Yun Ding Stone City Tours – Chengdu, Sichuan Province, China
Yun Ding Stone City
云顶石城
About this place
Yunding Shicheng or Yun Ding Stone city in English, located in Jiulong Town, Jintang County, northwest of Chengdu, 65 kilometers from Chengdu City, was originally built by Southern Song Dynasty General Yu Muk in 1243 AD to defend against the Mongolian army. Stone city stands on the top of Yunding Mountain, 2300 meters long from north to south, 2100 meters wide from east to west, about 7200 meters in circumference, with a total area of about 1.5 square kilometers. The mountain city is surrounded by eight gates, all of which were built on steep cliffs. The vast majority of the city was built according to the mountain, cliff as for the city walls, the walls have battlements and forts. There were 18 wells and 32 pools in the city. The whole stone city is condescending, easy to defend and difficult to attack. Now Preservation of North Gate, Changning Gate and other ancient buildings are still left with about 5000 square meters.
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