Dear tourists
How do you do!
Welcome to the ancient city of Xi'an. I'm your tour guide. My family nameis Xu. Please call me director Xu. The first scenic spot to visit today is theterracotta warriors and horses, one of the world heritage sites. The scenic spotis located in Lintong, Xi'an. Our bus also goes to Lintong. The journey is about40 minutes. I want to mention Lintong in Xi'an. You must think of theunparalleled toilet of Qin soldiers in the world. OK, we have arrived at QinShihuang mausoleum now. Please get off in order. Do you know the origin of theterracotta warriors and horses of the Qin Dynasty? In the previous dynasties,emperors were buried with living people when they died. Later, in the QinDynasty, a minister said to Qin Shihuang, "in the previous dynasties, livingpeople were buried with them. I don't think it's proper for you to do this. Letthe craftsmen build a clay army. How about your invincible army? "Qin Shihuangthought this idea was very good, so he agreed. In fact, if it had not been forthe nod of Qin Shihuang at that time, we would not have seen the magnificentTerracotta Army today. The terra cotta warriors and horses are of great present, three terracotta pits have been excavated, covering a total area ofnearly 20000 square meters, about the size of 50 basketball courts. There areabout 8000 terracotta warriors and horses in the pits.
Now we come to the No.1 pit, which is also the largest of the three is 230 meters long from east to west and 62 meters wide from north to south,with a total area of 14260 square meters. You can see that the total area of thethree pits is more than half! Since the area is so large, the number is alsovery large, there are more than 6000. A huge arched hall has been built on thetop of pit No.1. We can go into the hall and enjoy it carefully. We should alsopay attention to safety when touring. Please see, the figure with big body, hat,armor, sword and high head is the general figurine. Some of them areself-confident and have bright eyes. At first glance, they know that they areexperienced in the battlefield and shoulder heavy responsibilities. Some of themare nodding and thinking, as if they are thinking about defeating the enemy ifthey fight. It's full of generals. Then look at the warriors. They are allstrong and strong. They are wearing war robes and armor, and their feet are onthe front of their boots. It seems that they are waiting for the bugle. Then wecontinue to look at the terracotta cavalry figures. We can see that they arewearing short armor, tight trousers, boots, rein in the right hand and bow andarrow in the left hand. It seems that they are ready to mount at any ng the war, there must be a group of good horses. Looking ahead, the potteryhorses are the same size as the real horses, and they are strong. That eager totry, if you give an order, you will spread your hooves, soar into the air andjump on the journey. Whether they are generals, warriors or cavalry, they allseem to be making up their minds to fight for the unification of the Qin Tao Ma seems to be planning to be loyal to his country. When he walks intoit, he seems to feel the breath of love The terracotta warriors and horses ofQin Dynasty are unique in the history of sculpture at all times. It vividlyreproduced the grand momentum of the Qin army with millions of soldiers andthousands of chariots, and vividly demonstrated the powerful power and heroicspirit of the Chinese nation.
Dear tourists, time flies. Today's journey of Qin Bing and Ma Neng has cometo an end. Now we are ready to leave for our hotel!
Dear tourists
hello everyone!
Welcome to Xi'an.
Xi'an, a famous historical and cultural city, is located in the middle ofWeishui plain on the West Bank of the Yellow River. Here is a vast expanse offertile land, a vast expanse of eight hundred Li Qinchuan. On the land of China,this dazzling pearl inlaid in the southern end of the Loess Plateau, once had aworld-famous, extremely brilliant history and culture, but also had green watersand mountains, extremely beautiful natural landscape.
In the East and west of Xi'an, the Qinling Mountains, known as the"Oriental Alps", are crisscrossed and meandering. On this beautiful scenic line,there are Huashan Mountain, which is known as the first of the five mountains,Lishan Mountain in Lintong, which is famous for its hot spring soup pools,Zhongnan mountain, which is green in all seasons and rare in its interior, andTaibai Mountain, which is called a wonder for its snow cover in June. They forma natural and unique scenery group. In ancient Chang'an, there were eightrivers, namely, Weishui River, Chanshui River, bashui River, Laoshui River,Fengshui River, haoshui River and Yunshui River, surrounded by rippling bluewaves.
