The Great Wall, be known as the spirit with adamant the Chinese nation to symbolize, the Yellow River is known as the maternal river of the Chinese nation, regard us as the pride of the Chinese nation, they cross 1000 mountain respectively 10 thousand water, span the high mountain is desert, meet eventually in an old place -- Shanxi province slants close village of bay of prefectural old ox. Old Niu Wan, be located in Shanxi to save Xin state city to slant close a county, it is a bound with the Yellow River, shanxi is south slant close a county, boreal bank is the county of clear water river of Inner Mongolia, xi Line Er is much this banner of downy standard pattern Er, it is a crow the place of 3 city. Here is the first village that the Yellow River flows into Shanxi, also be advance short for Shaanxi Province those who cheat big gorge is germinant, and most those who make a person proud is, here is the place that the Yellow River and handclasp of Great Wall first time meet. The riparian and left Great Wall in the graph extends the head like a winding megalosaurus to in the Yellow River, the handclasp that finished first time meets. In village of bay of Shanxi old ox, have a Great Wall ancient fortress that builds Yu Ming to take the place of, according to " does Shanxi open keep in mind " carry: ? Frighten kilometer of?.5 of こ of our face of M Ba け , " bright into change 3 years (1467) total Bing Wangxi builds a wall, the Chongzhen Emperor 9 years (1636) arms has Lu Youzhu builds fortress. Fort week 120 a unit of length, tall 3 a unit of length 5 feet. " its east receive steatitic fort, yellow River bank is faced on the west, head when northwest strong. Perhaps the reader wants to ask, why should you often say the old Niu Wan in Shanxi? Because thither village calls the Yellow River single stage village originally,that is, countryside of single stage of county of river of subject clear water, perhaps be for the need of travel, on May 27, 2015, according to the application of county of clear water river, via give an official of government of Nei Monggol Autonomous Region, incognito old Niu Wan presses down single stage countryside, uncover card ceremony at will be being held on October 13 in those days, from after this, the bank in old Yellow River much a village of new old Niu Wan. In fort of bay of Shanxi old ox child northern part, build on the bank of proximate Yellow River have one lofty air brick building of enemy of build by laying bricks or stones, lou Na is built in the air have, there is a horizontal inscribed board on door forehead, shade engraves " of mound of bay of old ox of regular script " 4 big character, have the small character such as problem head and arrange money, passable differentiate gives 10 thousand one by one of " year old the model of written characters such as " of fourth Chou Xia. Want to appreciate the elegant demeanour of ancient fort of old ox bay truly so, experience in former days the male wind of the Great Wall, still want to come to Shanxi. Still save on the hillside side the yellow bank of village of bay of Shanxi old ox relatively in good condition lofty beacon tower of bright generation Great Wall.