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# City Wall of Nanjing · OpenVibe.Tours

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# City Wall of Nanjing

The City Wall of Nanjing was designed by Emperor Zhu Yuanzhang (r.

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![City Wall of Nanjing](https://openvibe.media/o/med_01M6YQ6N4A1RBRTVYQ4VDCA309) Photo: SY · CC BY-SA 4.0 · [source](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3ANanjing_in_Ming_Dynasty.jpg) · [licence](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0)

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## Why go

1368-1398) after he founded the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644) and established Nanjing as the capital. To consolidate his sovereignty and keep out invaders, he adopted the suggestions of advisor Zhu Sheng to build a higher city wall, to collect grain and to postpone the coronation. Building the wall took 21 years, and involved 200,000 laborers to move 7 million m³ of earth. The city wall is the most complete one in China, after decades of erosion, vandalism and destruction.

Source: [Wikivoyage](https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Nanjing)

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