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The Guge ruin

Occupying 20,000 square kilometers, the Guge ruin lies about 1,450 kilometers south of Lhasa, Tibet at an altitude of 4,000 meters.
It was founded 900 years ago and was destroyed in a brutal war in the 17th century.

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The Guge ruin

Occupying 20,000 square kilometers, the Guge ruin lies about 1,450 kilometers south of Lhasa, Tibet at an altitude of 4,000 meters.
It was founded 900 years ago and was destroyed in a brutal war in the 17th century.

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The Guge ruin

Occupying 20,000 square kilometers, the Guge ruin lies about 1,450 kilometers south of Lhasa, Tibet at an altitude of 4,000 meters.
It was founded 900 years ago and was destroyed in a brutal war in the 17th century.

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The Guge ruin

Occupying 20,000 square kilometers, the Guge ruin lies about 1,450 kilometers south of Lhasa, Tibet at an altitude of 4,000 meters.
It was founded 900 years ago and was destroyed in a brutal war in the 17th century.

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Ancient Ruins of Jiaohe City

The ancient city of Jiaohe, located in the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, was built with rammed earth and bricks 2300 years ago.
The city, situated along the Silk Road, was of great military significance and played a pivotal role in the economic development of Western and Eastern countries.
Since its decline, what was left of the city has steadily deteriorated. At present, natural forces threaten the site erosion by gale force winds which blow dust and sand against the walls and fill the streets and courtyards with sand.
Erosion of the cliffs by floodwater, threatening them with collapse, is the most serious and urgent threat to the ruins.

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Ancient Ruins of Jiaohe City

The ancient city of Jiaohe, located in the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, was built with rammed earth and bricks 2300 years ago.
The city, situated along the Silk Road, was of great military significance and played a pivotal role in the economic development of Western and Eastern countries.
Since its decline, what was left of the city has steadily deteriorated. At present, natural forces threaten the site erosion by gale force winds which blow dust and sand against the walls and fill the streets and courtyards with sand.
Erosion of the cliffs by floodwater, threatening them with collapse, is the most serious and urgent threat to the ruins.

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Ancient Ruins of Jiaohe City

The ancient city of Jiaohe, located in the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, was built with rammed earth and bricks 2300 years ago.
The city, situated along the Silk Road, was of great military significance and played a pivotal role in the economic development of Western and Eastern countries.
Since its decline, what was left of the city has steadily deteriorated. At present, natural forces threaten the site erosion by gale force winds which blow dust and sand against the walls and fill the streets and courtyards with sand.
Erosion of the cliffs by floodwater, threatening them with collapse, is the most serious and urgent threat to the ruins.
(The sign in this picture reads 'no visiting, keep off'.)

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The Hanyuan Hall of the Daming Palace

The Daming Palace was the seat of powerful dynasties, and is one of the most outstanding monuments of the historic city of Xi'an in Shaanxi Province, the ancient capital of China. The palace was built mainly with rammed earth and wood.

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Ganying Temple of Quhuo

Damaged in an 8.0 earthquake on September 25, 1303, Zhaocheng and Hongdong, Shanxi Province.

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Ruins of Jiongzhou earthquake, July 13, 1605

The 7.2 magnitude earthquake was centered at Qiongshan in Hainan Province. The ground cracked and sand and water gushed out and the fields were undercut more than 3 feet. Dozens of villages sank in Xinxi in the East of the county.
This tomb tablet sank to the bottom of the sea in Dongzhai Port of Hainan.

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Ruins of Jiongzhou earthquake, July 13, 1605

The 7.2 magnitude earthquake was centered at Qiongshan in Hainan Province. The ground cracked and sand and water gushed out and the fields were undercut more than 3 feet. Dozens of villages sank in Xinxi in the East of the county.
These stone coffins sank to the bottom of the sea in the Nanzhai Port of Hainan.

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Ruins of Yuanmingyuan, Beijing

Yuanmingyuan, or Garden of Perfection and Brightness, was built in 1709 as a Qing imperial garden.
During its heyday, it was extolled as the "Garden of Gardens", a title it well deserved for it was a vast assemblage of gardens and landscaping feats.

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Ruins of the Great Wall in Dunhuang.

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Ruins of the Great Wall in Dunhuang.

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Hecang Fortress along the Silk Road.

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