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An underground city beneath Beijing?

by Guest3695  |  12 years, 8 month(s) ago

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There's more to Beijing than meets the eye at street-level. Under bustling sidewalks and towering buildings is a subterranean city with its own classrooms, movie theater and restaurants. But why does it exist?

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  1. GiGi
    The Underground City (Chinese: ???; pinyin: Dìxià Chéng), also known as Dixia Cheng, is a bomb shelter comprising a network of tunnels located beneath Beijing, China, which has since been transformed into a tourist attraction. It has been called the Underground Great Wall because it was built for the purpose of military defense. The complex was constructed during the 1970s in anticipation of a nuclear war with the Soviet Union, and was officially reopened in 2000. Visitors were allowed to tour portions of the complex, which has been described as "dark, damp, and genuinely eerie". Dixia Cheng has been closed for renovation since at least February 2008.

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