Yesterday, Administrative Department for City Wall of the Ming Dynasty denoted that the citizens who provide clues will be rewarded with cash bonus. Nanjing City Wall of the Ming Dynasty was built in 1366 and used 350 million city wall bricks in the construction. At present, the city wall bricks reserved in the Wall have about 200 million, with a large number of old city wall bricks scattered in the other places, which have urgent need to be taken back. Yesterday, Preservation and Management Cen...

Zhonghua Gate is one of the thirteen capital gates inNanjing of the Ming Dynasty, also calledFirst Inner Barbican in the World and structure of three Barbicans isfully utilized. Zhonghua Gate Barbican becomes a platform extending traditional culture, a stage carrying the performance, and a carrier showing diverse, open as well as innovative cultural concept. With ancient City Wall as curtain, the scene was adopted with immersive theatre and 3D lighting technology, which was conducted with a perf...

Nanjing City Wall Research Institute and Foundation for Protection of City Wall of Nanjing Ancient Capitalwere founded on October 18, 2016 under the high attention paid by Nanjing Municipal Party Committee and Municipal Government. Miao Ruilin, the Mayor of Nanjing Peoples Government sent a letter of congratulationon the founding of Nanjing City Wall Research Institute and Foundation for Protection of City Wall of Nanjing Ancient Capitaland highly appreciated the protection and inheritanceof Nan...

The activity of celebrating the 650 th anniversary for the establishment of Nanjing City Wall of on September 5 attracted extensive attention of Nanjing citizens to better enable citizens to feel the city wall culture and carry forward the culture of the ancient capital. The ceremony of International Running Seasonof Nanjing City Wall Measuring City Wall by Walking and Building upDreams with Sweatwill be launched on Barbican Platform of Zhonghua Gate on September 24; International Running Season...

Since the ancient times, sacrifice of the moon, worship of the moon, eating moon-cake, appreciating osmanthus flowers, and drinkingwine fermented with osmanthus flowers and such customs have been associated with the Mid-Autumn Festival and passed down to this day, lasting. The Mid-Autumn Festival becomes a colorful and precious cultural heritage by virtues of the full moon betokening, showing the feelings of missing hometown and loved ones, wishing for good harvest and happiness. The Mid-Autumn...

As one of the most proud city cards of Nanjing people-Nanjing City Wall is currently experiencing the extremely importantyear; since it was listed in the Preparatory Directory for World Cultural Heritages of Chinain 2012, Document of application for heritage for Nanjing City Wall was formally submitted to the State Administration of Cultural Heritage in March of this year. Meanwhile, the 650 th Anniversary for the establishment of Nanjing City Wall fell on September 5 of this year, and in order...