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The difference between Nanjing city wall and Xi city wall
The difference between Nanjing city wall and Xi city wall is in four aspects: level, height, length and gate.

First of all, look at the difference from the level.

Nanjing City Wall is the capital level, and has been listed in the China World Cultural Heritage Protection List.

Xi 'an City Wall is a provincial capital, which was announced by the State Council as the first batch of national key cultural relics protection units.

Second, look at the difference from the height.

The highest part of the Nanjing city wall is 26 meters.

The highest point of Anming City Wall in Xi is12m.

Third, look at the difference from the length.

Nanjing Ming City Wall is the longest, largest and most well-preserved ancient city wall in the world, and now it has completely preserved 25.438+0 km.

The outline of Xi 'an Ming City Wall is a closed rectangle with a perimeter of 13.74 km. The ancient city covers an area of 1 1.32 square kilometers.

Fourth, look at the difference from the gate.

There are thirteen gates in Nanjing City Wall, one for Chaoyang Gate and Shence Gate, two for Shicheng Gate, and three for Jubao Gate, Tongji Gate and Sanshan Gate. Of the 13 doors, there are four that have been preserved so far: Jubao Gate, Shicheng Gate, Toilet God Gate and Liangqing Gate.

Xi 'an City Wall has four main doors, namely Changle Gate, Yongning Gate, Anding Gate and Anyuan Gate.

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Xi 'an Anming City Wall is located in the central area of Xi, Shaanxi Province, with a height of 12m, a top width of 12- 14m, and a bottom width of 15- 18m, which is a closed rectangle with a perimeter of13.74km.. ..

Xi 'an City Wall has four main gates: Changle Gate (East Gate), Yongning Gate (South Gate), Anding Gate (West Gate) and Anyuan Gate (North Gate). These four doors are also the original doors of the ancient city wall. Since the Republic of China, in order to facilitate access to the ancient city, a number of new gates have been opened. Up to now, there are 18 gates in Xi 'an City Wall. ?

1961March 4th, Xi 'an City Wall was announced by the State Council as the first batch of national key cultural relics protection units.

On 20 18 Northwest China Tourism Marketing Conference and Tourism Equipment Exhibition, Xi 'an City Wall was shortlisted for "Magic Northwest 100 Scenes".

Nanjing Ming City Wall was built in 1366 (26th year of Yuan Dynasty) and completed in 1393 (26th year of Ming Hongwu). 1 department, 3 hospitals, 37 cities in 5 provinces, 152 counties * * 280,000 migrant workers, about 350 million.

The construction of Nanjing Ming City Wall changed the old system that the city wall was square or rectangular. On the basis of building Kangcheng in the Six Dynasties, the city was built according to the trend of Nanjing mountain and river system. Get the benefits of mountains and rivers, empty rivers and lakes, outside the South Qinhuai River is a natural moat; East of Zhongshan; There is a back lake as a barrier in the north.

SiNa mountain into the city; Form a three-dimensional military fortress with unique defensive characteristics. Among them, the capital city wall meanders 35.3 kilometers, which is the largest existing city wall in China and the largest city wall in the world, and is selected as the largest city wall in world record association, while the Waiguo city wall outside the capital city is more than 60 kilometers long, which is the highest in world history. ?

Nanjing Ming city wall stands high in the sea and is built by mountains and waters. It is a model of combining China's ethics with nature and an outstanding representative of ancient capital construction.

As a masterpiece of China's ancient military defense facilities and wall construction technology, its historical value, ornamental value, archaeological value, architectural design, scale, function and other aspects are incomparable at home and abroad, and it is another great structure of China after the Great Wall.

References:

Baidu Encyclopedia -Xi Anchengqiang

Baidu Encyclopedia-Nanjing Ming City Wall