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Great Wall Line (129) Laiyuan "Tu'an No. 2 Enemy Platform"

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The enemy platform is a national protected Ming Dynasty single building, belonging to the Wulonggou section of the Great Wall, located in Laiyuan County, Hebei Province, 2.3 kilometers southeast of Tu'an Village, name: Tu'an No. 2 enemy platform (small station name: Laiyuan 52 enemy platform), country number: 130630352101170052, coordinates: east longitude: 114 ° 53 ′ north latitude: 39 ° 26 ′ altitude: 921 meters. (Excerpt from "Great Wall Station")

On May 16, 2021, a group of 23 people in the "Huludao Great Wall Outdoors", braving a drizzle at 7:00 a.m., started from the Tangzigou "Wuzi Great Wall Protection Station" and headed for the Great Wall in the direction of Coal Kiln Village. After passing through the "Tu'an No. 3 Enemy Platform" across the valley from the "Tu'an No. 4 Enemy Platform", it began to march along the winding and slippery rough stone masonry wall towards the "Tu'an No. 2 Enemy Platform" on the slope of the hill at an altitude of 921 meters.

Part I: Four-sided table

Great Wall Line (129) Laiyuan "Tu'an No. 2 Enemy Platform"

▲The south side of the platform, connected to the middle of the rough stone masonry wall, the façade is equipped with 3 arrow windows and 1 arch gate, the left side of the arch door is equipped with 2 arrow windows, the right side is equipped with 1 arrow window; the door only has the threshold stone, the door ticket face remains the Taipei brick frame; the top eaves is 3 layers of brick eaves, most of the stacked wall remains on the eaves, the stack wall remains 3 pallets, 3 stone perforations (2 are better preserved).

Great Wall Line (129) Laiyuan "Tu'an No. 2 Enemy Platform"
Great Wall Line (129) Laiyuan "Tu'an No. 2 Enemy Platform"

▲The platform seen in the southeast corner, the left side is the south side of the platform, with 1 door and 3 arrow windows, and the right side is equipped with 4 arrow windows for the east side of the platform.

Great Wall Line (129) Laiyuan "Tu'an No. 2 Enemy Platform"

▲The north side of the platform, set up 1 arch gate, 3 arrow windows, the left side of the door with 1 arrow window, the right side of the arrow window; the remaining number of the plaque brick frame on the face of the door ticket; the top eaves is 3 layers of brick eaves, the eaves of the remnants of the stack wall, the stack wall can be distinguished from 4 stacks and 4 perforations.

Part II: Inner Chamber Structure

Great Wall Line (129) Laiyuan "Tu'an No. 2 Enemy Platform"

▲The inner chamber time period of the south gate, there are still 2 door latches.

Great Wall Line (129) Laiyuan "Tu'an No. 2 Enemy Platform"

▲The south side of the carport arch coupon room cloister, the left side is the west side of the south gate latch and 2 arrow windows, the right side of the central ticket room south side of the arch ticket passage, the front is the west side of the platform south arrow window.

Great Wall Line (129) Laiyuan "Tu'an No. 2 Enemy Platform"

▲The central coupon room seen in the southwest corner of the inner room, the left side is the west carport arch coupon room cloister, and the north side of the platform west arrow window; the right side is the south carport arch coupon room cloister and the east side of the platform south arrow window; the front is the central ticket room.

Great Wall Line (129) Laiyuan "Tu'an No. 2 Enemy Platform"

▲The central coupon room is equipped with a skylight to the top of the stairway on the east side, the left side is the north arch ticket passage, the right side is the south arch ticket passage, and the front side is the east side arch ticket passage.

Great Wall Line (129) Laiyuan "Tu'an No. 2 Enemy Platform"

▲The rectangular skylight at the top of the central ticket room climbs the stairway, which is long from north to south and narrow from east to west.

Great Wall Line (129) Laiyuan "Tu'an No. 2 Enemy Platform"

▲As seen in the southwest corner of the central coupon room, the left side is the west arrow window of the north platform, the right side is the west arch ticket passage and the east arch ticket passage of the central ticket room, and the north arrow window of the east platform.

Great Wall Line (129) Laiyuan "Tu'an No. 2 Enemy Platform"

▲The left side seen in the south corner of the central coupon room is the south arch ticket passage and the north arch ticket passage, as well as the east arrow window of the north platform, and the right side is the south arrow window of the east platform.

Great Wall Line (129) Laiyuan "Tu'an No. 2 Enemy Platform"

▲ The "Tu'an No. 1 Enemy Platform" and the Maoshi Masonry Wall seen in the North Gate Arrow Window.

Part III: Walls on both sides

Great Wall Line (129) Laiyuan "Tu'an No. 2 Enemy Platform"

▲In the climbing through the "Tu'an No. 3 Enemy Platform" to the "Tu'an No. 2 Enemy Platform", look back at the winding and thick rough stone masonry wall.

Great Wall Line (129) Laiyuan "Tu'an No. 2 Enemy Platform"
Great Wall Line (129) Laiyuan "Tu'an No. 2 Enemy Platform"

▲After walking through the "Tu'an No. 2 Enemy Platform" towards the "Tu'an No. 1 Enemy Platform", looking back at the rough stone masonry wall built on the hillside.

From the overall point of view, "Tu'an No. 2 Enemy Platform" is a masonry structure, which belongs to the hollow enemy platform of the square ladder pillar masonry structure, and the indoor and façade coupons are two-volt and two-coupon construction, the existing condition is general, the base is a stone barrier, the green brick platform is built on the top, and the four-sided platform is basically complete. There is an arch gate on the east side of the south and north sides of the platform, an arrow window on the east side of the door, and 2 arrow windows on the west side, respectively, only the threshold stone remains, and the brick frame with a mosaic plaque remains above the face of the door ticket; the east and west sides of the platform are each equipped with 4 arrow windows; the inner room plane is a "back" shape structure, each side is equipped with a carport arch room cloister, a square center room is provided in the center, 1 arch passage is provided in the middle of the 4 sides, and an east-west carport arch coupon room is set on the top of the door; in addition, 1 separator arch ticket is provided in each of the 4 top corners At the top of the east side of the central coupon room, there is a north-south rectangular skylight to reach the top of the stairway; the top eaves is a 3-story brick eaves, and the middle is a corner eaves of prismatic tooth bricks, and the four sides are well preserved; most of the battlement walls and stone perforations remain on the top 4 sides, and the rest of the buildings do not exist; the walls on both sides of the connecting platform are made of wool stone, the north side is connected to the Tu'an No. 1 enemy platform, and the south side is connected to the Tu'an No. 3 enemy platform.

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