Although it has been known for some years that the eastern end of the Great Wall is located at the Hushan mountain in the eastern part of Liaoning province, close to the boarder of North-Korea, many still believe that Shanhaiguan is the eastern end of the Great Wall, and the information about the Great Wall in Liaoning is very sparse, mainly because large part of the wall in this area is long gone. Now most books only mention (if mentioned at all) Hushan, Jiumenkou and a few also mention Xigou.
During a trip to the old city of Xingcheng, located in Huludao prefecture-level city, 100 kilometres northeast of Shanhaiguan, I came across an interesting map showing the Great Wall within Xingcheng city.
I went to see the White Pagoda at Baitayu 14 kilometres outside Xingcheng, and according to a local guide book some rubbles from the long gone Great Wall in this area should be visible close to the pagoda, however I didn’t find any trace of the wall and none of the locals we asked knew anything about the Great Wall in this area.
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cool pagoda. do you know when this was made?
The pagoda was build during the Liao Dynasty in 1092 according to “The Ancient City of Xingcheng”.