Xiangyang ancient city

Xiangyang ancient city

Xiangyang City is located in the middle reaches of the Han River. It has a history of more than 2800 years since the northern Jin Xu period in Chu Dynasty. The city was built in Han Dynasty. There are six gates in Xiangyang City, namely the big and small north gate, the long gate, the east gate, the west gate and the south gate. Xiangyang City is one of the famous historical and cultural cities in China.

brief introduction

Xiangyang City is located in the middle reaches of the Han River. It has a history of more than 2800 years. The city was built in the Han Dynasty with a circumference of 7 kilometers. The moat is 250 meters wide, which can be called the first city in China. Today, it's magnificent. The ancient and elegant city site is integrated with the newly restored Zhongxuan tower, zhaomingtai and other historical sites, and complements each other. It is one of China's famous historical and cultural cities. Xiangyang ancient city site is located near the street of Oumiao town in Xiangcheng District.

Xiangyang City,

It's a magnificent ancient city. She is famous for her long history, splendid culture, rich cultural relics, magnificent mountains and rivers. I don't know how many poets have stayed here and wrote many moving poems about her. Wang Wei, a famous poet of the Tang Dynasty, sailed on the Hanjiang River. With deep feelings for Xiangyang, he wrote an infectious poem "overlooking the Hanjiang River": "the three branches of Chu are connected to Hunan, and the nine branches of Jingmen are connected. The river flows out of the world, and the mountains are in the middle. County floating in front of PU, waves move far sky. Xiangyang good wind, stay drunk with the mountain

Characteristics of ancient city

There are six gates in Xiangyang City, namely big gate, small gate, north gate, long gate, east gate, west gate and south gate.

There are also urn cities outside each gate of Xiangyang City, which is also called garrison city.

In the fourth year of Wanli, Wan Zhensun, the magistrate, was named the first of six schools, namely Yangchun gate, Wenchang gate, Xicheng gate, Gongzhen gate, Linhan gate and Zhenhua gate. Because Ximen is the only way to worship Zhenwu ancestral temple, it is also called "pilgrimage gate".

Xiangyang City in the Ming and Qing Dynasties, the ancient architecture is relatively complete: Six high-rise gate tower, square corner tower, Wang can tower, lion tower, Kuixing tower, dotted with ten Li City, golden tiles, glass, high walls cornice, it is spectacular, the whole city are harmonious integration, give people a sense of simple and elegant. In recent years, Xiangfan municipal government has made great efforts to repair the ancient city and adopted a series of measures to maintain the original appearance of Xiangyang ancient city wall.

Xiangyang City is surrounded by surging Han River in the north, East and south, and Yanghu mountain and Fenghuang Mountain in the West. The wall is about 10 meters high, 1.3-1.5 meters thick, and 7.4 kilometers in circumference. It is a magnificent city with mountains and rivers. Li Yangong, a Ming Dynasty man, praised that "the pavilions come out of the mountains, and the city is as high as space." The lower ring of the city is surrounded by a moat, with an average width of 180 meters and a maximum width of 250 meters. It is called "the first city in China". The layout of Xiangyang City is rigorous and the situation is dangerous. It has been known as "iron Xiangyang" since ancient times.

History and Humanities

On June 25, 2001, Xiangyang City wall, as an ancient building of Ming Dynasty, was approved by the State Council as a "national key cultural relics protection unit".

Xiangyang City, one of the famous historical and cultural cities in China, is located in the north of Hubei Province and the middle reaches of the Han River. "Han geography" said: "Xiangyang is located in Xiangshui Yang, hence the name." In the Warring States period, Chu set up beijinxu, which was an important military and political city. The county was set up in the Han Dynasty, and the county was set up in the Three Kingdoms. During the Han and Tang Dynasties, Xiangyang City was at its heyday in history. According to Jingzhou Ji, Xiangyang was prosperous economically and culturally in the Eastern Han Dynasty, and the south of the city was known as "guangaili". Liu Biao was the governor of Jingzhou in the first year of emperor Xiandi of Han Dynasty (190years). He moved the prefecture government from Hanshou to Xiangyang, which promoted Xiangyang City from the county-level government to the capital of the States below the capital city. It had jurisdiction over Hubei and Hunan provinces and a part of Henan, Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou and other provinces, and became the political, economic, military, and cultural center of central and southern China at that time. In Tang Dynasty, Xiangyang City was the administrative center of Shannan East Road, and its jurisdiction extended to parts of Shaanxi and Sichuan. At the end of Ming Dynasty, Li Zicheng captured Xiangyang City and established a state power here. He called himself "Xinshun king" and changed Xiangyang into Xiangjing. On May 1, 1950, Xiangyang and Fancheng on the other side of the Han River merged into Xiangfan City.

