphere of the imperial gardens of the Summer Palace and the artificial carvings of ordinary resorts. Gubeikou Village has a few steps and a unique charm, full of the majestic and majestic style of the ancient northern town, and also has many southern water town characteristics. The overall environment Simple and elegant.

Strolling through the ancient imperial road, you can see the blue bricks at your feet and the ancient houses beside the road. However, although these are beautiful, they have been restored and reconstructed, and the "authentic" cultural relics are actually hidden in various villages.

A foreign writer once said, "A grandmother without wrinkles is terrible. Too many refurbished and reconstructed ancient buildings may have been beautifully reborn in appearance, but the truncation of history is distressing. From this perspective, ancient Fortunately for Beikou, the Great Wall here has not been damaged by construction at all, and most of the ancient buildings in the village still have traces to follow.

The display in the ancient village displays folding fans designed by contemporary artists. The antique rooms and elegant folding fans add a lot of elegance to the village's ruggedness.

In the historical and cultural museum, the past of the ancient village is in sight. Among the countless towers on the Great Wall of China, Gubeikou’s beacon smoke should be the strongest in that year, because most of China’s history has been burned on the territory of the capital.

Gubeikou was the first gateway to Beijing and more than 130 battles took place in history. During the Anti-Japanese War, the "Great Wall Anti-Japanese War of Gubeikou" fired the first shot of Beijing's Anti-Japanese War. In the border town, after wind and rain, the villagers reverence the stories of these heroes.

Gubeikou Village, with thousands of years of accumulation, has witnessed the ever-changing history, speaking silently like vicissitudes of life. If you listen carefully, in the middle of the night, perhaps you can hear the fighting of soldiers and the roar of war horses from different eras.