Hancheng ancient city

Hancheng ancient city

Hancheng ancient city is surrounded by Juanshui in the south, Liangshan in the West and tableland in the northeast. It is easy to defend but difficult to attack.

In the ancient city, there is an ancient street of Ming and Qing Dynasties, a group of ancient buildings and a group of courtyard houses. It is one of the six well protected ancient cities of Ming and Qing Dynasties in China.

The ancient city of Hancheng is about 100km long and more than 800 meters, covering an area of 0.79 square kilometers. The ancient city consists of Confucious'temple, nine Lang temple, Hancheng Bei Ying temple, Dongying temple, Qing Shan Temple, Yuxiu bridge, Town God's Temple, county yamen, Zhuang Yuan house, Chuang Gong Palace, Jincheng old street, celebrities' former residence, folk residence quadrangle courtyard, and many other historical monuments and cultural landscapes.

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The ancient city of Hancheng was built in the Sui and Tang Dynasties. In 1164, the city wall was built with earth. In 1640, the city was approved by Xue Guoguan, the Prime Minister of the Ming Dynasty. He proposed that local officials and gentlemen donate money to change the earth wall into brick wall. The gate tower of the four gates of the city is "Yellow River in the East", Liang Yi in the west, "Pubi Hancheng" in the South and "Longmen resort" in the north. In order to protect the ancient city, the municipal government made a decision in the early 1980s to protect the ancient city area and build a new urban area to make the ancient block well protected.

The main street of the ancient city is the North-South street, which is in the shape of a dragon. It is kilometer long and slightly curved, just like a dragon lying on its side. The pagoda of the Jin Dynasty at the top of Yuanjue temple on the north side of the ancient city is like a dragon's head, and the ancient stone bridge on the south side is like a dragon's tail. The two wings of Longxing main street and the four passes in the East, West, North and South have 72 large and small tunnels crisscross, straight and orderly, extending in all directions.

There are more than 5200 houses in the ancient city, including more than 770 cultural relic buildings, shops and houses with certain protection value. On both sides of the main street are ancient shops built in Ming and Qing Dynasties. Most of them are two-story buildings, with upper storehouse and lower storehouse, front facade and rear residence, brick and wood structure, green brick and gray tile slope roof, which is a typical northern ancient city style. The quadrangle dwellings in the ancient city are well protected in Zhangxiang, Gaojia lane, Bozi lane, nanyingmiao lane, wanwan lane, etc. There are 13 buildings and more than 70 buildings in the block protected area, with a large number and large scale and various types. Especially the Confucious'temple, Town God's Temple and Dongying temples are even more than 700 meters long, which is a major feature of the ancient city.

The ancient city of Hancheng has a long history. Hancheng county was established in 625, which has a history of more than 1300 years. A large number of ancient buildings and a large number of historic houses and shops with historical value are preserved in the city. There are dozens of buildings, including County Department, Qiao Lou, Zun Jing Ge, Longmen academy, Town God's Temple, Qing Shan Temple, five buildings, five parks, garden Jue temple, Yue Lou and large and small temples. Glazed decoration, resplendent, double eaves stacked house, rigorous structure.

The status quo of the ancient city

The old city of Hancheng was built in the Sui Dynasty, with a history of 1500 years. It is one of the well preserved ancient cities in China. The buildings of Tang, song, yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties are preserved. Among them, there are 16 Yuan Dynasty buildings. Hancheng's "Yuanjian" is one of the most concentrated places in China.

In 598 ad, Emperor Wen of Sui Dynasty changed Xiayang into Hancheng. The official name of Hancheng begins from now on. In the 11th year of the great cause of emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty, the earth city was built. Wang Bo, one of the four outstanding figures in the early Tang Dynasty, wrote a preface to climbing the gate of Hancheng in summer when he visited Hancheng.

Jindading three years (AD 1173) built six octagonal pagoda, is now the symbol of the ancient city, so the ancient city is also called Jincheng.

The ancient city is adjacent to Juanshui in the south, Liangshan in the west, Yuanyuan in the northeast, surrounded by mountains and water. In the view of Fengshui experts, it is also a treasure land. In the Qing Dynasty, this treasure land developed again. Now there is a commercial street in the Ming and Qing Dynasties connecting the north and the south. It is nearly a thousand meters long. This street is also a central axis of the ancient city. It divides the ancient city into two parts. The eastern part is a cultural activity center. There are Confucious'temple, Town God's Temple, nine temple and so on. The western part is a political activity center, and there are existing County Hall, Longmen academy and champion ancestral hall. On both sides of the street are the ancient shops built in Ming and Qing Dynasties, with a total of 87 buildings and 326 shops. The shops are divided into two rooms, shangcang and Xiadian. The top of the slope is made of green bricks and grey tiles. The elegant buildings are equipped with bluestone Road, which is a typical style.

The old city is a gathering place of cultural relics in Hancheng. The towering gold pagoda and the ancient temples in the city cluster are amazing.

