Taipingzhai Great Wall

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Taipingzhai Great Wall

Taipingzhai Great Wall is uniquely structured with brick and stone embedded inside the walls. On the east side, a shortcut was newly built, with a stone-tablet embedded on the gate. Taipingzhai Great Wall has six watchtowers, one battlement and one side door to the Great Wall. Within the square, fronting the side door, a nine-meter statue was set to commemorate Qi Jiguang, a famous general of the Ming Dynasty who fought against the Japanese invader and defended the border.

At the far west of Taipingzhai section of the Great Wall, is a square stone-tower named "Widow's Tower" which is a 13 meters high. This two-storey tower is separated into four arched hall by four brick pillar. An oblong room is built on the tower and decorated with delicate dragon-heads on its west end. Legend has it that this tower was built during the Ming dynasty, with money donated by twelve women whose husbands had perished as builders of the Great Wall.