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Wow, amazing images :eek: The great wall is some massive construction, hard to understand how they manages to built that huge wall on the topp of the mountains.

More images:

http://www.monnikhof.com/Great-Wall-at-Wangjinglou-r.jpg

http://members.shaw.ca/mloukko3/images/CH-Great%20Wall1.jpg

Looking at those aerial photos it looks absolutely incredible, I can't realize how they managed to build it on all those steep hills and mountains, just unbelievable :eek:

can someone tell me why this wall was built. i'm not aware about the history of this wall..

To block invaders, mostly.

They built it to prevent the barbarians(Mongols) from invading China. The Mongols later on did manage to break in though it was when China was weak.

btw the entire Great Wall is longer than Japan.

The wall is composed of many disjoint segments, each built in a different period. Most of what you see up there was built or renovated after 1600.

There's a section of the original Qin wall somewhere in Gansu. It's weathered beyond recognition, and is fenced off like a museum exhibition. It looks like a pile of decaying haystacks with mud.

Hmm.. interesting. so how long did it take them to build the whole wall ??

The Great Wall didn't only keep out invading barbarians, it also acted as a communication and transportation method.

You can notice in those pictures that towers are built between a specific distance. Soldiers were generally posted at these towers. When a soldiers sees incoming threat, they would go to the top of the tower and light a fire. When the soldiers at the next tower sees the fire, they would light one too and so on and so forth until someone can deliver the message to the Emperor himself. This is much faster and more efficient than having someone ride a horse all the way back to the Capital city.

Since the Great Wall stretches from Jiayuguan in the West to Shanhaiguan in the East and is guarded by Chinese soldiers, it was probably the safest route to travel from Central Asia to the China proper.

There's a section of the original Qin wall somewhere in Gansu. It's weathered beyond recognition, and is fenced off like a museum exhibition. It looks like a pile of decaying haystacks with mud.
You mean Yumen? Isn't this from Han dynasty and not Qin? Although Han is right after Qin.

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The great wall never ceases to amaze, especially when I wonder how in the world they could haul the stones up those super steep slopes! :eek:

The great wall is just superb..........:eek::eek:

The great wall never ceases to amaze, especially when I wonder how in the world they could haul the stones up those super steep slopes! :eek:

thousands of lives were lost because of that. By the way did you know that they use rice glue to seal those bricks together?

wow, rice glue? i didn't know that! well, i guess they had to use anything they could get their hands on to build something that's longer than the chain of japan islands. i heard that they had to change the materials they made the bricks from into something rather crude, apparently they did the same for the sealing materials.

no structure in the world can boast of anything close to this big! i hope china will continue to restore more and more sections of the great wall until it's 1 long wall again.

thousands of lives were lost because of that. By the way did you know that they use rice glue to seal those bricks together?
Are there any major ancient structures that were built without losing thousands of lives?

and it protected ten of millions people's lives

The next time you visit Beijing, make sure you go to the Great Wall as well. There are well-restored sections only an hour away by highway. But the climb is very exhausting.

If you go to the Great Wall near Beijing, do NOT go to Badaling, go to Mutianyu instead. Badaling is FILLED with tourists, both foreign and domestic and it totally ruins the mood. Mutianyu is much less packed, nearly empty when I went during winter of 2003. There is also a very fun slide that goes from the top to the bottom. There is also a cable cart for those who are too lazy to climb their way up. The scenary is also prettier IMHO.

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Incredible, snake.

http://forum.xinhuanet.com/upfiles/00A85BA3.002C

Incredible

These are some very very fascinating pics of the Great Wall Snakes. Thanks for sharing. I think it would be great if you post these in the General Photography section or even the Skybar where there are more forum traffic for all to see.

-G'day-

Amazing, This Wall are truly hugeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee :eek2::eek2::eek2::eek2::eek2:

One of the big problems with the Great Wall now is that there are actually companies stealing huge chunks of it. Even if they're caught, they're rarely punished to any significant degree.

