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Jinshanling Great Wall in Winter

Jinshanling Great Wall, located in the Yanshan Mountains, is at its most magnificent in winter. When the morning mist has not yet dissipated, the seventy-two watchtowers are hidden in the silver-white ridges, like a dormant dragon shaking off its scales. The snow accumulates into icicles at the battlements, reflecting light like broken diamonds, contrasting with the frost flowers on the Ming Dynasty bricks and stones. The cold wind sweeps through the arrow windows, carrying the sound of the pine trees in the north, blending the sound of the horn from six hundred years ago into the cold. The snow outlines the bones of the city wall, and the rammed earth and stone slabs become more angular under the snow line. The rime hangs on the dead branches by the horse path, like a necklace of time. When the setting sun gilds the battlements, the winding city wall becomes a wild cursive script written by the earth, with each stroke being a dialogue between mountains, rivers, and time. As dusk falls, the reflected light of the snow flows between the watchtowers, like the unextinguished torches of the soldiers, still guarding this vast silence.
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Posted: Feb 10, 2025
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