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Huangsiqiao Ancient Castle  was reconstructed and repaired in the Song, Yuan, Ming, and Qing dynasties.The provincial and county governments refinanced it after the founding of the People's Republic of China in 1949.

The city wall of the Huangsiqiao Castle has three gates, namely Heyu Gate, Shicheng Gate and Riguang Gate, each with a ten-meter-high city tower in distinct Qing-dynasty style. Besides, there are 300 arrow battlements and two stretch-out emplacements.

Huangsiqiao Castle was built by blue stones, among which, the biggest is over 1000 kilograms, and the smallest is over 500 kilograms. These blue stones were connected by the mixture of steamed sticky rice and calcareousness, which made the building integrated and firm. The city wall of the castle is 5.6 meters high, 2.9 meters thick and 2.4 meters wide taking an area of 2900 square meters.

After you visit Fenghuang Ancient Town and The South Great Wall, it will take you 30 minutes driving to get the Huangsiqiao Castle for visiting.