Nanjing city wall was built more than 600 years ago, and it is basically well preserved, with a total length of 33.67 kilometers. It is the best and largest capital city wall in the world.
The first wengcheng in the world
Zhonghua Gate, one of the thirteen Ming Dynasty inner gates of Nanjing Ming City Wall, is also the largest existing gate in China. It is the most well-preserved and complicated fortress urn in the world, and is known as the "No.1 urn in the world".
20 12, 165438 10. In October, Nanjing Ming City Wall, where Zhonghua Gate is located, as the leading city of "China Ming and Qing City Wall" project, was included in the preparatory list of China World Cultural Heritage.
historical changes
Is cornucopia really related to cornucopia?
Zhonghua Gate Wengcheng was originally named "Jubaomen", and many people have heard such a story:
In the early days of the Ming Dynasty, the foundation was unstable and the national treasury was empty. Zhu Yuanzhang, the Ming Emperor, was very afraid of Shen Wansan, the richest man in the south of the Yangtze River. He was worried that he would suddenly rise up and rebel, so he tried his best to find a reason to rule Shen Wansan.
During the construction of the capital city wall, the foundation of the city gate building suddenly sank in the middle of the construction, which caused the whole city gate building to collapse and was repaired from scratch. However, the foundation still sank until half of the repair, and repeated construction of the city gate building still failed. Zhu Yuanzhang knew about this matter, and let the counselor predict that there was a monster who ate dirt and bricks, and he wanted to bury a cornucopia at the gate to suppress it. This cornucopia is only available in Shen Wansan. Zhu Yuanzhang finally found the reason, and immediately ordered the collection of Shen Wansan's cornucopia, which was buried under the foundation of the city gate, and the wall did not collapse again, hence the name. In fact, because the city gate is facing Jubaoshan in the south of the city, it is named "Jubaomen".
Now, in the west of the city gate, there is a building imitating the Ming and Qing Dynasties, which is the exhibition hall of Shen Wansan's former residence. Although the story is fictional, we might as well go in and see the life of this legendary historical figure.
193 1 year, a Zhonghua road was built to the north of the city gate. The National Government renamed Jubaomen Zhonghua Gate, and the word "Zhonghua Gate" on the city gate was written by Mr. Chiang Kai-shek.
Before and after Zhonghua Gate, the runoff of Qinhuai River runs through the east and west, with traffic connecting Chang Gan Bridge in the south and Zhenhuai Bridge in the north, which is the throat of traffic in southern Nanjing in the old days. Laomendong and Laomenxi, bounded by Zhonghua Gate, have been prosperous places in the south of the Yangtze River since ancient times.
There is heaven and earth in the cave of Tibetan soldiers.
Walking into the Wengcheng of Zhonghua Gate, there are three smaller Tibetan soldiers caves on both sides of the first gate, while there are seven larger Tibetan soldiers caves on the upper floor of the gate, which are lined up and face south. It is said that the largest middle cave can hold thousands of people.
There are 27 hidden soldier caves in Wengcheng. These caves, large and small, can be used by soldiers to rest and store military supplies in peacetime, and can be used by Tibetan soldiers in wartime, with a total of 3000 soldiers. Now, in the cave of Tibetan soldiers in the middle of the city gate, there is an exhibition of wall construction and some physical displays of Ming city bricks.
When you walk into the exhibition hall, you will find that each wall brick is engraved with words, including regular script, running script, cursive script, seal script and official script. If you look closely, you can also see the bricklayer's name, brick-making place, firing time and other information. When the city was built in the Ming Dynasty, these city bricks had to undergo heavy inspections. Once found unqualified, you can return it and burn it again by name. If they fail to pass several inspections, not only the bricklayer will be held responsible, but also the supervisory officials and transfer officials will be punished.
It is precisely because of this strict responsibility system that Nanjing Ming City Wall has remained intact after more than 600 years of war. A variety of fonts were found on the unearthed city bricks. The number of words on the city brick is at least one word "10 thousand" and at most 69 words.
Strolling on the walls that have been baptized by wind and rain and war in the long river of history, touching the blue-gray city bricks, the cold touch, the wall bricks are not as rough as imagined, but have a moist feeling after years of precipitation.
Overlooking from the city wall, the beautiful Yuhuatai peaks are continuous, the clear Qinhuai River is rippling, the swan outside the city gate is solemn and neat, and Shen Wansan's former residence, Confucius Temple, Laomendong and other scenic spots can be seen in full view.
At Dashunzhi (Zhonghua Gate) Pier outside Zhonghua Gate, you can also take a cruise and visit the Qinhuai River outside.