The whole story of the demolition and construction of the ancient city wall of Qufu in the Ming Dynasty

Qufu restores and constructs the original appearance of the ancient Ming city wall

2006-07-25 13:54:55

□ Xinhua News Agency

< p> Qufu, Shandong Province, the hometown of Confucius, began restoring the original appearance of the Ming Dynasty City Wall in 2002. At present, the restoration project of the 4.8-kilometer-circumference ancient city wall of Qufu Ming Dynasty has been completed. A majestic and magnificent ancient city wall has once again surrounded the old city of Qufu. Qufu Ming Ancient City was built from 1512 to 1522 to protect the Confucius Temple. This is the south gate of the ancient city of Qufu in the Ming Dynasty.

China News Service, Qufu, September 27 (Li Zhoufang, Mao Gongqiang, Liu Ximin) The hometown of Confucius was built from 1512 (the eighth year of Zhengde in the Ming Dynasty) to 1522 (the first year of Jiajing in the Ming Dynasty). The ancient city wall of Qufu has been partially restored after more than a year of restoration and construction, and an opening ceremony was held here on the morning of the 26th.

It is understood that Qufu Ming Ancient City was built to protect the Confucius Temple. "Moving the city to guard the temple" is also extremely rare in the history of world urban architecture. Therefore, the city wall is about nine meters high, eight meters wide at the bottom, and the city perimeter is about 4.8 kilometers. Within the old city wall is the old city of Qufu, covering an area of ??approximately 1.41 square kilometers. The moat outside the city is about 3.3 meters wide and deep, and the distance between the city and the river ranges from 7 to 10 meters. The old city has five gates, all of which have urn walls. In the late 1970s, most of Qufu Ming City was demolished due to historical reasons, leaving only the south gate, north gate and two corners of the city in the northwest and northeast.

In order to better protect the World Cultural Heritage Confucius Temple and Confucius Mansion, and highlight the atmosphere of the "Oriental Holy City", Qufu City has invested more than 40 million yuan since March last year to restore the ancient city walls of the Ming Dynasty. construction. So far, 5,300 meters of the city wall have been restored and opened to welcome guests at the opening of this year’s International Confucius Cultural Festival.

Relevant leaders from the Shandong Provincial Tourism Bureau and Jining City and Qufu City, as well as representatives from all walks of life and more than 2,000 tourists at home and abroad attended the opening ceremony. Qufu City Post Office and Qufu City Tourism Bureau jointly issued this Got a commemorative envelope.