Features of Pingyao Ancient City and Xingcheng Ancient City Jingzhou Ancient City

Xingcheng Ancient City (Ningyuan Ancient City), Xi 'an Ancient City, Jingzhou Ancient City (present-day jiangling county) and Pingyao Ancient City are listed as the four ancient cities that have been preserved intact in China so far.

Pingyao Ancient City is located in Pingyao County, central Shanxi Province. It is a famous cultural city with a history of more than 2,700 years. The total circumference of Pingyao city wall is 6163m, and the height of the city wall is about12m. The streets, pavements and towers in the wall all retain the shape of the Ming and Qing dynasties, and the outer wall is called the new city, which divides Pingyao county with an area of about 2.25 square kilometers into two worlds with different styles. In the early Ming Dynasty, the city wall was built to resist foreign interference from the south. In the third year of Hongwu (AD 1370), the old wall was rebuilt and expanded, and it was all brick. Since then, Jingtai, Zhengde, Jiajing, Qin Long, Wanli, etc. have been repaired ten times, and the towers have been updated and enemy stations have been added. In the 43rd year of Kangxi (AD 1703), the emperor visited Pingyao on the way to the west, and four towers were built, which made the city more spectacular.

Xingcheng ancient city was built in Xuande of Ming Dynasty for three years? (A.D. 1428), located in Xingcheng, Liaoning Province, is the Ningyuan Acropolis, rebuilt in the Qing Dynasty and renamed Ningyuan County. Xingcheng Ancient City is the only square acropolis, with four city gates in the southeast and northwest, a bell and drum tower in the center of the city, a semicircular urn outside the city gate, and forts at the four corners of the city wall to erect Hongyi cannon.

Jingzhou Ancient City, also known as Jiangling City, is located in Jiangling, Hubei Province. It is one of the famous historical and cultural cities in China. It has a well-preserved Jingzhou ancient city wall. The east-west diameter of the city is 3.75km, and the north-south diameter is1.2km, covering an area of 4.5km2.. The perimeter of the city wall10.5km and the height is 8.83m.. There are six gates, and each gate has a tower. Jingzhou ancient city wall was built in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period. It used to be the official ship dock of Chu State and Zhu Gong, and later it became Jiangling County, where the original city wall appeared. After more than 350 years of wind and rain, the existing ancient city walls are mostly buildings in the late Ming and early Qing dynasties. The magnificent brick building standing in front of people now was built in the Ming and Qing Dynasties. It is tall and straight, complete and strong, and it is the best preserved ancient city wall in China.