Which city is Zhongdu in the Ming Dynasty now? Guide to downtown travel

Zhongducheng was the place where Zhu Yuanzhang wanted to build the capital in the early days, but he abandoned it halfway and chose Nanjing again. Therefore, the scale of urban construction here is not very large, and there are still many scenic spots worth visiting.

0 10 to 10 10, all located in Fengyang County, Chuzhou City, Anhui Province.

Which city is it now?

Daming Zhongdu-Fengyang Mausoleum

Tourism strategy of Ming capital city

Fengyang, known as Lizhong and Haozhou in ancient times, was named "Fengyang" by Zhu Yuanzhang in the Ming Dynasty, which is still in use today. Fengyang, as the hometown of Zhu Yuanzhang and the land of Longxing, has a close relationship with Zhu Yuanzhang in the process of its fame, prosperity and decline.

Zhongdu was built in Hongwu in the Ming Dynasty, and it was planned and built with reference to the palace map of Nanjing. Li Shanchang, the first civil servant in Ming Dynasty, presided over all the projects and mobilized tens of thousands of craftsmen, sergeants and civilian workers. All over the country, where to build Fengyang Zhongdu. Build the palace of the city like the system of the capital. In the eighth year of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, Zhu Yuanzhang gave up the plan to build Fengyang as the capital on the grounds of "labor costs". Other buildings in Zhongdu are no longer under construction, and the unfinished project continues. After the construction of Zhongdu in Ming Taizu stopped, Zhongdu was no longer the capital of the Ming Dynasty. Later, because Judy moved to Beijing, Beijing was far from Fengyang. As in the Hongwu period, governors often lived in Zhongdu, and palaces were gradually abandoned. At the end of the Ming Dynasty, the peasant uprising army captured Fengyang in Zhongdu, and a large number of buildings inside and outside Zhongdu were burned.

General situation of Fengyang

Because there is no railway station and high-speed railway station in Fengyang, the most convenient bus transfer station to Fengyang is nearby Bengbu City. Bengbu, as an important station on the north-south trunk line in China, both high-speed trains and ordinary trains are basically forced to stop, so there are relatively many trains.

In addition, Fengyang county is close to Bengbu, and the whole journey is only about 25 kilometers. The transportation is convenient, and there are dense bus connections between the two cities. The bus stop from Bengbu to Fengyang is: Bengbu long-distance bus station is 550 meters east of Bengbu Railway Station.

Public transport guide

Name of scenic spot:

World Cultural Heritage-Ming Tombs (Ming Tombs)

National key cultural relics protection units (the second batch)-the ancient city of Zhongdu Emperor and the stone carvings of Huangling in Ming Dynasty

Tickets: 50 yuan.

Summary: Ming Taizu Mausoleum was built by Zhu Yuanzhang, the founding emperor of Ming Dynasty, for his parents, brothers and sisters. At the beginning of construction, the scale was huge, mainly including imperial city, brick city and Tucheng Road,/kloc-more than 0/000 halls, Lingshan, stone carvings and so on. Since the late Ming Dynasty, due to man-made destruction and wind and rain erosion, Gongque Temple has been abandoned as a site, leaving only tombs and stone carvings.

Personal comments: The biggest or only attraction of the Ming Tombs is the stone statues on both sides of the tombs, which are lifelike in shape and finely carved and have strong characteristics of the times.

Key points:

Shinto and stone fighters: The total length of Shinto in the mausoleum is 257 meters, and there are 32 pairs of stone fighters. The number and exquisite carving are the highest in the tombs of emperors in past dynasties. Its artistic style is wonderful, and it can be called a masterpiece of large-scale stone carving art that inherits the Song and Yuan Dynasties and enlightens the Qing Dynasty. It has high artistic value of stone carving.

Tombstone: The full name of the tombstone is "Daming Mausoleum Monument", with a height of 6.87 meters. On the front of the epitaph, there is an inscription written by Zhu Yuanzhang himself only in the style of filial son, with the inscription *** 1 105, which mainly describes Zhu Yuanzhang's hard work and hard work, and sets an example for future generations.

No-word tablet: No-word tablet is located opposite to Huangling tablet, and its shape is the same as Huangling tablet. Aesthetically speaking, the purpose of wordless tablet is to meet the needs of symmetrical layout. Emotionally speaking, Zhu y

Summary: The capital of Ming Dynasty is mainly composed of outer city, forbidden wall and imperial city. All we can see now is the imperial city site, which is called the National Archaeological Site Park. The circumference of Ming Di Old Town is 3,680 meters, with an area of 840,000 square meters, which is 6,543.8+200,000 square meters larger than the Forbidden City. It was once one of the most luxurious and magnificent capital buildings in ancient China, and played an important role in the history of ancient capital buildings in China. At present, the most important remains of the site are only the abutment of Wumen, Xihuamen and Donghuamen and the wall of 1 100 meters. In addition, road traces, building foundations, white marble foundations, etc. Has been dug up and cleaned up.

Personal comments: What we can see in the whole imperial city site is an empty ancient city wall, a desolate and empty city. Although it is located next to the city, it is difficult to hide the barren weeds. Walk into the dark city gate hole, touch broken walls hundreds of years ago, and think about the vicissitudes of the prosperous times. For example, if you enter and just visit, it seems that there are chariots and horses all around, as if there is a magnificent palace in front of you.

Key points:

Meridian Gate: There are still three gates in the middle of the meridian gate of the ancient city of Zhongdu Emperor in the Ming Dynasty, including the left and right ticket holes and the east and west wings. The Sumi Mountain Tower in Bai Yushi is more than 500 meters long, embedded with relief, rich in content, beautifully carved and lifelike, which is a precious artistic treasure in the architectural history of China. Compared with the ticket hole at the base of the Wumen Gate of the Forbidden City in Beijing, there are only a few floral decorations at both ends.

Xihuamen: The three-door coupon cave and abutment of Xihuamen South-North Tower are basically intact, which is the best-preserved gate in the old city of Zhongdu Emperor in Ming Dynasty.

East Gate: There are only rammed earth mounds and some residues on both sides of the gate. In addition, there is a white marble road paved in the Qing Dynasty in the South Gate Cave.

City Wall: The ancient city of Emperor Zhongdu in the Ming Dynasty, only the western section of the Western Wall and the southern wall have been preserved, basically retaining the majestic momentum of the past. The city walls are magnificent and solid, all made of big city bricks. City brick is an inscription brick specially paid by local government, prefectures and counties and health centers. The mortar for bricklaying is a mixture of lime, tung oil, glutinous rice juice and other materials. In the key parts of the city wall, even molten pig iron is used instead of mortar.

Ming Tombs

Name of scenic spot:

National 3A scenic spot

Overview: Ming Zhongdu Drum Tower was built in Hongwu, Ming Dynasty. As far as the Drum Tower is concerned, it can be described as tall, majestic and well-behaved, which is unique in the history of China Drum Tower. By the end of the Ming Dynasty, the buildings damaged by the war were burned down and then rebuilt. By the end of the Qing dynasty, the building was burned down again, leaving only the city platform. 1998, the building was rebuilt again.

The Ming Drum Tower is located in the center of the county, surrounded by a bustling commercial pedestrian street.