What are the famous ancient cities?

1 Pingyao Ancient City: It is a famous cultural city with a history of more than 2,700 years. Pingyao City Wall was built in an unknown era. In the third year of Hongwu in Ming Dynasty (1370), the original "18 steps in nine miles" was changed to "12 miles, 8 minutes and 4 centimeters" (6.4 kilometers), and the rammed earth wall was changed to a masonry wall. According to the legendary saying that "the mountains and rivers rise in the morning, the water plays in front of the turtle, and the city is built on this basis, so as to win", the meaning of "auspicious longevity" of the turtle is taken to build the "turtle city". Old Town of Lijiang: Old Town of Lijiang is the central town of Lijiang Naxi Autonomous County with a history of nearly 800 years. Located in the middle of Lijiang Dam, it is an ancient town dominated by Naxi residents. Known for its quaint artistic style and scientific layout art, the ancient city is located in the middle of the county with an altitude of more than 2,400 meters. It is a famous city with beautiful scenery, long history and splendid culture, and it is also a rare well-preserved ancient city of ethnic minorities in China. Old Town of Lijiang, also known as Dayan Town, is located in the middle of Lijiang Dam. It is the only ancient city without walls among the famous historical and cultural cities in China. It is said that because the hereditary ruler of Lijiang is surnamed Mu, building a city is bound to be like adding a wooden frame to the word "sleepy". 3 Shijiahe Ancient City: Shijiahe Ancient City, the largest prehistoric ancient city in Hubei Province, has been discovered in China, with an area of 6.5438+10,000 to 200,000 square meters, of which there are only three large ancient cities, from small to large, namely Shijiahe Ancient City in Tianmen, Hubei Province (with an area of about 6.5438+0.2 million square meters, about 4,600-4,000 years ago) and Taosi Ancient City in Xiangfen, Shanxi Province (with an area of about 4,000 because of the Xicheng wall) Liangzhu Ancient City in Yuhang, Zhejiang (covering an area of more than 2.9 million square meters, 5300-4000 years ago). Dali Ancient City: Located at the foot of the beautiful Cangshan Mountain, Dali Ancient City was built in the 15th year of Ming Hongwu and is one of the 24 famous historical and cultural cities in China. It has a history of more than 600 years. It faces Erhai Lake and is backed by Cangshan Mountain. Up to now, it still maintains criss-crossing checkerboard streets and magnificent north-south towers. On the rostrum, the four characters of "literary country" are particularly eye-catching. At first, there were gates in the east, west, north and south, and towers on top, but they were all destroyed. The stone walls, blue tiles, doors and windows of the houses in the city are carved with dragons and painted with phoenixes, which looks quaint. The three pagodas of Chongsheng Temple in the northwest of the city and the one pagoda of Hongsheng in the southwest of the city, the Usai Zuping Yunnan Monument at the foot of the lane and the annual March Street make the ancient city look more interesting. Fenghuang Ancient City: Fenghuang Ancient City is located on the southwest edge of Hunan Province, at the southern foot of Wuling Mountain, on the east side of Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau, in Xiangxi Tujia and Miao Autonomous Prefecture, bordering Songtao County and tongren city in Guizhou Province in the west, Fenghuang Ancient City in the east, Fenghuang County and Jishou City in the north and Mayang County in the southeast. The total area is 1759 square kilometers, the widest from east to west is 50 kilometers, and the longest from north to south is 66 kilometers. The whole territory is divided into 9 towns, 22 townships and 344 administrative villages. At the end of 2004, the total population of the county was 374,438+0 million, including 324,38+0 million agricultural population. There are 276,900 ethnic minorities, accounting for 74.02% of the total population. It is a multi-ethnic mountainous county dominated by Miao nationality. It has a long history. In the second year of Tang Dynasty (AD 686), Weiyang County was established, and Huangsi Bridge was established at the county site, which is now the ancient city