Pictures of China

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岔道古镇 (everyone is unique) continue

Credit: Great Wall Forum.com

 

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(Let's take a rest from the Great Wall of China picture series for a minute)

Located in Hebei Province, Yu Family Stone Village was founded in China's Ming Dynasty, with a history of over 500 years. It features 4,000 stone houses, 3,700-meter-long stone slab paved streets, over 1,000 stone wells and pools, and 200 stone stelas. A great deal of stone stools, tables and grinds can also be found in the village. [China.org.cn]

After these pictures appear in the media I'm sure they'll rebuild the village for all to see.

 

[xuxu1457]

Cold air front to sweep China's northern regions

Children play in snow at their kindergarten in Harbin, capital of northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, Nov. 28, 2012. Cold air front moving eastward will sweep China's northern regions during the next few days, bringing strong winds and big temperature drops, the National Meteorological Center (NMC) forecast on Wednesday.

A young woman walks in snow in Harbin, capital of northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, Nov. 28, 2012

A little girl is sent to a kindergarten as snow hits Harbin, capital of northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, Nov. 28, 2012.

 

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A citizen does morning exercises in snow in Harbin, capital of northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, Nov. 28, 2012

A primary school boy plays with snow on his way to school in Harbin, capital of northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, Nov. 28, 2012

A vehicle works to clean snow on the road in Harbin, capital of northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, Nov. 28, 2012

A vehicle works to clean snow on the road in Jilin City, northeast China's Jilin Province, Nov. 28, 2012

People visit the scenic spot of Changbai Mountain in northeast China's Jilin Province

 

[ahfatzia]

Huanghuacheng 黄花城 Great Wall section locates about 10 km NE of Juyobgguan, within the same Huairou District 怀柔区 of Beijing Municipality. Huanghuacheng town is famous for having several lakes in close proximity to the wall. This part of the wall was build by the Qing in the early years and large section is still leave untouched where works are still in progress.


A map of Huanghuacheng in relative with other passes

a helicopter shot video of Huanghuacheng

The following pictures are before and after shots: 1) Before repair 2004

After repair 2010

before repair 2004

After repair 2010

In progress

A little history here

 

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Notice the wall extends all the way down to the river (now dams for a reservoir in winter)

Same shot from across the river, up high

A wider view

The followings are all repaired walls on the east side

 

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Huanghuacheng 黄花城 (east side)

Notice: there are no steps in some section - to throw the enemies off

Or extreme high steps

 

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Huanghuacheng 黄花城 west side: You enter from here

Look down from the first tower, oops

 

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Huanghuacheng 黄花城 west side:

Looking down the final slope to Zhuangdaokou Zhuangdaokouguan is visible at the bottom Beyond this point begins the Yaoziyu Great Wall

 

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Huanghuacheng 黄花城 Great Wall
The unrepaired sections are great draws for historical warfare buffs and architecture enthusiasts

 

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Some sections of the Wall have collapsed! What a pity!

 

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Why so many people/

My God, this is crazy!

The long public holiday crowd (top pic) and the Marathon Races !

The Great Wall Marathon vs. The Great Wall of China Marathon

The receipts help keep the maintenance and repair works going!

 

[ahfatzia]

Some sections of the Wall have collapsed! What a pity!

Through hundreds (or thousands in some place) of years natural elements and no one to attend them, it's unavoidable. Many missing sections of the Wall were actually man made. There were severe shortage of building materials from time to time in China and many bricks and stone were used to build houses. It's unfortunate but that's live.

To me, whether they're intact or not, they're treasures because it's a part of Chinese history and future people, hopefully, will learn from this and take care our environments better.

BTW I intend to post all available pictures of the whole Great Wall from East to West. It'll probably take me perhaps a year to do the researches but I love it. After all researches are done I'm ready to spend a few months to explore as much of the Great Wall as possible personally. I'm looking forward for the trip!

 

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Through hundreds (or thousands in some place) of years natural elements and no one to attend them, it's unavoidable. Many missing sections of the Wall were actually man made. There were severe shortage of building materials from time to time in China and many bricks and stone were used to build houses. It's unfortunate but that's live.

To me, whether they're intact or not, they're treasures because it's a part of Chinese history and future people, hopefully, will learn from this and take care our environments better.

BTW I intend to post all available pictures of the whole Great Wall from East to West. It'll probably take me perhaps a year to do the researches but I love it. After all researches are done I'm ready to spend a few months to explore as much of the Great Wall as possible personally. I'm looking forward for the trip!

Great job ahfatzia! Keep going！Looking forward to the pix from your coming wonderful trip, ideally in Spring time after the Lunar NY rush! Bon Voyage! (and dont forget the crispy Beijing Ducks and the many delicacies there!)

 

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画家笔触下的湖北 宜昌美景 - Yichang, Hubei Province: Beauty to be captured with artistic brushes

2012-11-29 08:10:29　来源：光明图片

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