Chaotianmen, the big pier, welcomes officials and receives saints (opens).
Cuiwei door, satin decoration, colorful (off).
Thousands of steamed stuffed buns are as white as silver.
Hongya Gate, wide boat sailing, killing chickens and worshiping God (Guan).
Linjiangmen, Dung Wharf and fertile land have a foundation (open).
Tai 'anmen, it's too close, and it's good for the people.
Go far away, gongs and drums ring, and watch the dead buried (opened).
Jintang Gate, wooden coffin, neat size (closed).
Nanjimen, vegetable basket, gush out, pour in (open).
Phoenix gate, Sichuan road turn, cattle and sheep in groups (closed).
Chuqimen, medicine gang, cure all diseases.
Golden Gate, directly opposite Zhentai Yamen (open).
Taipingmen, Old Drum Tower, the time is accurate (open).
Renhe Gate, the gun rang, and the general manager went to patrol (pass).
Dingyuan Gate, Jiaochang Dam, Knife Rod (Guan).
Fuxingmen, galloping like a cloud (closing the door).
At Dongshuimen, there is an ancient well, facing Zhenwu Mountain and carp yue longmen (open).
Among the nine gates in ancient Chongqing, except Chaotianmen (east) and Tongyuanmen (west) are more important in orientation and scale.
Outside the four gates of Dongshuimen (south) and Linjiangmen (north), there are five smaller "open five gates".
Siqianmen-Siqianmen and Linjiangmen are two of the seventeen doors facing Jialing River. They are all agricultural products and goods distribution centers in Jialing River. Because it is located between Chaotianmen and Linjiangmen, close to the bustling downtown, with dense population and numerous docks. The old folk song: "Si Qianmen, steamed stuffed bun, as white as silver."
Taipingmen-southeast of the city, southwest of Wengcheng, and the gate reads "Shouwei Shudong".
Because of its geographical location in the center of the lower half of the ancient city, there are Chongqing government and Baxian government in the city, which have become the political center of the city. After the opening of Chongqing, foreign businessmen and foreign firms concentrated in white elephant street, the city gate, and became a financial center. Outside the Yangtze River, there is a timber and bamboo market floating down from the upper reaches. Here is the story of "Green Lion and White Elephant", which refers to the white marble sculpture in white elephant street, the city gate, facing the ancient temple on the south bank.
Chuqimen, one of the six gates opened along the river in the lower part of the city, is one of the more important gates. Wengcheng is located in the south of the city, facing the upper reaches of the Yangtze River. Chuchi means prosperity. In the past, most of the docks outside the city gate were loaded and unloaded by mountain products, and a large number of medicinal materials exported from Sichuan, medicinal materials and shops and stacking in mountain products were concentrated in the city gate. In ancient times, there was "Chuqimen, a line of medicinal materials, which can cure all diseases".
At that time, due to the geographical location, Chuqimen was the main road connecting the upper half of the city and the lower half of the city, crossing the river from the city gate to Haitang Creek and leading to Guizhou. During the Anti-Japanese War, the famous "Chuqimen Cable Car Path" was built in the former site of the city gate.
Golden Gate-close to Chuchi Gate, located in the south of the city. The gate faces the river, and there is no urn. Of the 17 old city gates in ancient Chongqing, only the Golden Gate and the Chuqi Gate were opened, but there were no closed doors. Named after the ancient temple Jinzimen Temple. This gate was specially built because the Chongqing government yamen was concentrated here. Opposite the gate of the Golden Gate, there is the yamen of Chongqing Town Department, surrounded by sedan chairs.
Nanji Gate, another important gate along the Yangtze River in the lower part of the city, is still a well-known place name. Nanji Gate is located in the southwest corner of the city, with the urn facing west. On the door, there are four characters: "Nanji embraces Cui". As can be seen from the four big characters written on the gate, Nanji Gate is facing the pleasant scenery on the south bank, which is the place where the citizens of this city go out for sightseeing and take the ferry. Nanjimen has always been one of the important gates in the lower half of the city. In the past, when you came to Chongqing from the upper reaches of the Yangtze River, you had to go through this gate first. The river bank outside this gate was flat and open, and it became a dock where Chongqing's timber industry was concentrated, and the timber piled up in Huangshaxi.
Chongqing has a long history. According to textual research, since the construction of Hongyamen in Song Dynasty, the city walls and gates have been built according to the needs of military and traffic at that time, but they are not "systematic" or "standardized". Dai Ding, the governor of Chongqing during the Hongwu period of the Ming Dynasty, was the "hero" of Chongqing City Gate.
During the period of guarding Chongqing, Dai Ding strengthened and repaired the city walls and gates built by predecessors on a large scale, and built important gates such as Linjiang Gate, thus completing the construction of "series" of Chongqing gates. At that time, people were superstitious and advocated Feng Shui. It is said that when Dai Ding built the city and opened the city gate, he invited a clever "Mr. Feng Shui" to see the terrain and measure Feng Shui according to "gold, wood, water and Feng Shui". According to the ancient city of Chongqing, when Dai Ding opened the city, he "consciously arranged nine openings and eight closures" and "it was based on the image of nine palaces and eight gossips, which coincided with nine palaces and eight gossips."