This thousand year old capital at the foot of the Qinling Mountains and onthe Bank of the Weihe River has Tongguan in the East and Sanguan in the West. Inthe north, the chidao, which was built in the Qin Dynasty, is a thoroughfare forfighting against Xiongnu and supplying supplies. In the south, Ziwu Road,TangLuo Road, Baoxie road and Chencang road can cross Hanzhong to Bashu. In thesoutheast, Wuguan road in Shangluo Mountain is the throat leading to Chu. Inancient times, Chang'an had convenient transportation, both land and water,dangerous terrain, easy to defend and difficult to attack. It has always been aplace for military strategists and emperors to make contributions.
Xi'an is an important birthplace of Chinese history and culture, and alsoone of the earliest developed regions of human civilization. In the thousands ofyears of history of the Chinese nation, perhaps no city can enjoy such a loftystatus and incomparable brilliance as Xi'an: it is the capital of 13 dynastiessince the Western Zhou Dynasty and the epitome of the first half of Chinesefeudal society.
Since Zhou and Qin Dynasties, Xi'an has been in the center of politics,economy and culture for a long time with its unique historical position. In the11th century B.C., the Zhou people grew stronger and stronger in Qishan andFufeng areas in the western part of Guanzhong, and finally established theircountry after destroying the Shang Dynasty, and established their capitals inFengjing and Haojing. Qin people successively established capitals in Yongcheng,Liyang and Xianyang, and went out of Hangu in the east to destroy the six statesand establish an unprecedented unified Qin Empire. The capital of Qin Dynasty isstill Xianyang, which is near the water on the tableland. After the destructionof Qin Dynasty by Liu Bang, Emperor Gaozu of Han Dynasty, he took a fancy to theeight hundred Li Qinchuan River, which is a vast expanse of fertile land, andchose to establish the capital on the South Bank of Weihe River, which is justacross from qinxianyang. At the end of the Western Han Dynasty, Wang Mangusurped the Han Dynasty and established a new dynasty, inheriting the capitaland system of the Han family. When the Huangjin army rose, Dong Zhuo burned allthe palaces in Luoyang, and the princes of the 18th route begged for efore, Dong Zhuo forced Emperor Xian to move westward to Chang'an. TheEastern Han Dynasty had six years here.
The scenic Fenghe river is full of a large number of cultural treasuresfrom the Western Zhou Dynasty 3000 years ago. It is a magical and attractiveplace. Emperor min of the Western Jin Dynasty was the emperor in Chang'an, andhe was destroyed in only three years. The former Zhao, the former Qin, the laterQin, the Western Wei and the Northern Zhou established their capitals g'an city experienced a long period of war and shortage of soldiers afterthe Han Dynasty.
In 581 ad, Yang Jian, Emperor Wen of the Sui Dynasty, unified China r, in the southeast of Chang'an City in the Han Dynasty, Yu Wenkai, a famousarchitect, designed and supervised the construction of Daxing City, the capitalof the Sui Dynasty. The scale, layout and scientific facilities of Daxing Cityobviously exceeded that of Chang'an City in Han Dynasty, which laid thefoundation of Chang'an City in Tang Dynasty. Tang Dynasty is the heyday ofChinese history, and Chang'an city is also an incomparable brilliant model inthe history of Chinese capital. Chang'an is not only the political, economic andcultural center of the Tang Empire, but also the largest international city inthe east of the world.
"The ancient imperial state in the middle of Qin Dynasty". History choseXi'an and Xi'an enriched history. Today, whenever people talk about the formerChang'an in Xi'an, they are full of national pride and admiration for the richand incomparable ancient civilization of China for thousands of years.
If history chose Xi'an as the capital of emperors, making it the centralstage of China's politics, economy and culture for more than a thousand years,then the emperors who once made great achievements here chose Guanzhong'sprofound and extensive loess land as their final destination. As a result, thedense and grand mausoleums of emperors spread all over Guanzhong with thearrogance of the past and the present, becoming one of the most unique culturallandscapes in Xi'an.
