The Great Wall winds its way through the Qing Shan Mountains, with a total length of more than 6,000 meters, of which 5,000 meters exist. It starts from Rangsheng
gate in the east, curves along the ridge of Beigushan Mountain to Yixiage, arrives at the east bank of Lingjiang River between the steep rocks, and extends to the foot of Towel Mountain West, relying on the mountains, overlooking the big river, as if it were a huge dragon, majestic
spectacular, especially the most precipitous in the northern part, which is in the shape of God with the Badaling Great Wall in Beijing and is known as the
"Badaling in the south of the country. "
Jiangnan Badaling. Along the way all kinds of castles, gates, towers unique features, so that people feel how majestic she is, giving people infinite strength and courage. At the same time, the ancient Great Wall with her own unique style, reflecting the Jiangnan
Clever, soft and beautiful features, adding to her charm.
History tells us that Qi Jiguang, a famous general of the Ming Dynasty, fought against Japanese invaders in nine battles and won nine victories during his eight years in Linhai. During the period, Qi Jiguang and the governor Tan Lun renovation of Linhai ancient city wall, creative
Add a two-story hollow enemy platform, the remains of the present, Qi, Tan then transferred to Jizhou, repairing the Ming Great Wall near Beijing. They deployed 3,000 soldiers from Jiangnan to apply their experience in the construction of the Great Wall at Linnan
Sea to the construction of the Ming Great Wall. The Great Wall of the North, with its hollow enemy platforms, originated from the sea. Therefore, the Great Wall of the North and South in the specifications, shape, structure, ***
similarity is quite a lot, is the Great Wall of the North "teacher" and "blueprint", so called the Great Wall of Jiangnan.
"Taizhou Prefectural Records, built" in: the early Tang Dynasty, to the southeast of the plains to expand the Great City, the Department of "Tang Yuchi Jingde made". In the Northern Song Dynasty Taiping Xingguo three years (978 AD) Wu Yue King Qian Shu for the loyalty of the table "Nathu to the Song Dynasty, destroyed all over the wall". One of the thirteen states of the Linhai Ancient City Department in the list, but because of its southwest of the Lingjiang section has a flood control role to be preserved. Because the ancient city wall of Linhai has a dual role of defense and flood control, so the ancient militarists and entered the third stage of construction.
Linhai Ancient City made a great contribution to the anti-Japanese struggle in the Ming Dynasty. Qi Jiguang, a famous anti-Japanese general, spent eight years in Linhai, and together with Tan Lun, the governor of Taizhou, remodeled the structure of Linhai's ancient city wall, heightened and thickened it, and creatively built thirteen two-storey hollow enemy platforms, which greatly strengthened the defense capability. Qi family army to Linhai ancient city as a stronghold, responding to the coastal defense of Fujian and Zhejiang, repeatedly defeated the Japanese in nine battles nine victories, to clean up the national shame, to raise eyebrows, and greatly revitalize the national prestige. Later, due to the need for the defense of the Great Wall in the north, the imperial court specially transferred Qi Jiguang and Tan Lun to Beijing and entrusted them with important duties. When Qi Jiguang was the general of Jizhen, he applied his experience of building city defenses in Linhai to the expansion and strengthening of the Great Wall in the north.
In the fifth year of the Qingli era (1045), the governor Peng Siyong rebuilt the wall. The construction of the wall, its structure, defense, flood control than the first two more complete; northwest corner of the Beigu Mountain (Long Gu Mountain) winding, this section of the sub-city and the city **** there, composed of the city within the embrace of the sub-city; Southwest of the two sides of the Lingjiang River, in order to mitigate the impact of flooding, protruding outside the wall of the piers by the upstream direction of the river masonry into a rounded (commonly known as the horse's face); Long Gu Mountain piers into a two-tiered hollow platform with ladders, the upper floor of the platform, the platform built watchtowers, the upper floor, the upper floor, the upper floor, the upper floor, the upper floor, the upper floor, the upper floor, the upper floor. for the platform, the platform built on the watchtower, the platform is surrounded by toothed palisades and shooting holes for command and defense of the dual role; the lower level for the empty layer, can be garrisoned and storage of weapons, specifically responsible for the repair of the city in the year Su Mengling made a "new city record", within the Huangyan county magistrate day: "pottery tile (brick) although solid, not yet such as the stone of the true (firm) also."
