Ming Dynasty City Wall Ruins Park

Ming Dynasty City Wall Ruins Park

In history, the Ming city wall is 25 kilometers long. It was built in the 17th year of Yongle in the Ming Dynasty (AD 1419). It has a history of more than 580 years. The existing 1.5-kilometer-long city wall site from Chongwenmen to the southeast turret of the city is the only remaining part of the original inner city wall of Beijing, and also the symbol of Beijing.

The southeast corner tower of the city is the only corner tower with the largest scale in China. It was built in the first year of the Ming Dynasty (1436 AD) and is a key cultural relic protection unit in China.

About the park

Beijing Ming City Wall Ruins Park is located in the downtown area. It starts from the southeast corner of the city in the East and ends at Chongwenmen in the West. The total area of Beijing Ming City Wall Ruins Park is about 15.5 hectares. Beijing Ming City Wall Ruins Park covers an area of 3.3 hectares, and Beijing Ming City Wall Ruins Park covers an area of 12.2 hectares.

Park protection

Beijing Ming City Wall Ruins Park is seriously damaged due to disrepair and man-made damage. In order to protect the cultural heritage and reproduce the style of the ancient capital, Beijing Municipal Party committee and Beijing municipal government seriously practice the important thought of "Three Represents", and decide to thoroughly renovate the surrounding environment of the city wall ruins, repair the city wall, and build Beijing Ming City Wall Ruins Park.

The greening implementation plan of Beijing Ming City Wall Ruins Park is designed by Beijing Institute of landscape architecture design and research, and organized by Chongwen District landscape Bureau. The park construction focuses on the protection of the city wall, and fully demonstrates the cultural connotation and historical features of the ancient capital city wall by creating a vicissitudes and simple natural environment. After the completion of the Ming Dynasty City Wall Ruins Park in Beijing, it is simple, simple and generous. Combined with the natural features of the city wall ruins and the style characteristics of various green scenic spots, it forms "old trees and walls", "walking on the remnant walls" and "new charm of ancient buildings" from west to East. The protection of the ruins of the city wall is mainly based on the protection of the present situation and reinforcement, supplemented by a small amount of compensation, so as to preserve the present situation of the city wall to the greatest extent. Standing under the city wall, the sense of massiness and vicissitudes of history will emerge spontaneously.

On August 17, 2002, the overall greening construction project of Beijing Ming City Wall Ruins Park was officially launched. The main project of Ming Dynasty City Wall Ruins Park has been completed. The civil engineering, telecommunication cables, high voltage overhead lines, street lighting and other supporting facilities and pipelines in Beijing Ming City Wall Heritage Park have been completed. In the process of construction, more than 200 ancient trees in Beijing Ming City Wall Heritage Park have been preserved. In Beijing Ming City Wall Heritage Park, trees mainly composed of Sophora japonica, decorated with Ginkgo biloba and Pinus tabulaeformis, as well as elegant trees such as Prunus davidiana, Prunus armeniaca and begonia, are planted to set off the atmosphere of Ming city wall. In the ups and downs of micro terrain, 12.2 hectares of large lawn were planted, forming a bright landscape line.

Features of scenic spots

The park uses simple design techniques to highlight the fragmentary beauty of the city wall. Walking in the park, the ancient trees, the green grass, the ancient Ming city wall and the deep and dignified turret seem to tell people the vicissitudes of the nation. The park has a long history and rich connotation, which shows the profound cultural accumulation of Chongwen.

Park Culture

DongBianMen Chongwenmen Ming city wall site is one of the only two Ming city walls in Beijing. It is an important symbol of the historical development of Beijing city. Its southeast turret is a key cultural relic protection unit in China. The rest of the city wall sites are also cultural relic protection units in Beijing. This section of the city wall was built in the Jiajing period of the Ming Dynasty and was repaired in the Ming and Qing Dynasties. Due to historical reasons, most of the land in the protected area is occupied by units and residents. The ruins of the city wall are in disrepair for a long time and seriously damaged. The buried pressure of pipelines endangers the life and property safety of residents, damages the appearance of the city and affects the image of the capital.

In order to protect the style of Beijing's ancient capital and improve the living conditions of local residents, the municipal government decided to repair the city wall, comprehensively renovate the surrounding environment of the city wall ruins, build the Ming City Wall Ruins Park, and properly solve the housing problems of local residents. The retirement project of Beijing Ming City Wall Ruins Park is one of the 60 practical things that Beijing municipal government planned to do for the masses in 2002, and it is also the first of the four major projects in our district. In September 2003, the first phase of Beijing Ming City Wall Ruins Park was completed. Jiang Zemin, Li Lanqing, Wan Li and Ding Guangen, as well as Jia Qinglin, then Secretary of the municipal Party committee, and Liu Qi, mayor of the city, visited the Ming City Wall Ruins Park.

historical significance

The newly built Ming Dynasty city wall site in Beijing aims to protect the city wall and show the true appearance of the ancient city wall, providing a quiet, natural, simple and desolate environment for the citizens. The north side of the city wall will form a closed green belt, while the alignment of the garden road and the arrangement of plants on the south side of the city wall will strive to be simple and generous. The protection work of the city wall ruins mainly focuses on the current situation protection and risk elimination and reinforcement, supplemented by a small amount of compensation, so as to preserve the original state of the city wall to the greatest extent. Standing under the city wall, the dignified sense of history and the sense of vicissitudes arise spontaneously.

