你知道有个叫八台子的地方，长城与教堂相依偎吗？你知道在老牛湾，长城与中华民族的母亲河——黄河相交融吗？你知道西水峪水长城上，春天的美景宛如桃花源吗？两位作者将历史与现实、人文与风光、正史与传说、资料与实践结合在一起，用风趣的语言、精美的图片、独特的立意，向我们展示了一个不一样的长城，一个更加生动的、有血有肉的长城。

魏敏，毕业于中山大学政治与公共事务管理学院，爱好旅行、摄影、记录人文古迹，足迹遍布全国及世界各地，撰写的图文作品刊登于多家人文地理类杂志和网站。对中外古建筑，特别是中国历代长城有着浓厚兴趣并致力于研究和保护，已走访长城遗迹数百处。

Contents
Preface
Chapter I The Evolution of the Great Wall from the Stone Age to the Song and Yuan Dynasties
PART 01 From Primitive City Walls to the Great Wall of the Warring States Period
PART 02 The Great Wall of the Qin and Han Dynasties
PART 03 The Great Wall of Wei, Jin (220-420) and Song Dynasties
Chapter II Integrated Great Wall of the Ming Dynasty
PART 01 Great Wall Construction in the Ming Dynasty
PART 02 System of Integrated Defense by Nine Towns of Strategic Importance along the Great Wall
PART 03 Operational Principles of the Defensive Great Wall of the Ming Dynasty
PART 04 Architectural Structure of the Great Wall of the Ming Dynasty
PART 05 Livehood of Garrison in the Ming Dynasty
Chapter III Where is the Great Wall Today?
PART 01 Impregnable Defense for Beijing Built by National Support
PART 02 Nanshan Road Frontier Wall: Jerry-built Great Wall Guarding the Ming Imperial Tombs
PART 03 Qi Jiguang Supervises Construction of Yanshan Great Wall
PART 04 Low-profile Great Wall in Taihang Mountain
PART 05 Great Wall in Zhangjiakou: Guarding the West of Beijing
PART 06 War and Peace—Destiny of the Great Wall in Northern Shanxi Province
PART 07 Hexi Corridor—Westernmost Part of the Great Wall of the Ming Dynasty
PART 08 Dilemma at Hetao: Offence or defense?
PART 09 Mysterious Liaodong Great Wall of the Ming Dynasty in Eastern Liaoning Province
Chapter IV The Great Wall in Modern Times
PART 01 From Strategic Fortification to Trade Channel
PART 02 Great Wall Section at Bataizi Reflecting Fusion of Modern
Chinese and Western Civilizations
PART 03 The Battles of Great Wall in the War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression
PART 04 A Long Way to Go to Protect the Great Wall
Appendix
The Great Wall of China Unique in Many Aspects