Ancient city ruins xunxian county wall

Ancient city ruins xunxian county wall

Xunxian Ancient City Wall is located in the west of Xunxian County, a national historical and cultural city, and is a cultural relic protection unit in Henan Province.

The ancient city wall of Xunxian County was built in the third year of Hongwu in Ming Dynasty (1370). At that time, the abandoned country was called Xun County, and the county seat was located on the northern slope of Qiufushan. The city wall is divided into east, north and south sides, and the Weihe River is in the west. In the tenth year of Hongzhi (1497), a large-scale renovation was carried out on the original basis, which took two years to complete. The circumference of the city is seven miles and one hundred and fifty paces, the height is twenty-eight feet, and four wings are built into worship buildings. In the fifth year of Zheng De's reign (15 10), a western city wall was built in Chen Chi, the county seat was in the northeast of Qiufushan. In the 11th year of Jiajing (1532), Xing Rumo, a magistrate of a county, expanded to the southwest in view of the floating hills in the west of the city, and the old city was changed to brick. In the twenty-ninth year of Jiajing, Lu Guangzu, a magistrate of a county, rebuilt the city wall, ten feet higher and five feet wider. He built an enemy tower and a garrison shop. All the walls were brick. In the second year of Wanli (1574), Fushan was rebuilt in Yang Rong, a magistrate of a county, which surrounded the Fushan in the city by half. At that time, the circumference of the city wall was 1300 feet, the width was 20 feet, the bottom was bluestone, and the height was 1 foot and 2 feet. After many repairs and expansions, the ancient city of Xunxian gradually became complete. There are four big city gates in the east, west, north and south. On their foreheads are written the words "Clouds in the East", "Green in the West", "Liu Huang in the South" and "Purple Pole in the North". There are two tall buildings at the main entrance, Changchun in the east, Changqing in the west, Diecui in the south and Gong Ji in the north. Each city gate is equipped with a heavy door, and the north and south gates are made of blue stones. There is a street corner building in every corner of the city. A stone bridge will be built outside the four gates, and a stone square will be built at the bridge head. Weihe River is a barrier to the west, and there are moats dug on the other three sides, which are eight miles long and two feet wide. It leads to the Weihe River from the south of Qiu Fu, bypasses the east and north, and joins the Weihe River in the northwest. Hanoi is full of clear water and green lotus leaves; Liu Chengxing is green on the shore and the birds are singing.

The ancient city wall is 5.7 meters high and 7 meters wide. The exterior of the foundation is paved with bluestone, with a height of 4m, and the upper part is made of blue bricks, with a brick wall thickness of1.3m. The interior is filled with rammed earth and grouted with white ash mixed with tung oil, which is extremely firm. There is a voucher-shaped doorway on the north and south sides of the city wall, with Guanlan Gate in the north and yunshu Gate in the south. Yunshumen is 4.75 meters high and 5.48 meters wide. There is a Jieshi on the left side of the gate, which was built in the 14th year of Chongzhen (164 1). There are two gates outside the ancient city gate, which have both urban defense and flood control functions.

The ancient wall of Xunxian County faces Weihe River in the west, Fushan Mountain in the south, Daxian in the east and vilen in the north. It is exquisitely structured, simple and spectacular. After more than 400 years of vicissitudes, the ancient city wall witnessed the rise and fall of Xun County.

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Part of the city wall (provided by Wenxuan)

Guanlanmen (provided by Wenxuan)