More Great Wall on show
Source: Xinhua |
June 10, 2012, Sunday
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BEIJING authorities said yesterday that the city will open more sections of the Great Wall to accommodate the mounting number of tourists.
The city will open the sections of Huanghuacheng and Hefangkou and further extend the lengths of Mutianyu and Badaling sections open to tourists, said Kong Fanzhi, chief of the city's cultural relics bureau.
Kong said the move was to reduce the load on Great Wall sections currently open in Beijing, such as Badaling, Mutianyu, Simatai and Juyongguan.
"These Great Wall sections are overloaded on weekends and holidays," said Kong, adding that some people have climbed the closed sections of the Great Wall, which has also damaged the national cultural heritage.
The 21,196 kilometers of the Great Wall in China were built over many dynasties starting 2,200 years ago.
The city is building a Great Wall database, which will be open to the public, said Wang Yuwei, an official on cultural relics protection with the bureau.
The city will open the sections of Huanghuacheng and Hefangkou and further extend the lengths of Mutianyu and Badaling sections open to tourists, said Kong Fanzhi, chief of the city's cultural relics bureau.
Kong said the move was to reduce the load on Great Wall sections currently open in Beijing, such as Badaling, Mutianyu, Simatai and Juyongguan.
"These Great Wall sections are overloaded on weekends and holidays," said Kong, adding that some people have climbed the closed sections of the Great Wall, which has also damaged the national cultural heritage.
The 21,196 kilometers of the Great Wall in China were built over many dynasties starting 2,200 years ago.
The city is building a Great Wall database, which will be open to the public, said Wang Yuwei, an official on cultural relics protection with the bureau.
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