Best Preserved City Wall in China - Xian Ancient City Wall (fortifications)西安城墙

This extremely well-preserved city wall is a wonderful testimony to the engineering and construction skills of the ancient Chinese people. Biking around the wall is awe-inspiring with interesting and different views of the old and new parts of Xian.
Xian Ancient City Wall, also known as The Fortifications of Xi'an (Chinese: 西安城墙), represents one of the oldest, largest, and best preserved Chinese city walls. It was built under the rule of the Hongwu Emperor Zhu Yuanzhang as a military defense system. It exhibits the "complete features of the rampart architecture of feudal society".[1] It has been refurbished many times since it was built in the 14th century, thrice at intervals of about 200 years in the latter half of the 1500s and 1700s, and in recent years in 1983. The wall encloses an area of about 14 square kilometers (5.4 sq mi).

🎬Itinerary(行程表)
0:00 South Gate(Yongning Gate)(南門-永寧門)
20:44 West Gate(Anding Gate)(西門-安定門)
50:24 North Gate(Anyuan Gate)(北門-安遠門)
1:09:25 Night view of Xian Ancient City Wall(西安城墻夜景)