Jiaohe--An Ancient City

Jiaohe, an ancient city, is situated on a more than 30-metre-high soil hill and 10 kilometres away from the west of Tulufan. It was called by locals as ``Ya'erhetu,' which meant ``Ya'er City.' The hill used to be a small island in the river when Jiaohe was a capital city of the Cheshiqian State more than 2,300 years ago. In the Han Dynasty, the king of the Cheshiqian State harnessed the river. It flowed around the city and converged again. Hence the Jiaohe River. The hill was washed ou…