Xifengkou Great Wall in of Hebei

The Xifengkou Great Wall is located in  60 kilometers northwest of Qianxi County in Hebei. It is an important fortification in Ming Dynasty .It is in the Luan River valley,Left and right are the mountains, the terrain is very advantageous.

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 Xifengkou Great Wall is builded in early years of the MingDynasty Hongwu.One of the 32 passes are builded by Great General Xu Da in the
Yanshan Mountains.Because frequent fighting.It was several times renovated.Out of military considerations,Xifengkou Great Wall by GuanCheng and castle two parts.Castle is located in the basin surrounded by mountains.The wall of it has twenty feet tall.

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 GuanCheng is in the castle north and three facing the mountain side near the river.In in ancient times people want into  GuanCheng must through three doors.It is so Heavily guarded. Now  Xifengkou Great Wall is a very serious weathering.You can only see a single wall and  several broken watch tower. great wall3.jpg

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