How many ancient city walls are there in China?

The ancient city wall in Xi 'an, Shaanxi Province was extended from Hongwu in the third year of Ming Dynasty to Hongwu 1 1 year (A.D. 1370- 1378).

2. Nanjing City Wall

The ancient city wall of Nanjing, Jiangsu Province was built in the 26th year of Yuanzhizheng (A.D. 1366) and completed in Hongwu 19 (A.D. 1386).

3. Jingzhou City Wall

The ancient city wall of Jingzhou City, Hubei Province is said to have been built by Guan Yu when he was guarding Jingzhou during the Three Kingdoms period. Originally an earth wall, it was converted into a brick wall in the Southern Song Dynasty. The present city wall was rebuilt in the third year of Shunzhi in Qing Dynasty (AD 1646).

4. Xiangyang City Wall

The ancient city wall of Xiangyang County, Xiangfan City, Hubei Province was destroyed at the end of the Yuan Dynasty and is now rebuilt at the beginning of the Ming Dynasty.

5. Xingcheng City Wall

The ancient city wall of Xingcheng City, Liaoning Province is the Ningyuan Acropolis in Ming Dynasty. It was changed to Ningyuan House in Qing Dynasty. It was built in the third year of Xuande in Ming Dynasty (1428), and the outer city was built in the fifth year of Xuande (1430). The outer city goes around the outer city 124 steps, which is as high as the inner city. It is the most complete ancient city of Ming Dynasty in China.

6. Pingyao City Wall

Pingyao Ancient City Wall in Pingyao County, Shanxi Province, was built in the third year of Hongwu in Ming Dynasty (AD 1370).

7. Beijing City Wall

There are several remains of Beijing's city wall: (1) The city wall near the southeast corner: the longest and most complete section of Beijing's inner wall is located in the east of Chongwenmen, Chongwen District, and there is an arrow tower-the southeast corner of the inner city. (2) The wall near the southwest corner: It is located near Xibianmen Bridge on the West Second Ring Road in Xicheng District. It is the earliest site of the wall listed as a municipal key cultural relics protection unit in Beijing, and there is an "Eight Eyes" watchtower in it. (3) Deshengmen Arrow Tower: located in the north of Deshengmen Bridge in the North Second Ring Road of Xicheng District. (4) Zhengyangmen Gate Tower and Arrow Tower: Zhengyangmen, commonly known as Qianmen, is the most complete existing gate in Beijing, located on the south side of Tiananmen Square. In the past, the gate of Beijing included three parts: the gate tower, the arrow tower and the urn. Only Zhengyangmen preserved the watchtower and the embrasured watchtower. Unfortunately, due to the construction of the Second Ring Road, most of the city walls were demolished.

8. Langzhong City Wall

Langzhong Ancient City Wall in Langzhong City, Sichuan Province is an ancient city wall in Ming Dynasty. Langzhong Ancient City was the capital of Pakistan during the Warring States Period. The well-preserved ancient houses, quadrangles, monasteries, pavilions and pavilions in Tang, Song, Yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties rank first among the five existing ancient cities in China.

9. Kaifeng City Wall

Kaifeng Ancient City Wall in Kaifeng City, Henan Province is the largest preserved city wall building in Henan Province. The present Kaifeng city wall is a Qing Dynasty building.

Dali City Wall 10

Dali City, Yunnan Province, referred to as Yu Ye, is also called Zicheng. The present ancient city was built in Hongwu 15 (AD 1382).

Shexian county wall 1 1

The ancient city of Shexian County, Anhui Province, was built in the late Sui Dynasty (around 6 17 AD). At first, the city wall was slightly smaller, and it expanded to a later scale in the middle of the Tang Dynasty (882).

Chaozhou City Wall 12

The ancient city wall of Chaozhou, Chaozhou City, Guangdong Province, was founded in the Song Dynasty, but it is a low earthen city. Reconstruction in the fifth year of Emperor (1053).

Phoenix City Wall 13

Fenghuang Ancient City Wall in Hunan Province was built in the 43rd year of Kangxi in Qing Dynasty (1704).

Tingzhou City Wall 14

The ancient city wall of Tingzhou in Fujian was built in the Tang Dynasty.

Jianshui City Wall 15

Jianshui Ancient City Wall in Jianshui County, Yunnan Province was built in the Tang and Yuan Dynasties (about 8 10). After 12 centuries of construction, Jianshui ancient city has preserved more than 50 ancient buildings, which is known as "Museum of Ancient Buildings" and "Museum of Dwellings".

Linhai City Wall 16

The ancient city wall near the sea in Taizhou, Zhejiang Province is known as the Great Wall and Badaling in the south of the Yangtze River. It has been 1600 years since the establishment of the Jin Dynasty, and it has been continuously expanded by the Tang, Song, Yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties, and the main part has been preserved to this day.

Shouxian City Wall 17

Shouxian County, Anhui Province, was called Shouchun in ancient times. Today's city wall was rebuilt by Xu Jun, the capital of Jiankang in Ningzong 12 (1206) in the Southern Song Dynasty.

