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the Eastern Beginning of the Great Wall-Hushan Great Wall

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February 10th 2013
I went to the Eastern Beginning of the Great Wall on Oct. 3 of 2012. Hushan - 'Tiger Mountain' in English, is so named because the two towering peaks are like two tiger ears pricking up into the sky. It covers an area of four square kilometers (1.54 square miles) and its main peak measures 146.3 meters (1,080 feet). In history, the mountain was always regarded as an important fortress beca ... read more

Asia » China » Liaoning » Dandong

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For centuries China stood as a leading civilization, outpacing the rest of the world in the arts and sciences, but in the 19th and early 20th centuries, the country was beset by civil unrest, major famines, military defeats, and foreign occupation. A... ... read more