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Pan Gate was first built in 514 B.C. during the Wu Kingdom of Spring and Autumn Period (770BC-476BC) and is part of the ancient city wall that surrounded and protected Suzhou. It is the only well preserved water-and-land city gate in the world. The double water gate is a pioneering work in architectural history. There is a sluice on the gate which can be closed and open by a stone gate at any time to control the water as well as resist aggression. The present Pan Gate was built in the 11th year of the reign of Zhizheng (1344).

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