The Bajing Terrace
Where the rivers meet.
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China's longest and best-kept surviving Song-dynasty city wall, running 3,664 metres today along the Zhang and Gong rivers, which meet at the city to form the Gan; it has been a protected national monument since 1996. It began as an earth wall in 349, was enlarged, and was faced with brick and stone from the Northern Song, then repaired by dynasty after dynasty, earning the city the name «Iron City Ganzhou» for its strong walls and the two rivers that guard it like a moat. It is six to eight metres wide and about seven high, and many of its bricks bear stamped reign names of the Song, Yuan, Ming and Qing, a rarity among China's walls. Visitors walk along the top of the wall beside the river, past the Chaotian, Xijin, Yongjin and Jianchun gates and the artillery bastions added in the nineteenth century, to the Bajing Terrace at the meeting of the rivers, with the city and the water in view. The wall is free and always open, the Bajing park is free, and climbing its tower costs a small fee, per visitor guides.
Where the rivers meet.
From many dynasties.
Along the river.
Zhanggong District, along the rivers, Ganzhou city, Jiangxi
The city has noodle restaurants run by Hui Muslims under the halal sign, while local Hakka cooking uses pork, so ask about ingredients.