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The Ming and Qing City Walls of Suqian

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The Ming and Qing City Walls of Suqian, a municipal-level cultural heritage site, are located at the western end of Xingfu Middle Road in Sucheng District, Suqian City, opposite Xinhua Bookstore, on what was formerly the district government square of Sucheng. They were discovered during an archaeological excavation in 2007 as part of urban infrastructure development. The exposed section of the wall is 60 meters long, with the highest remaining section reaching approximately 1 meter in height and the wall being about 1.6 meters wide, constructed from bricks. The construction method involved first driving wooden piles into the ground as anchors, upon which city bricks were laid. According to the "Suqian Annals," the wall collapsed in multiple places due to an earthquake in 1688 and was rebuilt in 1767. This section of the wall matches the historical records and is believed to be the Qing-era reconstruction following the collapse of the original Ming Dynasty walls.

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The Ming and Qing City Walls of Suqian are a municipal cultural heritage site of Suqian City.

The Ming and Qing City Walls of Suqian, a municipal-level cultural heritage site, are located at the western end of Xingfu Middle Road in Sucheng District, Suqian City, opposite Xinhua Bookstore, on what was formerly the district government square of Sucheng. They were discovered during an archaeological excavation in 2007 as part of urban infrastructure development. The exposed section of the wall is 60 meters long, with the highest remaining section reaching approximately 1 meter in height and the wall being about 1.6 meters wide, constructed from bricks. The construction method involved first driving wooden piles into the ground as anchors, upon which city bricks were laid. According to the "Suqian Annals," the wall collapsed in multiple places due to an earthquake in 1688 and was rebuilt in 1767. This section of the wall matches the historical records and is believed to be the Qing-era reconstruction following the collapse of the original Ming Dynasty walls.