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This section of the Great Wall in Badaizi Village is unique among the Great Wall because it incorporates the history of the fusion of East and West in modern China. Badaizi Village is located at the junction of Shanxi and Inner Mongolia. A section of the Great Wall with a history of five or six hundred years lies quietly on the mountain ridge in the north of the village. This section of the Great Wall belongs to the Outer Great Wall to the north of Yanmen Pass. Now most of the Great Wall has been destroyed, leaving military forts one after another.
The special one here is the Gothic church not far from the Great Wall. According to legend, this church has a history of more than 200 years. Now only the pointed roof of the church is left, and the carved beams and painted buildings are faintly visible, full of exotic customs.
Li Shaowen wrote in the Shanxi volume of "The Great Wall of Pictures and Texts": "This is a Gothic church, originally called the Notre Dame Church. The Notre Dame Church is majestic and full of exotic styles with stone and brick carvings." The church was first established in 1876. Built by a German priest, it was destroyed during the Gengzi Rebellion in 1900, rebuilt in 1901, and destroyed again after the Anti-Japanese War and liberation. At that time, the church hall could accommodate 850 people to worship, and there were 70 attached houses. And now "only the lonely tower stands on the desolate mountain, accompanied by the broken Great Wall."
The villagers of Badaizi Village built a white pavilion with the image of the Virgin holding Jesus on the Notre-Dame Mountain behind the church. There is also a sacrificial platform built on the hillside below the pavilion, which is a place for villagers to hold mass. Standing on Notre Dame Mountain, you can have a panoramic view of the Great Wall, churches and villages.
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