Why are there only "two" ruins of ancient city walls left in Guangzhou? Over the past two thousand years, what changes have Tuoba City experienced?

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In ancient China, "city walls" were built in densely populated cities or towns. In order to cope with the war, protect one side of the land, or protect the local people, people use civil, masonry and other materials to build barrier buildings around the town for "defense." From today's heritage, people can see that many cities such as Beijing, Nanjing, Jiangsu, Xi 'an, Shaanxi, Pingyao, Datong, Penglai, Shandong, Shouxian, Anhui, Jingzhou, Hubei, Xingcheng, Liaoning, Zhengding, Hebei, Kaifeng and Shangqiu have built city walls. On the vast land of China, there have been countless city walls. Only with the passage of time, some of these walls were annihilated by the wind and sand, some were demolished and leveled, some broken walls was still hidden in the corner, some were restored and reinforced to promote the city, and some were rebuilt.

No matter what the final outcome of the city wall is, we will remember that the existence of the city wall is used to protect the peace of this land under our feet, and every inch left is a vivid history and a continuation of ancient stories. Although Guangzhou is now a modern international city, it is actually a group of historical and cultural cities with a history of more than two thousand years. So, where is the ancient city wall of Guangzhou? After living in Shantou, Guangzhou for more than 20 years, Shanshan traveled all over the streets of Guangzhou and found two sites of Guangzhou's "city wall".

The first place is located in Yuexiu Park in 4A. Yuexiu Mountain, the main body of Yuexiu Park, used to be a jungle in Shan Ye, where a section of the Ming Dynasty ancient city wall has been preserved so far. Although it is only 1000 meters long, it is the most intact ancient city wall in Guangzhou. Fortunately, because it was remote, it did not affect the municipal construction of that year, so it was preserved.

The second place is located at the intersection of Zhongshan No.7 Road and Renmin Middle Road, which used to be the west gate of Guangzhou. An ancient city wall site was vaguely seen here, but only the Ximen Wengcheng site was found at the scene. In an alley called "The First Month of Chang Gung" opposite the site, a small piece of the ancient city wall base covered with moss remains.

These two sites are currently listed as cultural relics protection units. However, Guangzhou, with a history of more than 2,000 years, is this a wall? Looking through the history of Guangzhou's fortification, from the written records of Zhou and Qin Dynasties, the history of Guangzhou's fortification can be roughly divided into several sections: Nanwucheng (legend), Renxiao City, Zhao Tuo City, Yuecheng, Panyu City, Cheng Nan, Zicheng, Dongnan Wengcheng, Dongcheng, Xicheng, Yanchi City and Jiyi City. There are six turning points, namely, Renxiao City, Zhao Tuo City, Buzhi City, Nanhan Capital City, Songsancheng City and Ming City Wall. Finally, in the early years of the Republic of China, due to the expansion of buildings and the construction of roads in the city, all the city walls were demolished.

1, Ren: In 2 14 BC, General Qin was appointed to Lingnan, and now he is on the riverside relying on Fanshan and Yushan. This is an ideal city in the history of Guangzhou, which laid the starting point for the construction of Guangzhou. Ren is located in Zhongshan Road, Beijing Road, Haoxian Road and Cangbian in Guangzhou today. "Renxiao City" is not big, only 0.4 square kilometers, which is equivalent to the size of the People's Park now, so "Renxiao City" is not a city.

2. Zhao Tuo City: Ren Xiao was seriously ill and Zhao Tuo succeeded to the throne. Zhao Tuo continued to build cities and expand the city walls, forming "Zhao Tuo City". Zhao Tuo City is surrounded by Xihu Road, Yuehua Road, Cao Fang Street and Education Road. Expand "Renxiao City" into a city with a circumference of more than ten miles and establish Nanyue State. Let South Vietnam directly step into the feudal social order from the primitive tribal state and realize leap-forward development.

3. Buluo City: In 2 17, Buluo was stabbed in Jiaozhou, the State of Wu (Jiaozhou is the majority of today's two regions). During his tenure, he found that Panyu County has a vast territory, rich resources and outstanding people, so he wrote to Sun Quan to rebuild Panyu City and revitalize Guangzhou. By building the city wall on the basis of the original Zhao Tuo City, Guangzhou was reborn and developed. In order to thank Bu Zhi, the people named it "Bu Zhicheng". In 226, Sun Quan ordered the former Jiaozhou to be split into Jiaozhou and Guangzhou, which was located in Panyu County, hence the name "Guangzhou".

4. Southern Han Capital: In the Five Dynasties, Ada established the Southern Han Kingdom, leveled Fanshan and Yushan, and expanded the city to the south. The wall of Chengnan City extends to Da 'nan Road and Wen Ming Road.

5. Three Cities in Song Dynasty: During this period, the scale of Guangzhou City has quadrupled. Jason, an engineer and official in Guangzhou, came to Guangzhou with advanced technology and equipment from the Central Plains to help Guangzhou build the city. From 1044 to 1208, three cities, Da 'nan Road, Yuehua Road, Huifu West Road and Dezheng Road, were successively built on the basis of the original Han capital in the south of Zhao Tuo. In addition, eight "satellite" towns such as Fuxi, Liede, Dashui, Ruishi, Shi Ping, Baitian, Datong and Shimen will be built around Guangzhou.

6. Ming City Wall: In the thirty-first year of Ming Hongwu (1380), Hou Zhu Liangzu of Yongjia, Guangzhou, merged the "Song Three Cities" into one city, extended the northern city wall to the foot of Yuexiu Mountain, and built Zhenhai Tower on Longgang, a small plate in Yuexiu Mountain, the highest part of the city wall. 1563 built an outer city in the south of the city, and has been around Wanfu Road and Yide Road ever since. According to Ming Huangzu's Guangdong Tongzhi, Guangzhou is 3,796 feet in circumference and 2,800 feet in height. There are 7 enemy towers and 97 police shops at the city gate. After the completion of the new wall, the length of the week is 2 1 Li. At this point, the old city of Guangzhou was basically formed in the Ming Dynasty.

So, how did the walls of Guangzhou disappear? About 100 years ago, that is, 19 18. This year, Guangzhou began to tear down the city and build roads. It took about five years to tear down almost all the city walls. The peak period of wall demolition was around 1920. At that time, large-scale construction was carried out in Guangzhou, and several city walls were flattened. Today, due to this period of history, people can only feel the ancient city wall of Guangzhou from some road names, such as Ximenkou, Xiaobei Road, Jinghai Road and Wen Ming Road.

So, are you interested in the ancient city walls? How much do you know about the history of the ancient city wall in Guangzhou? Have you seen the existing ancient city walls in Guangzhou? Besides these two ancient city wall sites, did you find anything else? Outside Guangzhou, are there any ancient city walls that impress you? Welcome everyone to leave a comment! This article is a copyright work, and it is strictly forbidden to reprint, reprint or wash the manuscript without the written authorization of Shanshan. If you need to reprint, please contact the author Shanshan, thank you.

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