The imperial mausoleum in Shaanxi can be traced back to the mausoleum ofthe Yellow Emperor more than 5000 years ago. It is the mausoleum of XuanyuanYellow Emperor, the forefather of the Chinese nation. It is on the top ofQiaoshan mountain in Huangling County, north of Xi'an. Ever since ancient timesand every year, countless Chinese and Miao descendants have come here to payhomage to the mausoleum, find their roots, ask their ancestors, and remembertheir saints. Apart from the mausoleum of the Yellow Emperor, from the WesternZhou Dynasty to the Sui and Tang Dynasties, more than 70 emperors were alsoburied in Guanzhong.
Ancient Chang'an was not only the political and economic center of Chinafor a long time, but also the center of religious culture. In the Tang Dynasty,with political stability and economic development, the religious culture ofChang'an reached its peak. At this time, not only the native Taoist culture inChina was widely spread, but also the foreign Buddhist culture was in aprominent position in social life.
Since the introduction of Buddhism into China in the Han Dynasty, it hasbecome the ideology of the gentry through the southern and Northern the Tang Dynasty, it became a common practice to respect and worshipBuddhism. As the eastern end of the "Silk Road" and a cosmopolitan metropolis,Chang'an has gathered eminent monks and missionaries from all over the de and outside the city of Chang'an in the Tang Dynasty, there are manypagodas and temples, and there are many people who preach and listen to theDharma. According to historical records, there are 122 monasteries and 31nunnery monasteries in Chang'an city. Emperors and court dignitaries are proudto build monasteries and spend time with monks. The scale of these monasteriesis also amazing. For example, Ci'en Temple, which is called "Chonglou Fudian,Yunge Dongfang, more than ten monasteries, has a total of 1896, covering 342Mu". In the enlightened and open Tang Dynasty, not only the various sects ofBuddhist temples and Taoism, as the national religion, were very active, butNestorianism and Manichaeism also spread to China one after another, makingindelible contributions to the prosperity of Chinese and foreign cultures.
Today, there are still many religious and cultural relics inside andoutside Chang'an city. The towering big wild goose pagoda of Ci'en Temple andthe beautiful small wild goose pagoda of Jianfu temple have become the symbol ofXi'an, a famous historical and cultural city. Famen Temple has become a Buddhistholy land again because of the excavation of four Buddhist finger relicscollected in the Tang Dynasty. Daxingshan temple, Qinglong temple, Xiangjitemple and other famous temples have also become symbols of friendly exchangesand tourist attractions between China and foreign countries. The famous TaoistLouguantai, Baxian palace and Huajue Lane Muslim temple in the city areimportant places for the spread of Taoist culture.
In history, the ancient city of Xi'an has provided a broad and bright stagefor China to show its great and brilliant posture to the world, and madeimmortal contributions to the survival, progress and development of the Chinesenation. Perhaps it is just out of the reward for Xi'an that history generouslypresented this magical land with numerous historical relics and cultural is an invaluable treasure. It not only makes every Chinese proud and feel theresponsibility of history, but also as one of the cream of human culturalheritage, let people from all over the world comprehend the clear trajectory ofsocial civilization development and the surging creativity of human beings.
The historical relics in Xi'an and Guanzhong area have the integrity ofrare historical sequence. This outstanding advantage is determined by thelong-span characteristics of Xi'an's long history, which is difficult for manyhistorical cities to match. Here, the Paleolithic artifacts of the Lantian apeman 1.15 million years ago and the painted pottery basin of the mud illusion ofthe matriarchal clan settlement in Banpo 6000 years ago jointly outline thecontext and footprints of the survival, reproduction and development of theprimitive ancestors; the deep, dignified, mysterious and treacherous bronzes ofthe Shang and Zhou dynasties represent the living atmosphere of the aristocratsin the slave society; The magnificent terracotta warriors and horses andexquisite stone portraits of the Qin and Han Dynasties are wrapped with thepolitical situation and flames of war in the early feudal society; the brilliantmurals and colorful gold and silver wares of the Sui and Tang Dynasties recordthe glorious chapter of the golden age; and the steles, porcelain products,calligraphy and paintings of the song, yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties are thewitness of the continued development of civilization in Xi'an after the loss ofthe prosperity of the imperial capital It is no exaggeration to say that it isno different to read a condensed general history of China to search the culturalrelics of Xi'an in chronological order.
