Qilu Evening News
north water gate protection is relatively intact.
brick in North water gate. The platform base of
is rebuilt on the basis of the old city wall.
Ji'nan is a famous historical and cultural city in China. The walls of Ji'nan can be seen as a historical change of the whole Ji'nan city. After the founding of the people's Republic of China, the walls and gates of the city walls of Ji'nan were dismantled. Now, only a part of the southeast corner of the old city can be seen by the citizens, and a residual site is stored in West City root street.
[b] north water gate was originally a flood gate [/b]
the original Ji'nan city is like a great treasure, which is the impression of many old Ji'nan on Ji'nan. Ji'nan originally had two walls inside and outside, and two walls made Ji'nan a great treasure.
the inner city of Ji'nan is located in the inner side of today's moat, with a square shape and a narrow area. The walls of the inner city were originally built by the earth. In the four years of Ming Dynasty, Hongwu changed the city into a brick and stone wall in order to strengthen the defense. The total length of the city wall is about 6.4 kilometers, and the ground is as high as 9 to 10 meters, the base width is 12 meters, and the top width is about 10 meters. The lower part of the city wall is built of green square stone blocks, and the upper brick is masonry. Each brick weighs more than 10 kilograms.
the most famous city in the inner city is the four gates of East, West, South and North. Originally known as "Qi Chuan men", Dongmen is located near the east gate. Formerly known as the "Shun Tian gate", the south gate is located near the South Gate Street and the black tiger spring intersection. The north gate, formerly known as "Hui Po gate", is now the Hui gate in the northeast corner of Daming Lake. The four gates have more majestic city buildings.
although the four city gates of Ji'nan are known as East, West, North and south, but the gate of the west gate and the east gate of Qi Chuan gate are not relative. According to records of the county history, Ji'nan is located in the southeast and Northwestern Cities, Nan Juzhong, east to north, West to South and north to East. West to the south, east to the north. "
the outer wall of Ji'nan is called the Wei Zi wall, and the east wall is located in the calendar mountain road, the road, the garden intersection and the Cultural East Road, and the south wall is located in today's Cultural East Road and the culture west road. The southern section of the West outer wall is located at the bar bridge, which is basically the same as the Shun he viaduct. The north wall coincides with the north wall of the inner city in the Hui gate of Daming Lake.
Ji'nan's four largest city gate, the most wonderful is the north gate Hui Po gate. The Hubo gate was originally called the north water gate and was built in the Song Shenzong Xining period. In the first time, the construction of the Hui Po gate was a water conservancy project with the function of flood control. In the inner city of Ji'nan, the Chung Chung spring confluence to Daming Lake and released from the Hui gate, and finally led to the Xiaoqing River.
today, the gate of the wave gate is arched and the top is inscribed with three words "North Water Gate". Because the terrain of Ji'nan city is a pattern of High South and low north, the city gate can release the accumulated water during the rain. When the rain is heavy, the remittance gate is tightly closed, and the urban area of Ji'nan is separated from the flood storage area by the wall to prevent flood from flooding. Hui Bo men usually do not open the gate at any time, so in old Ji'nan, it is said that "north gate is not open". In the early years of the Republic of China, the walls and towers of the city of Ji'nan remained intact in the early years of the Republic of China, when the walls of the former city were turned into [/b]
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in the flames of war, the East, South and west gate towers in Ji'nan were damaged. In 1930, the government of Shandong province did not have the financial resources to rebuild the damaged city building, simply dismantling the damaged cities and opening the wall to the city road.
Ni Xiying wrote in the book "Ji'nan" published in 1936: "there is one thing to say in the city of Ji'nan, which is the city's car road, which is not in all provinces, but only in Ji'nan. In the inner city of Ji'nan twelve miles around the city's head, there is a broad car road. How wide is the car lane? The wall is five feet wide, and the width of the road can be parallel to two cars. There is room for people to walk on both sides. "
in order to facilitate the car up and down, six pedestrian passageways were built in all directions of the city wall, and two vehicles were built near the west gate. Cars and pedestrians can walk around the city wall for a week to enjoy the scenery of the whole city of Ji'nan.
the Shandong provincial government bought an American car in 1931, which can take 18 passengers as a tourist vehicle. Each passenger ticket price is one corner and runs round and round. In
1948 September, the Ji'nan campaign of the war of liberation broke out, and the East China Field Army of about 300000 people, after eight days and nights of fierce battle, totally annihilated 100 thousand of Ji'nan's defenders. The southeast corner tower located around the black tiger spring is the first place that the East China Field Army broke through. In commemoration of the liberation of Ji'nan, the southeast corner of the old wall of Ji'nan was preserved as a base and rebuilt in September 24, 1986.
[b] Ji'nan old city wall only two remaining [/b]
although Ji'nan's old city wall and the old city gate in the 1928 "53 Massacre" and the battle of Ji'nan in 1948, but most of the walls and gates of Ji'nan were retained. After the liberation, in order to stabilize the social and urban construction needs, the Ji'nan municipal government in 1950 ordered the demolition of the original walls and walls, and the ring road.
in the early days of the founding of the people's Republic of China, Ji'nan was unpopular. Because of the large number of unemployed people in the city, the demolition of the city wall project was carried out by means of work relief, and large numbers of unemployed people were mobilized. The dismantling of the wall was arranged by the North City agency, which was first removed from the stone and brick of the wall, and many Ji'nan citizens had participated in the compulsory labor of the demolition of the wall on Sunday. The earth in the walls was gradually used up, and the masses near the city walls collected dirt on the walls of the city, mixing the soil into the coal and firing the fire.
many people only know that the base of Jie Fang Ge is the only site of the old city wall in Ji'nan. Another old site in Ji'nan is located in Xicheng Street West. The old city wall was built of rubble and blue bricks, and the walls became scarred because of their disrepair. The length of the green brick is different, and the thick green brick is typical of the Ming Dynasty, and the thin one may be repaired after the Ming Dynasty.
but at present, the section of the city wall is hidden between numerous buildings, the west is the street store on Baotu Spring North Road, and the East is a toilet on Xicheng street. The public can only see through their windows through the toilet if they want to see their beauty. It is precisely because it is more subtle that it can be preserved.
the old city wall can best witness the history and cultural heritage of a city. The old city wall of Ji'nan has also been baptized by many wars. The old walls of many cities were eventually demolished because of the needs of urban construction, and the public was deeply distressed by the demolition of the old walls.