Historical Evolution of Kaiyuan Ancient City

The Chongshou Temple Tower, known as "the northernmost blue brick tower in China", is also located in this ancient city.

Kaiyuan City was founded in the 26th year of Hongwu in Ming Dynasty (1393), and its predecessor was Yuan Jian Kaiyuan City. According to Kangxi's "Kaiyuan County Records", in the early Ming Dynasty, "a brick city was built east of the old earthen city". Gate 4: Yanghe River in the east, Qingyun in the west, Yingen in the south and Anyuan in the north. The watchtower is surrounded by bells and drums. At the end of the Ming Dynasty, the brick city was destroyed by war.

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Today, the old city street in Kaiyuan City, Liaoning Province, that is, Kaiyuan Ancient City, is located on the left bank of the middle reaches of Liaohe River. In the Ming Dynasty, it was a 30,000-strong imperial guard, and once had jurisdiction over Liaohaiwei, Kaiyuan Bao Zhong, Anle House and Hippo Chef House. Nearby, there are six passes, such as Zhenbeiguan, Xin 'an Pass, Guang Shun Pass, Qingyang Pass, Qinghe Pass and Shantouguan Pass, and three horse markets, such as Liaodong Horse Market, Jurchen Horse Market and Tatar Horse Market, which are trading places between Ming and Jurchen and Mongolia. The four-year mandate of heaven (16 19) was captured by the late Jin Dynasty, and the yellow flag was transferred to the territory. General Li Shengjing belonged to kaiyuan city Banner after he entered the customs in Qing Dynasty. There are eight banners military organs, officers and soldiers' houses and warehouses in the city. City Guard 1, officials from the Ministry of Defence, Auxiliary Collar and Xiao Qi 18, in charge of urging troops and armored forces with 850 people. It has gradually become a place where Manchu and Han live together.

In the forty-third year of Qianlong (1778), the emperor traveled eastward and personally allocated 1 1.2 million yuan to rebuild kaiyuan city. In the forty-third year of Qianlong (1778), the brick city was rebuilt at the old site, and it was completed in the forty-seventh year. The height of the wall drops to 20 feet, and the top is 10 feet wide. In the eighteenth year of the Republic of China, this edition of Kaiyuan County Records recorded: "The rulers around the new city are still made." It can be seen that the Kaiyuan City rebuilt in the Qing Dynasty is still twelve miles and twenty steps around the city and thirteen miles and twenty steps around the moat.