"Great Wall in Southern China" to Open to VisitorsThe newly-discovered "Great Wall" in south China's Hunan Province will open to visitors in the near future."We will try to make it an internationally famous attraction for tourists," said Yuan Xinhua, deputy director of the Hunan Provincial Tourism Administration. The main part of the 190-km "Southern China Great Wall" is located in Fenghuang County in western Hunan. Built during the Ming Dynasty (1368--1644) by the local Miao minority ethnic group, the Southern China Great Wall is 2.3 m high and 1.7 m wide. |
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