◎Ancient Jizhou Town

The name of Jizhou District originated from ancient Jizhou,and today’s Jizhou District was under the jurisdiction of ancient Jizhou in ancient China.Today’s Hebei area was within the scope of Jizhou in the history,so Hebei is also referred to as “Ji.” After Yu the Great tamed the flood in the ancient times,the country was divided into nine prefectures,namely,Ji,Yu,Yong,Yang,Yan,Xu,Liang,Qing and Jing.According to the Book of History：Yugong (Shang Shu：Yu Gong),Jizhou Prefecture was the biggest one among the nine prefectures.(https://www.daowen.com)

Relics of ancient Jizhou Town are located in the west of Beiguan Village,Jizhou.It is a section of the earth wall in the west of Xindu old city of the Han Dynasty.It extends from northeast to southwest,with a total length of 4,500 meters.It is 8m high at the highest point,and 30m and 10m wide at the widest points of its bottom and top,respectively.It is connected with Hengshui Lake northeast,and there are large depressions and ponds and a small amount of cultivated land on both sides.According to the Book of Han (Han Shu),during the reign of Emperor Gaodi (206 BC) of the Han Dynasty,soil was used to build high walls and this place was named Xindu.In the Han Dynasty,the construction standard of the city’s circumference was 12 li; in the Northern Song Dynasty,the ancient town was expanded to 25 li; in the Yuan,Ming and Qing Dynasties,it was also built more.Due to the invasion of weathering and flood for thousands of years,the ancient town wall is incomplete now.It is a major historical and cultural site protected at the provincial level.