ancient city

The ancient city is square. The city is high in the South and low in the north. It is a flat square in the northeast and high in the southwest. It is the original housing base. In history, Qiang people gathered and prospered unprecedentedly.

ancient city

The ancient city generally refers to a large-scale urban settlement with a history of more than 100 years, which is still well preserved or basically restored after repair.

The ancient city is the external expression of a place's history and culture, and is the common cultural heritage of mankind.

The cities that were once famous in ancient times but now the large-scale ancient residential buildings have disappeared are generally not called ancient cities, but "historical and cultural cities". China has a long history and many famous historical and cultural cities, but only Pingyao ancient city, Lijiang ancient city and Langzhong ancient city can be well preserved. Many "ancient cities" generally only have ancient city walls, moats and ancient buildings inside the city, and large-scale ancient city style areas no longer exist. There are also many well preserved ancient cities abroad, such as the ancient city of Malacca and Huian.

Ancient Chinese cities

Well preserved

Pingyao Ancient City

Pingyao ancient city is located in the middle of Shanxi Province. It was built in the period of King Xuan of Zhou Dynasty and expanded in the third year of Hongwu of Ming Dynasty (1370). It has a history of more than 2700 years. It is one of the four ancient cities in China. It is also one of the only two ancient cities in China that successfully declared the world cultural heritage with the whole ancient city. According to the World Heritage Center, the ancient city of Pingyao is an outstanding example of ancient Chinese cities in the Ming and Qing Dynasties. Pingyao has preserved all its features. Moreover, in the development of Chinese history, it shows an extraordinary complete picture of the development of culture, society, economy and religion.

Old Town of Lijiang

Lijiang ancient city is located in the northwest of Yunnan Province, also known as Dayan town. It is located in the middle of Lijiang dam. It was built in the late Song Dynasty and early Yuan Dynasty (late 13th century AD), and is located in Yunnan Guizhou Plateau.

The streets in Lijiang ancient city are built near mountains and rivers, paved with red breccia. There are four square street, Mufu, wufenglou, Heilongtan, Wenchang palace, wangpizhen memorial hall, Xueshan academy, Wangjiazhuang Christian Church, Fang Guoyu's former residence, baimalontan temple, gupeter's former residence, Jinglian temple, Puxian temple and other scenic spots. Lijiang is one of the four ancient cities in China. It is one of the two successful ancient cities in applying for world cultural heritage.

Lijiang ancient city has colorful local customs and entertainment activities, such as Naxi ancient music, Dongba ceremony, divination culture, ancient town bar and Naxi Torch Festival. Lijiang ancient city embodies the achievements of urban construction in ancient China, and is one of the types with distinctive characteristics and styles in Chinese dwellings.

Langzhong ancient city

Langzhong ancient city is located in the northeast edge of Sichuan Basin and the middle reaches of Jialing River. It is known as "langyuan fairyland" and "the hub of Bashu". Du Fu, a poet of Tang Dynasty, left a famous saying of "Langzhou is rare in the south of the city".

Langzhong is a thousand year old county, the hometown of Chinese Spring Festival culture, and one of the four ancient cities in China. As of 2019, the ancient city has a history of more than 2300 years, and is an important military town of ancient Ba and Shu states. Langzhong ancient city has eight national key cultural relics protection units, including zhangfei temple, Yong'an temple, Wulong temple, Tengwang Pavilion, Guanyin temple, Baba temple, Dafo temple and Daogong courtyard in northern Sichuan. The architectural style of the ancient city reflects the living Fengshui view of ancient China. The chessboard pattern of the ancient city and the architectural group integrating the north and South styles form the architectural groups with different styles, such as "semi pearl", "pin" and "Duo". It is a typical example of the perfect "harmony between man and nature" in the site selection of ancient Chinese cities.

It is well preserved

(it refers to the ancient city where many modern buildings have not been removed in the ancient settlement area, or the ancient city where modern buildings are renovated by imitating the ancient)

Ancient city of Huizhou

Huizhou ancient city, also known as Shexian ancient city, also known as Xin'an County in ancient times, is located in Huicheng Town, Shexian County, Huangshan City, Anhui Province. It is one of the four ancient cities in China. The ancient city was built in the Qin Dynasty. Since the Tang Dynasty, it has been the seat of Huijun, Zhouzhi and Fuzhi. Therefore, the county and Fuzhi are in the same city, forming a unique style of city. The ancient city of Huizhou is the birthplace of Huizhou studies, one of the three major local schools in China. It is known as "the land of Zou Lu and etiquette in the Southeast".

The ancient city of Huizhou is divided into inner city and outer outline, with four gates in the East, West, North and south. In addition, there are also urn City, gate, ancient street, ancient lane and so on.

There are seven scenic spots in the city, including Huiyuan, yuliangba, xuguoshifang, Doushan street, Taoxingzhi memorial hall, Xin'an Beiyuan and Taibai building. It covers the Huizhou culture of Xin'an Neo Confucianism, Huizhou Puxue, Xin'an medicine, Xin'an painting school, Huizhou print, Huizhou seal cutting, Huizhou opera, Huizhou merchants, Huizhou architecture, Huizhou "four sculptures", Huizhou cuisine, Huizhou tea ceremony, Huizhou dialect, etc.

