Shenmu

Two tao with three and five perforations, respectively, made of black jade, were found at the site of Shih-mao in Shensi, Yü-lin District, Shen-mu County. Their total lengths are 49 and 55 centimeters.⁴⁷

[1986, Hsia Nai, “The Classification, Nomenclature, and Usage of Shang Dynasty Jades”, in K. C. Chang, editor, Studies of Shang Archaeology: Selected Papers from the International Conference on Shang Civilization, Yale University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 228

By the 20th century, the Ming wall was simply known as the ‘old frontier’ (lǎobiān). For instance, when Frederick Clapp of the Geographical Review reached the Ming wall at Shenmu, Shaanxi, in 1920, he wrote in his article of the trip that 'the natives said: “This is not the ‘Great Wall’; this is the ‘First Frontier Wall’, built only 400 years ago; the ‘Great Wall’ is further north.”'

2006 May, Thammy Evans (谭美), Great Wall of China: Beijing & Northern China (Bradt Travel Guides), 1st edition (Travel), Globe Pequot Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 10

Shenmu, and nearby cities like Ordos and Fugu, are at the leading edge of broader troubles that are beginning to afflict the entire Chinese economy. Across China, growth has slowed. With the slowdown have come rising defaults on loans made outside the conventional banking system, chronic overcapacity in many industries like coal mining and steel production and, in particularly troubled cities like Shenmu, a sharp decline in previously debt-fueled prices for real estate and other assets.

2013 August 15, Keith Bradsher, “Easy Credit Dries Up, Choking Growth in China”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 16 Aug 2013, Global Business