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Ming Dynasty Great Wall 2,551.8 km longer, survey finds
China Saturday revealed the findings of a two-year investigation of the length of the Great Wall in the Ming Dynasty era, which estimate it to be more than 2,551.8 kilometers longer than earlier thought.
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3D digital Great Wall to go online
China will create a three-dimensional digital version of the surviving sections of the Great Wall, which the public will be able to view online, the State Bureau of Surveying and Mapping told Xinhua Thursday.
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1/5 of Ming Dynasty Great Wall in Inner Mongolia gone
About a fifth of the Great Wall built in the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644) has disappeared in north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, an archaeologist said on Tuesday.
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Wild wolf captured near Great Wall
Forestry workers have caught a wild wolf near Badaling, a section of the Great Wall in northern Beijing, ending widespread fear of residents and travelers.
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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. Its historic and strategic importance is matched only by its architectural significance.
As a symbol of China's history and heritage, many foreigners believe that the trip to China is not complete without a visit to the Great Wall. Some even bought the "I climbed the Great Wall" T-shirt as a fantastic suvenoir to bring home.
The Great Wall of China is a series of stone and earthen fortifications in China, built, rebuilt, and maintained between the 5th century BC and the 16th century to protect the northern borders of the Chinese Empire during the rule of successive dynasties. It originated from several seperate walls built by the small kingdoms to protect their own territories during China's Warring States Period (475-221 B.C.). After the whole country was unified in 220 B.C. by the first Emperor Qin Shi-huang, he ordered his general Meng Tian to force 300,000 labours to extend and connect the north sections of these walls to keep away the invasion from nomadic tribes.
At the successive dynasties like Han (202 B.C. - 220 A.D.), Ming (1368 - 1644 A.D) dynasties, large scale of constructions were implemented as the diplomatic relations with northern nomadic tribes remained unfavourable or instable.
Like a huge dragon, the Wall (built in Ming Dynasty) winds its way through deserts, basins, plains and mountains of North China extending over 6,350 km (3,947 miles), from the bank of Yalu River (cross-border river with North Korea) to Jiayuguan of Gansu Province. In Chinese, the Great Wall is called Cháng-chéng, literally "long wall"; or Wàn-lǐ Cháng-chéng, literally "The long wall of 10,000 Li (Chinese unit of distance 2 Li=1 km).
No matter what to say, the Great Wall is the world's longest human-made structure, it is also the largest human-made structure ever built in terms of surface area and mass.
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