Introduction to the ancient city wall: The ancient city wall of Jingzhou is one of the most representative and important monuments in the ancient city of Jingzhou. According to "Book of the Later Han·Geography", the construction history of Jingzhou's ancient city wall can be traced back to the period of King Li of Zhou more than 2,800 years ago. It can be said that it is the longest lasting city wall in my country, spans the most dynasties, and evolved from the development of Tucheng. The only ancient city wall.
The current brick city was built in the Ming and Qing dynasties. It is 9 meters high, about 1 meter thick, about 9 meters wide at the bottom, and 11,281 meters in circumference. It is tall and straight, complete and solid. It is the best-preserved ancient city in my country. City walls. The inner wall of the brick city wall is built with rammed earth, and the outer wall is built with stone strips and city bricks. The wall is built with special blue bricks added with lime and glutinous rice slurry. Each of the special large green bricks weighs about 4 kilograms. Some of the bricks have inscriptions and records on them. It is a rare archival evidence of the construction history of Jingzhou's ancient city wall.