This Song City Wall was built in the Song Dynasty for three years, and it has a history of thousands of years. Every brick and every door adds the charm of ancient culture to Zhaoqing. This unique brick wall of the Song Dynasty in Guangdong, which is rare in the whole country and has a basically complete periphery, is called the "Brick Sculpture Museum". Song City Wall, also known as the ancient city wall, is called "Little Wan Li Great Wall" by many people.
During the Song Dynasty, the city wall opened four doors: the East Gate Songchong, the West Gate Town South, the South Gate Duan Xi, and the North Gate facing the sky. There is a 1 tower above the city gate, a urn outside the four gates, a 1 turret at the four corners of the city wall, and a moat outside the city.
Nowadays, although there are many high-rise buildings around here, by contrast, the style of the ancient city wall has not been changed. Historically, ancient city walls were more waterproof than defending against enemies. Therefore, since the Ming dynasty, the river bank has been connected with the city wall, which has played a great role in protecting the personal and property safety of the people in the city. During the 777 years since the Great Wall was built, there have been 104 floods and 13 gaps in Xijiang River.
In four years of the Republic of China, the Xijiang River soared, and Zeguo Wang Yang was outside the city, but the city was safe and sound. It can be seen that the construction of the ancient city wall not only played a role in defending the enemy, but also showed the function of fighting floods.
The change of the city wall began in the 13th to 15th years of the Republic of China. As the incident became more and more dramatic, the emergence of cold weapons ended, and the city wall occupied a large area, which blocked traffic at ordinary times and had no possibility of defense in wartime, so there was a proposal to demolish the city. Since then, the fate of Zhaoqing Song City Wall has changed greatly. Most of the city walls in Song Dynasty were demolished, and few projects remained, which was also put forward by visionary people at that time.
Walking through Renmin South, you can see the south gate of the broken ancient city wall. It has been in disrepair for a hundred years, and an iron sign "No Approaching" is nailed to the wall. However, the southern ancient city wall has not been repaired, and cracks and missing corners can be seen everywhere, which also witnessed the history of the southern city wall and added a sense of vicissitudes.
Go east along the wall of Chengnan City and see the surrounding environment and broad vision. Some places are being repaired or rebuilt, and this period of history is slowly preserved, which belongs to the history of Zhaoqing people and the historical memory of China people.
In the years just visited, the ancient city wall began a long and endless wait in this world, bearing too many emotions. As a tourist, it may only feel the loneliness of this wall at the moment. However, the revival of Zhaoqing Fucheng may bring hope to the older generation and longing to the younger generation in the near future.
Have you walked past the south wall of Zhaoqing Song City Wall? What will Zhaoqing city look like in the future? I'm really looking forward to it. What will happen to the old city walls that have gone through thousands of years? I hope to tell you next time!
Author: Right on the road