Kuizhou City Wall 18

Kuizhou Ancient City Wall in fengjie county, Chongqing "Kuizhou Ancient City Wall" is the longest ancient city wall in the relocation project of ground cultural relics in the Three Gorges reservoir area. Founded in Ming Chenghua 10 (1474).

Yuci City Wall 19

Located in the northeast edge of Jinzhong Basin in Shanxi Province, Yuci Old Town, located in the south of Yuci City, was built in 582 in the second year of Wendi. When it was first built, it was a tucheng. In the 20th year of Jiajing in Ming Dynasty (154 1), the walls of Tucheng were all brick walls.

20. Longli City Wall

The wall of Longli Ancient City in Jinping County, Guizhou Province is a military bunker in Ming Dynasty with a history of more than 600 years.

Qingyan city wall 2 1

Qingyan Ancient Town in the southern suburb of Guiyang City, Guizhou Province, has been building Qingyan Fort for more than 620 years since the 11th year of Hongwu (AD 1378).

22. Qufu City Wall

The wall of the Ming Old Town, the hometown of Confucius in Qufu City, Shandong Province, was built from 15 12 to 1522 (the first year of Jiajing in Ming Dynasty), and it is the south wall of the Ming Old Town in Qufu. Qufu, an ancient city in the Ming Dynasty, was built to protect the Confucius Temple. "Moving to the city to guard the temple" is also extremely rare in the history of urban architecture in the world. The old city wall is about 9 meters high, 8 meters wide at the bottom and 4.8 kilometers around the city. The ancient city wall is the old city of Qufu, covering an area of about square kilometers. The moat outside the city is about 3.3 meters wide and deep, and the distance between the city and the river ranges from 7 meters to 10 meters. There are five doors in the old city, all of which have an urn. In the late 1970s, most of Qufu Ming Old Town was demolished due to historical reasons, leaving only the south gate, the north gate and the northwest and northeast corners.

23. Pan Zi City Wall

Panmo City in Kashgar, Xinjiang, also known as Ban Chao Memorial Park, is located in the southeast suburb of Kashgar, south of Duolaitibage Road. It is the ruins of the castle where Ban Chao, a famous Eastern Han Dynasty, was stationed 17.

24. Weishan City Wall

The ancient city wall of Weishan, Weishan County, southern Dali Prefecture, Yunnan Province, was built in the Yuan Dynasty and expanded in the 23rd year of Ming Hongwu (A.D. 1390).

25. Fengyang City Wall

The Ming Emperor's Ancient City in Fengyang County, Anhui Province, was built in the second year of Hongwu in the Ming Dynasty (AD 1369), which occupies an important position in the history of the development of China's ancient capital architecture and is the blueprint for the later construction of Nanjing Forbidden City and Beijing Forbidden City. Enjoy the title of "Babylon of the East".

26. Guide City Wall

The ancient city wall of Ming Guide House in Suiyang District, Shangqiu City, Henan Province was built in the Tang Dynasty. In Hongzhi 15 (1502) of Ming Dynasty, Suiyang City was flooded, and the city was surrounded by soil the following year. In the sixth year of Zheng De (15 1 1), a new city was rebuilt in the north of the old city, with the wall of the Yuan Dynasty as the south wall. Bricklaying was completed in the thirty-seventh year of Jiajing (1558).

27. Luoyang City Wall

There are two ancient Luoyang cities in Luoyang City, Henan Province: the ancient city of Han and Wei Dynasties, located on the north bank of Dongluoshui, Dongbaima Temple, Luoyang City; The ancient city of Sui and Tang Dynasties is located in the west of Seoul 18, now in the center of Luoyang. Luoyang is one of the seven ancient capitals in China and is famous for its three famous capitals. First, the earliest establishment of the capital; Second, it has the longest history; Third, it has the most dynasties. It is said that this capital had 13 dynasties and 100 emperors, which lasted for more than 1600 years.

28. Guangfu City Wall

Guangfu ancient city wall is located in Yongnian, Handan, surrounded by water, in the middle of Yongnian depression, surrounded by Fuyang River in the city, known as "double water around the city".

29. Suzhou City Wall

Suzhou ancient city wall in Suzhou, Jiangsu can be traced back to 2500 years ago. The rammed earth besieged city more than two thousand years ago was changed to brick as early as the Five Dynasties. Before 1950s, the walls of Suzhou were continuous, but after a nationwide wave of destruction, the walls of Suzhou became so incomplete.

30. The Great Wall

The Great Wall lies in the north of China. It starts from Shanhaiguan in Hebei Province in Bohai Bay in the east and Jiayuguan in Gansu Province in the inland area in the west. It spans seven provinces, municipalities and autonomous regions, including Hebei, Beijing, Inner Mongolia, Shanxi, Shaanxi, Ningxia and Gansu, with a total length of about 6,700 kilometers, or about13,300 miles, and is known as the "Great Wall of Wan Li" in the world.