Just a very small portion of the Great Wall....meant to keep out the northern hordes, Mongols and Manchus...who, of course, both invaded and conquered China, anyway. ( Why did the Chinese keep their capital, Beijing, so close to their marauding neighbors....could have stayed in traditional Xian, hundreds of kilometers to the south east and deep in Han country?)
Anyway, the deliberately serpentine and undulating "Wall" not for the feint of heart...Westerners, that... is. Chinese of all ages scampering about with no hesitation!
Anyway, the deliberately serpentine and undulating "Wall" not for the feint of heart...Westerners, that... is. Chinese of all ages scampering about with no hesitation!
Overcast skies which, I was told, would only get worse as winter progressed.....industrial pollution and fine desert dust from the West. Not unlike Delhi..in the Summer, though. Uhmmm..
At Vase and Jade Shop....very large jade stone sculptures. Bought a small meta- on-the-inside, ceramic- on-the-outside jar. Still with us.
October 2006
Link to Photo Album:
China - Beijing, Great Wall
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