Gates of a Nightmare, Nanjing
Sunday, April 8th, 2007I enjoyed the wall so much yesterday that I decided to check out another section to the south. According to the hostel staff the Lake section is largely intact from older restorations while it’s obvious todays section has been recently rebuilt. It was still nice to walk between the Qinhuai River and the wall, imagining a sea of invaders where traffic and trains now whiz by.
With the castle structure gone, what’s left are three gates that once contained huge stone doors. There are 27 caves in the gate walls that can hold 3,000 troops or 250,000kg of grain. They’re empty now except for the old stone cannon balls, called lei, excavated from from the site. Other caves house exhibits and the persistent vendors to which I’ve become immune. Everything in China is “so cheaper for you.”
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