In addition, the Ming City Wall Heritage Park is also one of the main places for holding large-scale mass cultural activities in Chongwen District. From September 29 to October 4, 2003, the Ming City Wall Heritage Park held the first Beijing Ming City Wall culture and Sports Festival and investment and trade fair with the theme of "ancient wall charm, vitality and Chongwen".

In 2003, Beijing Ming City Wall Ruins Park was rated as Beijing boutique park.

geographical position

Ming Dynasty City Wall Ruins Park belongs to the type of ancient architectural sites. Located in the center of Beijing, Chongwenmen East Street to DongBianMen. It starts from the southeast corner of DongBianMen city in the East and ends at Chongwenmen in the west, with a total area of 15.5 hectares. The ruins of the city wall and the southeast corner of the city cover an area of 3.3 hectares, and the green space covers an area of 12.2 hectares. The Ming city wall site from DongBianMen to Chongwenmen is one of the only two Ming city walls in Beijing. In history, the Ming city wall is 25 kilometers long. It was built in the 17th year of Yongle in the Ming Dynasty (AD 1419). It has a history of more than 580 years.

The original appearance of the park

In history, the Ming city wall is 25 kilometers long. It was built in the 17th year of Yongle (AD 1419) of the Ming Dynasty and has a history of more than 580 years. Due to historical reasons, the original wall of Beijing has disappeared as a whole. The existing 1.5-kilometer-long city wall site from Chongwenmen to the southeast turret of the city is the only remaining part of the original inner city wall of Beijing, and also the symbol of Beijing. This section of the city wall was built in the Jiajing period of the Ming Dynasty. The southeast corner tower of the city is the only corner tower with the largest scale in China. It was built in the first year of the Ming Dynasty (1436 AD) and is a key cultural relic protection unit in China.

Due to years of disrepair and man-made damage, the city wall ruins are seriously damaged. In order to protect the cultural heritage, reproduce the style of the ancient capital, and thoroughly renovate the surrounding environment of the city wall ruins, the Beijing municipal government decided to repair the city wall and build the Ming City Wall Ruins Park. According to the principle of "repair the old as the old", the city wall ruins with the length of 1 540 meters are restored. The protection of the city wall ruins is mainly based on the current situation protection and risk elimination and reinforcement, supplemented by a small amount of compensation, so as to preserve the original state of the city wall to the greatest extent. The project officially started on November 25, 2001. In September 2003, the first phase of Beijing Ming City Wall Ruins Park was completed. The main design idea is to create an environment of vicissitudes and simplicity, with a total of more than 70000 square meters of lawn, 110000 flowers, more than 400 large-scale trees such as Pinus tabulaeformis and Sophora japonica, and more than 6000 shrubs. In 2003, the park carried out the second phase of greening project construction. According to the enrichment and improvement of plant species in the landscape, more than 300 trees and shrubs such as Ginkgo biloba, mountain peach, mountain apricot, Lagerstroemia indica, Koelreuteria paniculata and Magnolia were planted. In 2003, Beijing Ming City Wall Ruins Park was rated as Beijing boutique park. According to different functions, the park can be divided into five parts: old Beijing nanchenggen cultural area, modern sculpture park, DongBianMen Jiaolou civic leisure area, Chenglou Ruins Park Memorial forest, Beijing railway station south exit and square.

The park uses simple design techniques to highlight the fragmentary beauty of the city wall. Combined with the natural features of the ruins of the city wall and the style and characteristics of various green scenic spots, the park has built from west to East such landscapes as "old trees and bright walls", "walking on the remnant walls", "new rhyme of ancient buildings" and "battlements and green paving", which have a long history and rich connotation, and fully show the cultural connotation and historical features of the ancient capital city wall of Ming Dynasty

Park restoration

Since its opening at the end of September 2008, the Ming City Wall Ruins Park has been highly praised by all walks of life for its beautiful landscape and profound cultural heritage. Readers have been calling this newspaper to ask whether the Ming City Wall Ruins will continue to be restored? The reporter learned from the cultural relics department that what people see now is only the first phase of the Ming City Wall Ruins Park project, and the city will also start and complete the second phase of the Ming City Wall Ruins Park project; at that time, the magnificent, vigorous and simple Ming City Wall Ruins Park will be completely displayed in front of people.

The second phase of the Ming Dynasty City Wall Ruins Park is located in the north of DongBianMen turret. It covers an area of 3.18 hectares, starting from the west of the East 2nd Ring Road in the East, 20 meters west of the west wall root of the city wall in the west, the north boundary of the railway in the south, and the south of the East Street of Beijing railway station in the north. The original Beijing No.2 switch factory and other units here, a section of more than 200 meters long residual wall has become their back wall. After the demolition of these units, this section of the ancient city wall will show its true appearance and be restored

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