1. The Great Wall of
China

2. Basic Facts:
Length: 5,500 miles (8,850 kilometers)
With all branches included, it measures 13,171
miles (21,196 kilometers)
Started: Various walls were initiated as early as the
7th Century BC.
But it was Shi Huang, in 220 BC, who is credited
with starting what we now know as the Great Wall.
The majority of the current wall was built in the Ming
Dynasty (1368-1644).

3. Why was it built?
Besides defense, it was also built for border control,
so tariffs could be imposed on trade goods, and
control of immigration and emigration.

4. During early construction of the wall, the labor force
was made up of soldiers and convicts.
It’s estimated over 400,000 lost their lives during
the Shi Huang phase of construction.
The dead were buried in the Wall and became part
of it.
While it is difficult to accurately assess, it is
estimated the Wall cost the equivalent of 360 billion
modern US dollars.

5. Most of the Wall as we know it now was built, or
rebuilt during the Ming Dynasty
After Beijing was proclaimed the capital in 1421,
construction on the Wall picked up.

6. The wall’s actual effectiveness is debated.
It is agreed that it had a significant psychological
effect for the country, as an emblem of strength
against outsiders.
While it was designed against Mongols from the
north, support for it collapsed when China, instead
of battling their neighbors, began trading and forged
economic ties that benefited both sides.

7. While the Wall is a great tourist attraction these
days, the reality is that throughout Chinese history,
the Wall was view mostly in a negative light.
As a sign of government oppression, cruelty and
death.

8. A popular myth is that the Wall can be seen from
space.
The reality is that it can be, but only with
assistance; not with the naked eye.
Below, it is difficult to see the Wall; while the river is
much more visible.

9. Interesting Facts about the Great Wall:
1. Rice Flour was used to make the cement to bind
bricks for the Wall during its early construction.
2. Over 10 million tourists visit the Wall annually.
3. During the Cultural Revolution (1966-1976)
many bricks from the Great Wall were taken to
construct buildings and even dams.
4. In many places the top of the Wall is so wide, a
car can drive along it.
5. A mythical story is Men Jiangsu’s Bitter
Weeping— where a woman whose husband
died building the Wall, cried so bitterly, her tears
collapsed a section of the Wall, so she could
recover his body for proper burial.

10. Of course, there are those who postulate other
theories about the purpose of the Great Wall.
What if, built into the Wall, there is a message?
Designed to be seen only from space, but only to
those with the technology for space flight and the
optics to discern it?

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