Cockcrow Postal Town

Brief description

Source : Tito Dupret / WHTour.org

The Ming-period Cockcrow Postal Town (Ji Ming Yi), located approximately 145 kilometers northwest of Beijing, was the largest town on the former postal road between Beijing and Datong. A unique remaining example of that period, Cockcrow was constructed in 1420 to protect the military and the public post stations serving the northwest region of the Chinese empire.