Did all ancient Chinese cities have walls? In people's impression, all ancient cities seemed to have walls, especially the towering walls of capital city, which marked the loss of the supreme walls of imperial power and often meant the demise of empires The city of Beijing in the Ming and Qing dynasties, the city of Bianliang in the Northern Song Dynasty, the city of Yongtang, the city of Changan, the female east capital of Luoyang and so on
The Lifang pattern in these cities and the tall city walls in the periphery constitute the most distinct physical and chemical representation of the imperial capital
Ancient Chinese cities without walls