Chenghuang Street Well

Chenghuang Street Well

Chenghuang Street Well is a cultural relic protection unit of Lianzhou City.

The "Lianzhou Annals" of the Tongzhi reign during the Qing Dynasty records that the well was first built in the winter of the 15th year of the Jiajing reign in the Ming Dynasty (1535), when there had been a long drought. Magistrate She Xuemian ordered the digging of two wells south of the Huiguang Pagoda and in front of the Guangxiao Temple, named Huiquan Well and Lizé Well respectively. He also composed a preface and inscription for them.

Both wells feature circular walls built with blue bricks and circular brims carved from bluestone, inlaid onto the walls of the wells.

In July 2011, the People's Government of Lianzhou City announced it as part of the second batch of municipal cultural relics protection units. It is protected under the "Law of the People’s Republic of China on the Protection of Cultural Relics."

Protected area: an area extending 30 meters outward from the center of the heritage structure.

Construction control zone: an area extending 30 meters outward from the protected area.

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