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Hangzhou Jiaxing West Lake Lingyin Temple Qiantang River China Tea Museum China National Silk Museum Longjing Village Wuzhen Xitang South Lake · Nanhu Yuehe · Moon River Ningbo Tianyi Pavilion Zhoushan Mount Putuo Suzhou Nanjing Yangzhou Wuxi Zhenjiang Xuzhou Huai'an Humble Administrator’s Garden Pingjiang Historic District Tongli Retreat and Reflection Garden Nanjing City Wall Zhongshan / Purple Mountain Qinhuai and the Examination Quarter China Grand Canal Museum Salt Merchant Culture Exhibition Hall Geyuan Garden Dongguan Street Slender West Lake Taihu and Lihu Huishan Ancient Town Yixing Jinshan Temple Jiaoshan Stele Forest Shizishan Chu King's Tomb Xuzhou Han Stone Relief Art Museum Qingjiang Lock and the Li Canal Hexia and Wu Cheng'en's Memorial Residence Zhouzhuang Niushoushan

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Nanjing City Wall

A defensive system shaped by hills, water and the labour of named brickmakers.

The Ming wall makes geography visible. Read its surviving sections alongside Xuanwu Lake, the Qinhuai waterways and the layered defences of Zhonghua Gate. Brick inscriptions turn a monumental structure into a record of people and production.

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  1. Ming-era defensive masonry at Nanjing's city wall.Mattias Hill · CC BY-SA 3.0 Photo source ↗ Rights information ↗ Resized and converted to WebP.