Photos! Jiumenkou photos

[Bryan]

Post your Jiumenkou photos here.

[Kim]

[Ken]

The second photo is how the bottom of Jiumenkou is held together. I was fortunate because of the low tide.

[andarchen]

Originally Posted by Ken

The second photo is how the bottom of Jiumenkou is held together. I was fortunate because of the low tide.

No wonder Jiumenkou was called Yipianshi(Chinese:一片石 English: A huge piece of stone) in Ming dynasty,i had heard that its bottom was constructured by thousands piece of granite before, i can see the real bottom clearly today.Thanks for sharing your photos.

[Bryan]

Originally Posted by Ken

The second photo is how the bottom of Jiumenkou is held together. I was fortunate because of the low tide.

Thanks for showing me something I have never seen or even heard about before!

[Kim]

Originally Posted by Ken

The second photo is how the bottom of Jiumenkou is held together. I was fortunate because of the low tide.

I've seen examples of this in museums but never at the Great Wall itself - thank you very much for sharing this photo.

[Ken]

I am not sure if you guys already know this but the first photo is the underground tunnel. It is around 1-2 km long and stretches from the enemy side deep into Ming China side. It was used to ambush the enemy from behind.Inside are many rooms for resting, cooking, military command posts discussion, weapons chamber. It was however quite scary walking inside !!

The second photo is beyong belief. They erected a wall to prevent people climbing on the other side of Jiumenkou

[Ken]

If the enemy sailed towards Jiumenkou, their boats would be bogged down by these stones below. As the enemy sailed towards Jiumenkou, the depth becomes shallower around the stones. Very clever and interesting

[Kim]

The second photo is beyong belief. They erected a wall to prevent people climbing on the other side of Jiumenkou

That is very normal and seen at several locations. More likely it's to keep non-paying visitors from entering the restored section.

[Kim]

I am not sure if you guys already know this but the first photo is the underground tunnel. It is around 1-2 km long and stretches from the enemy side deep into Ming China side. It was used to ambush the enemy from behind.Inside are many rooms for resting, cooking, military command posts discussion, weapons chamber. It was however quite scary walking inside !!

Not much information to be found, but the tunnel seems to be a modern military installation.