As a national historical and cultural city, Hancheng in Shaanxi Province is one of the few well preserved ancient cities in China. It is mainly characterized by the architectural style of yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties, and many historical and cultural heritages are listed as national cultural relics, such as the world famous Sima Qian ancestral temple, the great wall of Warring States and Wei, and a large number of Yuan Dynasty buildings. All previous governments of Hancheng City attached great importance to the protection of famous cities and cultural relics. In the late 1980s, they developed and built a new urban area outside the ancient city area, and took a series of effective measures in the protection and management of famous cities, so that the ancient city of Hancheng, which is still in its original style, can be preserved in front of the world. Luo Zhewen, President of the Chinese society of cultural relics and deputy director of the National Expert Committee on the protection of famous historical and cultural cities, believes that the architecture of the yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties in Hancheng, especially the architecture of the Yuan Dynasty, has a great influence in China. Hancheng, like Pingyao, does not develop in the old urban area, but builds a new area, which creates good protection conditions. At present, Hancheng City is actively applying for world cultural heritage and has taken effective measures. This has created a rare historical opportunity for Hancheng, which is known as the "little Beijing" of the land of Sanqin, to promote the construction of a famous historical and cultural city and to promote economic and cultural development.

In the remote northwest loess plateau of China, in the embrace of mountains and Yellow River, there is a beautiful and ancient historical and cultural city -- Hancheng City, Shaanxi Province. There is an unforgettable day in the history of Hancheng: December 8, 1986. On this day, she became the second batch of "China's famous historical and cultural cities" promulgated by the State Council. Hancheng, which has a history of more than 1300 years, is one of the six well preserved ancient cities in China. Her precious historical and cultural heritage faithfully records the progress of a nation.

In addition to the ancient city, there are many historical and cultural heritages listed as national cultural protection units in Hancheng, such as the world historical and cultural celebrity Sima Qian's ancestral temple, the great wall of Wei in the Warring States period, Dayu temple in the fifth year of Dade in the Yuan Dynasty and Hancheng Confucian Temple, the largest Confucian temple in Western China. There are 183 other provincial and municipal cultural protection units, 146 ancient buildings, especially the Yuan Dynasty buildings, accounting for more than 90% of Shaanxi, ranking one sixth of the country. They have become the fruits of civilization and spiritual wealth left to the world for a long time. The beautiful Hancheng is a place where more than 10 ethnic groups, including Hui, Manchu, Mongolian, Korean and Miao, live (according to the 1982 census). There is Yumenkou culture which is 20000-50000 years ago, and there is a story about Dayu's harnessing the water and chiseling the dragon's gate. The Confucianism, Taoism and Buddhism culture here was popular as early as the Tang Dynasty. Hancheng is famous for its outstanding people, and has won the reputation of "Chunmao scholar style" and "jiezhuangsheng district".

Protection and development

The existing 1300 year old city

The beautiful Hancheng is regarded as the living fossil of the ancient city by the world, that is because although Hancheng has experienced more than 1300 years of ups and downs, the style of the ancient city remains unchanged. The reason why Hancheng ancient city is today is inseparable from people's protection.

In the late 1980s, especially after Hancheng became a national historical and cultural city, when dealing with the relationship between economic development and cultural relics protection, Hancheng paid attention to the long-term interests and did not damage the cultural relics. First, we should strengthen the maintenance and repair of buildings such as Confucious'temple, Town God's Temple, Tang, song, yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties. The two is to focus on the protection of the "one stop" street pattern. In the north of the old city, the ancient pagoda of the Jin Dynasty is taken as the leader; in the middle, Jincheng Street, the ancient streets of yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties in the north-south direction, is taken as the dragon body; in the south, the ancient Yuxiu bridge is taken as the dragon tail; and the streets and alleys on both sides are taken as the Dragon claws. The buildings around the "one-stop" are also required to coordinate with it to show the overall effect of the traditional style. In order to better protect the overall ancient style of the old city, Hancheng began to develop and construct a new urban area as early as the end of 1980s, and the local governments and departments at all levels in the old city will move out one after another.

At the same time, in order to maintain the prosperity of the old city, a number of new commercial and cultural buildings have been built. At present, the new and old cities are only connected by a ramp. On the top of the new city are various forms of modern buildings. Inside the old city are the simple, elegant and thought-provoking millennium old city museum.

Tourism becomes Hancheng's "fist"

The ancient city of Hancheng, with its simple customs and style, is still in front of the world. It is because of its simplicity and beauty that it attracts an endless stream of Chinese and foreign tourists, making tourism a leading pillar industry in Hancheng and a tourism center in the east of Guanzhong, Shaanxi Province. From 1998 to 1999, more than one million Chinese and foreign tourists came to Hancheng. Tourism promoted the tertiary industry and promoted the economic development of Hancheng. At present, the tourism resources of Hancheng are divided into four resource zones, namely, the cultural relic Resource Zone along national highway 108 in the middle, the natural scenery resource zone in the western mountainous area, the Yellow River beach and the upper reaches of Longmen Hukou River in the East, and the ancient residential Resource Zone in Dangjia Village, the treasure of Chinese folk houses. The development strategy of "breakthrough in the center, driving the two wings" is determined. Priority should be given to the development of cultural relics resources in Central China, and the research, development and utilization of characteristic tourism should be highlighted. In October 1997, Hancheng, an ancient city, launched an initiative to establish a joint venture with eight counties and cities in Qin and Jin provinces, including Yan'an, Weinan, Linfen, Yuncheng, Yichuan, Jixian and Hejin“

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