December 30, the reporter from the south wall of Xi'an City Wall Urn City, see the steps on both sides of the east and west with plastic plate edge protection. City walls for the first time such a protection step.
The ancient Xi'an city wall, after thousands of years, weather-beaten, has been the guardian of all ages lofty ideals .Today, the city walls need each of us guardianship.
Xi'an Ming City wall 12 meters high, top width of 12-14 meters, 15-18 meters wide at the bottom, the outline was closed rectangle, circumference 13.74 kilometers. The city has four main gates: Changle Gate (East Gate), Yongning Gate South Gate), Andingmen (West Gate), Anyuanmen (North Gate), these four gates are also the original gate of the ancient city wall.From the Republic of China to facilitate access to the ancient city, has opened dozens of gates, and now Xi'an City Wall has a gate 18. Xi'an City Wall in 1961 was included in the first batch of key cultural relics protection units.
Xi'an city wall is China's ancient city wall building retained so far the most complete one, but also the world's existing largest and most complete ancient city wall.