Guanxu Ancient City Wall

　　Guanxu Jiangcun Ancient Brick City Wall: Located in Jiangcun, Guanxu Town, Deqing County, it was initially built during the Southern Song Dynasty and has a history of over 700 years. The brick city wall is 3.76 meters high, 0.35 meters thick, with a perimeter of 480.5 meters and a total area of 13,192.6 square meters (0.013926 square kilometers). The wall faces south and is rectangular in shape, with the ratio of the east-west length to the north-south length being 1:2. There are four city gates in total: the central gate on the southern wall is the “Renhe Gate,” which protrudes forward and connects with the eastern and western walls to form an arc; the northern wall has three gates — the central one is the “Renyi Gate,” the one to the east is called the “Fulu Gate,” and the one to the west is called the “Fude Gate.” The city gate walls are 5.3 meters wide, 3.76 meters high, and 0.42 meters thick. The city gates themselves are 2.90 meters high, 1.23 meters wide, and 1.10 meters thick.

　　The ancient brick wall of Jiangcun is said to have been built by Jiang? of the Southern Song Dynasty.

　　Jiang? was the son of Jiang Wanli from the Southern Song Dynasty, serving as the military governor of Deqing Prefecture and Minister of War. According to the “Guangxu Deqing Prefecture Gazetteer,” during the Song Dynasty, Jiang? served in Kangzhou. He then settled in Shuangduo Village, Qinrenli, Erdu, Jinlin Township, where he passed away and was buried behind the village at Shengling Ridge. … Later,

　　his descendants lived near his tomb, and thus Shuangduo Village was renamed Jiangcun. Also, according to the “Guangxu Deqing Prefecture Gazetteer”: “Jiangcun was formerly called Shuangduo (Duo) Village and has an ancient brick wall as well as the tomb of Jiang?.”

　　Currently, the ancient brick wall of Jiangcun remains largely intact, especially the northern wall and the three northern gates, which are well-preserved. Protecting this over 700-year-old ancient brick wall of Jiangcun holds significant cultural heritage value and tourism appeal.