The Great Wall Of China

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The Great Wall of China.
Chinese Name: 长城 (cháng chéng), 万里长城 (wàn lǐ cháng chéng)
Is a series of fortifications built across Ancient Imperial China. The longest man made structure in the world, 2,700 years old. Best-known sections were built by the Ming dynasty thirteen sixty eight to 1644). follow us for more.
The Great Wall of China #万里长城 Wànlǐ Chángchéng, "ten thousand li wall") is a series of fortifications built across Ancient Imperial China best-known sections of the wall were built by the Ming dynasty (1368-1644).
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Chinese Name: 长城 (cháng chéng), 万里长城 (wàn lǐ cháng chéng), literally meaning ‘The Long Wall of 10,000 Miles'
English Name: Great Wall of China
The Great Wall of China is the longest man-made structure in the world. Traversing northern part of the country, what was a huge military line of defense in the past has now become a unique world heritage site and a symbol of China. The following 10 vital statistics and 15 fun facts reveal a Great Wall hitherto unknown to you.
1. With a total length of 21,196.18 km (13,170.70 miles), equal to half the length of the Equator, the Great Wall of China is the longest feat of human engineering.
2. In the main today’s wall comprises relics from the Ming Dynasty (1368 - 1644), measuring 8,851.8 km (5,500 miles).
3. The average height of the walls is 6 to 7 meters (20 to 23 feet), and the highest is 14 meters (46 feet ).
4. The altitudes of the walls vary - the highest point is the Huanglouyuan in the northwest suburb of Beijing, with an elevation of 1,439.3 meters (4,722 feet), while the lowest point is at Laolongtou in Hebei, just above the sea level.
5. The average width is 6.5 meters (21.3 feet).
6. The Great Wall is about 2,700 years old.
7. More than 1,000, 000 laborers were recruited for the construction of this huge project.
8. Location: It spans across 15 regions in north China: Heilongjiang, Jilin, Liaoning, Inner Mongolia, Beijing, Tianjin, Hebei, Shandong, Henan, Shanxi, Shaanxi, Gansu, Ningxia, Qinghai, and Xinjiang.
9. 1/3 of the walls have disappeared.
10. As a must-see in China, it attracts 50 million