Xiangyang City is a magnificent ancient city. She is famous for her long history, splendid culture, rich cultural relics, magnificent mountains and rivers. I don't know how many poets have stayed here and wrote many moving poems about her. Wang Wei, a famous poet of the Tang Dynasty, sailed on the Hanjiang River. With deep feelings for Xiangyang, he wrote an infectious poem "Hanjiang Linpan".

Allusions of scenic spots

Xiangyang City Wall in Hubei Province was first built in the early Han Dynasty (the specific age is unknown). It has been renovated many times (as evidenced by the words "Dengcheng", "Taiping Xingguo", "Yue" and "Guangxu" on the bricks of the city wall). It is slightly square. There are Zhongxuan tower (commonly known as Huixian tower) and Kuixing tower in the southeast corner, lion tower in the southwest corner and Lady city in the northwest corner. In the early years of Hongwu in the Ming Dynasty, Duke Deng of the state of Wei was more and more in charge of Xiangyang. While renovating the old city, he extended the northeast corner of the city wall to the riverside, and built two gates (the big north gate and the long gate), together with the original four gates (see the "County town" section for details), and built one tower each (now only the small North Gate Tower exists alone). Each of the six Gates has its own urn, and there is another sub city outside the urn at the East, South and West gates. There are suspension bridges outside the urn and the sub city (later changed to stone bridges). The perimeter of the city wall is 7.6 km, with an average height of 8 meters and a width of about 10 meters. It is rammed with soil layers and built with large blocks of green bricks (there are only one section of xiaobeimen, dabeimen and Xiangyang Park). In the north of the city, the Han River is used as the pool, and Chenghao is chiseled on the East, South and west sides. The width of Chenghao is 130 meters to 250 meters, and the depth is 2 meters to 3 meters. The water waves all the year round, just like Pinghu (now Xiangyang Park is used for boating), which is rare in the country. Because the city is high and solid, Hao is wide and deep, and Han Xiantian is set up, mountains and rivers are protected, so it is known as "the iron hit Xiangyang".

Overlooking the Hanjiang River

Wang Wei, Tang Dynasty

Chu was connected with Sanxiang, and Jingmen was connected with jiupai;

The river flows out of the world, and the mountains are in the middle.

County floating in front of PU, waves moving far sky;

Xiangyang good wind, stay drunk with the mountain Weng.

The picture of Xiangyang

Xu Zhen'an, Tang Dynasty

Painting Xiangyang County, still see the past tour;

Looking at the mountains and thinking about the horse, the Han River remembers the boat.

Danhe often contains Ji, green forest does not change autumn;

The sky is empty and the meaning is long.

tourist guide

Surrounding traffic

Xiangyang ancient city covers a large area and passes through many bus routes. There are No.1, no.6, No.14, No.21, No.24, No.512 buses passing through the city.

Ticket Price

Ticket price: 20 yuan / person

Offer information

On August 7, 2020, Hubei Province announced that all A-level tourist attractions in the province, including the ancient city of Xiangyang, are free of tickets for tourists from all over the country. The event will start on August 8, 2020 and continue until the end of 2020, including the "11" golden week.

Opening Hours

Opening hours: 9:00 to 17:00

Address: No.2, Fengjia lane, Xiangcheng District, Xiangyang City

Longitude: 112.160014

Latitude: 32.021204

Ticket information: market price: 5.0 yuan

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