Xunxian Ancient City Wall is located in the west of Xunxian, a national historical and cultural city, and is a cultural relic protection unit in Henan Province.
The ancient wall in Xunxian County was built in the third year of Hongwu in Ming Dynasty (1370). At that time, the abandoned state was called Xun county, and the county seat was on the northern slope of Qiufushan. The city wall is divided into east, north and south sides, and the Weihe River is dangerous in the west. In the tenth year of Hongzhi (1497), a large-scale renovation was carried out on the original basis, which took two years to complete. The perimeter of the city is seven miles and one hundred and fifty paces, and the height is twenty-eight feet. A four-wing gallery is built to worship the building. In the fifth year of Zheng De (15 10), Chen Chi, a magistrate of a county, built the western city wall, which reached the foot of the mountain in the west, with Fushan as the boundary, and the county seat was in the northeast of Qiufushan. In the 11th year of Jiajing (1532), Xing Rumo, a magistrate of a county, expanded to the southwest in view of the floating mountain in the west of the city, and the old city was built of bricks. In the twenty-ninth year of Jiajing, Lu Guangzu, a magistrate of a county, rebuilt the city wall, ten feet higher and five feet wider. He built an enemy tower and opened a garrison shop. The walls were all brick. In the second year of Wanli (1574), Yang Rong, a magistrate of a county, rebuilt Fushan, and circled half of the city. At that time, the circumference of the city wall was more than 1,300 feet, the width was more than 20 feet, the bottom was bluestone, and the height was one foot and two feet. After many reconstructions and expansions, the ancient city of Xunxian has gradually become complete. The four big city gates in the east, west, north and south are written with the words "looking at the clouds in the east", "looking at the green in the west", "controlling Liu Huang in the south" and "welcoming the purple pole in the north" on their foreheads. There are two tall buildings at the main entrance, Changchun in the east, Changqing in the west, Diecui in the south and Gong Ji in the north. Each city gate is equipped with a heavy door, and the north and south gates are made of blue stones. There is a town corner building in every corner of the city. A stone bridge will be built outside the four gates, and a stone square will be built at the bridge head. The Weihe River is the barrier to the west, and a moat is dug on the other three sides, which is 80 miles long and 2 feet wide. It leads to the Weihe River from the south of Qiu Fu, bypasses the east and north, and joins the Weihe River in the northwest. Hanoi is full of clear water and green lotus leaves; Liu Chengxing shore green, birds singing.
The ancient city wall is 5.7 meters high and 7 meters wide. The exterior of the foundation is paved with bluestone, with a height of 4m, and the upper part is made of blue bricks, with a brick wall thickness of1.3m. The interior is filled with rammed earth and grouted with white ash mixed with tung oil, which is strong and abnormal. There are voucher-shaped doorways on the north and south sides of the city wall, with Guanlan Gate in the north and yunshu Gate in the south. Yunshumen is 4.75 meters high and 5.48 meters wide. On the left side of the gate is a Jieshi, which was built in the 14th year of Chongzhen (164 1). There are two gates outside the gate of the ancient city, which have the functions of city defense and flood control.
The ancient wall of Xunxian County faces Weihe River in the west, Fushan Mountain in the south, Daxian in the east and Yuan Ye in the north. It is exquisitely constructed, simple and spectacular. After more than 400 years of vicissitudes, the ancient city wall witnessed the rise and fall of Xun County.
Visual sense (provided by Wenxuan)
Part of the city wall (provided by Wenxuan)
Guanlanmen (provided by Wenxuan)