Xi'an and its surrounding areas are rich in cultural heritage, which isanother advantage. Not to mention the large-scale sites such as FengHao of theWestern Zhou Dynasty, Xianyang palace of the Qin Dynasty, Chang'an city of theHan and Tang Dynasties, and the ancient buildings, temples, and grottoes ofMeilun and meimian, the number of movable cultural relics alone has reached morethan 600000 pieces (groups) according to preliminary statistics. Includingceramics, bronzes, jade, gold and silver, murals, stone and brick carvings,inscribed steles, seals and other categories. In this sense, the ancient city ofXi'an itself is a natural history museum, a palace of cultural art.
The natural landscape of Xi'an is also unique. In and around Xi'an, thereare Xiyue Huashan, which is known as "the most dangerous place in the world",Zhongnan mountain, which is cultivated by Wang Chongyang, the founder ofQuanzhen school, Taibai Mountain, which is known as "natural geological museum",Lishan Mountain, which is known as "Nuwa Butian", Louguantai, which is the mostblessed place in Dongtian, and Wangchuan, the hometown of Chinese landscape "Thehometown of ape man" -- Lantian cave and other scenic spots. The gardens inXi'an are full of royal style.
Huaqing Palace tells the story of "song of everlasting regret" with itsworld's first hot spring and warm romantic love story; Xingqing palace describesthe eternal story of "Li Bai's drunkenness"; a song "the setting sun isinfinitely good, just near dusk" makes leyouyuan's dusk a charming landscape."Last year and today in this gate, people's faces and peach blossoms were le do not know where to go, peach blossom still smile spring breeze If youhave a chance to go to Weiqu, you will feel the true love under the peach treewith the dream of "human face peach blossom". There are 11 forest parks inXi'an, which constitute the natural oxygen bar of the ancient city.
The combination of humanity and landscape constitutes the unique charm ofancient Xi'an.
As the first ancient capital of China, Xi'an, after more than 3000 years ofdevelopment, shoulders numerous glorious and glorious dreams of the Chinesenation, and is firmly marching towards the future.
In 1949, after the founding of the people's Republic of China, the ancientcity of Xi'an opened a new chapter in its own development history. Since the1980s, with the implementation of the reform and opening-up policy, 6.18 millionpeople in Xi'an have seized the opportunity of the times, guided by science andtechnology, tourism, commerce and trade, and made great efforts to build Xi'aninto a socialist export-oriented city. A thriving and dynamic Xi'an city isstanding in the world. Today, Xi'an is an important base for scientific andtechnological research and development in contemporary China. At present, thereare more than 3000 scientific research institutions in the city, includingmachinery, electric power, electronics, aviation, aerospace, geology, chemicalindustry, textile, instruments, meters, nuclear industry and other scientificresearch institutions, as well as the only watch industry research institute inChina and the satellite measurement and control center, the central nerve ofaerospace measurement and control network, which is also located in Xi'an.
Today, Xi'an is an important base of China's higher education. There are 42institutions of higher learning, more than 10 mobile stations for postdoctoralresearch, about 100 doctoral degree awarding points and more than 300 master'sdegree awarding points in the city. Every year, the city trains a large numberof modern talents for the country, becoming a veritable "cradle of talents".
Today, Xi'an is a world famous tourist hot spot city. The long and vasthistorical and cultural heritages, the beautiful and magnificent natural sceneryof Northwest China, and the various and magical traditional folk customsconstitute the unique tourism resources in Xi'an, attracting countless touristsfrom home and abroad to explore. With the development of tourism, tourismfacilities and municipal engineering have been further improved. With Xi'an asthe center, high-grade highways are interwoven in all directions. The connectionof Eurasian Continental Bridge and the completion of Xi'an XianyangInternational Airport make the connection between Xi'an and other countries morefrequent and close. A large number of star hotels and modern entertainmentfacilities and places have sprung up, which not only provides a guarantee forthe development of tourism, but also adds style and charm to the appearance ofthe ancient city.
