Located in Huailai County of Zhangjiakou City, Hebei Province, Jimingyi Village was a post station of Ming and Qing dynasties. The name comes from "Jiming", the name of the mountain, and "Yi", meaning post station. Jimingyi used to be the biggest post station in China. It has six pawnshops, nine business, tea shops and temples, etc. Yongning Temple is the oldest with over 800 years of history. From its layout and construction, we can know that Jimingyi Village combines Confucianism, Taoism and Buddhism together. Empress Dowager Cixi stayed in the most famous local courtyard Hejia Dayuan overnight while fleeing from the Forbidden City when the Eight-Power Allied Forces occupied Beijing in 1900. As of now, the brick carved with four Chinese characters "Hong Xi Jie Fu" has been preserved to commemorate Empress Dowager Cixi's stay.

Special features: pawnshops, Yongning Temple, Hejia Dayuan

No admission fee;

How to get there: 1. Drive along Badaling highway to Yanqing and then onto National Highway 110;

                           2. Take No. 919 bus to Yanqing and then get on the long-distance bus to Shacheng; change there to a local minibus to get to the village;

                           3. Take No. K257 or 4439 trains to Shacheng at Beijing South Railway Station and change to a minibus to the village at Shacheng Bus Station.

Tips: 1. Any time is fine for a visit except winter, when it is cold and windy;

         2. Farmhouses available for lodging, 15 yuan per person; you may also stay in hotel in downtown Huailai, 80 yuan per person;

         3. Shacheng is famous for its grapes and red jujubes.

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