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Reconstruction of the Masterplan of Jinmingchi Garden Shevchenko

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Figure 2. The location of Jinmingchi in the city. (A) A reconstructed map of Bianjing in Song era . (B) An
archaeological excavation map of Jinmingchi in 1993.

Figure 3. The outlines of Jinmingchi and Inner-City Wall in a map of Modern Kaifeng

Recorded in Volume 7 of Dongjing south bank to the central island in the
MengHuaLu: “Turning west and walking for archaeological reports. Therefore, the length
a hundred steps or so, the north-facing and shape of the Xian Bridge is controversial.
Waterfront Hall can be seen. Walking for The book says the Xian Bridge consists of
another few hundred steps (步), there is the three arches, while the painting Jinmingchi
Xian Bridge, which are several hundred steps Zhengbiao Tu depicts a three-span arch-
(步) in the north-south direction. 100 steps shaped bridge, which appears to be
(步) equal to 155.5 m, and according to the inconsistent with the literature. Liu Diyu
record, the building could be at least 300 min (2014) supposed it was a bridge composed of
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length, which was a mega structure for a three continuous arches . Compared with
bridge. Clearly, the size of the bridge was the depiction, the bridge and the distance from
exaggerated in the book. It is a pity that there the south bank to the central island and the
is no description of the distance from the Five Halls was supposed to be longer.

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