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Old 05-01-2009, 01:56 PM
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A set of amazing photos captured by GW explorer and posted in Chinese forum today , share them with you .
The fortress named Dibabao (English :the eighth fortress ) was built in the cliff beside yellow river in Shanxi province.

The fort locates around 38° 8'0.02"N 110°31'0.06"E

Sights from far to close .

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Old 05-02-2009, 09:38 AM
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Wow! This is interesting. So far south the Yellow River still fortified. The riverseems to have easily accessable bank on the west side so the fortification was neccessary.

Do you have the link to the original (chinese) Forum site with these photographs?


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Wow! This is interesting. So far south the Yellow River still fortified. The riverseems to have easily accessable bank on the west side so the fortification was neccessary.

Do you have the link to the original (chinese) Forum site with these photographs?


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The way of chinoook's talking just likes a defence chief of Ming Dynasty .
Here is the link:
http://www.thegreatwall.com.cn/phpbb...7071&forumid=1

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