The detailed history of Beijing’s ancient city wall

Inner City: Built between 1370 and 1419 by Emperor Taizu of the Ming Dynasty, it has a circumference of 24 miles and 9 gates. The four-nine cities mentioned in old Beijing refer to the four walls and nine cities in the east, west, south, north and west. Gate,

It was demolished in the 1970s for the construction of the subway.

Outer City: During the Ming Dynasty, the population outside Zhengyang Gate increased. In order to prevent foreign invasion, Liu Bowen and others proposed the construction of Beijing's Outer City in 1542. In the 32nd year of Jiajing (1553), he wrote to Zhu Bochen during the incident, saying that the population outside the city had increased sharply, and the outer city should be built. The former sites of Jin and Yuancheng still remain on the outskirts of Beijing, which are "120 kilometers in circumference."

This statement is consistent with the heavy city system of "inner city and outer city" in ancient Chinese cities. Therefore, Emperor Jiajing immediately ordered the construction to begin. Later, due to financial constraints, after Yan Song's inspection, he proposed that the southern city wall should be built first, and when financial resources were sufficient in the future, "according to the location, the four sides could be built." So the city foundation that had been built in the south of Beijing was "turned east to north and connected to the southeast corner of the city; west to north and connected to the southwest corner of the city." Construction of the outer city started in the 32nd year of Jiajing (1553) and was completed in October. The total length on three sides is 28 miles. That’s why the city of Beijing formed a “convex” shape.

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In addition, LZ wants to see the time For some comments, I might as well recommend you to read the article by the famous architect Liang Sicheng, who took many precious photos of the ancient city walls. It can be said that I have a strong affection for the ancient city wall!