Shanggu County is the oldest and loudest name in Xuanhua history. This ancient land, located in Sanggan River Basin and Xuanzhuo Basin, should be the oriental hometown of human ancestors. The Paleolithic site group in Nihewan, 60 kilometers southwest of Nihewan, proves that human beings began to live in this land as early as more than two million years ago. 40km to the southeast, there is a Han Spring between Zhuolu, Huangdi and Yan Di tribes. The battle of Zhuolu, integration gave birth to Chinese civilization.

According to documents, the scale of Xuanhua City has not changed much since the Tang Dynasty. The wall of Xuanhua City is about 500 meters long on each side, which is roughly in line with the scale of Zhou Li's examination of Gong Ji's "Nine Miles in the Emperor's City, Seven Miles in the Public, Five Miles in the Hou and Three Miles in the Zi". The location of the city is roughly in the area east of Chonglou West Street and Huangchengqiao North Street. The original Xuanhua City was a tucheng.

Xuanhua House is called "the first house in western Beijing" because it is the first house in western Beijing. Erected on the west side of Zhenshuo Building, the inscription of Xuanhua New Town written by the imperial envoy Luo in the Ming Dynasty is described as follows: "It is an ancient and secluded state, Qin Shanggu County, Yuan Xuande House, and Xingyue's secondary analysis of wood. Once in the tail, there are four mountains in the fertile soil, the Yanghe River passes through its south, and Liuchuan goes out of its north. Ancient and modern Si is a huge town, which is a constant control of the north Di."

Xuanhua ancient city has experienced too many vicissitudes. "Grasping history and relying on the Great Wall" is people's praise for the ancient city. Although the archway of "Gushanggu County" is hard to find now, it is a 10,000-meter wall that stands still.

Cultural relics resources

Xuanhua, an ancient city, became Shanggu County as early as the Qin Dynasty. It is one of the nine famous towns of the Great Wall in the Ming Dynasty and one of the 72 provinces in the Qing Dynasty. Now it is a famous historical and cultural city in Hebei Province and is known as the "First House in West Beijing".

Xuanhua District is rich in ancient cultural sites, ancient tombs, ancient city sites, ancient temples and revolutionary cultural relics in various historical periods, mainly including three tombs of Qingyuan Pavilion, Zhenluo Building and Xiabaliliao, which are national key cultural relics protection units (area1); There are five cultural relics protection units in Hebei Province, including Xuanhua City (including Gong Ji Building), Wulongbi, Shien Temple, the former site of Chahar Democratic Government, and Xiabaliliao Tomb Group (Area 2); Zhangjiakou Cultural Relics Protection Unit 1, Lihua Temple Tower; There are 24 district-level cultural relics protection units.