In 1997, Linhai City has invested nearly 40 million yuan to repair and restore. Repair found in addition to the Qing Shunzhi 15 years (1568) Acting Governor Hu Wen Ye on part of the wall, "increase the height of three feet, the stacks and three for one", the rest of the Tang, Song and Ming left the remains of the building. In the south of the wall Xing Shanmen archaeological investigation, found that the wall section shows: Tang, Song, Ming and Qing dynasties of the cultural layer is very clear; Tang Dynasty for the mud rammed earth wall, 3 meters high; Song Dynasty in the Tang Dynasty rammed earth wall on the height of 1 meter, inside and outside of each brick and a half-thick brick; in the river section of the city outside of the front of the 1-meter-high stone retaining wall; Ming Dynasty in the Song Dynasty on the basis of a 2-meter-high, inside and outside of each brick and a half-thick brick! And in the combined part with the stone flat to put the knot; Qing dynasty in the Ming dynasty outside the presentation of a slight repair to increase the height. Southwest section of the wall are about 7 meters high, about 4.4 meters wide.
From Gujinglou to the front, is the Jiangnan Great Wall is the steepest "hundred steps steep". It is rumored that because the situation along the "Hundred Steps" was too dangerous, the Tang Dynasty general Yuchi Gong commanded the army and people to build the wall here, but it was destroyed repeatedly. Just when he was at his wits' end, coinciding with the heavy snowfall, the next morning up, suddenly saw a deer in the snow along the mountain ran through, leaving footprints, General Yuchi heart realized, that is, the order of all the generals along the footprints of the deer passed by the rapid construction, and indeed a move on, so the Linhai and the "Deer City," as it is called.
Tour Linhai ancient city wall, the best route is from the entrance to the north of the East Lake. Along the East Lake Road northbound, the road base was originally the East City foundation. After the lake to open the square, through the "Xiongzhen Southeast" stone pagoda, is 'hundred pujun' stone steps to the city, ****198 levels. Climbing on it, looking back at the East Lake, but see the flat waves of ten thousand hectares, Bridge Pavilion picturesque, between summer and autumn, the lake wind on the face, people happy gas, around the building, everywhere is the scene: East is a high-rise buildings, a new area of the weather; South overlooking the old city, more than the ancient streets and ancient houses. Ancient interest was born; the north side of the mountains around the back of the white clouds, the mountains fly green stacked green, when connected to the light mist and light clouds; the west look into the sky, the water of the fairy. Remote to the wave of mountain and moon. Bracket Cang is located in the southwest, Ling Jiang remote in the East China Sea, so that people's hearts and minds sparse, wide-eyed; folded and westward, walking the city, both sides of the pines and cypresses, up and down the ten thousand trees, battlements, when the narrow and curved, Arashi gas with the arrival of the elimination.
The East Lake is rectangular, north-south length of about 500 meters, east-west width of 150 meters. The lake built two long embankments, east-west horizontal embankment will be divided into two lakes, the south is said to be before the lake, the north is said to be after the lake. The east and west ends of the dike each has a stone arch bridge across the lake shore, the middle section of the dike to build a small continent, said "Raccoon Moon", "Raccoon Moon Island" in the center of the lake, the continent planted in the camphor, cypress, wu, osmanthus, high shade across the clouds, since the green island. And the north-south longitudinal embankment will be divided into the back of the lake and the east and west back of the lake, longitudinal embankment in the middle of a continent, said "woodcutting cloud". Wanyuezhou 30-40 meters south of the lake and a lake in the continent, there are nine curved stone bridge and Wanyuezhou connected.
Linhai Ancient City Wall is not only the core of the historical and cultural city, but also Taizhou's most humanistic connotation of a major tourist attraction. The Great Wall, most of which stretches across the mountains in the north of China, has stood for more than 2,000 years. The Great Wall is not the only country in the north. For thousands of years, the ancestors of the ancestors constructed countless defense facilities and military fortresses to defend against invasion, to protect the territory and people. Strong city defense. Majestic structure, rich in historical and cultural connotations, constitute a unique ancient city culture on the Chinese land. The vicissitudes of time and change of stars, the remains have been very rare. Linhai, Zhejiang Province, the ancient city wall, but the unique features of the ancient city wall is one of the only survivors.
Qi Jiguang when he served as the general of Jizhen, he will be in Linhai to build the experience of the city's defenses, the Great Wall in the north to expand and strengthen. Today's Jizhen, Changzhen, Xuanfu, Datong, Shanxi and other towns of the Great Wall, are according to his planning and design to improve and strengthened. In order to meet the needs of his reconstruction of the Great Wall in the north, especially the three thousand "Jiangdong soldiers" who participated in the reconstruction of the Linhai wall to serve as a leader, supervisor and technical guidance.
On the Baibu Jun, is the white cloud building. Baiyunlou is the highest point of the eastern section of the Great Wall of Jiangnan, the building is named after the foot of Baiyun Mountain. In the Song Dynasty, people also commonly called Linhai as Baiyunlou. Down, is the ruins of the City God Temple, in the ruins of the next tenacious growth of a 1300 years old Sui Dynasty camphor, known as the "dead wood in spring". Sui camphor has been broken branches, but in that vigorous new branches, is still lush leaves and branches, business is full of vigor.