Dali Old City

Dali ancient city is located in the west of Yunnan Province, also known as yeyucheng and Zicheng. The history of the ancient city can be traced back to the Tianbao period of the Tang Dynasty. Yangju baa City, built by Luofeng in the Royal Pavilion of Nanzhao, is its new capital. The ancient city was built in 1382, the 15th year of Hongwu in Ming Dynasty. Facing Erhai Lake and backed by Cangshan Mountain, it still has crisscross, checkerboard like streets and majestic north-south city buildings, on which the four characters of "famous nation of literature" stand out. At first, there were gates in the East, West, North and south, and towers on them, which were destroyed later. The stone walls, green tiles, carved dragons and painted Phoenix on the doors and windows of the residential buildings in the city are quaint and simple.

Dali ancient city is the political, economic and cultural center of Yunnan in the Tang and Song Dynasties for more than 500 years. There are 14 key cultural relics protection units at or above the municipal level distributed in the ancient city, bearing the historical culture, religious culture and national culture of Dali. It is the core area of Dali tourism.

Phoenix Town

Fenghuang ancient city is located in the southwest of Xiangxi Tujia and Miao Autonomous Prefecture of Hunan Province. Its population is composed of 28 ethnic groups, including Miao, Han and Tujia. It is a typical area where Han and ethnic minorities live together. Fenghuang ancient city is one of the top ten cultural heritages in Hunan Province. There are more than 120 houses with Ming and Qing Dynasty characteristics, more than 30 temples and pavilions, and more than 200 ancient stone streets in the city. It is praised as the most beautiful small city in China by New Zealand writer Louis Ailey.

Fenghuang ancient city was built in 1704, the 43rd year of Emperor Kangxi's reign in Qing Dynasty. The ancient city is surrounded by mountains and rivers. The shallow Tuojiang River passes through the city. The red sandstone wall stands on the bank. Nanhua mountain is lined with the ancient city tower. Fenghuang ancient city takes Huilongge ancient street as the central axis, connecting numerous stone alleys, connecting the whole city. There are Chaoyang palace, ancient city museum, Yangjia ancestral hall, former residence of Shen Congwen, former residence of Xiong Xiling, Tianwang temple, Dacheng hall, Wanshou Palace and other ancient and modern buildings in the city.

Zhenyuan ancient city

Zhenyuan ancient city is located on the Bank of Wuyang River in Qiandongnan Prefecture, Guizhou Province, surrounded by mountains. The river meanders through the city in an "s" shape. On the north bank is Yuanfu City, an old town, and on the south bank is the old Acropolis. From a distance, it looks like a picture of Taiji, which is also known as "Taiji ancient city".

Zhenyuan has been an important hub of Hunan and Guizhou since ancient times. It is also a shortcut and a necessary place for the transportation between the capital and the southwest border. It is the political, economic and cultural center of eastern Guizhou, and also an important military town for military strategists. In the early years of Hongzhi in Ming Dynasty, Zhou Ying, the governor of Zhenyuan, said, "if you want to communicate with Yunnan, you should guard Zhenyuan first.". There is also a statement that "if you want to occupy Yunnan and Chu, you must occupy Zhenyuan" in wenjianlu of Miao area.

The ancient streets and lanes in the city are winding, the stone bridges and walls are well arranged, the clear water and the morning mist are in myriad forms, and the spring river is full of poetic flavor. There are more than 200 places of interest, such as the grand and unique qinglongdong ancient building complex, the national key cultural relics protection unit, the eight guild halls, the four caves, the eight ancestral temples, the nine temples, the twelve docks, the four palaces, the ancient Quanjing, the ancient theater and so on. The ancient city wall of Fuwei is famous for its military system fortresses, such as temple of war god, city wall, fire platform, fortress and fort.

Zhaohua ancient city

Zhaohua, formerly known as Jiameng, is located in Zhaohua District of Guangyuan City in the north of Sichuan Province. It has a history of more than 4000 years and a county history of 2244 years. It is an important part of Jianmen Shudao scenic spot, a national key scenic spot. The ancient city still has the same style and rich historical and cultural heritage. It is one of the earliest counties in ancient China, known as "the first county of Bashu and the second capital of Shu". Zhaohua ancient city records the rise and fall of the Shu Han in the Three Kingdoms and the legends and sites left behind, providing rich historical materials for the study of the culture of the Three Kingdoms. There are folk rumors: "the rise of Shu Han, the rise of Jia; the fall of Shu Han, the rise and fall of Jia".

The ancient city is located at the confluence of Bailong River, Jialing River and Qingjiang River. The Jialing River flows here, and the water system is Wancheng. There are abundant architectural remains in the ancient city, including Zhaohua county government, ancient imperial examination shed, Confucian temple, Jinghou temple, Ming Dynasty tower and other historic sites. The layout is reasonable. The existing four streets and five alleys are made of local green sandstone slabs according to the tile back style of three horizontal and two vertical, high in the middle and low on both sides, and the alleys are connected by the word "d", which has the military characteristics of "roads crisscross, city gates are not opposite" Defense features. The streets and alleys have a good spatial pattern and pleasant scale. On both sides of the ancient street, there are complete Ming and Qing buildings, most of which are simple northern Sichuan style houses with wooden structure and small green tiles.

Ancient city of Jianshui

Jianshui ancient city is located in Honghe Hani and Yi Autonomous Prefecture in the southeast of Yunnan Province. It was built in the Tang Dynasty and was the seat of Lin'an Prefecture in the Ming and Qing Dynasties.

In the ancient city of Jianshui, there is a large-scale Jianshui Confucian temple, which is known as "the first in Yunnan". In ancient times, it was called "linbanbang". That is to say, Lin'an Prefecture accounted for about half of the candidates in Yunnan's imperial examination, which can be called the highest in Yunnan and ranked first in the country

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