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Following the Great Wall
Victo Ngai
From the dusty desert of Gansu province to the rolling waves of the yellow sea, The Great Wall of China stretches across much of North China, it is the longest man-made structure in the world, if all pieces of the wall were added together, experts believe it would measure around 13, 171 miles ( 21,196 km). The wall isn’t just a wall- it has watchtowers, castles, and other fortifications with mesmerizing landscape and nature-life dotted in between. Unfold this pull-out wall frieze and travel along the Great Wall of China.
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On April 11, the two came together as 21 married couples celebrated a traditional Chinese wedding ceremony.
Traditional Chinese Wedding At Jinshanling Great Wall
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Halloween is coming fast! Is your costume ready? To kick-start your creative process, here’s our shortlist of five Chinese culture-inspired Halloween costumes guaranteed to spark interest at parties, or at least generate a few good laughs while you’re trick-or-treating.
1. The Great Wall
The perfect ensemble costume for going out as a group. Come with 3 friends or 33 friends. Enter together or arrive separately. It doesn’t matter. After all, the original Great Wall 长城chángchéng wasn’t a continuous flow of bricks.
Talking points, in case they ask:
- Qin Shihuang, the first Emperor of a unified China, didn’t build the first wall. Rather he connected (and knocked down) separate Warring States walls, plus added new ones, made mostly of stones and packed earth.
- The majority of the modern Great Wall was constructed 1500 years later during the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644) to prevent nomadic invasions.
- The Great Wall in total measures 21,196 km (across 9 provinces).
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500 Stormtroopers occupy the Great Wall
China’s Great Wall was occupied by 500 Stormtroopers, or more specifically, tiny models of the fictional soldiers in the Star Wars movie series.
They were part of Disney’s October 20 Beijing promotion, which is called “The Force Awakens on the Great Wall.“ The event coincides with the debut of the trailer for Star Wars: The Force Awakens, the next installment in the franchise. Other than the little soldiers, Chinese fans also had a chance to experience what it’s like to fight with (fake) lightsabers.
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今早八达岭派出所女警吴婧轩在长城上巡逻时拍的雪景。。。这也太美了吧！！（by延庆警方）
Taken this morning by a policewoman at Badaling Great Wall - snow with spring blossoms~*~*~
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