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Wuhan >> Ancient City Wall

Attraction Typ: Historic Site
Location: more than 200 km from city
Recommend: 4 Star

Ancient City Wall

The Ancient City Wall in Jingzhou is the largest and best preserved in China.
Jingzhou Ancient City Wall (Chinese: 古城墙; pinyin: Gǔ Chéng Qiáng) has a long history of more than 2,000 years. The enceinte was built during Qing and Han Dynasties, and the wall itself was built during the Five Dynasties and Ten States Period. It has been destroyed and rebuilt for several times during the Song, Yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties. Now the existence wall was built in the Qing Dynasty, winding like a huge dragon to Yangtze River.

The Ancient City Wall has three parts: inner earth city, middle brick city and outer water city. There are two city gates as you enter the city, and the space between is called 'Urn City', which was used to catch the enemy inside. Measuring 30 feet high, the city wall has 1,567 battlements and 28 emplacements. The water city is the moat of the city wall and its first line of defense, connecting Tai Lake in the west to the Grand Canal in the east. A boat can sail from here to Wuhan.

Among China's seven ancient city walls, the City Wall in Jingzhou is rated as the second best. Compared with other famous city walls such as that in Nanjing and Shanxi, the wall in Jingzhou is the largest and best preserved.


 
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