Photos! Jiayuguan Fortress photos

Bryan · #1 (**permalink**) 11-03-2008, 04:26 PM

Photos of the Fortress at Jiayuguan

Bryan · #2 (**permalink**) 11-03-2008, 04:26 PM

These are some high walls!

The Great Wall of China

Moat

Bryan · #3 (**permalink**) 11-03-2008, 04:27 PM

andarchen · #4 (**permalink**) 10-23-2009, 10:45 PM

Morning has broken , sharing it from Chinese forum .

The Great Wall of China

lsanderson · #5 (**permalink**) 10-24-2009, 08:28 PM

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Originally Posted by andarchen

Morning has broken , sharing it from Chinese forum .

Really beautiful pics

China Darren · #6 (**permalink**) 10-24-2009, 08:39 PM

Some excellent photos. CCTV 9 International have just aired a programme about Jiayuguan. The reporter said the Wall was mainly compacted mud. Is that what you found? How far can you walk on this stretch?

chinoook · #7 (**permalink**) 10-24-2009, 09:01 PM

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Originally Posted by China Darren

Some excellent photos. CCTV 9 International have just aired a programme about Jiayuguan. The reporter said the Wall was mainly compacted mud. Is that what you found? How far can you walk on this stretch?

Well, the whole Gansu-GW is made of rammed earth (mud). Only a few hundred meters are stone ...
How far can you walk? I walked the whole Gansu (Ming) GW from beginning to end ...

-chinoook

Dano · #8 (**permalink**) 10-26-2009, 04:13 PM

The more I view these photos the more places go on to my must see list! These pictures are great. I do have a stupid question, the wires running along the top of the battlements are for lights or electricity. Because, I was wondering if they illuminate the fortress walls at night.

Bryan · #9 (**permalink**) 10-26-2009, 04:31 PM

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Originally Posted by Dano

The more I view these photos the more places go on to my must see list! These pictures are great. I do have a stupid question, the wires running along the top of the battlements are for lights or electricity. Because, I was wondering if they illuminate the fortress walls at night.

They're lights.

I don't know when they get turned on. I went there late at night to take some photos, but they were off.

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