The wall - a solidly constructed gray brick structure more than six feet high, surrounding a stretch of wasteland a few blocks north of the Forbidden City - did not yield.

这堵超过六英尺高，围绕着“紫禁城”北部几块荒地的灰白色围墙却并没有就此屈服。

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Pingyao city wall for the Ming Hongwu three years (1370) built, the circumference of 6.4 km, 12 meters high wall around the appearance of all brick, wall moat, deep and wide 4 meters.

平遥城墙为明洪武三年(1370年)所建，周长6.4公里，墙高12米左右，外表全部砖砌，墙外有护城河，深广各4米。

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However, using the same granite material as the Seoul City Wall was too direct and brick seemed to be the best solution at this scale of a house.

然而，和首尔城墙一样使用花岗岩材料有些太突兀了，而且，从房屋的规模上来看，使用砖块材料似乎是建造该建筑最好的解决方法了。

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