Suoyang Town in Anxi

Suoyang Town was built in Han Dynasty, flourishing in Tang Dynasty, restored and used in following Dynasties. The appearance of the ruined site people could see now still keeps forms of the Tang Dynasty's. There was originally a large temple constructed in the Yuan Dynasty and also a big tower of 14.5m tall, and nearly a thousand of small towers standing on a line. It was once a county seat of Dunhuang prefecture in Han Dynasty and it was made a prefecture in the Tang Dynasty. It had gone though chaos caused by war and was damaged and then abandoned in the Ming Dynasty. It was named Suoyang because of the thick growth of Chinese cynomorium around it.

The old town is composed of two forts. The outer fort covers an area of 800,000 square meters while the inner fort covers 28,000 square meters. The northwestern corner watchtower rises 18 meters in height. It had a room of arms and alarm platform and other military facilities on it. The town had system of military defenses and system of agricultural irrigation in ancient times. It is a tourist attraction of composition of historical remains and unique landscapes.

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