西安的北城门一直是我内心里古城的象征。小的时候我家就住在北城门外的龙首塬上,当时几乎每星期都要由龙首村经北门到西郊未央路陕棉十厂妈妈的家中。那时的北门外,还是一片棚户区,被西安人称作道北,但城门的宏伟壮观给我留下了深刻的印象。后来城市改造,加固了城墙,建立了环城公园,但上世纪60年代 The north gate of Xi’an has always been a symbol of the ancient city inside me. When I was young, my family lived in the Longyuan Plateau outside Beicheng Gate. At that time, almost every week, I was headed by Longshou Village via the north gate to the mother of Ten Cotton Factory in Weiyang Road, western suburbs. At that time outside the north gate, or a shantytown, Xi’an was known as Road North, but the magnificent city gate left a deep impression on me. Later urban transformation, strengthening the city walls, the establishment of the ring city park, but the 60s of last century