Beijing: Repair work on a section of China’s Great Wall in north China’s Hebei Province is underway, local cultural and tourism authorities said on Tuesday.
The Heduling section of the Great Wall, located in Houjiazhuang Township of Neiqiu County, dates back some 500 years to the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644).
Years of weathering without repair had damaged a gateway, stairs and crenels, and the walls had also been damaged by plant roots, said Jia Chenghui, a cultural relics protection official of the county’s cultural, radio, television and tourism bureau. (PTI)