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Jingzhou, in Hubei Province, is famous for its ancient culture and its long-history city wall. Wang Yan, a manager of the Jingzhou city wall attraction, says that the Lunar New Year's Eve activities lasted until 9:30 p.m. She remembered that, years ago, workers were usually 1 during the festival because most Chinese prepared celebration dinners with their family and then watched TV together at home. Few people used to walk out at night, 2 it was time to see firework shows.
"It's been a new living style that in recent years people are going out, especially to 3 sites, to celebrate Spring Festival." Wang says.
During the festival this year, the 11-kilometer-long wall welcomed thousands of 4 every day across the country, and closing time was changing from 5:30 pm to 9:30 pm.
The wall, which lasts 2,600 years, was first 5 mud and was used mainly as a military defence (军事防御). It was rebuilt several times under different dynasties. It is one of the best preserved (保存的) city walls in China, and has seen the passage of many famous heros and 6 events, especially during the late Eastern Han Dynasty (20-220) and the Three Kingdoms (220-280).
Jingzhou is widely known because of Romance of the Three Kingdoms, one of the four classic 7 of Chinese literature. It is a compilation (汇编) of legends, history and outstanding rulers, military officers and generals. Liu Bei and his two generals, Guan Yu and Zhang Fei, all well-known heroes of the late Eastern Han Dynasty and in literature, once ruled and 8 Jingzhou.
Wang, who was born in the city, says that the wall is a 9 part of its life, and that the names of its gates are also the names of bus stops and markets.
"In recent years, more and more local people have started to 10 the stories behind the city wall. It's like a cultural awakening. Its DNA is deep in local people," Wang says.