Road builders plunder China's Great Wall
Wed Feb 9,10:27 PM ET

BEIJING (AFP) - Road builders demolished a large section of China's World Heritage-listed Great Wall last month in an indication of the perilous state of one of the world's best known landmarks, state media said.

Almost 100 meters (333 feet) of the wall in northern Ningxia autonomous region was levelled in two overnight raids by construction workers who used the material to pave a road, the Ningxia Daily said.

The destroyed area near Zhongwei city was constructed during the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644) in an region known as "the Great Wall Museum" because of the profusion of rammed earth sections of the wall.

Less than 2,500 kilometers (1,500 miles) remain of the 6,300 kilometer long wall that was first built in the Qin Dynasty (221-206 BC). It was rebuilt in the Ming Dynasty to keep out northern tribes threatening the Chinese heartland.

Zhongwei's public security bureau is investigating the case and has vowed that those responsible will be forced to rebuild what they demolished, the report said.

It is not the first time the wall has been plundered for building materials in Nixgxia. Last year, a 400 metre (1,320 feet) section disappeared with the culprits never found.

Dong Yaohui, vice president of the China Great Wall Academy, said punishments were too lax and needed to be tightened.

He was quoted as saying that several years ago a man who plundered the wall only received an 80,000 yuan (9,666) fine, amounting to less than it would have cost to buy legal construction materials, proving no deterrent.

The Great Wall is under such serious threat from human development across China that the central government last year took the drastic step of seizing control of it from local governments.

Currently, the responsibility of protecting the wall, which stretches across several provinces and municipalities, is down to different local authorities.

The wall was listed on the United Nations prestigious World Heritage List in 1987, but far from ensuring its preservation critics argue that it has only succeeded in shrouding it in a "false cloak of security".

even from the moon. the american astronauts claimed that on the face of the earth, the Great Wall is the only distinguishable man-made buildings.

it is really an amazing human feat to build such a long Great Wall.

Next mth, I will be visiting Mongolia, Beijing, Tianjin, Qingdao, Shanghai, Nanjing, Suzhou, and Hangzhou.

:runaway:
They built it to prevent the barbarians(Mongols) from invading China. The Mongols later on did manage to break in though it was when China was weak.

btw the entire Great Wall is longer than Japan.

We hiked for about 4 hours from Jinshanling section to Simatai section, the distance is 20km, passing 16 watchtowers.

read more about this hike here (http://www.travelchinaguide.com/china_great_wall/scene/beijing/simatai.htm).

JianBing, my favorite start to the day...

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took a cable ride down...

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We hiked for about 4 hours from Jinshanling section to Simatai section, the distance is 20km, passing 16 watchtowers.

read more about this hike here (http://www.travelchinaguide.com/china_great_wall/scene/beijing/simatai.htm).

JianBing, my favorite start to the day...

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Oh, I used to eat that for breakfast when I was in highschool, it used to cost me like 2 yuan or something, but sometimes I just save the money to play the arcade machines ... :D

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My mom has been there once. She gets tired pretty quickly after walking up all those steps. I'm wondering if anyone actually made a full length walk from the beginning to where it ends. That would take at least several days :)

My mom has been there once. She gets tired pretty quickly after walking up all those steps. I'm wondering if anyone actually made a full length walk from the beginning to where it ends. That would take at least several days :)
Quite a few people (in modern times) have already made the journey from one end of the Great Wall to another. Most did it to set some kind of record so I'm sure you can look them up.

Great shots !

萬裏長城萬裏長,長城兩邊是故鄉.....




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第一张怎么到藏区了？？

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the map of great wall
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Its sad to see that great parts of the wall are not preserved but nevertheless it is a marvelous historical monument.

^^ It is impossible to preserve most of them.
The stronger eras or dynasties built the stronger ones that last longer, the weaker eras or dynasties built the weaker ones that last shorter. The late Ming emperors built the crappiest walls even they are of the most modern time. That just shows how incompetent that dynasty became when their time was about to come.
The last legend shows different locations of walls built in different dynasties.

萬裏長城萬裏長,長城兩邊是故鄉.....


