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The inner city wall is 9 meters high, the added wall is 1.7 meters high, and the total height is 10.7 meters. Those below 6 meters are rammed with loess, and those above 6 meters are built with adobe. After more than 600 years, although the walls have peeled off, most of them are still intact and firm.

According to legend, the loess used to build the city wall was carefully selected and processed. First, the selected loess was placed on a bluestone slab and let the scorching sun dry the grass seeds to death. The "Great Wall Work Sign" unearthed under the Great Wall in the northern section of Jiayu records in detail the division of labor during the repair of the Great Wall at that time.

The "Great Wall Gongpai" is now displayed in the Great Wall Museum in Jiayuguan. The "gongpai" is made of stone. The name of the engineering team leader. After the completion of the construction project, strict acceptance checks must be carried out. Within a certain distance from the city wall, shoot the wall with an arrow. If the arrow fails to penetrate, it proves that the city wall is strong and qualified;