Authorities move to contain The Great Scrawl of China
Fed up with tourists leaving graffiti on The Great Wall, authorities in China have earmarked a specific section of the wall where visitors can leave their marks.
Graffiti, in the form of names scratched into the stone, are damaging the ancient monument, authorities warn.
Chinese news outlets reported that a specific graffiti area will be
established in the hope of containing the graffiti, which, according to reports, is more likely to be in foreign languages (mostly English) than it is Chinese.
The graffiti section will be set up at one of the fighting towers that has become a common place for tourists to scrawl on the walls.
Last May, Guardian Australia reports, the parents of a Chinese teenager were forced to apologise after photos were posted online of their son’s name scratched into the wall of a 3,500-year-old temple in Egypt.
Ian Jarrett
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