Xi'an city wall is the "modesty wall" inside and outside scenery "two days"

A beautiful grey wall that separated the two scene: outside the wall streets clean and tidy, lined with trees, andXi'anThe ancient city wall mutual Huiying; wall, garbage everywhere, dilapidated housing. This is the afternoon of 17 reporters in Xi'an city Jianguomen Shun Cheng Dong Xiang saw.

As gray and white walls. Photo by Ji Haofan

Xi'an city wall has 600 years of history, is the most complete existing China ancient city wall construction. For the reconstruction of the city wall of Shuncheng alley, is opening the reduction of ancient style, to revive the glory of "Tang Tang imperial revival plan" for. In 2005, about 13.7 kilometres of Xi'an Shuncheng alley opened up, the original narrow streets and old houses are wide brick streets to replace.

Diagram for Shuncheng alley walled "scenery". Photo by Ji Haofan

17 afternoon, reporters in Xi'an Jianguomen Shun Cheng Dong Xiang see, along the wall under the root path built a gray and white walls, and towering wall com. The wall surface clean and tidy, tree-lined, add radiance and beauty to each other and the ancient city wall. It is filled with all kinds of free wall waste, more than 20 houses were dilapidated, mottled old wooden doors, curtains, the walls of many houses because of disrepair, revealing great gap, hospital a few withered old tree piled waste.

Figure is a beautiful grey walls separated by two kind of scenery. Photo by Ji Haofan

In the hospital Li Cuifen old man told reporters, here in 2005 the implementation of the demolition reconstruction project, in order to maintain the city appearance, the relevant departments will build walls to block on the old residential areas, said at the time of inside the walls of the housing reform. However, after a lapse of seven years has not been forthcoming, inside the walls of the houses are increasingly dilapidated.

Li Cuifen said, the hospital houses are built in the early liberation, has lived for 60 years. Housing disrepair, afraid of wind and rain, no heat, no running water, now more than 20 households have only one source. The children moved out long ago, the government had promised the demolition, but did not expect so many years.

Xi'an citizen Wang Dehui says, the ancient city wall and Shuncheng Lane is Xi'an city business, but the strong contrast of the wall outside the wall, but some only. The fence is not bad "gee-string", and tourists stood overlooking, at the opposite wall, take in everything in a glance, will also affect the overall image of Xi'an. (source: chinanews.com Ji Haofan)