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List of major Great Wall sections released

By Mao Weihua in Urumqi and Chen Meiling | chinadaily.com.cn | Updated: 2020-12-01 20:19

The National Cultural Heritage Administration released its first list of major national-level sections of the Great Wall on Thursday, which included four ruins from the Tang Dynasty (618-907) in the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region. [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn]

Four of the ruins are located in Xinjiang, which not only functioned as military garrisons but also transportation hubs. Paper documents, wooden structures and other excavations have been unearthed.

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