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| The Great Wall at Dongjiakou |
| Updated:2010-3-26 |
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The Great Wall at Dongjiakou
The Greate Wall ao Dongjiakou is built on the steep mountains to the northeast of Zhucaoying town.Funing County.38km to downtown Qinghuangdao. It was proposed an built by Qi jiguang.a renowned general of the Ming Dynasty .as a crucial fort to defense the First Pass under Heaven---the historic town of Shanghaiguan to its north .This section of the Great Wall was built in the 14th year of Hongwu period of the Ming Dynasty (AD1381)on the basis of North Qi period GreatWall .the Greate Wall at Dongjiakou winds its way magnificently among mountains in a complete military defense system. A typical presentation of the Great Wall defense system during the Ming Dynasty .Beautifully inscribed in the bricks are patterns of clouds , lions playing with embroidered balls,lotus flowers and more in connotation of good luck, happiness and peace, which were brought to the north of china form the south of Fujjian Province by General Qi jiguang. This is a living evidence of the cultural migration from the South to the North of the country. Dongjiakou village at the foot of the Great Wall is a typical village of the offspring of soldiers once stationed at the Wall. Generation after generation , the villagers have kept this section of the Great Wall in perfect original condition .
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