Travel Notes | Xi’an Trip: Yongxing Square and City Wall

city ​​wall

The city wall of Xi'an is the largest and most complete ancient city wall in existence in my country.

There are four main gates in Xi'an's city wall, Changle Gate (East Gate), Yongning Gate (South Gate), Anding Gate (West Gate), Anyuan Gate (North Gate).

After the Republic of China, in order to facilitate travel, many city gates were opened one after another, and now there are 18 gates in total.

I live near Zhongshan Gate (named in memory of Dr. Sun Yat-sen), and from the city wall I can only see Zhongshan Gate. Because it is near the East Gate, it is also called Xiaodongmen Station.

The city wall is very high and thick, but unfortunately I didn’t go up there, so I’ll attach some photos .

Yongxingfang

Yongxingfang is built next to Zhongshan Gate and is said to be the former site of Wei Zheng's mansion. Nowadays, this place brings together various specialties of Shaanxi, the more famous one is Shanwan Wine.

Normally it would be a lively scene, but unfortunately it wasn't open when I came. Just attach some photos first!

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The site of Yongxingfang is the residence of Wei Zheng, the former remonstrator. Therefore, there is a sculpture of "Yongxingfang Accepting Admonition Platform" in front of the gate of Yongxingfang, which tells many stories about Wei Zheng.

Yongxingfang is not very big inside and can be visited in about an hour, but there are many snack stalls inside. It is a good place to learn about Xi'an snacks and food!