Duanzhou ancient city wall

Duanzhou ancient city wall

Duanzhou ancient city wall is the only complete ancient city wall in Guangdong Province. It is located in the area of Renmin South Road in Zhaoqing City. It was built in Song Dynasty. It is rectangular with a circumference of 280.2 meters. The commanding height is piyunlou in the north of the city. It is the crystallization of the wisdom and perseverance of the ancient working people.

structure

The city wall is 10 meters above the ground. Both sides of the city wall are made of brick, with rammed earth in the middle. There are 28 battlements on the periphery, with more than 40 kinds of brick specifications, which is the witness of many repairs in history.

Development history

At that time, nongzhigao, the leader of Zhuang Nationality in Guangxi, rebelled against the Song Dynasty. Ding Baochen, the governor of Duanzhou, abandoned the city because he had no walls to defend. After the failure of Nong Zhigao, the government began to build the earth wall in 1053 AD and built the wall 11 times in the late Ming Dynasty. It was repaired nine times in the Qing Dynasty. After the founding of the people's Republic of China, great importance has been attached to the maintenance of the city wall. Before the completion of jiangbindi Road, the city wall played a role in flood control, and the city wall was basically intact.

The reason for the construction of the city wall is that Nong Zhigao, the leader of Zhuang Nationality in Guangxi, opposed the Song Dynasty, and even captured Yong (now Nanning), Feng (now Fengkai), Kang (now Deqing) and other states. Ding Baochen, the governor of Duanzhou, abandoned the city because he had no city wall to defend. After the failure of Nong Zhigao, the earth wall was built in 1053. In the third year of Zhenghe (1113 AD), Zheng Yi, the prefect, enlarged the wall of the Earth City and built it into a brick city with four doors: Song Chong in the East, Zhennan in the west, Duanxi in the South and Chaotian in the north. In the first year of Hongwu reign of Ming Dynasty (1368 AD), the east gate was first repaired, and the west gate was renamed "Zhengdong" and "Jingxing". During the period of Chenghua to the end of Ming Dynasty, the city wall was built 11 times. In 1480, the magistrate, Li wangsui, increased most of the thickness of the city wall and carved stone plaques for four gates,

Since then, the east gate has been called Qingyun, the west gate Jingxing, the South Gate Nanxun, and the north gate Chaotian. In the Qing Dynasty, it was repaired nine times. After the repair in 1916, the gate tower, pheasant corner tower, moon city, Fort and Wenchang Pavilion were demolished in the three years from the 13th to the 15th of the Republic of China. Except for the Piyun area, the rest of the city walls were demolished by about 7 meters, and the four gates were filled and turned into road slopes. Since the founding of the people's Republic of China, attention has been paid to maintenance over the years.

Tourism information

Take bus No.3 to the foot of the city wall. In addition, you can get there by No.9, No.10 or No.17.

Address: Songcheng Road, Duanzhou District, Zhaoqing City

Longitude: 112.464774

Latitude: 23.04907

Ticket information: no ticket required. 5 yuan (piyunlou)