Datong Nine Dragon Wall Travel Guide

Scenic spot introduction:

The Datong Nine Dragon Wall, which is famous both at home and abroad, is among the three most famous existing Nine Dragon Walls in my country. It is the oldest, tallest, largest, most majestic and artistically charming one.

Attractions distribution:

Datong Nine Dragon Wall is located in the south of Dadong Street (Heyang Street) in the city. It is the screen wall of the palace of Zhu Gui, the thirteenth son of Zhu Yuanzhang in the Ming Dynasty. The screen wall faces south and north. It was built between the 25th and 29th years of Hongwu (1392). (1396).
In the twenty-fourth year of Hongwu (1391), Zhu Gui was granted the title of King of the Dai Dynasty. In the twenty-fifth year of Hongwu (1392), he conquered Datong. The palace built was large-scale and majestic. The palace was rectangular with a central axis and a north-south seat. There is a Kowloon screen wall in front, and the entrance to Yumen is Duanli Gate, Chengyun Gate, Chengyun Hall, Chongxin Gate, Cunxin Hall, Changchun Palace, and Guangzhi Gate; to the east from south to north are Guangfancang, Changchun Palace, and Wangzhimen. The ancestral tower, Qingshu Hall, ancestral temple, Yanju Hall, back hall, etc.; enter the Jimen Gate in the west, there is the Sheji Altar on the left, the Fengyun Leiyu Shanchuan Altar, the Dacheng Hall on the right, and the Jinde and other halls across the corridor. The entire palace is resplendent, luxurious and magnificent, with connected corridors and verandas, scattered houses, front halls and back bedrooms, and side rooms in the west wing. The palaces are deep and the corridors are winding. It is a complete royal palace. It covers a total area of ​​175,950 square meters. Today's Donghua Gate, Xihua Gate, Huangchengkou and Shizai Gate are the ruins of the four gates of the palace at that time. The mansion was destroyed by war in the last year of Chongzhen (1644). The Nine Dragon Wall of the Prince's Palace is the only one that has been preserved to this day because it stood across Heyang Street.

Scenic spot features:

Ming Dynasty architecture, ancient architecture