Yan Xinqiang, a 78-year-old retired art editor.
and Yan Gongming, a 45-year-old teacher of Chinese as a foreign language.
It is a pair of "Great Wall father and son".
This is Yan Xinqiang (left) and Yan Gongming (taken on September 5).
Yan Xinqiang (right) walks on Yan Gongming's shoulders in the Huajiayao section of the Great Wall in Yanqing, Beijing (photo taken on September 5).
On the way to inspect the Huajiayao section of the Great Wall in Yanqing, Beijing, the Yan father and son stopped to communicate (taken on September 5).
Yan Xinqiang (right) and Yan Gongming have lunch at the Huajiayao section of the Great Wall in Yanqing, Beijing (photo taken on September 5).
Since 1984.
The father and son investigated, filmed, and recorded together at their own expense.
Different ages and different types of Great Walls in various places.
1996 year.
The father and son are based on clues such as the shape of the Great Wall and the outline of the mountain shadow.
In Laiyuan County, Hebei Province, Futuyu Great Wall.
I found the works of revolutionary photographer Sha Fei.
Battle on the Ancient Great Wall.
This is an imposition**: the picture above shows the work of revolutionary photographer Sha Fei "Fighting on the Ancient Great Wall" (data**), and the picture below shows Yan's father and son following clues such as the shape of the Great Wall to find the filming location of "Battle on the Ancient Great Wall" Futuyu Great Wall in Laiyuan County, Hebei Province (taken on February 7, 1997).
Combined with the experience of previous investigations.
Gradually, the two will study the perspective of the Great Wall.
Focus on the form of the Great Wall.
Yan Xinqiang (left) and Yan Gongming inspect a restored and reinforced enemy tower in the Huajiayao section of the Great Wall in Yanqing, Beijing, on September 5.
Yan Xinqiang (back) and Yan Gongming observe bricks used to restore the Great Wall at the Huajiayao section of the Great Wall in Yanqing, Beijing (photo taken on September 5).
Yan Xinqiang (left) photographs the morphological composition of the Great Wall in the Huajiayao section of the Great Wall in Yanqing, Beijing, on September 5.
Yan Xinqiang used his mobile phone to photograph the arch structure in the Huajiayaozi section of the Great Wall in Yanqing, Beijing, on September 5.
Collected and combed.
The Yan family divided the form of the Great Wall into categories.
Compiled into a book "Atlas of the Morphology of the Great Wall".
Published in 2023.
Yan Xinqiang (second from right) and Yan Gongming (first from right) introduce the results of their visit to the Great Wall at their book sharing event (photo taken on 23 August).
Yan Xinqiang (left) and Yan Gongming introduce the results of their visit to the Great Wall at their book sharing event (photo taken on August 23).
This is part of the page of "The Morphological Illustration of the Great Wall" written by Yan and his son (imposition remake**, taken on December 13).
Walls, doors, piers, platforms, floors
Stacking holes, stone carvings, brick carvings...
The endless Great Wall.
It is "dissected" into individual parts.
It is then subdivided into different morphological compositions.
Yan Xinqiang (back) and Yan Gongming inspect the Huajiayao section of the Great Wall in Yanqing, Beijing (photo taken on September 5).
Yan Xinqiang (right) and Yan Gongming drink water during an inspection of the Huajiayao section of the Great Wall in Yanqing, Beijing (photo taken on September 5).
This is Yan Xinqiang (front) and Yan Gongming (photo taken on September 5) on their way to inspect the Huajiayao section of the Great Wall in Yanqing, Beijing.
Yan Xinqiang (right) and Yan Gongming during an inspection of the Huajiayao section of the Great Wall in Yanqing, Beijing (photo taken on September 5).
Yan's father and son hope.
Their efforts can help more people.
Learn about the details of the construction of the Great Wall.
It also provides a reference for the protection and restoration of the Great Wall.
Yan Gongming (right) pulls Yan Xinqiang as he walks through the Huajiayao section of the Great Wall in Yanqing, Beijing (photo taken on September 5).
Yan Gongming (left) pulls Yan Xinqiang as he walks through the Huajiayao section of the Great Wall in Yanqing, Beijing (photo taken on September 5).
Yan Gongming (left) pulls Yan Xinqiang as he walks through the Huajiayao section of the Great Wall in Yanqing, Beijing (photo taken on September 5).
Presently. The duo is still conducting research on the morphology of the Great Wall.
Nearly 40 years of experience in inspecting the Great Wall together.
Let the Great Wall become a father-son relationship.
A common emotional bond.
Producers: Lai Xiangdong, Wang Minghao.
Planning: Lan Hongguang, Tu Ming.
Co-ordinator: Fei Maohua, Li Dexin.
Reporter: Liu Jinhai, Chen Zhonghao.
Visual: Lu Zhe.
*Editors: Shanchen Zhang, Bin Chen, Mengqi Liu, Jianlu Wu.
New ** Editors: Lin Fanjing, Zhou Daqing, Zhang Cheng, Hao Jianwei.
AIGC Experimental Group, Photography Department, Xinhua News Agency.
Xinhua News Agency Photography Department and Xinhua News Agency Beijing Branch Co-production.