The Xi’an Circumvallation Stock Photo

China's xian city wall scenic area is located in xi 'an district, was rectangular, wall is 12 meters high, 18 meters wide, and 8 to 15 meters, the total circumference of 13. 74 kilometers. The gates have four: east changle gate, west AnDingMen, yongning south gate, soon go far. Xi 'an city wall is built on the basis of the tang emperor. Completely around the strategy of defense system, the thickness of the wall is greater than the height, solid, however, the wall can sports car and practice. Existing wall built in Ming hongwu seven years to eleven years (1374-1378), has been 600 years of history, is the late middle ages in the history of Chinese one of the most famous wall of building, is one of China's most complete existing ancient city wall building.