Sticky Rice Porridge and the Great Wall of China

Sticky rice played a major role in maintaining the durability of the Great Wall as well as tombs, pagodas, and city walls.

Jesse, posted on 09/24/2019, 3,574 views

Sticky Rice Porridge and the Great Wall of China
Mark Holmquist / Wikipedia, Tiny Fox Lab

One of the reasons the Great Wall of China still stands after so many years, is due to a secret binding agent in the mortar: sticky rice. Around the year 500 A.D., the Chinese started mixing sticky rice soup with slaked lime to make very strong and weather resistant mortar. – Tiny Fox Lab Facts

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Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sticky_rice_mortar

Sticky Rice Porridge and the Great Wall of China

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