Xiamen City Site

Xiamen City Site

Xiamen city site is located in the east of No. 43 Xinhua Road, Siming District, Xiamen City, Fujian Province. It became a provincial cultural relic protection unit and was later called Xiamen Suocheng.

The ancient city wall was built in 1394, the 27th year of Hongwu in Ming Dynasty. In order to strengthen the coastal defense and prevent the invasion of Japanese pirates, the Ming government ordered Zhou Dexing, the summer Marquis, to build a city on the southeast coast. During the reign of Emperor Kangxi of the Qing Dynasty, after Shi Lang regained Taiwan, he set up the Navy governor yamen (near Xiamen public security bureau) in the ancient city of the Ming Dynasty. In the 24th year of the reign of Emperor Kangxi, the old city wall was demolished and rebuilt, with a length of about 2000 meters around it. In 1752, it was rebuilt and expanded for the second time. Xiamen city site is an important relic left by Xiamen City and an important witness to the development history of Xiamen city. As of 2003, only about 120 meters have been discovered.

Historical evolution

Xiamen city was built in 1394, the 27th year of Hongwu in Ming Dynasty. It was 1360 meters in circumference, 6 meters in height and 2.9 meters in base width. It has four gates and 22 nests

Shop. The four gates are Qiming gate in the East, Huaiyin gate in the west, Chade gate in the South and Huangshu gate in the north. There are 1240 officers and soldiers stationed in Yongning Weizhong and zuoqianhusuo garrisons. Xiamen is now known as "zhongzuoshuo" and belongs to the command department of Fujian. With the jinmensuo City, gaopusuo City, Yongning Acropolis and Zhenhai Acropolis, the coastal defense has been consolidated.

In the 15th year of Yongle in the Ming Dynasty (1417 AD), the city wall was increased to 2.2 Zhang (7 m), and the moon city was added to the four cities. In 1443 ad, four enemy towers were built.

In 1681, the Qing army destroyed the city in the confrontation with the Zheng regime of the Southern Dynasty. After the recovery of Taiwan in 1683, the city was rebuilt by Shi Lang, governor of Fujian Navy and Marquis of Jinghai. The perimeter of the city wall was expanded to 1920 meters and the wall was raised to 9.6 meters. In the 24th year of Kangxi reign, the old city wall was demolished and expanded again, with a length of about 2000 meters around it. In 1752, it was rebuilt and expanded for the second time.

During the Opium War, the city walls of Xiamen were gradually abandoned after the British army occupied the city. By the beginning of the 20th century, the city walls were still intact, and the inner and outer cities were still well-defined. Until 1919, the Xiamen Municipal Council, with Lin Erjia as its president, proposed to open up roads to facilitate transportation. Most of the ancient city walls and ancillary facilities in Xiamen were demolished one after another. There is only one section of the northern wall in Xiamen City, with a total length of about 80 meters and a trend from northwest to Southeast. The residual height of the wall is 2-7 meters, with a slope shape and a top width of 3.5-6 meters. Both sides of the wall are dry laid with granite strips, and the middle part is filled with triad. The stones are 1.4 meters long, 0.28 meters wide and 0.3 meters high, arranged in the form of horizontal and vertical alternation.

In 1961, the site of Xiamen city was announced as the first batch of municipal cultural relics protection units by Xiamen municipal government;

In 1983, Xiamen Municipal People's Committee re announced it as the first batch of municipal cultural relics protection units;

In 1994, when Xiamen was built 600 years ago, the municipal government allocated 150000 yuan to repair the ancient city wall, repair 64 meters of the city wall, rebuild 28 battlements, clean up the environment, erect steles, build pavilions and pave access roads, and held the "Commemoration of the 600th anniversary of Xiamen City";

In August 2003, the Municipal Bureau of culture held a press conference, saying that a city site museum would be built on the basis of the ancient Ming city wall;

On August 4, 2004, Xiamen cultural relics management committee held the second enlarged meeting, at which it was decided that Xiamen city site would be declared as the national key cultural relics protection unit and the Sixth Batch of provincial cultural relics protection units.

In May 2005, the site of Xiamen city was listed in the Sixth Batch of Fujian provincial cultural relics protection units.

Historical site

On the cliff of Xiamen City, Yang Qizhen, the commander-in-chief of Fujian Navy in the Qing Dynasty, inscribed the four characters "Shan Huan Shui Huo". Shan Huan refers to Yuping mountain in the East, wanshiyan in the north and Huwei mountain in the west of the ancient city. Shui Huo is facing the sea in the south, sometimes with blue waves and waves.

At the Xiamen city site, there are two inscriptions on GaN Guobao, about 10 meters apart. In June of 1761, Gan Guobao was stationed in Xiamen when he was the commander of the navy in Fujian Province

The first is Zhanyun, which is horizontally engraved in official script with a diameter of 0.5 meters; the right side is inscribed with Qianlong Xinsi Liyue; the lower left side is inscribed with Gan Guobao, both in regular script. In the 23rd year of Kangxi (1684), Shi Lang, the first commander of Fujian Navy, built the commander's office in "Xiamen City", which included Chengxin hall, zuguan hall, Bafeng Pavilion, Fangchi and strange stones. The word "Zhanyun" means that you can look forward to the changing situation. One is to praise Emperor Shun's "benevolence is like heaven, just like the sun, and look at it like clouds" in historical records, which implies the meaning of "the prosperous age of Kangxi and Qianlong".

