For more than four decades, Liu Zonglin has sought to protect a section of the Great Wall of China near his home in Chengde, North China’s Hebei province.
The 72-year-old farmer has lived in Yushudi village, about 150km northeast of Beijing, his whole life. Near the village sits a section of the wall built during the Ming Dynasty (1368 to 1644), but the 10 towers and one gate along the 9.88km stretch have become badly damaged over time.
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