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Originally Posted by Dano
好家火！Wow! Those walls are white, I have an elementary question. Why are some sections of the Wall white and other not? Is the foundation wall made from a different stone or was it painted? I read the Great Wall by John Mann and he never clarified this.
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The wall is mainly constructed by using materials that can be found locally, and for that reason the colour of the wall might change from location to location. In some areas in Hebei the wall is made almost entirely of white stones and called "The Marble Great Wall".