Quyang ancient city

Quyang ancient city

Quyang ancient city, located in Donghai County, Jiangsu Province, was first built in the Western Han Dynasty, more than 2000 years ago. Quyang ancient city is well preserved. Today, the height and width of the city walls are more than 5 meters. The outline of the city is clear, and the whole city is in the shape of a key. The East and north sides are 160 meters long, and the west side is 260 meters long. There is a missing crutch in the southeast. The ancient city is rammed with loess. The holes and layers of ramming marks left by the construction of that year are still vividly remembered. With abundant rainfall and frequent floods in the past, it is a miracle that the city can survive.

Development history

Donghai County has several ancient cities more than 1000 years old, and Quyang city is well preserved. It was first built in the Western Han Dynasty, more than 2000 years ago.

The ancient city of Quyang is one of the birthplaces of Taoism. Yu Ji, a pioneer of Taoism in history, claimed that this "Divine Book" was obtained from "Quyang spring" in his classic book "Taiping Qingling book". Some pottery, bronze seals, arrow clusters and other relics of the Han Dynasty have been unearthed here.

Address: Quyang Township

Longitude: 118.714786

Latitude: 34.44914

Chinese PinYin : Qu Yang Gu Cheng