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Nanjing Attraction - Zhonghua City Gate

ZhongHua City Gate

Zhonghua City Gate. It means Chinese gate, is the best preserved Chinese ancient castle, and the biggest and most splendid city gate of Nanjing city wall. The gate was built from 1366 to 1386.The whole structure was built with huge bricks and special cement which is extraordinarily strong. The delicately designed gate has four archways, and three trap cities which were the enclosed vacant lots between the archways.

Zhonghua City Gate is situated in the far south of the city is perhaps the finest remaining example of Nanjing's ancient city walls. Zhonghuamen ("The Castle of China Gate") is the largest gate along the wall and is composed of three towers and four smaller gates inside one another. The gate is now separated from the rest of the wall and is located on a huge traffic island at a busy road junction.

The gate affords stunning views of the city and is a good place to see Nanjing's landscape and to get your bearings.

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