Today’s city wall was rebuilt 600 years ago based on Tang Dynasty structure. Standing at 12 meters tall, stretching over more than 13km, it is a monument of Xian’s history itself.

As the most important city fortification in ancient time, the city wall circled the entire inner city in a rectangular shape, with only 4 gates opening up in 4 directions controlling all comings and goings.
As military fortress, top of the city wall was stationed by soldiers and no commoners were ever allowed to stroll around. Time has definitely changed for better in this perspective—tourists are not only allowed to walk through the passage that used to be reserved only for the emperor, but also can go for a easy tour, which a military officer on duty could not ever imagine in ancient times.

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