The city wall of Xingcheng Ancient City was first built in the third year of Xuande in the Ming Dynasty (1428 AD). It is one of the few ancient city wall buildings from the Ming and Qing dynasties in China and a specimen of a military defense city in the Ming Dynasty. Similar to the city walls of Pingyao, Xi’an, and Jingzhou, it is one of the four relatively intact ancient city walls remaining in China.
The city wall is square in shape, with a perimeter of 3,274 meters.
