Tuesday, 23 April 2019
Xi'an is one of the few places in China with a completely intact city wall. In Xi'an's heyday, this was the inner city wall; an outer wall was even more extensive, enclosing about 30 square miles. (Today's wall encloses about 5 square miles.)
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| There are four gates through the walls: north, south, east, and west. (Today a number of additional roads tunnel through the walls.) We entered through the west gate and walked up to the top of the wall. |
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| The wall is 9 miles long and can be walked or bicycled. |
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| In addition to gates, there are guard towers along the wall. |
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| A moat outside the wall provided additional security. |
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| A large courtyard (and originally, a well) is within the gate. |
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