Xi'an starts preservation on landmark ancient city gate

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Northwest China's Xi'an city, known as an historic capital of a dozen Chinese dynasties, started preservation efforts Monday on a landmark city gate dating back more than 1,000 years.

The local cultural heritage bureau launched the project on the relics of Mingde Gate, the south gate of the city wall built in the Tang Dynasty (618 A.D.- 907 A.D.), and unearthed between 1972 and 1973.

The base of Mingde Gate and the wall is 55.5 meters long and 17.5 meters wide. The bureau plans to build explanatory signs for the relics, use glass covers to protect certain parts and set up an exhibition hall to show its history and culture.

Northwest China's Xi'an city starts preservation work on a landmark city gate dating back more than 1,000 years on June 18, 2018. /VCG Photo

The city has also set up 30 mu (2 hectares) of preservation area around the site of the relics.

Xi'an boasts well-preserved ancient city walls used as fortifications for military defense. The most known city walls were built from 1370 to 1378 with a total length of 13.7 kilometers.

(Cover photo: File photo taken on April 21, 2018, shows the view of the ancient wall in the center of Xi'an, Shanxi Province, China. /VCG Photo)

Source(s): Xinhua News Agency