Our country is an ancient civilized country with a long history of 5000 years and the only ancient civilized country in the world with unbroken cultural development. There are many cultural relics and historic sites scattered all over the country, among which there are many of the best in the world. For example, the Nanjing Ming City Wall to be introduced to you in this article has many world-class streets such as the longest, largest and best-preserved ancient city wall in the world.

On the eve of the Spring Festival this year, Yu Fan met with several friends to travel in Nanjing and came to visit this great historical attraction. According to the staff, Nanjing's Ming City Wall was built in 1366 AD and was all completed in 1393.(26 years of Hongwu of the Ming Dynasty), it took 28 years to use a total of 280,000 migrant workers in 152 prefectures and counties, and 350 million pieces of city bricks were used. In the end, the pattern of four walls of Yingtian Palace in the capital was completed.

The Nanjing Ming City Wall was built on the basis of Jiankang City, the ancient capital of the Six Dynasties. It was built according to the direction of the Nanjing Mountains and Water System. According to the benefits of mountains and rivers and the potential of empty rivers and lakes, it was supported by Zhongshan Mountain in the east, the Qinhuai River in the south as a moat, and the Sina Hills entered the city. Houhu in the north as a barrier, thus forming a very complete three-dimensional military defense system. The city wall meandered for 35.3 kilometers. It is the largest existing city wall in China and the largest city wall in the world. It was also selected as the world's largest city wall by the World Records Association, and the outer city wall outside the capital is more than 60 kilometers long, making it the largest in world history.

As a masterpiece of ancient China's military defense facilities and city wall construction technology, Nanjing's ancient city wall cannot be compared with domestic and foreign city walls in terms of historical value, ornamental value, archaeological value, architectural design, scale, function, etc. It is the successor of the Great Wall of China. Another remarkable macro structure after the Great Wall has naturally become a national key cultural relic protection unit and an important part of the Qinhuai River scenery belt of Confucius Temple, a national AAA-level tourist attraction. It was also successfully included in the preliminary list of world cultural heritage sites.

Walking on this amazing city wall, we not only read about its rich history, but also enjoyed the extremely beautiful city wall lantern festival. It is understood that the city wall lantern festival is an important part of the Qinhuai Lantern Festival.

The Qinhuai Lantern Festival is also called the Jinling Lantern Festival. Its history dates back to 1700 years. It is one of the first batch of national-level intangible cultural heritage. It is known as the "World's No. 1 Lantern Festival" and "Qinhuai Lantern Festival is the best in the world". It is the only one in China that integrates a lantern show, lantern festival and lantern market. It is also the longest-lasting folk lantern festival in China, with the largest number of participants and largest scale.

At this city wall lantern festival, we saw many famous historical allusions to Nanjing, such as the twelve Jinling hairpin (Lin Daiyu, Xue Baochai, Jia Yuanchun, Jia Tanchun, Shi Xiangyun, Miaoyu, Jia Yingchun, Jia Xichun, Wang Xifeng, Sister Jia Qiao, Li Wan, Qin Keqing), as well as some famous poems left by literati and literati in Nanjing, such as Wang Changling's "The door reflects the Huaihe River and the green water, the moon shines on Jinling Island", Liu Yuxi's "The mountains surround the old country, the tide breaks the city and returns lonely. The old moon on the east side of the Huai River still comes over the Nvqiang at night."

There is also the story of Yang Bangyi, a famous anti-Jin official. According to the "History of the Song Dynasty: The Biography of Yang Bangyi", Yang Bangyi, also known as Xiji, was born in Jishui, Jizhou. He was born in the eighth year of Yuanfeng in the Northern Song Dynasty (AD 1085) and died in the third year of Jianyan in the Southern Song Dynasty (AD 1129). In the first year of Jianyan in the Southern Song Dynasty, Yang Bangyi became the magistrate of Liyang. Due to his meritorious service in suppressing the Liyang rebellion, he was promoted to general sentence in Jiangning Prefecture. In the third year of Jianyan, Song Gaozong fled to Lin 'an (present-day Hangzhou) due to the Jin Dynasty's pressure. In October, Jin Wushu led his troops to capture Hezhou (now He County, Anhui Province) and Wuwei, defeated Liuhe, crossed the river from Wuma, and approached the city of Jiankang. Li Wei, then the Minister of Revenue, and Chen Bangguang, the Minister of Manufacturing and Construction of Yanjiang Capital, saw that the situation was over and surrendered to the Jin people. At this time, in Jiankang Prefecture, only Yang Bangyi, who had no military power and was just a general magistrate. Yang Bangyi was fearless in the face of danger and organized the military and civilians to defend the city and resist Jin. In the end, because he was outnumbered, the city was defeated and captured. Jin Wushu sent lobbyists to surrender Yang Bangyi and promised him to resume his original position, while threatening him with death. Yang Bangyi refused sternly, and wrote on his clothes with his blood,"I would rather be a ghost of Zhao than a minister of other countries." Later, when Yang Bangyi saw Jin Wushu summoning generals to surrender, he cursed: "If the Jurchen wanted to plot the Central Plains and Tianning would let you go and dismember you thousands of sections for a long time, how could you pollute me?" In his anger, Jin Wushu ordered him to "cut off his heart" and die. He was only 44 years old.

In addition to Yang Bangyi's story, there are also allusions to Yue Fei's loyalty to the country."He Zhu was initially ordered to interrogate him, and he tore his clothes to show him with his back. There are four characters 'serving the country faithfully' that are deep into the skin."

According to reports, the overall atmosphere of the Nanjing City Wall Lantern Festival is closely related to the theme route of the 34th China·Qinhuai Lantern Festival. A total of four theme areas have been set up, with the beautiful ancient capital and happy China as the cultural main lines to create an immersive atmosphere for enjoying the lanterns. From Zhonghuamen Wengcheng to Changgan Lane, with the core theme of "Preface to Prosperity in Prosperity", the joyful scene of the Chinese Year is created through auspicious and festive elements, celebrating the peaceful and peaceful style of the country and the people, and showing the new look of vigorous economic development in the 100 years since the founding of the Party.

The long charm of the prosperous changes of the Six Dynasties has been passed down from one strain, shaping today's independent Nanjing. In the "Dream Back to Spring in Jinling" exhibition area, artistic performances and scenes are combined to restore the elegant temperament of the ancient capital, bring history alive, and touch a vivid Jinling. The "Phantom of Dreams" theme area uses light and shadow technology to create a new interactive experience and dazzling visual presentation.

As an important part of the 1700-year-old Qinhuai Lantern Festival, the Nanjing City Wall Lantern Festival has reached the world's top level in terms of production craftsmanship and design level. Although we only visit it during the day (we went to see the Qinhuai Lantern Festival at the main venue of Bailu Island late), seeing these exquisite light sets, the lighting effect at night is completely imaginable. It must be beautiful and make people forget to leave. (Yu Fan, a senior travel media in China, shares with you original experiences and experiences during the trip every day. Welcome to pay attention)