One is the character "Manqian steal", which is engraved on a piece of rock like a peach, with a diameter of 0.4 meters; on the left side is the sign of "he'an", running script. Man Qian steals the inscription with the allusion of Dongfang Shuo stealing peach. Dongfang Shuo (154-93 BC), named Manqian, was a writer of the Western Han Dynasty, a native of Pingyuan Yanci (today's Shandong Huimin), and a Taizhong official at the time of Emperor Wu. He is humorous and good at Fu, and his representative work is answering the guest's difficulties. There are many legends about him in later generations, and he was written as an immortal. In the myth, it is the incarnation of Taibai Venus. Dongfang Shuo stole the flat peach of the queen mother three thousand years ago.

At the highest point of the city wall, there is a wide platform, covering an area of about 100 square meters. This is the highest point of Xiamen city. The anti-aircraft gun shelter facilities on the platform were built by the Xiamen garrison in the early days of the liberation. It was used to set up anti-aircraft guns to prevent the Kuomintang planes from bombing.

historical significance

The ancient city wall of Xiamen, hidden in the downtown area, has a history of more than 600 years. Although it has been repeatedly mentioned by relevant departments for protection in the past nine years, it is still "forgotten".

On January 9, 2012, the Xiamen Municipal Committee of Taiwan League put forward a proposal on the proposal of adding the theme of coastal defense history and celebrity commemoration in the proposed Xiamen ancient city park.

Historical background: the ancient city wall is more than 600 years old

According to the data, the ancient city wall was built in 1394, the 27th year of Hongwu in Ming Dynasty. At that time, it was built to prevent Japanese invaders. During the reign of Emperor Kangxi of the Qing Dynasty, after Shi Lang regained Taiwan, he set up the Navy governor Yamen in the ancient city of the Ming Dynasty (now near Xiamen public security bureau). In the 24th year of the reign of Emperor Kangxi, the original city wall was demolished and rebuilt, with a length of about 2000 meters around it. In 1752, it was rebuilt again. The ancient city wall we see today is actually expanded by general Shi Lang.

It is urgent to protect the ancient city wall

"Now the ancient city wall is still crying! Lack of planning, disrepair, the ancient city wall is full of cars, the whole landscape is not harmonious, the key is that the ancient city wall is damaged day by day! Destruction Netizens, nicknamed "wolf no longer going backwards", put forward suggestions to the NPC and CPPCC on Weibo, saying that it is urgent to build and protect the ancient city wall. "The wolf that will never fall away" also said that the ancient city wall was listed as a municipal cultural relic protection unit twice in 1961 and 1983; in 1994, the municipal government allocated funds to repair the defect and repair the 64 meters of the wall. In August 2003, Xiamen Municipal Bureau of culture held a press conference and said that a city site museum would be built on the basis of the ancient Ming city wall. Unfortunately, nine years later, there is no trace of the museum.

For the appeal of netizens, Mr. Zheng, who lives near the ancient city wall, agreed, "if we don't protect it, even the remaining 70 meters of city wall will disappear.".

Build Xiamen ancient city wall Park

According to the proposal of Xiamen Municipal Committee of the Taiwan League, the main function of this section of ancient city wall is military defense. It is the most epochal military and coastal defense facility in Xiamen's history. It is also a representative building and historical building in Xiamen. In view of the historical value of this ancient city wall in Xiamen, we should build it into an ancient city wall Park as soon as possible, and add the theme content of Xiamen coastal defense history and celebrities in the park, so that people can have a more detailed understanding of the historical development process and coastal defense history of Xiamen.

The park planning has passed the review

"The project planning for the construction of the ancient city wall park has passed the review. It is planned to build a walking system with Zhongshan Road and Zhongshan Park through demolition and construction." The 70 meter long Ming Dynasty ancient city wall will be built into the only "ancient city park" on the island, and a leisure square and a museum will be planned in the center of the park, according to a person in charge of the planning department of Xiamen Planning Bureau.

According to the planning scheme for the protection of the ancient city wall, the high-rise buildings within the scope of the ancient city will be controlled.

Relevant proposals to develop night tour of foxtail mountain in imitation of Taiping peak in Hong Kong

The Xiamen Municipal Committee of the League for democracy suggested that the top of Huwei mountain should be built into "the top of Taiping mountain in Xiamen". Taiping peak has a bird's-eye view of the magnificent harbor, which is one of the main night tourism attractions in Hong Kong. While standing on the top of Huwei mountain in Xiamen, you can overlook Gulangyu Island, Lujiang Road, Dongdu port area, Haicang Bridge, etc., and enjoy the take-off and landing of airplanes, long-distance sailing of giant ships, and flying of cars. It is comparable to the top of Taiping mountain in Hong Kong, but lacks the overall planning, promotion, and development and packaging of tourism . It is suggested that the tourism development of Huwei mountain should be re planned to make it another scenic spot for leisure night tour in Xiamen

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