Nangaozhuang City Site

Nangaozhuang City Site

The Nangaozhuang City Site is a cultural heritage site protected at the provincial level in Shanxi Province.

Nangaozhuang City Site (Fifth Batch of Provincial-level Protected Sites)

Era: Ming Dynasty

Location: Shangdian, Nangaozhuang Village, Dayu Town, Yangqu County, Taiyuan City

The Nangaozhuang City Site covers an area of 110,000 square meters, with a rectangular layout. Currently, the east, west, and north walls, as well as the moat and battlements, are preserved. At the north gate, a barbican still exists, while on the west side of the south gate, there is a stone plaque inscribed with “Sanhe Changping,” and the inscription “On an auspicious day in the eighth month of autumn, the year Jiashen, in the second year of the Wanli reign.” The city site has a rectangular layout, wider in the south and narrower in the north, and is largely intact. It has a perimeter of approximately 2,000 meters, walls 5 meters thick and about 10 meters high. The east and west walls were built along the moat using rammed earth, not very regular in shape, and each has five battlements. The walls have weathered over time, becoming thinner, with some collapses and man-made openings. The south and north walls each have one gate, and the north barbican still remains. Both the north and south gates have stone foundations and brick gateways.

The north gate is 6 meters high, 4 meters wide, and 13 meters deep; the south gate is 5.4 meters high, 3.8 meters wide, and 13.45 meters deep. On the west side of the south gate is a stone plaque inscribed with “Sanhe Changping,” along with the inscription “On an auspicious day in the eighth month of autumn, the year Jiashen, in the second year of the Wanli reign.” The east wall is relatively well-preserved, with most of the battlements still intact. Many residential buildings have been constructed on both sides of the south gate, causing some damage to the site. Part of the west wall of the north barbican has collapsed, and the south barbican has been destroyed. The ancient city once played an important role in defending against invasions, preventing warfare, and stationing troops.

The site is located in Shangdian, Nangaozhuang, with two seasonal rivers on the east and west sides. The terrain is higher in the north and lower in the south, featuring western slopes and eastern plains. Shangdian, Nangaozhuang, borders Dayun Road to the east, has a beacon tower to the southwest, and faces the north gate tower of Xiadian to the south.

The city site guards the northern gateway of the Taiyuan Basin and is one of the better-preserved Ming Dynasty castles in Shanxi. It is representative among similar sites.

Source: Shanxi Provincial Bureau of Cultural Relics

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Further Reading:

· Fifth Batch of Shanxi Provincial Cultural Heritage Protection Units