The Great Wall is Under Siege

[Randy W]

from Smithsonian Magazine

 

 

The Great Wall of China Is Under Siege
China’s ancient 4,000-mile barrier, built to defend the country against invaders, is under renewed attack

 

Quote

Sun Zhenyuan views preserving the wall as a sacred mission: ¡°If you had an old house that people were damaging, wouldn¡¯t you want to protect it?¡±

Edited June 6, 2021 by Randy W (see edit history)

[usaRichard]

Absolutely beautiful, one of my life's goals came about this past May, to see and walk on the Great Wall. Even better, I was with my girlfriend who is a native Chinese and she later became my wonderful wife.

 

As to the GW, I would like to see it in the winter with snow.

 

Richard

[Li & John]

On my first trip to China my wife took me to the Great Wall. It is a beautiful place and we enjoyed our stay.

[dnoblett]

Absolutely beautiful, one of my life's goals came about this past May, to see and walk on the Great Wall. Even better, I was with my girlfriend who is a native Chinese and she later became my wonderful wife.

 

As to the GW, I would like to see it in the winter with snow.

 

Richard

Been there in winter, not much snow on the wall the day I was there.

 

[tonado]

http://www.crystalinks.com/chinawall.html

 

More than million people died building this Great Wall. It always be part of Chinese history.

[Randy W]

I scanned in this image from the magazine.

 

The caption reads:

 

"In the deserts of northwestern China, where the wall begins, centuries of erosion have taken their toll on the tamped-earth barrier. Shepherds in the region (like the herder in the picture) move flocks through doors cut into the once-impregnable ramparts intended, beginning in the 1500s, to repel successive invaders."

 

http://i37.tinypic.com/206yf0o.jpg

[Dennis143]

It's just a wall, for crying out loud. They can always build another.

[Randy W]

It's just a wall, for crying out loud. They can always build another.

 

 

They've already started

 

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/7/78/Small_sand_castle.jpg

[mao mao so]

It's just a wall, for crying out loud. They can always build another.

 

 

They've already started

 

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/7/78/Small_sand_castle.jpg

 

I seen a picture recently that I wish I could find now. It was of the great wall, but if the caption didn't say that, nobody would ever know it. It was the western part, but it looked like little more than a rift of sand piled in a line as far as the camera could see. I guess they still got some restoration work to do yet.

 

Jeff

[mao mao so]

Oh wow, I found it. It was page 178 and 179 of the May 2008 special issue of the National Geographic magazine. The whole issue is dedicated to China. There are some really good articles in it, and one in particular I liked about the Dong minority group, if only because Jie is Dong.

 

Jeff

Edited July 25, 2008 by mao mao so (see edit history)

[tonado]

It's just a wall, for crying out loud. They can always build another.

 

A bigger wall to keep out foreigners.

[Randy W]

It's just a wall, for crying out loud. They can always build another.

 

 

They've already started

 

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/7/78/Small_sand_castle.jpg

 

I seen a picture recently that I wish I could find now. It was of the great wall, but if the caption didn't say that, nobody would ever know it. It was the western part, but it looked like little more than a rift of sand piled in a line as far as the camera could see. I guess they still got some restoration work to do yet.

 

Jeff

 

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http://i38.tinypic.com/e5kbow.jpg

[rogerluli]

China Today devoted most of their January 2008 issue to articles on The Great Wall...This is one fine magazine to subscribe to if you want a hard copy of what's going on in China...

 

http://www.chinatoday.com.cn/English/e2008...1/ctenglish.htm