Important facts about the Great
Wall
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The Great Wall of China is one of the
seven wonders. It is about 6,400km long
and it was built mare than 2000 years
ago. It is also called “the longest cemetery
on Earth”. The Great Wall of China started
building 7th century B.C.
Map of Great Wall of China
History
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The following dynasties had
contributed to the making of
Great Wall of China:
Qin Dynasty
Han Dynasty
Ming Dynasty
Qin Dynasty
• The Great Wall was built when seven powerful
states appeared at the same time, to defend
themselves. At that time the wall was 3,107
miles and each part of wall belonged to different
part of the states.In 221 B.C the Emperor Qin
Shi Huangdi ordered to connect the walls (built
by all the states) also he added a part of his
section because he was afraid from the
northerns- that were called Xiongnu. Qin wall
was formed which started from the east of
today’s Liaoning Province and ended at Lintao,
Gansu Province.
Han Dynasty
The ruler of the Han Dynasty was Han
Wudi (“Martial emperor of Han”). He said to
design the project of the Great Wall in 127
B.C. The Wall extended to the territories to
the present day Mount Yinshan of Inner
Mongolia. The main reason for contributing
to this project was to be secure from the
north- from the Gobi. This was the main
reason for all of the efforts from every
Dynasty to the making of this wall.
Ming Dynasty
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The ruler of Ming Dynasty was Yong Le.
He built large monuments and
strengthened the Wall. The Great Wall of
China was mostly built during the Ming
Dynasty. The Wall started from the Yalu
River in Liaoning Province and ended at
the eastern bank of the Taolai River in
Gansu Province.
Sections
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These are the sections of the Great Wall of China:
Badaling Section
Mutianyu Section
Simatai Section
Jinshaling Section
Gubeikou Section
Huanghua cheng Section
Huangyanguan Section
Jiankou Section
Jiaoshan Section
Jiumenkau Section
Badaling Section
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BaDaLing Section was
built in the beginning of
the rule of Ming Dynasty.
It is 7.8 meters in height
and it is 5 meters wide on
the top. 10km south of
Badaling section there is a
gateway, northwest of
Beijing. The gateway is
called the Pass of
Conscripted Laborers.
Mutianyu Section
 Mutianyu Section is
located 70km northeast of
Beijing. It is older than the
Badaling Section. The
Wall was built in the mid6th century.It is specialy
made to protect the
invaders from the north.
The wall is 7-8 meters
high.
Jinshanling Section
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Jinshanling in located
in Luanping County and
it was built during the
Ming Dynasty. It is
connected with Simatai
Section and it has 67
watchtowers. The wall
is 5 to 8 meters long.
Simatai Section
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The Simatai Section
is located east of
JinShanLing section
and it was also built
during the Ming
Dynasty. It is 5.4km
long and it has 35
watchtowers.
Jiankou Section
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Jiankou section is
located in Huairou
County.It is connected
with Mutianyu Wall on
the east and also
connected with
Huanghua on the west.
This section is made up
of big white rocks.
Huanghua Cheng Section
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Huanghua Cheng
Section in also known
as the Yellow Flower
City. It is almost
11km long. On the
east of it there is
Mutianyu Wall and on
the the west side
there is the Badaling
Wall.
Jioshan Section
 Jioshan is located
about three
kilometers north of
Shanhaiguan Pass.
Many people call it
“The first mountain of
the Great Wall” and it
is 1,536 meters long.
Huangyanguan Section
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Huangyanguan
Section was built under
the rule of the Ming
dynasty. It is 41km long
but it’s not as crowded
as on the other
sections. Huanyanguan
Great Wall runs on rigid
mountains to the north
of Ji County.
Jiumenkou section
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“Jiumenkou” means
“Entrance to nine
gates”. It has an
access between
northern and central
China and it has
sixteen watchtowers.
Jiumenkou section is
1704 meters.
Gubeikou Section
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Gubeikou Section was
built during the reign of
the Ming Dynasty. It is
located in the Ming
County in the capitalBeijing.
Security and Protection
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There are some guards standing near the
Great Wall of China and there are a couple
of security cameras. In the watchtowers
weapons are stored for emergency
purposes. But the protection is not major.
Some parts of bricks have fallen down and
it is not clean. This issue has risen up
several times but this did not result in
anything.There should be laws made for
the safety of the Great Wall. It can be
concluded that the security of the Great
Wall is not as tight.
Space and the Great Wall of China
Astronauts found out
that the Great Wall of
China can be seen
from the space shuttle.
Some people have
believed that the Great
Wall can be seen from
the moon but it is kind
of impossible. From
the Moon, Earth looks
like a sphere which is
greenish-blue in
colour.
Tourism
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Many tourists come to see the Great Wall of
China. It looks unique in each season:
summer,winter, autumn and spring. The
picture below shows the Great Wall in one of
it’s unique forms-in winter.
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