Review and Prospect of the Ming Great Wall of China A Case Study of Eastern Hebei

Abstract

Western scholars’ research on the Great Wall of China has experienced the transformation from the theoretical paradigm of the Great Wall Frontier to the post-modern paradigm. The main objective of this research article is to trace out the history of Great wall in 20th century. With using the qualitative research techniques and methods. Although Chinese scholars have made progress in their research, it is not enough to establish the Great Wall Discipline, and also lacks a breakthrough in methodology. At present, introducing the idea of Regional Social History and advocating the research mode of Social History of the Great Wall are effective ways to achieve substantial breakthroughs in the study of the history of the Great Wall. Of course, this requires achieving goals within specific areas. Therefore, we take the Ming Great Wall in Eastern Hebei as a case to illustrate what new breakthroughs can be achieved by practicing this research idea and method. Finally, this paper presents the key finding of the research by using the Ming Great Wall in Eastern Hebei as the investigation area which show that the Great Wall had a great on the social life of the people in 20th century