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From the collection of Naicheng (now Ejina period), Tiande Army Fengzhou City (in the current suburb of Baima Village, Hohhot), all the way to the east, "finally arrived in a city, the name of the capital, today is built in the Dahan. There are marble palaces, very beautiful. The houses are all painted with gold, and all kinds of birds, animals, flowers and trees are painted. The skill is very good, the technology is good, and it is enough to entertain people..." This is the famous Italian traveler Marco Polo in the 13th century. A section of his famous book "The Marco Polo Travels". As the city's famous international metropolis, the Shangdu City is evident.
Yuan Shangdu Site, called "Zehneman Sumer" in Mongolian, meaning 108 temples, located in Shangdu Town, Zhenglan Banner Government, Zhenglan Banner, Xilin Gol League, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region 17 kilometers northeast.
It is located in Wolong Mountain in the north and Shangdu River in the south. It is a natural grassland with vast golden lotus blossoms on both sides of the east and west. The scenery is vast and beautiful. In the park in 1251, Kublai Khan, the grandson of Genghis Khan, was the Yuan Shizu, stationed in Jinlianchuan, and established the Golden Lotus Shogunate. In 1256, Kublai was chosen to build a city here. In 1259, the city was built and named Kaiping. In 1260, Kublai Khan went to the position of Mongolian Khan, and opened Kaiping as the capital.
In 1264, Pingfu was changed to Shangdu. In the same year, Yanjing (now Beijing) was changed to Zhongdu (later called Dadu), and the two systems were determined. This made Shangdu and Dadu juxtaposed. Both emperors.
Yuan is an international metropolis built by the Mongolian people on the grassland. Every year, the emperors of the time came here.