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The wall of Xi an ancient city travels Xi an of China

The wall of Xi an ancient city travels Xi an of China

Write: Gayleen [2011-05-23]

The wall of Xi   an ancient city travels  Xi   an of China

Open hour

Spring and summer 08: 00- 21: 30, Autumn and winter 08: 00- 19: 00.

Ticket

40 yuan

Traffic

Take No. 5 from the railway station, No. 611,etc. can arrive

Introduce

Xi an city wall build at in the year 1381 1370- 1378)Annual, expand and take shape based on city wall of the emperor of Sui and Tang dynasties in the 6th century, girth is 13912 meters. The wall height is 12 meters, the bottom is 18 meters wide, very 15 meters wide, thickness is greater than the height, the building is calm and steady and firm. The construction project around the city since 1983, build up and take wall of ancient city as the thread progressively, complement it in order to afforest around the city, the moat is surrounded, the style is simple and unsophisticated, rough, there are rustic charms, have park around the city of the strong local characteristic. Rely mainly on city wall, including a series of military installations such as the moat, suspension bridge, floodgate building, watchtower with arrow slits, straight building, watchtower, crenel of the parapet, city gate, form tight intact cold the intersection of weapon and the intersection of era and urban defence system, ocular to understand ancient war offer the precious human cultural sight for visitor. Xi an city wall is not merely the best preserved ancient building of city wall of China, also the extant largest, most intact ancient military castle facilities in the world.
There are four doors in the ancient city of Xi an: Unless stable in the west pieces of name, north gate name Yuan An, last Changle east gate, south gate is would rather. Each door of the city wall has a three storeyed arch over a gate: Que Lou, watchtower with arrow slits, and the straight floor. There are outside Lou on Que,watchtower with arrow slits in in,it is straight at li in floor. Between watchtower with arrow slits and the straight floor is the urn city, stand in the urn city the top of the wall is very apt to make people remember sure catch This idiom. Xi an city wall build at in the year 1381 13701378) Annual, expand and take shape based on city wall of the emperor of Sui and Tang dynasties in the 6th century, girth is 13912 meters. The wall height is 12 meters, the bottom is 18 meters wide, very 15 meters wide, thickness is greater than the height, the building is calm and steady and firm. The construction project around the city since 1983, build up and take wall of ancient city as the thread progressively, complement it in order to afforest around the city, the moat is surrounded, the style is simple and unsophisticated, rough, there are rustic charms, have park around the city of the strong local characteristic. Rely mainly on city wall, including a series of military installations such as the moat, suspension bridge, floodgate building, watchtower with arrow slits, straight building, watchtower, crenel of the parapet, city gate, form tight intact cold the intersection of weapon and the intersection of era and urban defence system, ocular to understand ancient war offer the precious human cultural sight for visitor. The south city wall of Xi an is 3442 meters, regard city gate as the central point, prolong on west both sides and extend eastwards. The wall is very absolutely 15 meters wide, smooth and clean. Build and take the stub wall of the buttress again on both sides, also call the parapet wall. Not merely can take a walk, visit, wander up and down, disappear and offer as a gift above, even having a ride on a horse above, tourney, also can yet be regarded as the ideal field. The intact ancient city wall of these more than 20 kilometers, have not merely reflected shape looking like and appearance of an ancient city, also a country and human wealth.
Position: Lie in the intersection of Xi an and the intersection of city and the intersection of ancient city and the intersection of south gate and Wenchang of both sides from door to the intersection of Hepingmen and piece