Why is Taiyuan a small city? Does the old lady have the original city wall? When was it destroyed?

The mountainous area around Taiyuan limits the narrowness of the old Taiyuan city. Taiyuan Basin is about 107km long from north to south and about 144km wide from east to west, and about 168km2. It is located in the plain valley on both sides of Fenhe River, with an altitude of 780-800 meters. The east, west and north are surrounded by mountains, with undulating mountains and ravines. The terrain is high in the north and low in the south, and gradually inclines. Fenhe River, the second largest tributary of the Yellow River, runs through the whole territory of Taiyuan from north to south and flows through the territory for about 100 km. There is Taihang Mountain in the east and Luliang Mountain in the west of the city, which is located on the valley plain between the two mountains. If we want to expand Taiyuan City, we can only expand to the south. . .

In the long history of 2,500 years, Taiyuan was once the hometown of Tang Yao, the famous city of Warring States, the hometown of Taiyuan, the capital of the Northern Dynasties, the northern gate of the Central Plains, the important town of Jiubian and the hometown of Shanxi merchants. How can there be no walls? Near Liuxiang South Road and Blacksmith Lane, it was once the most prosperous place. There are still some ruins of the Song City Wall, and a small piece of soil can be seen in the railway dormitory of Qifeng Street, which is the Song City Wall. Arches and doors in North Street. The third son of Zhu Yuanzhang in the Ming Dynasty used to sit here and build walls and palaces, but later fires and floods destroyed them.

Taiyuan experienced war and the city walls were seriously damaged. But the biggest damage was after the founding of People's Republic of China (PRC). Due to the narrow streets in Taiyuan, which can't meet the people's growing demand for cultural life, the old buildings in Taiyuan were demolished, and the legendary 20-year urban construction master plan of Taiyuan was released. The wall is made of mud, so there are no birds.

It was not destroyed in one day, but gradually completed. Another example is the glory of the ancient city of Kunming, which disappeared in less than a few years. The back walls of Yunnan Normal University, Yunnan University for Nationalities and Kunming University of Science and Technology are all ancient city walls.