我在一个寒冬的拂晓第一次见到西安。走出火车站,巨大的西安城墙如同沉睡初醒,在薄薄晨雾和蒙蒙天光中,逐渐显现出雄伟的轮廓。在中国传统建筑文化中,城墙是一座城市的骨骼,支撑着城市稳固而恒久的面貌。对于西安而言,长达11.9公里的城墙更是一条意义非凡的纽带,维系着这座十三朝古都令人目眩神迷的过去与现在。现存完整的西安城墙重建于明初,而考古发掘表明,它确切的历史可以追溯到西安还叫做长安的恢宏 I met Xian for the first time on a cold dawn. Out of the train station, the huge Xi'an city wall asleep awake, in the thin mist and the sky, gradually showing a majestic outline. In traditional Chinese architecture and culture, the city wall is the bones of an urban city, supporting the city's steady and long-lasting appearance. For Xi'an, a mere 11.9-kilometer-long city wall is an extraordinary link that maintains the dazzling past and present of the 13 ancient dynasties. The existing intact Xi'an city walls were rebuilt in the early Ming, and archaeological excavations showed that its exact history goes back to the magnificent Chang'an