“裏”是指“裏外”的裏，而不是“里程”的里。好多简体字，如“发”、“苏”、“后”都是通假的，或者说是合并了好几个传统汉字的。

Thanks littlekiss!
I recognise Simatai, where I went. :) :horse:
1st pic is really amazing.

萬裏長城萬裏長,長城兩邊是故鄉.....

萬裏長城萬裏長,長城兩邊是故鄉.....draw my tears!:cry:
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Thanks littlekiss!
I recognise Simatai, where I went. :) :horse:
1st pic is really amazing.

me too, I like and miss Miyun's Simatai Great Wall and Mutianyu Great Wall though I fell down from the wall and got bruise on face and hands.

It was stupid to make that wall and it didt even worked. The Mongolians just stormed the gate easly.
Sorry but this is the most stupid construction of mankind.

^^ Sioux
Aka "bnned" Comanche
Oh, our friend is coming back...:banned:

It was stupid to make that wall and it didt even worked. The Mongolians just stormed the gate easly.
Sorry but this is the most stupid construction of mankind.

Comanche, I am fed up with " stupid" you frequently used. You never understand "Great Wall". Nobody neccessirily explains to you coz your background about China is like a piece of blank paper. :ohno:

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^^ No, it's a toilet paper.

^^ It is impossible to preserve most of them.
The stronger eras or dynasties built the stronger ones that last longer, the weaker eras or dynasties built the weaker ones that last shorter. The late Ming emperors built the crappiest walls even they are of the most modern time. That just shows how incompetent that dynasty became when their time was about to come.
The last legend shows different locations of walls built in different dynasties.

现在的长城主要都是明长城。明代的工艺肯定胜于之前。

The chinese wall is so stupid. Typical mass population country to make such a stupid shit. PR China must be the most pathetic nation of the world. I feel sorry for all those people who has suffered and died because of this shitwork.

where's the mod?

I wonder if the great wall had successfully fulfilled its purpose to defend invaders from outside china proper in ancient time. Did it stop them or not?

I wonder if the great wall had successfully fulfilled its purpose to defend invaders from outside china proper in ancient time. Did it stop them or not?
why is china the longgest surviving civilization?if our ancestors didn't built the defend line and hard fighted with enemies ,maybe we had disapperd or like roman just find them form history books or films.of course great wall can't defead all attacks ,invaders,but this is a spirit of china.(sorry for my poor english.)

why is china the longgest surviving civilization?if our ancestors didn't built the defend line and hard fighted with enemies ,maybe we had disapperd or like roman just find them form history books or films.of course great wall can't defead all attacks ,invaders,but this is a spirit of china.(sorry for my poor english.)

yes yes........... stop getting so defensive, i was merely asking objectively if it had stop the invaders or not, since i know little of the great wall, thats why im so curious about it.

I think the Egyptian pyromids were built in the sacrifice of numerous lifes too, but every outsider, except some stupid and rude ones, can not help but admire the miracles. Before the mordern economy and ethic priciple was established, the perish of life is part of our history.

Unfortuntely, except inhabiting same land, the "Egyptian" nowdays has no direct connection to the ancient Egyptian, who created the marverous civilization. Indeed, all of the ancient civilizations have died except China.

Of course not... is this not a little too obvious? The Great Wall is more of a symbol than anything of practical use. After all it stretches for thousands of kilometers and that makes it extremely hard to defend along this extremely long border, although the wall itself is pretty tall and everything, as time passed on army and weapons got more sophisticated, so it should become increasingly easy to penetrate even a rather fortified point over the years. What's so great about Great Wall however, is not how it could defend the nation against invaders, but rather the sheer volume of work involved in this engineering construction feat is unthinkable even today, let alone 2 thousands of years ago when people pretty much had to lift the bricks themselves. The construction of Great Wall to me is no smaller achievement than the other Wonders of the world, ie Pyramids in Egypt. It shows what a nation is capable of is quite beyond comprehension, the determination of this people to defend itself, the intelligence and perseverance that all went into this project. It also began to show the Chinese mentality, the Chinese culture. The Great Wall is not the only "great" wall you can find in China. Over the milennia so many manmade cities were surrounded by grand walls, the ancient capital Chang'an, the forbidden city, there are all surrounded by walls. Even today, one main urban theme in Chinese cities is the use of walls. Even the board game "go" invented by Chinese is about surrounding your enemies with walls... well, kind of.

