The South City Wall

The South City Wall

The South City Wall is a municipal-level cultural heritage site in Shanghai.

The South City Wall is located at the southern end of South Street in Jiading Town. It was originally built in the 12th year of the Jiading era during the Southern Song Dynasty (1219). Most of the Jiading City Wall has been demolished, and the remaining section is approximately 240 meters long. The wall is circular in shape and features four gates: the East Gate (known as Yanhai Gate during the Yuan Dynasty), the West Gate (known as Hepu Gate during the Yuan Dynasty and renamed Jicao Gate in the Ming Dynasty), the South Gate (known as Chengjiang Gate during the Yuan Dynasty and renamed Xuanwen Gate in the Ming Dynasty), and the North Gate (known as Chaojing Gate and Guanlan Gate during the Yuan Dynasty, and renamed Zhenwu Gate in the Ming Dynasty). The surviving sections of the ancient city wall are divided into two parts: the South Gate section and the West Gate section, each about 120 meters long. The South Gate section is situated along the South Street side, next to the moat, and includes the South City Wall Park and the South Water Gate Park. The West Gate section is located near Renmin Street in Jiading.

An inscribed bluestone tripod in front of the South City Wall of Jiading bears the character “?城,” referring to Jiading Ancient City Wall — historically, Jiading was also called ? (liu) City.

The Jiading City Wall ruins have been re-designated as a municipal-level cultural heritage site.

Protected area: East: South Water Gate; South: the moat; West: Zhongcheng Road; North: No. 16, Lane 29, Zhongcheng Road (a multi-story building).

Construction control zone: East, West, and North: same as the protected area; South: 10 meters south of the moat.

Jiading Town: Before the Spring and Autumn and Warring States periods, an ancient coastline formed at the mouth of the Yangtze River, and human activity had already begun around Lianqi River (now the area of the Old West Gate Street). By the Liang Tianjian era (502–519), a settlement had formed. During the Tang Dynasty, the ancient town of Jiading was named Lianqi Market after the Lianqi River. On the ninth day of the twelfth lunar month in the tenth year of the Jiading era of the Southern Song Dynasty (January 7, 1218), the county seat was established and named Jiading after the reign title, a name that has continued to this day. In September 2000, Jiading Town was restructured from a town into a subdistrict.

In 1991, Jiading Town was listed by the Shanghai Municipal People's Government as one of Shanghai’s four major historical and cultural towns, well known for its rich cultural heritage... More details about Jiading Town Subdistrict ++