In order to enrich the cultural and entertainment life of tourists and meetthe needs of leisure and vacation, Xi'an has built more than 3700 cultural andentertainment facilities in various forms, such as tangle palace, gudu GrandTheater, Tanghua song and dance theater, shange Grand Theater, Ginza nightclub,Taoyuan Lake Bowling Club, etc; It has launched such artistic programs as TangChang'an music and dance, imitating Tang music and dance, soul of Qin terracottawarriors, and folk music and dance in Northern Shaanxi, which have won praisefrom tourists at home and abroad.
Xi'an's tourism commodity production has strong local e are abundant folk arts and crafts, such as terracotta figurines, antiquebronzes, Qin embroidery, jade, silk, craft porcelain, Huxian farmers' paintings,Tang Sancai, porcelain plate paintings, landscape tables, straw paintings,Guanzhong paper-cut, etc. There are 26 designated foreign tourist shops in thecity, which can meet the shopping needs of tourists at different levels. At thesame time, the catering industry in Xi'an can provide tourists with uniqueShaanxi cuisine, such as imitation Tang cuisine, Dumpling Banquet, muttonsteamed bun and famous local snacks.
Today, Xi'an is still an open international metropolis. Through the summaryof the rise and fall of history and the understanding of the bright future, thepeople of Xi'an have deeply realized that opening the door to the world andletting Xi'an go to the world is the only way for the development and prosperityof today's ancient city.
History has been kind to Xi'an, and Xi'an will live up to history!
hello everyone! My surname is su. You can call me "little Su Su".
Welcome to Xi'an. It is an ancient civilized city with a long history. Inancient times, more than ten dynasties including Zhou, Qin, Sui and Tangestablished their capitals here. Its prosperity has been more than 1100 can be said that Xi'an is an important birthplace of the Chinese nation andChinese civilization.
There are 72 mausoleums of ancient emperors around Xi'an. There are morethan 700 ancient buildings (big wild goose pagoda, small wild goose pagoda,terracotta warriors and horses of Qin Shihuang, bell tower, ancient city wall,etc.), as well as Famen Temple in Baoji, Huashan Mountain in Xiyue, Huaqingpool, etc. At the same time, it is also the shooting place of many large-scaleTV and movies, such as the front-end hot spots of "that year the moon was full"and "White Deer Plain".
The beauty of Xi'an is more than that. I hope you can experience ityourself.
When it comes to Xi'an food, it's mouth watering. As a native of Shaanxiand a responsible tour guide, I'd like to introduce you to the special food ofXi'an, Shaanxi. 1、 Mutton bubble bun, saw a bowl of thick and authentic muttonsoup out, floating on a layer of transparent mutton oil. A basket of pancakesand a few sugar garlic become authentic Shaanxi flavor. 2、 Rougamo, in Xi'an,almost every staple food is made of wheat flour. Rougamo, a thick pancake, iscut into two halves evenly, and stewed pork is the most simple and deliciousfood. Oil noodles, thorn stem noodles, hollow noodles, Qishan whistle noodles,millet porridge all kinds of. Shaanxi people are looking for the true taste insimplicity.
Oh, let's all get off when we get to the wild geese. Please get off one byone in order. Don't be crowded. When you get off the bus, take the garbage bagswith you. Don't litter. Pay attention to protecting the environment and be acivilized outsider with social morality. Thank you!
The beauty of Xi'an is endless. I hope you can enjoy it!
inside the fourth courtyard, there is a structure called the phoenixpavilion, a place where worshipers wait for services. the pavilion, in fact, isa complex of three small buildings. the six-gabled structure in the central partis adjoined by two three-gabled buildings on each side which make it look like aflying phoenix; hence its name. just at the back of the pavilion there is a fishpond, and beyond it is a platform with an area of 700 square meters. acrotheplatform stands the 1,300-square-meter prayer hall. it holds over 1,000worshipers at a time. the ceiling is decorated with over 600 panels. the wallsof the hall, as well as the panels, are decorated with patterns of trailingplants and arabic letters. the shrine at the western end of the hall is wherethe imam and worshipers chant the koran and pay homage while facing in thedirection of mecca.
