Repair of Huangyaguan

Between the walls of Huangyaguan a small museum tells the story of the Great Wall and especially Huangyaguan. Unfortunately all the text is in Chinese, but it shows some pictures of how the wall at Huangyaguan looked like before it was restored.

This picture seems to show the area close to the Widows’ Tower and clearly the wall was in very bad condition before the restoration. When looking at the Widows’ Tower today it seems that the lower half of the tower is still more or less original, and only the upper half of the tower have been replaced by new bricks. Looking at the old picture the upper half of the tower is clearly missing. For some reason it seems that the Widows’ Tower is the only place at Huangyaguan, open to public, where part of the original wall have been preserved when the wall was restored.

Close to another watch tower some of the bricks are missing, showing the stone structure beneath. There is no description at the location so it is unclear if this is the original wall or just to show the interior of the wall.

I would be nice if it was possible to buy a small book showing these pictures and pictures from the renovation. Unfortunately, like most other places, the small shops and souvenir stalls only sell the books you can buy anywhere else, and one can only hope for some more innovation when it come to the souvenirs to be sold at the Great Wall.