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There are ruins of the ancient Great Wall, well-known all over
the world, passing zigzaggingly through Ningxia.
(1).The Great Wall in Qin Dynasty from the Warring States Period.
This section enters into Xiji County and Eastern Mount at Guyuan
of Ningxia from Jingning County of Gansu and then it enters into
Zhenyuan County. The whole section in Ningxia is about 200 km. long.
(2). The Great Wall in Sui Dynasty
This section is form the eastern bank of Yellow River at the western
part of Lingwu County of Ningxia, via the Heng Shan to Suide Shannxi
Province. The section is baout 350 km..
(3).The Trench in Song Dynasty
In the war of defence Western Xia at the beinning of the Song Dynasty,
the Trench along the Qin Great Wall in the area of Guyuan County
was built to prevent the cavalry from Western Xia.
(4).The Great Wall in Ming Dynasty
There are four sections in the area of Ningxia:
a. Western Great Wall section
It enters Zhongwei County of Ningxia from the broder in Jinyuan of
Gansu province, is about 250 km. long.
b.Northern Great Wall section
There are three parts of it according to the records, that is, the
ancient Northern Great Wall, Beiguanmen at the frontier defence and
Long Dam.
c.Eastern Great Wall section
The Wall on the east bank of the Yellow River and high Rampart on
deep ditches--once two defence walls --were built in Yanchi and Lingwu
County of Ningxia during the Ming Dynesty.
d.Inner Border of Guyuan
This part was built along the area of Xiamaguan, 150 km. from the
north of Guyuan County.
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