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Source: People’s Republic of China – State Council News
SHIJIAZHUANG, June 16 (Xinhua) — The Great Wall Museum in Shanhaiguan District of Qinhuangdao City, north China’s Hebei Province, opened to the public on Sunday.
The first state class museum, which occupies an area of 7 hectares and has an area of buildings constructed on its territory of 30 thousand square meters, has 5 permanent exhibition halls and 3 temporary ones.
This museum exhibits over 11 thousand units/sets/ of cultural monuments. The museum is a modern, multifunctional center where events are held to protect and exhibit cultural heritage, conduct training and research in this area, and conduct leisure and immersive programs.
Exhibitions currently held on the museum grounds focus on the history and culture of the Great Wall of China, Shanhaiguan’s role as a section of the Great Wall, and armor and weapons from various ancient periods.
Deputy Director of the museum Guo Ying noted that the museum, which sees its mission as preserving and promoting the rich history and culture of the Great Wall of China, aims to make the legacy of the Great Wall accessible to people in China and beyond through cultural programs, academic cooperation and digital exhibitions.
The Great Wall of China, which stretches from west to east along the winding mountain ranges of Northern China, was continuously built for more than 2,000 years – from the Spring and Autumn period /770-221 BC/ to the reign of the Ming Dynasty /1368-1644/. The sections of this wonder of the world that have survived to this day have a total length of more than 21 thousand km.
China’s Ministry of Culture and Tourism has ordered authorities in 15 regions through which the Great Wall passes to draw up specific plans for the construction of a national cultural and recreation park themed after the Great Wall, in accordance with local conditions.
Hebei Province plans to build the future park based on four sections of the Great Wall of China, including the Shanhaiguan Pass.