The City Wall of Suzhou is the remains of the old protective wall that once surrounded Suzhou in Jiangsu Province in eastern China.
| City Wall of Suzhou | |||||||||
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 Chang or Changmen Gate (閶門 or 阊门) in Suzhou | |||||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 蘇州城牆 | ||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 苏州城墙 | ||||||||
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History
editThe state of Wu is recorded fortifying its capital at Wu (modern Suzhou) in 514 BC. The original city wall had only one entrance, the Pan Gate.
Most of the current fortifications date to around 1662, when they were rebuilt under the early Qing dynasty to repair damage from the conquest of the Ming.
Structure
editBefore the wall began to be demolished in 1958, it was 15,204 m (49,882 ft) long. Today, only 2,072 m (6,798 ft) remain.[1]
See also
edit- Pan Gate, the oldest surviving component of the wall
References
edit- ^ "苏州古城墙：一座古城的复兴之源", City.sina.com.cn (in Chinese), 23 August 2011.
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