Hushan information

[Bryan]

Hushan
Chinese: 虎山
Pinyin: Hǔ shān
English: Tiger mountain
GPS coordinates: 40°13'18"N 124°30'55"E

Dandong
Chinese: 丹东
Pinyin: Dān dōng
English: Eastern dan
GPS coordinates: 40°7'N 124°23'E

[Kim]

http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/bw/2009...nt_8506922.htm

[chinoook]

Originally Posted by Kim

http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/bw/2009...nt_8506922.htm

"Using other well-preserved parts of the Great Wall in Liaoning province, they painstakingly reconstructed the wall, completing a section 1.2 meters long by 2001."

Aha. What do they mean here?


-chinoook

[Kim]

Originally Posted by chinoook

"Using other well-preserved parts of the Great Wall in Liaoning province, they painstakingly reconstructed the wall, completing a section 1.2 meters long by 2001."

Aha. What do they mean here?


-chinoook

It think it looks more like a Hebei/Beijing wall than a Liaoning wall.

I would call "painstakingly" slightly exaggerated.

[chinoook]

Originally Posted by Kim

It think it looks more like a Hebei/Beijing wall than a Liaoning wall.

I would call "painstakingly" slightly exaggerated.

I wondered more about the "1.2 meters long"


-chinoook

[Bryan]

Originally Posted by chinoook

I wondered more about the "1.2 meters long"


-chinoook

The actual length is 1.2 kilometers, so "meters" is just an error.

Restored or rebuilt Great Wall sections

[Kim]

Originally Posted by chinoook

I wondered more about the "1.2 meters long"


-chinoook

1.2 km

[Bryan]