the moslems in china share much the same customs with their brothers andsisters elsewhere in the world. they worship five times a day: at dawn, at noon,in the afternoon, at dusk, and at night.
the constitution of china acknowledges that each citizen has the rightfreedom of religion, and that each ethnic group has the freedom to preserve orreform its own customs. of course, the moslems in china enjoy equal rights withother ethnic groups, and their religious beliefs and customs are respectedeverywhere in the country.
huaqing pool is situated about 35 kilometres east of the city of xi’orically, the western zhou dynasty saw the construction of the li palace onthe spot. in the qin dynasty a pool was built with stones, and was given thename lishan tang (the lishan hot spring). the site was extended into a palace inthe han dynasty, and renamed the li palace (the resort palace). in the tangdynasty, li shimin (emperor tai zong) ordered to construct the hot springpalace, and emperor xuan zong had a walled palace built around lishan mountainin the year of 747. it was known as the huaqing palace. it also had the namehuaqing pool on account of its location on the hot springs.
huaqing pool is located at the foot of the lishan mountain, a branch rangeof the qinling ranges, and stands 1,256 metres high. it is covered with pinesand cypresses, looking very much like a like a dark green galloping horse from along distance. so it has the name of the lishan mountain (li means a blackhorse).
the tang dynasty emperor xuan zong and his favourite lady, yang gui feiused to make their home at frost drifting hall in winter days. when winter came,snowflakes were floating in the air, and everything in sight was white. however,they came into thaw immediately in front of the hall. it owed a great deal tothe luke warm vapour rising out of the hot spring. this is the frost driftinghall that greets us today.
Dear tourists
There are hundreds of ancient city walls in China, among which the ancientcity walls of Beijing, Nanjing and Xi'an are the largest. However, the ancientcity walls of Beijing and Nanjing have been demolished or seriously damaged. Theancient city wall of Xi'an, which was built in 1370 ad, is still intact. WhenJapan came to Xi'an for a visit to China, they did not look at the pit of theterracotta warriors, the "eighth wonder of the world", but boarded the west gatetower, which was built more than 600 years ago, to appreciate the majesticappearance of the ancient city wall. Now, please come with me to visit theancient city wall of Xi'an.
The origin of the city wall
Dear tourists, we have enjoyed the colorful and simple ancient city wall inthe morning or sunset of the car shop these days. Now we come to the foot of thecity wall, please walk on the wall tour.
You must want to know what the real meaning of the wall is. The word "citywall" was originally derived from the word "city". According to Shuowen, "Cheng"is the interchangeable word of "Sheng", and "Sheng" is to accept the people, sothe original meaning of the word "Cheng" is to encircle the people and form acountry, which leads to the meaning of city wall. The "city" of the Great Wall,known as the backbone of the Chinese nation, also means the city wall. Butlater, with the development of society, the word "city" contains the explanationof today's city.
The word "city" first appeared in the inscriptions of the Zhou Dynasty,which vividly reflected the military use of ancient city walls. The militaryfunction of the city wall is to protect the private ownership, and in ideology,the size of the city wall is the strict embodiment of the hierarchicalpatriarchal system. Obviously, the ruler built the city wall to protect himselfand declare the national power. The Xi'an City Wall we see now is one of themost famous city wall buildings in Chinese history. It took eight years from thethird year of Hongwu in Ming Dynasty (1370 A.D.) to the eleventh year of Hongwu(1378 A.D.). It was built on the basis of the imperial city of Sui and TangDynasties. After repair, it basically maintained the complete appearance offeudal city wall architecture, reflecting the outstanding achievements ofancient Chinese city building technology.
Scale, structure and facilities of city wall
Dear tourists, how big is the Xi'an city wall? What is its structure?According to the calculation, the perimeter of Xi'an city wall is 11.9kilometers, including 2590 meters of East city wall, 2631.2 meters of west citywall, 3441.6 meters of south city wall and 3241 meters of north city wall. Sucha scale is rare at home and abroad.
