陝西省道未批先建 3段長城遺址遭到破壞

A provincial highway in Northwest China's Shaanxi Province is still under construction, despite suspicions that it has damaged three sections of the Great Wall, media reported last Thursday.

據媒體上週四報道，中國西北部陝西省的一條省級高速公路在建設過程中損毀了3段長城，而目前該建設工程還在繼續。

A 94-kilometer highway linking the cities of Yulin and Jingbian in northern Shaanxi crossed parts of the Qin Dynasty (221 BC-206 BC) and Ming Dynasty (1368-1644) Great Wall under State-level protection, news site reported.

據澎湃新聞網報道，這段長達94公里的高速公路連接了陝西的榆林和靖邊兩座城市，穿過了國家級保護的秦長城和明長城部分地區。

The Yulin Bureau of Cultural Heritage urged authorities to halt the project, which involved six Great Wall relics sites and 48 prehistoric sites, according to a document issued by the bureau in July.

據榆林市文物局在7月份發佈的一份文件顯示，該局曾敦促政府停止該項目。據悉，這一高速公路建設項目涉及到了6處長城文物遺址和48處史前遺址。

Parts of the road had already been paved without approval from the State Administration of Cultural Heritage, said an employee of the bureau.

該文物局的一名工作人員表示，在沒有國家文物局批准的情況之下，這條高速公路的部分地段已經被鋪設好了。

Construction was still ongoing in late August, and at least three historic sites have been damaged, reported.

據澎湃新聞網報道，建設工程在8月下旬仍在繼續，目前至少已有3個歷史遺蹟遭到了破壞。

"We are improving the plan to protect the relics. The builders will cooperate with the bureau to investigate the damaged sites," a staffer on the project said.

該項目一名工作人員表示：“我們正在改進施工計劃來保護文物，施工人員會和文物局合作，來對受損遺址進行調查。”

The remnants of the Great Wall face threats from both nature and humans across the country. About 30 percent of a 6,200 kilometer section of the wall built in the Ming Dynasty has disappeared, the Xinhua News Agency reported in July.

全中國的長城遺蹟都面臨着來自自然和人類的雙重威脅。新華社在7月份曾報道稱，在一段建成於明代、長達6200公里的長城中，30%的城牆已經消失不見了。