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Xingcheng Old Town 兴城古城Xīngchéng Gǔchéng
4A scenic area · National heritage site · Huludao, Liaoning
- Time needed
- Half a day
- Days to budget
- Half a day
- City
- Huludao
- Region
- Liaoning
- Type
- Heritage
- Listed as
- 4A scenic area, National heritage site
About Xingcheng Old Town
Xingcheng Old Town is the former Ming garrison city of Ningyuan, founded in 1428 and enclosed by a roughly square circuit of brick-faced walls about 3 km round, with a gate in each side; it is counted among the best-preserved Ming city walls in China. At the crossing of the main streets stands a drum tower built in 1454 and repaired in 1777, and two carved stone memorial arches put up by the Zu brothers in 1631 and 1638 stand on Yanhui Street, along with a Confucian temple dating from 1428. The Ming general Yuan Chonghuan defended the town against a Manchu army in 1626, in the Battle of Ningyuan.
How to get to Xingcheng Old Town
In the centre of Xingcheng, about 20 km south-west of Huludao city centre, with railway stations on the Shenyang–Shanhaiguan line and the Qinhuangdao–Shenyang passenger line.
Nearby
Also within 20 km: Xingcheng Seaside Scenic Area 兴城海滨 (under 10 km), Huanle Longwan Hot Spring Water Park 欢乐龙湾 (under 10 km), Longwan Beach, Huludao 龙湾海滨 (10 km), Baitayu Pagoda 白塔峪塔 (10 km), Moshigou Pagoda 磨石沟塔 (10 km), Juehua Island 觉华岛 (20 km).
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