Ancient Town Pattern of Yuxi Ancient Town

The existing ancient town of Yuxi, covering an area of about 26 hectares, is the seat of Yuxi City in the Ming Dynasty. The original four gates, Yingjiang, Deng Ying, Duishan and Zhenhai, although only the gate stacks on both sides of Yingjiangmen in the south were retained, they still maintained the basic pattern of "axis symmetry, city and river embracing each other" in Yuxi City in the Ming and Qing Dynasties. 1, the original basic framework of the ancient town: the texture of the streets and lanes in the ancient town is basically intact, and the most prominent one is the north-south strip, which is 422 meters long (also has drainage function), and most of the old shops and houses on both sides of the streets and lanes are still there; The natural features along the ancient moat are still there, with four ancient bridges and six ancient wells, all of which maintain the original basic framework of the ancient city. 2. The city system based on salt can still be reflected today: the existing ancient salt river and salt wharf, the original salt storehouse, salt storehouse and salt storehouse were transformed into cotton shops and dye houses with their functions when Zhang Jian built Nantong in the late Qing Dynasty and the early Republic of China, but the ruins still exist, which well reflect Yuxi's city system based on salt. 3. The original functional pattern of the ancient town has been reflected: the two sides of Longjie Street were originally shops, and the shops were re-elected. There are salt shops, cloth shops, bookstores, hotels (shops), meat shops, tea shops, medicine shops and grocery shops, and there are still sporadic shops; The original sites of major religious sites are still there; The original exquisite academy building still exists; The site of the original office function place is basically reserved; The core area is mainly residential, and there are many gatehouses. Although the houses were built in various periods, more than 89% of them are single-storey buildings, which fully embodies the original functional pattern of the ancient city.