It is said that Taiping people once built the "low city" of Nanjing wall, and now it has become a mystery.

The Nanjing City Wall is magnificent, and its height is second to none among the existing ancient city walls in China. But in the folklore of ordinary people, there is a legend of "dwarf city" in Shuiximen. Recently, a fan left a message in the background of the official WeChat account "shitoushiji" of "Old Nanjing", asking the "Old Nanjing" version to explore the origin of Shuiximen's "Dwarf City".

"There is a low wall near Shuiximen, which many old people remember. It is called the' low city' and may be the shortest section of the Nanjing city wall. I really want to find out the cause of this wall. " Recently, some fans left a message in the background of Stone, telling a memory about Nanjing City Wall.

The reporter learned that Nanjing folks do have the legend of "Shuiximen Dwarf City". For example, the book Nanjing City Wall in Ming Dynasty written by Yang Guoqing, an expert on Nanjing City Wall, records a folk city wall legend: the city wall between Sanshanmen (Shuiximen) and Jubaomen (Zhonghua Gate), commonly known as "dwarf city". According to legend, this wall-building project was contracted to people in Taiping County, Anhui Province. The craftsmen in Taiping county were afraid of delaying the construction period, so they used tricks to "cheat" Zhu Yuanzhang's trust and were exempted from responsibility, making this wall a "semi-finished" project.

There is an article "Historical Allusions and Folklore of Nanjing Ming City Wall" on the Internet, and there is also a legend that "Taiping people built a' dwarf city'": there is a section of city wall between Shuiximen and Zhonghua Gate, which is much shorter than other city walls. Legend has it that this wall was built by people in Taiping County, Anhui Province. Taiping migrant workers are short of clothes and food, and building a city depends entirely on their bodies. Seeing that the deadline has come, the city wall has not been completed.

Migrant workers lied to the official in charge of inspecting the project and said, "I don't know what feng shui is broken." Everyone here has yellow disease. They can eat and sleep, but they can't. " Seeing that their faces were sallow and there was no trace of blood, the official hurried into the palace to report to the emperor. In fact, migrant workers wash their faces with lotus leaves. Zhu Yuanzhang then issued an imperial decree: in order to show sympathy for Taiping migrant workers, the unfinished city wall will not be punished. The walls built by Taiping people are shorter than other walls so far, so people call them "low cities".