Ruins Park of the Yuan Dynasty Capital City Wall

　　The Ruins Park of the Yuan Dynasty Capital City Wall was successively listed as a key cultural relic protection unit at the Beijing municipal level in 1957 and at the national level in 2006. After undergoing comprehensive renovation in 2003, the park was divided into nine major scenic areas. Among them, “New Vistas of the Yuan Capital,” “Prosperity of the Yuan Dynasty,” and “Frolicking Fish at Dragon Pool” are the three first-tier scenic zones, while “Imperial Tours to Both Capitals,” “Guests from All Directions,” “Crabapple Blossom Stream,” “Prosperity in Anding,” “Water Street Lanterns,” and “Ancient Charm of Corner Towers” are the six second-tier scenic zones. It has become a modern urban heritage park in Beijing that embodies the principles of “people-oriented design, greenery as the core, waterways as the thread, history as the soul, and integration of daily use with disaster preparedness.”

　　Introduction
The construction of the Yuan capital city officially began in January of the fourth year of the Zhiyuan era (1267 AD) and was largely completed by the thirteenth year of the Zhiyuan era (1276 AD), taking a total of nine years. The city covered an area of 60 li and had 11 city gates, all built from earth. The locations of the eastern and western walls of the Yuan capital correspond to the inner side of the present-day Second Ring Road, the northern wall lies along the present-day line from Deshengmenwai to Anzhenmenwai earthen wall parks, and the southern line is slightly south of the present-day Chang’an Avenue. The section from Xueyuan Road eastward to Xibahe has been developed into the park. The Yuan capital had three gates on the eastern, western, and southern sides, but only two gates on the northern side. The three eastern gates (from north to south) were Guangxi Gate (now Hepingli East), Chongren Gate (now Dongzhimen), and Qibei Gate (now Chaoyangmen); the three southern gates (from east to west) were Wenming Gate, Lizheng Gate, and Shuncheng Gate; the three western gates (from north to south) were Suqing Gate (western end of Xueyuan South Road), Heyi Gate (now Xizhimen), and Pingze Gate (now Fuchengmen); the northern side had two gates, Jiande and Anzhen.

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