Section of ancient Great Wall destroyed

时间：2006-09-22 02:17:28

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File photo of a section of The Great Wall in Zhongwei city, which was destroyed by construction workers.

Zhou Xinghua, Ningxia Museum's former director, drew an illustration of the vegetation planted around the part of the wall they destroyed, September 16, 2006.
 
Sept. 20 - A section of The Great Wall from the Qin Dynasty (BC221-BC206) in Zhongwei city in the Ningxia Hui Autonomous1 Region was destroyed by a construction unit.

 

Construction workers from the 18th Bureau Group of the China Railway Co. Ltd. excavated2 a ditch for cars to cross under the wall, destroying almost 100 meters of the ancient wall in the process.

 

After local residents discovered the damage, the construction workers compounded the damage they inflicted3 on the wall by building a counterfeit4 wall and planting vegetation on either side to hide the destruction.

 

They also built a temporary office just 3 meters away from the wall and allowed their waste water to drain onto The Great Wall.

 

Ningxia Museum's former director, Zhou Xinghua, said their actions - destroying The Great Wall and casually5 rebuilding a fake section - should be punished.

 

Zhou Xinghua said the few remaining sections of The Great Wall on Black Hill Gorge6 in Zhongwei city are valuable historic artifacts, as few Qin dynasty walls remain in China. The most precious and rare sections of The Great Wall today are the loess sections on the Yellow River gorges7.

 

As the ancient city wall is world cultural heritage, Zhou added that the workers should have sought approval from the State Administration of Cultural Heritage before they acted.

 



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1 autonomous DPyyv     
adj.自治的；独立的
参考例句：
  • They proudly declared themselves part of a new autonomous province.他们自豪地宣布成为新自治省的一部分。
  • This is a matter that comes within the jurisdiction of the autonomous region.这件事是属于自治区权限以内的事务。
2 excavated 3cafdb6f7c26ffe41daf7aa353505858     
v.挖掘( excavate的过去式和过去分词 )；开凿；挖出；发掘
参考例句：
  • The site has been excavated by archaeologists. 这个遗址已被考古学家发掘出来。
  • The archaeologists excavated an ancient fortress. 考古学家们发掘出一个古堡。 来自《简明英汉词典》
3 inflicted cd6137b3bb7ad543500a72a112c6680f     
把…强加给，使承受，遭受( inflict的过去式和过去分词 )
参考例句：
  • They inflicted a humiliating defeat on the home team. 他们使主队吃了一场很没面子的败仗。
  • Zoya heroically bore the torture that the Fascists inflicted upon her. 卓娅英勇地承受法西斯匪徒加在她身上的酷刑。
4 counterfeit 1oEz8     
vt.伪造，仿造；adj.伪造的，假冒的
参考例句：
  • It is a crime to counterfeit money.伪造货币是犯罪行为。
  • The painting looked old but was a recent counterfeit.这幅画看上去年代久远，实际是最近的一幅赝品。
5 casually UwBzvw     
adv.漠不关心地，无动于衷地，不负责任地
参考例句：
  • She remarked casually that she was changing her job.她当时漫不经心地说要换工作。
  • I casually mentioned that I might be interested in working abroad.我不经意地提到我可能会对出国工作感兴趣。
6 gorge Zf1xm     
n.咽喉，胃，暴食，山峡；v.塞饱，狼吞虎咽地吃
参考例句：
  • East of the gorge leveled out.峡谷东面地势变得平坦起来。
  • It made my gorge rise to hear the news.这消息令我作呕。
7 gorges 5cde0ae7c1a8aab9d4231408f62e6d4d     
n.山峡，峡谷( gorge的名词复数 )；咽喉v.（用食物把自己）塞饱，填饱( gorge的第三人称单数 )；作呕
参考例句：
  • The explorers were confronted with gorges(that were)almost impassable and rivers(that were)often unfordable. 探险人员面临着几乎是无路可通的峡谷和常常是无法渡过的河流。 来自辞典例句
  • We visited the Yangtse Gorges last summer. 去年夏天我们游历了长江三峡。 来自辞典例句

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