The Great Wall - created over centuries to protect the Chinese Empire from intrusion and invasion - is one of the world's best known sights. Yet again and again we see the same stretch of wall, the same throngs of tourists and a stream of visiting politicians.
Take these elements away and there is a sublime change - a shift in perception. Here is the Great Wall of China from various diverse perspectives, some stretches of the wall you may not be familiar with and hardly a tourist or soldier in sight. The Great Wall of China suddenly becomes a mystery again, inscrutable and elegant, unfathomable and incredible.
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I very much agree with your view about the Great Wall. Visiting Badaling in Beijing, I felt it was so commercialized and really took away the true essence of being on the Great Wall. Visiting other sections of Beijing, such as Jiankou, you get more of a feeling of what is was like back when the Wall was being built. The Wall is one of my greatest passions and I built a site dedicated to it - www.greatwall-of-china-beijing.com. It's truly is amazing being on the Wall, especially away from all the tourists. I hope to explore much more of the Wall outside of Beijing when I have time.
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