Why is the ancient city wall in Shouxian County, Anhui Province called "Shouzhou City made of iron"?

Shouxian County, Anhui Province, a small county town under the jurisdiction of Huainan City, is located in the middle of Anhui Province, on the south bank of Huaihe River. Also known as Shouzhou and Shouchun, it is one of the famous historical and cultural cities in China.

Historically, King Gao Lie of Chu moved his capital from Chen to Shouchun. Because of this, Shouxian was once the capital of Chu 18 years.

For thousands of years, Shouxian County has been a place that military strategists have repeatedly fought for. The terrain here is controlled by Huai River and Fei River. In fact, it is the crossroads between the north and the south, the battle of water, being trapped in Nantang, and the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom Chen Yucheng defeated Shouzhou City. The dark clouds of history have passed, leaving an indestructible ancient wall of Shouxian County.

Why do you say "Shouzhou City made of iron"?

This depends on the layout of the ancient city of Shouxian. Shouxian ancient city wall has a long history. The preserved city wall was rebuilt during the Xining period in the Northern Song Dynasty, and was repaired many times in the Ming and Qing Dynasties. The overall chessboard layout is Song Cheng style, and the plane is slightly square. The urban area is 3.65 square kilometers, the circumference of the city wall is 7 147 meters, the wall height is 8.33 meters, and the top width is 6 meters to 657 meters.

There are four gates on the ancient city wall, namely Dongbinyang Gate, Xidinghu Gate, Nantong Feimen and Beijing Huaimen. There are also watchholes and perforations on the urn, moat, suspension bridge and battlements, forming a complete city defense system. In that era of cold weapons, it was definitely an impregnable Shouzhou City, which was easy to defend but difficult to attack.

From the moment it was built, the ancient city wall of Shouxian county shouldered the function of resisting foreign enemies. Because it is a battleground for military strategists, it has been destroyed and repaired repeatedly in past dynasties, and the more it is built, the stronger it is. According to local people, the ancient city wall also played a role in flood control in the last century. When there is a flood, just close the gate and you can sit back and relax.

The ancient city of Shouxian is not static. In recent years, some original ancient city walls have disappeared forever because of reconstruction and reconstruction. Shouxian has a history of more than 2000 years. It is called the "underground museum" under Bagong Mountain, surrounded by water. The ancient city wall of Shouxian County is a symbol of a place and a historical and cultural symbol formed over thousands of years.

Among the ancient cities in China, Shouxian ancient city is not a popular tourist destination, especially compared with Pingyao ancient city, Old Town of Lijiang, and even the emerging Taierzhuang ancient city, not to mention Xi 'an ancient city and Nanjing ancient city. Not that the ancient city of Shouxian is not good. In fact, Shouxian tourism resources are good, but there is a big gap between the promotion and marketing of cultural tourism industry!

The ancient city wall of Shouxian can be compared with Angu City Wall, Nanjing Ming City Wall and Bagong Mountain, a famous historical and cultural mountain, which is located between Huainan City and Shouxian Ancient City. In addition, Anfengtang in Shouxian County is one of the four famous water conservancy projects in ancient China, and is known as "the first pond in China". It is rich in tourism resources and has the innate conditions for building a global tourism. Whether it is human history or natural scenery, it is one of the best. I believe that more and more tourists will choose to come to Shouxian.

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