Ask Qingyuan Beimen Street for a detailed introduction.

Qingcheng has a long history. I'm afraid not many people know what this ancient city used to look like. However, we can get a glimpse of Hong Fei's mud claws from the book The Past of the Fallen City.

Qingyuan city wall building began in Yuan Dynasty. According to old books, in the 22nd year of Zheng Zhi, Yuan Shundi (A.D. 1362), Qingyuan County was robbed by Haikou, and Bai Taiping, the chief bookkeeper, started to build a tucheng to prevent rejection. In the 22nd year of Hongwu in Ming Dynasty (A.D. 1389), the commander-in-chief Tongzhi Mars transformed the earthen city into a brick city in order to strengthen the city wall. After many times of reconstruction, it has become an important town in northern Guangdong, located in Beijiang River.

In the Ming and Qing Dynasties, the Qingyuan City Wall was six to ten meters high, six meters wide at the bottom, more than four meters wide at the top, more than 4,800 meters in circumference, and the enclosed area was about 65,438 +0.5 square kilometers. Dongcheng is on this Shuguang Road, Xicheng is on this middle road, Cheng Nan is next to this upper and lower profile street, and Beicheng is on this ring road. The four cities are divided into south, north, east and west. The bell tower and drum tower are built by the city, majestic and spectacular.

During Chenghua period of Ming Dynasty, in order to strengthen defense, there were sub-cities on the east and north sides. Zicheng starts from the flood gate at the southern end of Shuguang Road today and ends at the northern end of Chengzhong Road today, passing through Shanghaoji, Qiaobei Road, Songgang and Gaojili today, with a total length of about four kilometers. There is a moat outside. There are 14 garrisons around the city wall for garrisoning. There are moats at the east and west corners, 8 meters wide and 2 meters deep, with suspension bridges and horse-blocking walls. It was demolished in the Republic of China 19, which lasted 589 years.

Nanmen Street and Beimen Street are the main roads of the city, and there are 24 main roads in the city. Later, the population in the city increased and developed outside the city. In the south, upper wide street and lower wide street are opened along the city wall, becoming the trade center of the commercial city. Later, a back street was added to the upper and lower profiles, namely, the back street of the upper profile and the back street of the lower profile. Then, from the upper profile to the east, Ping 'an Street and Weizai were added, and from the lower profile to the west, the water lane of Congyuan was added to Gaogangli.

Every street corner in the city has gates that can be closed to ensure public order. Shangkuo Street is divided into Zhonghua Gate, Yingen Gate, Shexue Gate and Yanghe Gate. Xiakuo Street is divided into Yangyingmen, Qingze Gate, Gaodi Gate, Yu Di Gate, Fuyingmen, Fenghua Gate and Qian Yi Gate. Each gate has a door, and a night watchman is set up to patrol at night to tell the time. In case of grand festivals, various organizations participate in activities, and at midnight, lanterns are in full bloom, which is a scene of entertainment and peace.