Nanjing City Wall Museum is a must-see attraction for Ming fans.

Nanjing City Wall Museum
It is the largest city wall museum in China and a showcase for China’s Ming and Qing city walls’ application for World Cultural Heritage status.
​ Nanjing City Wall contains rich and diverse cultural values. Whether it is the large-scale inner city, the ingeniously designed water gates and culverts, or the responsibility system inscriptions on hundreds of millions of bricks, they all demonstrate that Nanjing City Wall is a treasure trove of military, technology, history, culture, and art in the early Ming Dynasty.
The Nanjing City Wall played an irreplaceable role in the formation of the ancient capital of Nanjing. It condensed China's 6,000-year city-building civilization and reached the peak of East Asian city wall construction technology in the 14th century.
The basic exhibits of the museum comprehensively display the historical culture and heritage value of Nanjing City Wall from five aspects: design concept, city-building technology, imperial majesty, military defense, and heritage inheritance.

Post by IdaS?rensen | Sep 23, 2024