Lanxi ancient city

Lanxi ancient city

The ancient city of Lanxi is located on Dayun mountain in the East and Lanjiang River in the West. It is slightly half moon shaped. The remaining 600 meters of the city wall along the river was rebuilt in 1512, the seventh year of Zhengde in the Ming Dynasty, and the rest was rebuilt in 1995.

History of the ancient city

There are four old gates: anzheng gate in the East, Mingde gate in the south, Qingbo gate in the West and Gongchen gate in the north. The Northeast Shuique gate, Yanjiang Longli gate (shuimen wharf), Liujia wharf and Zhujia wharf were added in Ming Dynasty.

Due to the disaster of war and disrepair, most of the walls of the ancient city have been destroyed. The remaining 600 meter wall along the river was rebuilt in 1512, the seventh year of Zhengde in Ming Dynasty, and the rest was rebuilt in 1995. You can still enjoy the unique style of Lanxi ancient city.

The old city of Lanxi had three towers in the south, West and North, all built in 1512. During the Anti Japanese War (1939), in order to prevent air raid and facilitate evacuation, the South and north gate towers were demolished together with the East and south walls, while the west gate tower was retained as a bell alarm because the west wall along the river was not demolished.

In 1985, the west gate tower collapsed. The existing west gate tower was rebuilt in 1995. The main building has two floors and stands by the river. It is a magnificent place to visit the range rover.

Lanxi folk house

In the area from Fuling lane to kite lane to the south of Yan'an Road, the residential style of Ming and Qing Dynasties is still relatively intact. This residential community covers an area of about 3 hectares. It is close to mountains and rivers, east-west layout, undulating and harmonious with the natural environment. The plane is mostly "three rooms, two passing compartments and one patio", which is generally two-story, with wooden structure, gray tiles and white walls. The indoor carvings are exquisite and gorgeous, and there are fire sealing walls higher than the roof. The unique form of Lanxi dwellings has played a certain role in the development of Huizhou dwellings. There were 21 streets and 87 lanes in Lanxi City at the end of Qing Dynasty. Tanhua, Zhongxi and other alleys in the residential community south of Yan'an road still retain the characteristics of Ming and Qing Dynasties. In order to strengthen the rigidity of the two Gables, the two Gables are connected by ramming walls. This is the innovation of Lanxi ancient craftsmen on "lane", which can be called "masterpiece of architecture". Lanxi ancient city wall was built in the Northern Song Dynasty. It was announced as a provincial historical and cultural city by Zhejiang Provincial People's Government in 2000.

Collapse event

At about 12:30 noon on May 18, 2014, the city wall of Ximen tower, located at Yanjiang Road, Lanxi, Zhejiang Province, collapsed. The accident caused damage to two vehicles, but did not cause injury to the people inside. Another hotel worker working on the wall was injured in the leg due to the collapse of the wall.

Address: Lanxi street, Jinhua City

Longitude: 119.476922

Latitude: 29.206944

Chinese PinYin : Lan Xi Gu Cheng