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The Great Wall of China

The Great Wall of China was built over centuries by Chinese emperors to protect against invasions from nomadic groups from the north. Emperor Qin Shi Huang united China in the 3rd century BC and ordered construction of the Great Wall. Sections were added and rebuilt over subsequent dynasties until the Ming Dynasty in the 14th-17th centuries. The official length is over 13,000 miles and it took over 2,500 years to complete using materials like stone, brick, and wood depending on local resources.

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The Great Wall of China

The Great Wall of China was built over centuries by Chinese emperors to protect against invasions from nomadic groups from the north. Emperor Qin Shi Huang united China in the 3rd century BC and ordered construction of the Great Wall. Sections were added and rebuilt over subsequent dynasties until the Ming Dynasty in the 14th-17th centuries. The official length is over 13,000 miles and it took over 2,500 years to complete using materials like stone, brick, and wood depending on local resources.

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The Great Wall

of China
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The Great Wall
of China
+ The Great Wall of China (
traditional Chinese:  萬里長城 ; 
simplified Chinese:  万里长城 ; pinyin
: Wànlǐ Chángchéng, literally "ten
thousand li wall") is a series of 
fortifications that were built across the
historical northern borders of 
ancient Chinese states and 
Imperial China as protection against 
various nomadic groups from the 
Eurasian Steppe.
Who made the Great
Wall of China built?
+ Emperor Qin Shi Huang, also called the
First Emperor, united China. He
masterminded the process of uniting the
existing walls into one. He ordered
construction of the Great Wall around
220 B.C., the labor force that built the
wall was made up largely of soldiers and
convicts. It is said that as many as
400,000 people died during the wall's
construction; many of these workers were
buried within the wall itself.
Why was the great wall
of china built?
+ The Great Wall of China was built as a military
defensive line to defend the invasions from some
northern nomadic nations. The Great Wall of
China was built over centuries by China's
emperors to protect their territory.
When was the Great
Wall of China built?
+ In c. 220 B.C., under Qin Shi Huang, sections of earlier
fortifications were joined together to form a united
defence system against invasions from the north.
Construction continued up to the Ming dynasty (1368–
1644), when the Great Wall became the world's largest
military structure.
What Was the Great
Wall of China Made of?
+ The construction materials of the Great Wall were
mainly earth, stone, brick, lime, and wood. The
materials used depended on the local resources available.
+ When building the Great Wall on mountains, stones
were used from the mountains; when building it across
the plains, the materials used were earth, bricks, and
lime. Even branches of willow trees were used with
sand when the Great Wall was built across the deserts.
Elsewhere, quarried granite or even marble blocks
were used.
How long is the Great
Wall of China?
+ The official length of the Great Wall of China is
21,196.18 kilometers (13,170.7 miles), according to
the National Cultural Heritage Administration (NCHA).
This is the first time that China has scientifically and
systematically measured the length of all of the Great
Wall after a six-year-long archaeological survey.
How long did it take to
build the Great Wall of
China?
+ It took more than 2,500 years to finish the
construction of the Great Wall. The wall was
not built in a single time period, but combined
effort of many states and dynasties in history.
Why was it named The
Great Wall of China?
+The walls, known as Changcheng ( 長
城 ) – literally "long walls", but often
translated as "Great Wall" 
Where is the Great Wall
of China located?
Huairou District, China, 101406
How do I get from
Beijing to Great Wall of
China?
+ The best way to get to the Great Wall from Beijing is
by bus or to hire a car. The nearest is the
Juyongguan Great Wall, 60 kilometers away from
the downtown; the two best-known sections,
Badaling and Mutianyu, are 70 kilometers (43
miles) and 80 kilometers (50 miles) away
respectively.
How much is it to enter
the Great Wall of China?
+ The general admission for the Great Wall at
Mutianyu is 40 yuan for adults, 20 yuan for seniors,
20 yuan for children under 1.4 meters, and free for
children under 1.2 meters. This cost is compulsory
to see the wall. After paying this fee, you can opt to
take one of the two hiking trails that lead onto the
wall.ss
Why is Great Wall of
China considered as one
of the seven wonders?
+ The Great Wall is reputed as one of the seven
construction wonders in the world not only for its long
history, but its massive construction size, and its unique
architectural style as well. The Great Wall was declared as
one of the New Seven Wonders of the World in 2007.
UNESCO acknowledged it as the largest man-made
structure on Earth.
Legends about The
Great Wall of China
+ The eastern beginning in the sea:
Shanhai Pass
Shanhai Pass was a fortress
built in the Ming Dynasty (1368 –
1644) and is the first pass in the East
of China. It is located outside of
Qinhuangdao City on Bohai Bay and
305 km away from Beijing. Given its
strategic location, it's reputed as the
"First pass under heaven".
Legends about
The Great Wall
of China
+ The workers from ancient
times left marks on the bricks
Some say that the texts on
the bricks is a method that
General Qi Jiguang devised in
order to assess the quality of the
bricks made by the soldiers, and
to clarify the responsibilities. 
The Great Wall of China

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