Opening hours:
08: 00-22: 00/19: 00 (moving with the seasons)
Note: after 18:00 in the evening, visitors can only go down the city wall but not up.
Brief introduction of Xi 'an ancient city wall:
Xi 'an City Wall was built in Ming Dynasty, so it is also called Xi 'an City Wall. It is the largest and most complete ancient retaining wall in China. Xi 'an Ancient City Wall is the first batch of national key cultural relics protection units in China, and it has been rated as a national 4A-level tourist attraction.
Generally speaking, Xi 'an City Wall includes Xi 'an Tang City Wall and Xi 'an Ming City Wall, but the main part is still Ming City Wall, so it is called Xi 'an Ming City Wall.
Xi Anming City Wall is located in the ancient city of beilin district, Xi, Shaanxi Province. The average height of the city wall is 12m, the width of the top reaches12-14m, and the width of the bottom reaches15-18m. The overall outline is a circular rectangular structure, and the perimeter of the city wall is 13.74 km.
Xi citizens in the city wall call this the ancient city area, with a total area of 1 1.32 square kilometers. Xi Anzhong Drum Tower is in the center of the ancient city in the city wall area.
Xi 'an ancient city wall has four main doors. The list is: Changle Gate (East Gate), Yongning Gate (South Gate), Anding Gate (West Gate) and Anyuan Gate (North Gate). These are all from the ancient city walls in Gu Men.
However, in the Republic of China, the scale of the city gradually expanded, and modern consciousness and commerce gradually formed and developed. Therefore, in order to facilitate citizens and businessmen to enter and leave, the city wall has opened many gates one after another. So far, Xi 'an City Wall has 18 gates.
Ticket price of ancient city wall:
Adult 54 yuan/person, half-price ticket for 27 yuan/person.
Xi the history of the ancient city wall;
Most of the existing city walls are architectural relics of the Ming Dynasty, with a total length of 13.7 km. Zhu Yuanzhang, the founder of the Ming Dynasty, started construction in the third year of Hongwu (1370) and was officially completed in the eleventh year of Hongwu (1378), with a construction time span of 8 years. In the early Ming Dynasty, Zhu Yuanzhang put forward the idea of "building high walls and tall buildings"
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Address: South Street, Beilin District, Xi
Traffic guide:
public transportation
4, 7, 10, 15, 18, 2 1, 23, 3 1, 43, 45, 20 1,100.
subway
Line 2 can reach the north gate, 1 1, 12, 16, 23, 26, 3 1, etc.
Line 2 can reach the south gate, and roads 8, 22, 27, 29, 33 and 37 can reach the east gate.