Here you can see the towel mountain group tower in the distance, close to appreciate the East Lake Yuxiu. Towel Mountain in the distance is 100 meters high, according to legend, the Western Han Dynasty Taoist monk Huaxu Zi that is Huanghua real people have been in this mountain alchemy and cultivation, through the trials and tribulations, and ascended to heaven. When Huaxu Zi sailed away, a breeze blew down his turban. The turban floated down and turned into the two peaks of Turban Mountain, from then on, this mountain was called "Turban Mountain", and on a stone wall between the two peaks, there are still the words "the place where the turban was left".
Out around the enemy platform, down the hill, is the Linjiang city wall. Here, the old seven gates, there are still Chaotian, Zhenning, Xingshan, Jing Yue four intact gates and urns, majestic and solemn, unique structure. Jiangnan Great Wall pretty still Linhai ancient city more beautiful Jiangnan Great Wall and the ancient city matching Confucianism, Buddhism, Taoism into one, so that the cultural connotation of the Great Wall of Jiangnan more rich.
Linhai Ancient Great Wall, is a deposition of feelings, people put down all the worries of life and fame and fortune place. In front of him, there is nothing greater than creating history. All the wealth and glory in his eyes, not as real as a brick.
The ancient city has a kind of calm power, resisting the present world flashy and restless, all the way to extend the traditional culture and history scroll. The ancient city has a kind of heavy, elegant, warm things, this kind of things such as wheat, such as chaotic moonlight, diffuse, lingering, as if permeated in the air, so that people can not resist.
Standing on the ancient Great Wall of Linhai, watching the mountains and listening to the forest waves. Standing in different positions, feeling the wind blowing in different directions, standing in different positions, watching the coming and going of floating clouds on the mountain, all will have different rewards. For example, Qi Jiguang and Tan Lun, the governor, later transferred to the north as officials, and they transferred more than 3,000 workers from Linhai to build the Great Wall of Ming Dynasty, which was built according to the Great Wall of Linhai. Therefore, the Great Wall in the south and the north, the shape is not much different, but it gives people a very different feeling. The Great Wall in the north gives people a sense of ruggedness, giving rise to a sense of bravado; and the Great Wall in the south, even if it is also the same rugged, but because of the southern charm and the feeling of people on the gentle and chic.
The Yongzheng emperor's imperial "to the true and wonderful way" in the green mountains between the stone walls, seem particularly solemn, the emperor of the Qing dynasty never thought, he gave the year to create that section of the miracle of the highest praise, while commenting on his people, but turning the pages of history, cold-eyed to watch him create that section of history.
The ancient cannon is quietly placed there, without the company of demoralized soldiers, only the surrounding ancient trees gusts of waves, seems to have a few silent. The dark brown barrel of the gun there indefatigably waiting for hundreds of years, seems to have been a tiger watching the foreign enemy. It is said that this is one of the thirteen two-story hollow enemy platforms creatively built by Qi Jiguang, a famous general in the Ming Dynasty who fought against Japanese invaders for eight years in Linhai, which greatly enhanced the defense capability, and the Qi family army used the ancient city of Linhai as a stronghold to defeat the Japanese invaders in nine battles and nine victories.
Sitting on the beacon, leaning against the battlements and looking out, the Cangshan Mountains rolling, thick autumn, a river quietly around the city and into the sea, the sea and the sky is misty, the mountain color clear, seems to be in the appreciation of an ink painting.
The wall, as a historical relics, with the development of history, has completed its historical mission, the cold war era of the defensive function has long since disappeared. 200 years of the Qing Dynasty, Kangxi, Qianlong period, the Great Wall has been regarded as "but to the majestic passes to save the old traces, but to stay in the shape of the strong mountains and rivers," the historical relics to be preserved. The wall is an extremely large volume of cultural relics, many of the wall is listed as cultural relics protection units at all levels, some also included in the list of world heritage, many cities of the wall for thousands of years of social development in China's history, political and economic, military and defense engineering technology and other scientific research are of great significance.
The towering Jiangnan Great Wall, in the long history of the long river, has always maintained its own personality. This ancient Great Wall, is no longer a portrait of the bricks, he has long been transformed into a symbol of the Chinese nation's unyielding strength, so that tens of thousands of people in the heart of worship. Stepping on the bricks with the vicissitudes of life, as if I saw that from ancient times, in order to build the Great Wall and the departure of the workers, their faces with a look of wonder, they must not understand, when their blood into the defense of the wall, and now become a place for people to visit in their leisure time. Those with a dusty generals would never have thought that the small town they defended with their lives has become a place to talk about the past and present, and caress the history. The ancestors must not be able to envision that the ancient Great Wall, which is only 6,000 meters long, has inadvertently become a witness to carry history
.