of Huangsiqiao. Song, Yuan and Ming Dynasties set up a lawsuit against Wu Zhai Chang. In the thirty-ninth year of Kangxi in Qing Dynasty (AD 1700), it was built as one of the 62 towns in China at that time. In September of the second year of the Republic of China, Fenghuang Hall was abandoned and rebuilt as the ancient city of Fenghuang, which remained the military and political ruling center of Xiangxi. /kloc-was liberated in 0/949 and originally belonged to Yuanling area. 1955 was assigned to Xiangxi Miao Autonomous Prefecture, and 1957 was assigned to Xiangxi Tujia and Miao Autonomous Prefecture. Zhao Hua Ancient City: Zhao Hua, formerly known as Jiameng. Up to now, it has a history of more than 4,000 years, and there was a history of establishing a county in 2244. It is an important part of the national key scenic spot-Jianmen Shudao Scenic Spot and the national key cultural relics protection unit-Jianmen Shudao Ruins Group, and it is the only well-preserved ancient city of the Three Kingdoms in China so far. The ancient city scenic area covers an area of 20 square kilometers, with a total population of 6.5438+0.7 million. 1992 654.38+0.992, named as a famous historical and cultural town in Sichuan Province by the Sichuan Provincial People's Government. The ancient city, with its original style and rich historical and cultural heritage, is one of the earliest counties in ancient China, and is known as "the first county in Bashu and the second capital in Sichuan". The ancient city is located at the intersection of Bailong River, Jialing River and Qingjiang River. Its Jialing River is full of water and the water system is all over Taiji, which is known as the natural wonder of "the first landscape in Taiji". The ancient city is surrounded by mountains on all sides and water on three sides, with beautiful scenery, outstanding people, numerous ancient ruins and simple and elegant folk customs. It is an ideal place for tourists to visit, relax, spend their holidays and scholars to study archaeology. Zhao Hua takes the city as a pass, saying it is a good pass. In 972 AD, Song Taizu took the meaning of "showing the emperor's virtue and cultivating people's hearts" and called it Zhao Hua. As the saying goes, "Don't want your parents when you get to Zhao Hua!" The ancient city of Zhao Hua is located in Yuanba District, Guangyuan City, Sichuan Province, by the Jialing River in the north of Sichuan Province. It is a bright pearl on Jianmen Shudao, and is known as "the Three Kingdoms Town of Shudao and the Wonder of Taiji Landscape". Historically known as "the throat of Sichuan, locked in northern Sichuan." Langzhong Ancient City: Langzhong is known as the "Fairyland of Yuen Long" and "Yao Chong of Bashu", where the poet Du Fu of the Tang Dynasty left an eternal famous sentence "Langzhou is a vast city with few people in the south". History has given Langzhong a rich gift, leaving a splendid culture and nearly 200 places of interest, which still shine with dazzling brilliance. Langzhong is known as the largest "ancient city of geomantic omen" in Sichuan and one of the four best-preserved ancient cities in China. The well-preserved courtyards, monasteries, pavilions and stone carvings of the ancient People's Street in the Tang, Song, Yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties constitute Langzhong's unique tourism resources and rich cultural connotations. The magnificent tombs of Zhangfei Temple and Zhang Fei and the cultural relics of Han Shu site are important parts of the tourist hotline of the Three Kingdoms. Langzhong City, located in the northeast of Sichuan and the middle reaches of Jialing River, is a national historical and cultural city and China AAAA scenic tourist area. Things are beautiful, culture is heavy, like a bright pearl, shining. 8 Jingzhou Ancient City: It was built in Ming Dynasty, and the tower is now rebuilt in 1988. As a large-scale military fortification in ancient times, Jingzhou ancient city wall has many supporting military facilities besides tall and solid city walls and urns. At present, there are four caves for Tibetan soldiers, one in the east, one in the west, one in the north and one in the south, with a length of10.5m, a width of 6.3m and a depth of 6m, which have the most complete functions and features, and can accommodate 65,438+.