CastorKrieg
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It is the reconstructed part of the wall, if you look around it makes a full circle which doesn't make sense
Jun 04, 2021,07:37 AM
Majority of the Great Wall is a bunch of rubble right now. Bonus fact: Forbidden City is actually rebuilt with cement.
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Ooops....
By: sergio : June 3rd, 2021-21:17
I tried to erase the Magestic's message and got a bit carried away...sorry.
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By: EinPa : June 4th, 2021-10:58
I appreciate the wall....
By: sergio : June 4th, 2021-11:22
ONLY as an historical event. The wall, from the architectural point of view, means absolutely nothing to me. Some large stones, on top of one another multiplied by 5,000Km
You must be VERY old, Casey
By: cazalea : June 4th, 2021-00:03
I think I was first there in 1994 (a rare round-eye, as my Chinese co-worker like to call me -- or Long-nose, ha ha), a short time after you visited. ...
I will try to find some photos...
By: cshimokita : June 4th, 2021-05:47
shopping at the Friendship store, using FEC (1980-1994) as foreigners were "not allowed" to use RMB, cars & pollution (except for coal fires) was not a problem, and horses were not uncommon in central Beijing... Long-Nose is a common nickname for foreigne...
But of an understatement.
By: Jurry : June 6th, 2021-18:09
You’ve picked a prime spot to show the viewer the inmense length of that wall. The way it’s meandering through the landscape is perfect. I once read somewhere that this wall is the only man made object that’s visible with the naked eye from the moon. ...