The Hushan or Tiger Mountain Great Wall (), is a section of the

Ming Great Wall The Ming Great Wall ( zh, c=明長城, p=Ming changcheng), built by the Ming dynasty (1368–1644), forms the most visible parts of the Great Wall of China today. A comprehensive archaeological survey, using advanced technologies, has concluded ...

in Kuandian Manchu Autonomous County, Liaoning, China. The wall runs for about 1,200 metres over Hushan ("Tiger Mountain"). The wall starts 15 km northeast of Dandong city, directly beside the

China–North Korea border The China–North Korea border is the international border separating the People's Republic of China (PRC) and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK). It runs for 1,352 km (840 mi) from the estuary of the Yalu River in th ...

. It then climbs steeply up to a height of 146.3 metres before descending on the other side of Hushan and finishing at a car park. Numerous Ming dynasty records and poems mentioned a "border wall" () that reached the banks of

Yalu River The Yalu River, known by Koreans as the Amrok River or Amnok River, is a river on the border between North Korea and China. Together with the Tumen River to its east, and a small portion of Paektu Mountain, the Yalu forms the border between ...

, forming a part of Ming's defense system on the northern frontier. The date of its construction was documented by the ''

Ming Shilu The ''Ming Shilu'' () contains the imperial annals of the emperors of the Ming dynasty (1368–1644). It is the single largest historical source for the dynasty. According to modern historians, it "plays an extremely important role in the histo ...

'' as the 15th year of Chenghua era (AD 1479). Archives of Andong (Dandong) county put the wall's location to the north of the Ai River (), in the Hushan area. A series of surveys in late 1980s and early 1990s led by architectural historian identified the ruins at Hushan as the site of the eastern terminus of this Great Wall section. An long section was restored in 1992. Ruins of older fortresses have been identified at Hushan, dating back to

Han dynasty The Han dynasty (, ; ) was an imperial dynasty of China (202 BC – 9 AD, 25–220 AD), established by Liu Bang (Emperor Gao) and ruled by the House of Liu. The dynasty was preceded by the short-lived Qin dynasty (221–207 BC) and a warr ...

and

Goguryeo Goguryeo (37 BC–668 AD) ( ) also called Goryeo (), was a Korean kingdom located in the northern and central parts of the Korean Peninsula and the southern and central parts of Northeast China. At its peak of power, Goguryeo controlled mos ...

eras. Similar sites have also been discovered elsewhere in Liaoning, as well as in North Pyongan and

Chagang Chagang Province (Chagangdo; ) is a province in North Korea; it is bordered by China's Jilin and Liaoning provinces to the north, Ryanggang and South Hamgyong to the east, South Pyongan to the south, and North Pyongan to the west. Chagang was ...

provinces, North Korea. The site of a historical city known as Posuo (婆娑) or Bakjak (泊汋, 박작) lies in close proximity at present-day Jiuliancheng, to the south of Hushan. On the other hand, North and South Korea academics show skepticisms on the historical existence of the Hushan great wall due to lack of evidence.

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