i'll do him

The "Southern Great Wall" as it has come to be called was built by the rulers of the Ming Dynasty as a military blockade to defend the kingdom against the Miao people of the south. The Southern Great Wall stretches from Xiqueying of Guzhang county in western Hunan province to Huanghuiying of Tongren City in Guizhou Province. It stretches for 190km with the main part of the wall located in Fenghuang. Since it's discovery in April of 2000, it has undergone restoration procedures to restore it to it's former state.


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Wow! Thanks for sharing, I never knew the Southern Great Wall ever existed :)

Since it's discovery in April of 2000.

Huh? How could you "discover" something like this?

^^

discover=becoming a tourist spot

does that mean 中国有两个长城 two great wall? :uh:

It is really a very small war. It can be considered as a Changcheng as it was long enough, but I am not sure if it be called "Great Wall". What is its greatness?

amazing, never knew about this either. it is reported that it started to be open to tourists in May 2001. It was built in Ming Dynasty(1573-1620) for the government to protect Shu Miao from Sheng Miao Minority who were repelling at that time. Because of the much weaker military force in the south at that time, the bricks they used are much smaller as well. They are only about 1/10 to1/6 to bricks in the north. Experts have stated that there is no reason to seperate this part of great wall away from the northern ones, because they are all belonging to the same part of world heritage. It's just a matter of document procedures...

http://www.yeelang.com/xiyou/101/changcheng.htm

A bit old, taken Nov 2007 by jiayou online.

Jiankou in snow. This part of the Great Wall is called Jian Kou.

《箭扣秋雪》转自佳友在线

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wow a Southern Great Wall.

What about the wall that was built by Qin Shi Huang? Would that mean China has 3 Great Walls?

This is a really good map detailing the changes in the location of the Great Wall over the Dynasties.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/9d/Map_of_the_Great_Wall_of_China.jpg

^^Today, is there any piece of the Zhanguo wall left in North Korea?

There seems to be errors on the above map. Someone correct me if I'm wrong but I don't think the great wall included the liaodong peninsula during the Ming dynasty. It stopped at the Shanghai pass near beijing.

The Great Wall (Jiankou)

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Located in Huang Hua Cheng, north of Beijing

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There seems to be errors on the above map. Someone correct me if I'm wrong but I don't think the great wall included the liaodong peninsula during the Ming dynasty. It stopped at the Shanghai pass near beijing.

"Using mapping technologies such as infrared range finders and GPS devices, experts discovered portions of the wall – concealed by hills, trenches and rivers – that stretch from Hu Mountain in northern Liaoning province to Jiayu Pass in western Gansu province, China Daily reported yesterday.

The newly mapped parts of the wall were built during the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644) to protect against northern invaders and were submerged over time by sandstorms that moved across the arid region, the study said."

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/chinas-great-wall-just-got-a-little-bit-greater-1671654.html

China's earliest Great Wall ruins found

The Great Wall ruins of the ancient Chu state are seen in Yexian county, Pingdingshan, Central China's Henan province. The province's cultural heritage bureau said on March 8 that they have found what was called the "Father of Great Wall" – the Chu Great Wall – by using archaeological methods, revealing the missing wall's geographical position and extending directions for the first time. The bureau said the ruins of Chu Great Wall mostly belong to the Spring and Autumn Period (770 BC to 476 BC) while some were built during the Warring States period (403 BC-221 BC), and they mainly lie in the province's southern cities of Pingdingshan, Nanyang, Zhumadian and Xinyang.

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Greatwall

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Great wall of china... love to visit it...

http://toursplanet.com/images/china-great-wall-of-china2.jpg

ths is the place where I always wanted to go,
it is an amazing site.....