Why is there no wall in Dayan Ancient City, Lijiang City, Yunnan Province?

With the more detailed division of tourism, such as ancient town tour, ancient city tour, ancient village tour and so on. In terms of ancient towns, there are six famous ancient towns in Jiangnan, each of which has the style of classical Jiangnan water town. Today we are going to introduce Old Town of Lijiang, one of the four ancient cities in China.

Old Town of Lijiang is an ancient city located in Lijiang City, Yunnan Province. It also has a name called Dayan Ancient City. Lijiang is also very popular in recent years, because the tourism industry has developed rapidly, and there are an endless stream of tourists. When we all know that as an ancient city, there are usually walls. In ancient times, the defensive function of city walls was very high and essential.

However, friends who have been to Old Town of Lijiang should find a strange phenomenon, that is, there is no wall in Old Town of Lijiang. Of course, it's not that the original builders were too lazy to build, but because a family that was very popular in Yunnan at that time was the Mu family. At the beginning, Naxi chiefs were given their surnames after submitting to Zhu Yuanzhang. Wood? Stone.

In the eyes of the ancients, it is very unlucky to build a wall and add a word to the wooden character to become a trapped character. Therefore, Old Town of Lijiang did not build a wall. Although, we all know that this statement is unfounded. However, there are still many such things in history, which shows that the ancients attached importance to architectural geomantic omen and many aspects.

The Old Town of Lijiang we see today includes Dayan Ancient Town, Shuhe Ancient Town and Baisha Ancient Town, with a total area of about 7 square kilometers. Old Town of Lijiang has a history of nearly 800 years since the establishment of the Song Dynasty. The architecture in the ancient city combines the styles of Han, Bai, Yi, Tibetan and other nationalities, as well as the unique style of Naxi nationality.

There are many scenic spots in Old Town of Lijiang, such as the shogunate, Sifang Street, Old Town of Lijiang Waterwheel and Wufenglou. For example, the Mufu Fengyun released a few years ago was filmed here, mainly telling the story of Mu Tusi. In addition, the temperature here has not changed much, and it is suitable for playing all the year round, which is an important achievement of China's ancient urban construction.