In China, each city had its own city wall in ancient times, which was a massive defense system. If you have been to Xian, Nanjing or Pingyao, you must have been amazed by their ancient city walls that are well preserved and open to the public as hot tourist attractions.
Guangzhou is now a center in the southern China in terms of culture, economy, sports and politics. Guangzhou has a history of over 2000 years back to the Qin Dynasty ( 221 BC to 207 BC) when the original city of Guangzhou was established. The ancient city wall was further widened and expanded during later successive kingdoms and dynasties including the Nanyue Kingdom, Song Synasty, Tang Dynasty, Ming Dynasty and Qing Dynasty.
Guangzhou ancient city wall was demolished from 1911 and in 1922 all the city wall was torn down for building new city roads and streets except one section of the Wall in Yuexiu Park. This only remaining section of the city wall was opened to the public in 2008 after renovation.
This remaining city wall was built in 1380 in Ming Dynasty when the wall was expanded to its north city wall. Guangzhou Ming Dynasty City wall relics is located on the hills in Yuexiu Park The present section of the City Wall 1137m long with approx. 2- 1om high. Zhenghai Tower is a built-in structure, as a watch tower to keep out the pirates.
Plan your Guangzhou tour? Don’t miss your trip to Yuexiu Park where you could easily find the remaining section of trhe City Wall. You may take subway Line 2 ( or interchange from other subway lines ) and get off at the station of Yuexiu Park .
Follow me to have a virtual tour of the city wall in Guangzhou.
This remaining section of the City Wall was built on the grey bricks and sand stones.
The 10m high renovated ancient city of Guangzhou
The city wall relics and the morden buildings in Guangzhou
Zhenghai Tower, built in 1360, the ancient watch tower linked to the ancient city wall. The tower is a 5-storey builidng that now houses the Ganngzhou Museum.
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