Zhou Wanping, a photographer who lives at the foot of the Jinshanling Great Wall, has published a photograph album entitled "My Hometown." In the preface, he says: "At the time I graduated from high school and went home, the Jinshanling Great Wall was being repaired. Although I was sick, I participated in the renovation process along with other villagers. This experience fully brought home to me the hardships involved in the original construction of the Great Wall. All of the bricks, lime and water needed for construction had to be carried to the site  on the backs of laborers."

As Chinese imperial dynasties appeared, prospered and died out throughout the ages, the Great Wall bears witness to their vicissitudes and demonstrates the Chinese people's hard working spirit and the splendid culture and history of Chinese civilization.