Today's Kaifeng City Wall was rebuilt in the 22nd year of Qing Daoguang (1842). Compared with the ancient city of Qing Dynasty in the first year of Kangxi, the gate was raised by more than ten feet, and the height of the city wall was raised to eight meters and widened to five meters. The perimeter is extended from the original 20 Li 190 step to 14.4 km. The blue brick structure is roughly similar to the inner city of Tokyo. Although it is not as magnificent as Song Cheng, it is still the second largest existing wall in China after Nanjing. The ancient city of Kaifeng was flooded many times in history. In the first year of Hongwu in Ming Taizu (1368), Kaifeng city wall was rebuilt and the earthen city was changed into a brick city. The circumference of the city wall is 20 Li 190 steps, 3 feet high and 2 feet wide, 1 foot. The city is 2 feet deep and 5 feet wide.
In the first year of Kangxi in Qing Dynasty (1662), the city wall was rebuilt on the basis of Kaifeng city wall in Ming Dynasty, with five gates, and the building was as old as before. The circumference of the city wall is 20 Li, with 65,438+090 steps, 3 feet 5 feet high and 2 feet 65,438+0 feet wide, just like the Ming system.
In the 22nd year of Qing Daoguang (1842), the reconstruction and restoration of Kaifeng city wall began, which lasted for one and a half years. Compared with the ancient city wall built in the first year of Kangxi in Qing Dynasty, the perimeter of the rebuilt city wall increased from 20 Li to 190 steps, the city wall became higher and thicker, and the gate was raised by more than ten feet. For hundreds of years, Kaifeng City Wall has experienced floods and wars. After transformation, the dilapidated ruins of the past have disappeared, initially reappearing the grandeur of history. From 65438 to 0997, Kaifeng mobilized people from all walks of life, Qi Xin, to repair the ancient city wall. In just a few months, * * * raised more than 1 ten thousand yuan. In less than 1 year, its landmark project, the girder gate, stands proudly at the western end of the city wall. In the following period, the municipal government raised funds in various ways to repair Anyuanmen (North Gate) and Southwest Gate (Xiaonanmen). The restored Kaifeng city wall will be presented to the world in a more perfect image.
Daliangmen, commonly known as Ximen, was built in the second year of Tang Jianzhong (78 1). At the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Yuanzhang promoted Kaifeng to Beijing, the capital of Nanjing in the Ming Dynasty, and changed the West Gate to Daliangmen. Today's Daliangmen was rebuilt in 1998, which is the only rebuilt gate in Kaifeng and an important symbol of the ancient capital. The foundation of the city gate adopts blue brick structure with three arched openings. The tower adopts the architectural style of double eaves and mountains, carved beams and painted buildings, which is simple and elegant and magnificent. On the north side of the city gate, the multi-storey ancient city road has been proved, which provides another important evidence for Kaifeng's unique overlapping city history and has been turned into an ancient city wall museum.
Now the surrounding area of Kaifeng city wall is planned as a green park around the city. Every day, citizens of the ancient city come to the park to exchange various folk activities such as running, diabolo, Henan Henan opera, ballroom dancing and gyro in the Northern Song Dynasty.
20 14 Kaifeng city wall in Henan province was included in the "China Ming and Qing city wall" application project.