Jiumenkou Great Wall, the only section of China's mighty wall built
over water, has been carefully restored in northeast Liaoning
Province.
To
restore the Jiumenkou section, China for the first time made use of
loans from the World Bank available for the repair of cultural
relics.
From 1998 to 2000, the northern part of the section was repaired at
the cost of US$200,000. The project included rebuilding water
gates, battlements and the wall body.
Previously, the Jiumenkou Great Wall underwent a large-scale
reparation from 1986 to 1989 at a cost of 5.7 million yuan
(US$686,746).
About 100 meters of the 1,704-meter-long section was built over the
Jiujiang River.
Meanwhile, the local government continuously maintains the
surroundings by enlarging green areas, eliminating outdated
brickyards and issuing local statutes on the management of the
wall.
Jiumenkou Great Wall, located in Suizhong County in west Liaoning,
was built around 479 A.D.- 502 A.D. and enlarged in 1,381 A.D.
(Xinhua News Agency November 9, 2002)