In 530 AD, Wang Qingyun, the leader of Guanlong Rebel Army, proclaimed himself emperor in Shuiluo, with Sanqing Hall as his palace.
In the third year of Li Qing in the Northern Song Dynasty, General Liu Hu, then the owner of Jingbian Castle, was ordered to guard Shuiluo City and began to build a city on a large scale to resist the invasion of Xixia. Now this castle is the main castle at that time and the military secret and command center at that time. In case of emergency, concentrate here.
Before reconstruction, the Songpagoda was east-west, with a circumference of 444.2 meters. The average height of the castle is 7.3 meters, the upper width is 3.3 meters, and the lower width is 9 meters, which is rectangular. There are watchtowers and watchtowers at the four corners of the city, and there is a door facing west. On both sides of the gate 4 meters away from the city wall, there are two earth doors 3 meters square and 7 meters square. There is a gate on it, which is connected to the city through an overpass. The ancient sentry post was convenient for throwing stones and shooting arrows to prevent the enemy from attacking the city gate. However, after the reconstruction, all the buildings in the city disappeared, leaving only the remains of this castle.
The reconstruction in recent years is not so much a reconstruction as a thorough transformation. The original earthen castles, including the outer urn (one side of the urn before reconstruction was intact, and the rammed earth foundation on the other side was intact), were all pushed away, and the rammed earth wall was seriously damaged in the Song Dynasty.
Before the reconstruction, two ancient buildings in Dashuijing Ancient Buildings remained in the ancient city, which were the former water sources. In summer, there are many snakes in it, and the grass is one person tall.
Songbao can be rated as a provincial cultural relics protection unit in history. However, the provincial cultural relics bureau had been very active in inspecting the castle before, but the final evaluation passed Songbao again and again, for unknown reasons. Therefore, until the reconstruction, Songbao was still only a county-level cultural relics protection unit. According to the national regulations, the county-level cultural relics protection units shall be disposed of by the county-level government, and the provincial-level cultural relics protection units shall be jointly approved by National Cultural Heritage Administration and the Provincial Cultural Relics Bureau before they can be rebuilt. The county government has no right to decide on reconstruction.
The demolition and reconstruction of Songbao is a great achievement of this county government. The magnificent antique city wall is refreshing, which greatly improves the popularity of Zijing Mountain and boosts the tourism image of Zhuanglang County. It is an important part of the construction of Zijingshan Cultural Industrial Park and a major event in the construction of cultural industry in Zhuanglang County. However, the ancient, primitive and real castle can no longer be seen or touched.