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tools inside

the hand made tools to compact the ash, shipped from Zhang Huan's studio. The Great Wall of China was originally constructed using the same rammed earth technique. Often, four ropes were tied to a huge tree stump. Men would pull on the ropes to lift the stump and drop it down on the earth.

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Uploaded on September 17, 2011
Taken on September 17, 2011