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authorName23242: Yao Shi
Date: 18/12/2020
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Chinese Name: 九龙壁 Pronunciation: jiǔ lóng bì
Building Time: In 1392
Admission Ticket Fare: Free
Opening Hours: 8:30-17:00
Suggested Visiting Hours: One and a half hours
Best Visiting Time: June to October
Address: Heyang Street, Pingcheng District, Datong City, Shanxi Province
Wall Area: A height of 8 meters, a thickness of 2.02 and a length of 45.5 meters
Building Function: It is a screen before the residence of Zhu Gui, the thirteenth son of Zhu Yuanzhang (the first Emperor of the Ming Dynasty).
Now, there are three nine-dragon walls in China. They are separately located in Datong, Beijing and Pingyao. The nine-dragon wall in Datong is known as the head of China's nine-dragon walls. Datong Nine-Dragon Wall is three times larger than that in Beihai Park , Beijing City.
Datong Nine-Dragon Wall is located on Heyang Street, Pingcheng District, Datong city. It was built for Zhu Gui, the 13th son of the first emperor of the Ming Dynasty, in 1392. Actually, Nine-Dragon Wall is the screen before the residence of Zhu Gui. It has a history of more than 600 years.
The nine-dragon wall of Datong is made of 426 pieces of specially-made colored glass, with a height of 8 meters, a thickness of 2.02 and a length of 45.5 meters. Nine carved flying dragons are evenly distributed on the wall.
The gaps among the nine dragons are filled with patterns of rocks and grasses, which are well combined with each other. The top of the wall is covered with glazed tiles, and the following part is supported by glazed brackets. The bottom of the wall is supported by a 2.09 meters high base, with 41 groups of patterns of “two dragons playing with beads” carved on it. The middle of the wall is made up of 75 glass brick reliefs, with different patterns carved on it, such as cattle, horse, sheep, dog, deer, rabbit and other animal images. They are lively and colorful.
The east and west ends of the wall are respectively the pattern of the rising sun and the bright moon in the sky, decorated with flowing clouds. There is a rectangular reflecting pool in front of the Dragon Wall. Nine carved flying dragons are reflected in the water.
The Nine-Dragon Wall of Datong was built in 1392 when Zhu Yuanzhang, the first emperor of the Ming Dynasty, established his capital at Yingtianfu( acient Nanjing city). In order to consolidate central rule, he successively granted 25 of his sons the title of king in important places in the country.
Zhu Gui, the thirteenth son of Zhu Yuanzhang, had never read books since he was a child. He was stubborn and had a very strange temper. Zhu Yuanzhang thought that he had neither talent nor virtue, so let him take charge of the task of guarding Datong city. In the late Hongwu Period of the Ming Dynasty (1368-1398), Zhu Gui built a palace as his residence in Datong city under the emperor's spoiling. The Nine-dragon wall was built at that time in front of the imperial palace.
In 1954, it moved 28 meters southward according to the original condition of Nine-Dragon Wall to the present position due to urban construction.
Nine-Dragon Wall is a screen before the residence of Zhu Gui. There are nine dragons carved on the wall, one is on the center and four pairs of dragons distributed on both sides of the center one.
A sitting dragon is carved on the center of the wall. It is yellow and facing the central axis of the palace.
The first pair of dragons on either side of the central one includes a pale yellow dragon and a flying one, with dragons’ heads to the east and the tails toward the center dragon.
The second pair of dragons are yellow, with the head and tail facing west. They are elegant in form.
The third pair of dragons is purple, which is a pair of dancing dragons, with fierce looks.
The two dragons of the fourth pair are respectively carved in yellow and green, full of vigor and grace.
a. From Datong railway station
Take bus No. 66 to The Third Bus Company Station. Then take bus No.35 to Four-Archway Building Station. It takes about forty minutes in all.
b. From Datong High-speed Railway Station
Take bus No. 61, and get off at the Gulou Station. It takes about 40 minutes in all.
c. From Datong Yungang Airport station
Take bus No.605 and get off at Heyang Beimen Station, then walk 1.5 km to Nine-Dragon Wall. It takes about one hour and twenty minutes in all.
Chinese: 请带我去九龙壁。English: Please take me to Nine-Dragon Wall.
If you go to Nine-Dragon Wall from Yungang airport, it takes about 30 minutes (about 60yuan).
If you go to the Nine-Dragon Wall from the Datong High-speed Railway Station (Datong South Railway Station), it takes about 30 minutes (about 40 yuan).
If you go to the Nine-Dragon Wall from the Datong Railway Station, it takes about 15 minutes (13 yuan).
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