Yushan city wall

Yushan city wall

Changshu has a history of more than 1700 years. Yushan city wall is a section of Changshu city wall along Yushan. It is the only city wall built in the south of Jiangsu Province. It is known as the "little great wall in the south of the Yangtze River". It covers an area of 27000 square meters, with a total length of more than 1200 meters. It has "Yushan gate tower", "zhenhaitai" and "Fucheng gate", with battlements and horse roads. Looking around the city, green mountains and green waters, ancient alleys, mountains, water and city are integrated, showing the unique scenery of "ten miles of green mountains and half into the city".

history

Yushan city wall was first built in Wude period of Tang Dynasty 1380 years ago. It was originally an earthen city. From 1341 to 1368, it was changed into a brick wall. The city wall was rebuilt in 1553. In 1993, Changshu Municipal Government rebuilt Yushan gate tower and 112 meter city wall, making it a tourist attraction. In 2004, Changshu Municipal Party committee and government invested another 100 million yuan to extend the city wall from north to south to the foot of the mountain, connecting Fuchengmen (including shuichengmen), "xichenglouge", zhenhaitai square and the surrounding environment of the remains of the city wall. During the restoration of the city wall, about 200 meters of the ancient city wall remains. In the Fuchengmen project, Ximen Bay and piedmont River were renovated, docks and docks were set up, and water tour lines were opened up to make them the combination of mountain and water tour. "Xicheng Pavilion" is located in the west gate of the ancient city, adjacent to the city wall and Fucheng gate. It will repair the dizang hall and Wuyue tower, restore the dashishan house, and combine with the mountain road to form a landscape series. As early as the Ming and Qing Dynasties, it has been one of the famous "Yushan eighteen sceneries"; Xinfeng Pavilion and Yushan gate tower will form one of the new Yushan eighteen sceneries "Xinfeng Castle"; zhenhaitai square displays the "Xinfeng Pavilion" Part of the city wall remains, ruins and sculpture landscape, to show the cultural connotation of the city wall.

Atlas

Address: Yushan scenic area, east foot of Yushan Mountain, Changshu City, Suzhou City

Longitude: 120.73441524173

Latitude: 31.648329145227

Ticket information: no ticket required. Included in the ticket of Yushan scenic spot

Chinese PinYin : Yu Shan Cheng Qiang