Is China's six ancient capital of Xi'an city wall to retain the most complete, the size of the most ambitious one, today's Beijing has lost this one precious heritage, the only Xian retains her, perhaps because of this, when Bill Clinton visited China, the United States The "Air Force One," not first bound for Beijing, but a direct bound for the ancient capital of Xi'an, the Tang Dynasty into the city to enjoy a grand ceremony, and then visited the terracotta warriors and horses Lintong only after flying to Beijing to meet China's top leadership, take a look Forbidden City, Great Wall is located in a modern capital where reciprocity remains. Clinton would bring pride to Xi'an: "Haha! I did not expect, in the Pacific Ocean to the foreign Xi'an brilliant The President also recalled the past, in order to win the face Xi'an."

Although Xi'an have been brilliant in the Tang Dynasty era, Unfortunately, the Tang Dynasty, the last emperor of the Tang Dynasty Chang'an abandoned city living to Luoyang, Hu Yu followers Taizu of Later Liang usurped the throne, its capital Luoyang. China entered the war barbarian invasions of China became common, the residents of the Central Plains to the south of large-scale migration, That have a "Hakka" in the first great migration. After the end of the Five Dynasties period, China's north and south as far as possible of the Song period, the rise of minorities in the north, the Khitan tribe big Liao, Jin, Western Xia Tuoba tribe, and the subsequent rise and the establishment of three continents Europe, Asia and Africa across the empire of the Yuan Dynasty, China's Center has been the rule, not in the Chang-an.

Until the "Mid-Autumn Festival moon cakes" incident broke out, Han Chinese overthrew the Mongol rule, and the monks born in the country as the emperor set out to establish the Ming dynasty, the emperor accepted the staff Zhu Sheng: "High building the wall, wide grain, slow kings" proposals from all over the country the size of the city began building a wall, while the status of Xi'an, capital of downgrade by the city, but the construction of its walls did not sloppy. While construction of the northwest city walls must be sturdy than other cities. However, China's political center has shifted to Nanjing, turned to Beijing, the former glorious capital of Chang'an City, the status is gone啦!

Chang'an City in the Tang Dynasty, due to co-holders of Taizu of Later Liang Ai abandon the city when the young master had suffered serious damage. In 1374 the emperor Qin Ming Ming Tai Zu Xian city redevelopment, completed in 1378 when the perimeter walls of 13.75 kilometers, the city has put on both sides of the axis is divided into east and west and a half, grid-like streets across the city. We see today with the size of the Xi'an city wall! After numerous repairs after the Ming and Qing dynasties, Xi'an city wall still retains the original appearance of the reconstruction of the Ming Dynasty, it is called "Ming wall."

When Chiang Kai-shek to Xi'an in 1936, when visited, had also board tower, vast memory of the ancient fortifications, the walls at this time has lost its former strategic importance, the aircraft can be easily over the Xi'an city wall, new deep-fried shells can be easily collapsing walls of the iceberg, but added Anda gate tower of the Urn great historical value. Unfortunately, not for a few days did not expect his most trusted people in the spots next to Lishan Mountain to his staged a "urn in the grasp turtle."

Three hundred on the second floor, where the clock tower is located in Xi'an, North and South, East and West 4 Avenue intersect, the site is not here, said: are ancient imperial capital of Xi'an, is the birth place husband's profile, Chu Yuan-chang was born population, in order to protect the throne, An tower in the city central, in order to break the city of Xi'an, "Huang Chi", eternal Ming of the future negotiations. In actual fact, the clock tower of the relocation but in fact the Department of Zhu Yijun Yu-Ming Shen-tsung in 1582 committed, is to break the Feng Shui Xian? To the extent of such intention is not necessarily the scene. With the clock tower distant relative, is not far from the Drum Tower, in fact, the second floor of the ancient timekeeping tools, the modern has lost its original function, only to become the standard one of the city of Xi'an, the ancient city. However, Bell and Drum Tower Square, but no such decline continues, when modern people think talking about Bell and Drum Tower Square, will gather here over the lamb with bubble shops, these can be regarded as a century-old store is the taste of Xi'an snacks - lamb bubble the preferred place to go. If you are not interested in lamb bubble, should rather take advantage of a time when night fell, to the Bell and Drum Tower Square, go and see, where the lights really Meilun US-hwan, fully comparable to Shanghai's Nanjing Road, the Bund's neon.

Pen on: China Great North 10 # 104
Author: tanpei