You can see a small city with a guard gate outside the four gates of thecity wall, which is called the urn city. The so-called urn means that once theenemy enters, he will be attacked from all sides on the wall of the urn, justlike a turtle in the urn, unable to escape. Outside the urn, there is also asmall city called Yangma city. In ancient times, there was a fixed time for thegate to open and close. After the gate was closed, people who had not yetreturned to the city could go to Yangma city and the park around the city withtheir own sheep and horses to rest and wait for the gate to open before enteringthe city. The Yangma city in Xi'an was completely destroyed in the late QingDynasty. I remember that in 1986, about 17.5 meters outside the north gate ofWengcheng, Andingmen (West Gate) of Xi'an City, the north gate of yangmachengwas found, 5.5 meters long and 2.4 meters wide. Now you can see the restoredYangma city on the outside of the South Gate urn. The wall is 198 meters longand 9.5 meters high.
Outside the moat, there were four rammed earth cities named Guocheng, whicharched the four gates. According to "Xi'an Fu Zhi" volume nine records: TangTianyou years, Han construction Dongguo town and Xiguo town. Song, Jin and YuanDynasties are all due to this. During the Hongwu Period of Ming Dynasty, most ofDongguo small cities were wrapped up in big cities, and those left outside werecalled Dongguo new city. Xiguo town in the late Ming Dynasty. At present, onlypart of the wall of Siguan Guocheng remains, and Guomen only has its name on theplace name.
Now we come to the northeast of Xi'an City, which used to be the royal cityof the Ming and Qin Dynasties. In the early Ming Dynasty, Zhu Yuanjin appointedhis second son as the king of Qin and ordered him to stay in Xi'an to strengthenhis control over the northwest. The whole city is divided into two walls. Theouter city wall is called Xiao wall, which is made of soil. The inner city wallis called brick wall because it is built with green bricks outside. After theMing Dynasty, Xiaoqiang was destroyed. During the reign of Emperor Yongzheng ofQing Dynasty, temples were built in Xi'an, and most of the buildings in thepalace of King Qin were demolished, and the brick city was changed into theEight Banners church. At present, there are only a few remnant parts of rammingEarth City in the brick city of Qin Wangfu.
When Xi'an city was built in Ming Dynasty, there were four gates:"Changle", "Yongning", "anding" and "Anyuan". The name of the gate is engravedon the blue stone gate outside the gate. The building built on the gate of thebig city is called the city tower, also called the main tower, which is thecommand post of the commander guarding the city. The building built on the gatehole of Wengcheng is called Jianlou, because there are arrow windows on the wallof the building, which was used for shooting arrows at that time. In theRepublic of China, four gates were opened, commonly known as Xiaosi gate:Zhongshan Gate (Xiaodong gate), which was built at the east end of DongxinStreet to commemorate Sun Yat Sen; Wumu gate (Xiaonan gate), which is at thesouth end of Sifu street today; Yuxiang gate (Xiaoxi gate), which is at the westend of Lianhu Road, was demolished after liberation; Jiefang gate (small NorthGate), formerly known as Zhongzheng gate, was built at the north end of JiefangRoad when Longhai Road was opened to Xi'an. In 1952, it was demolished becauseof the expansion of the railway station. After liberation, Xi'an also opened upnew city gates, including Jianguo gate, Heping gate, Wenchang gate, Zhuque gateand Hanguang gate. The north wall has Shangde gate. The east wall has ChaoyangGate.
Most tourists know that there were 98 enemy towers on the walls of Xi'an inthe Ming Dynasty. However, in 1982, the Xi'an city wall management office foundthat none of the ancient enemy towers were left, and only some of them still hadfoundation stones. After that, Xi'an rebuilt 12 enemy towers, which were brickand wood structures, with two stories of double eaves and two corridors on theground floor.
The ancient city wall facilities not only built the enemy tower and arrowtower to prepare for martial arts, but also built the Kuixing tower to sacrificeKuixing, the God who dominated the cultural movement. Kuixing tower in Xi'an wasbuilt in the east of the South Gate Tower, which was destroyed by the r, Kuixing building was rebuilt on the original site, which is worthseeing.
