The first ancient castle in northern China still stands majestically today!

Scattered in the unique oriental charm of the Ming and Qing ancient castles in the Qin River system, after hundreds of years of vicissitudes, through glory and decline, they are once again cherished by people, transformed and reborn, shining, and telling the changes of history with the people living in them. Today, let's go together into the Xiangyu Ancient Castle located in Xiangyu Village, Qinshui County, Jincheng City, Shanxi Province (near the Imperial City Xiangfu), and see what different scenery there is here. Xiangyu Ancient Castle, originally named Xianggu, was surrounded by mountains and rivers near the village, so the village name evolved into Xiangyu. Xiangyu City is a brick and stone wooden castle, in a honeycomb shape. Because the city was built by the brothers Sun Juxiang and Sun Dingxiang, and Sun Dingxiang was the third in the Sun's four brothers and had served as the right deputy imperial envoy of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, his mansion was named "Sandu Hall", and Xiangyu Ancient City was also called "Sandu Ancient City". Not only that, but it is also worth mentioning that Shanxi Jincheng Xiangyu Ancient Castle is also known as the first ancient castle in northern China. It is the pinnacle of Ming Dynasty military, and it still stands majestically today! It is said that Li Zicheng led more than 10,000 soldiers and attacked for a whole week, but did not conquer it.