Dear MEL
Topic Readers,
World's worst
restoration? China's Great Wall covered in cement
Great Work in
China? It seems that another restoration work is necessary to bring China’s
proud historical monument back to what it used to look.
The Great Wall
of China, which stretches more than 20,000 kilometers over 15 provincial
regions, was built over many dynasties. A two-kilometer section of the wall in Liaoning
province, is now covered by a new protective layer that was added on top of the
wall. The problem is there is no trace of bricks but cement, and it looks just like
a paved road.
Chinese
netizens seemed so unhappy about the poor restoration work on the great wall
that criticisms went viral on the Internet.
Preservation
and restoration aren’t easy tasks. Presently, only eight percent of the Ming
Dynasty wall is still well-preserved, while 31 percent has almost disappeared.
Enjoy reading
and thinking how easily great things can be destroyed and how difficult it is
to restore it.
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