Famous Sections of the Great Wall:
Menu
- Home
- The Great Wall History
- Conditions & Protection
- The Great Wall Designs
- The Secret of Construction
- The Great Wall FAQ
- Stories & Legends
- The Great Wall Photos
- The Great Wall Map Center
- The Great Wall in Chinese
- The Great Wall & VIPs
- The Great Wall News
- The Great Wall Links
- Contact Us
The Great Wall News
New deal for commercial flights over the Great Wall
Sightseers can rise above the crowds and get a bird's eye view of the Badaling section by taking a spin with Capital Helicopter on a single-engine, six-seat AS350B3 Squirrel helicopter. Tours start at Badaling Airport and last about 15 minutes...
More…
Great Wall forests scorched in blaze
Police are investigating after a blaze close to the iconic Great Wall destroyed 33 hectares of forest and fruit plantations...
More…
Qinghai finds Great Wall remains
Archaeologists found in Qinghai Province new Great Wall relics, including the wall's body, beacon towers, so on in the recently-finished Great Wall Resource Examination...
More…
Great Wall, Hutong listed in the must-see places in the world
On March 8, Reuters listed 25 places in the world to see before they change forever, where the "Real" Great Wall of China and Beijing's Hutong Communities are on the list...
More…
2 detained over damage of Great Wall
Two people have been detained for damaging the section of the Great Wall in Hohhot City, capital of Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, local police said Thursday.
The two men surnamed Zhang and Tian were detained by Hohhot police on Dec. 5. They were project managers of Hohhot Kekao Mining Co. whose gold prospecting team allegedly drilled two holes through the Qin Dynasty (221-207 B.C.) Great Wall, according to a statement of the municipal police.
The holes, covering a total area of 300 square meters and five meters deep, were dug through the Great Wall on the Daqing Mountain to the north of Hohhot.
Regional and municipal police formed a special investigation team after the vandalism was reported on Oct. 27, the statement said.
Damaging the state key cultural relic site is punishable by a fine of up to 500,000 yuan or a jail term of up to 10 years, according to Chinese law.
Five miners received jail terms ranging from one to three years in Inner Mongolia last year for damaging a section of the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644) Great Wall, using heavy machinery. To date, they are the only people to be jailed for damaging the Great Wall.
Construction of the Great Wall was begun by China's first emperor Qinshihuang (259-210 B.C.) to prevent incursions by northern tribes. It was strengthened by later emperors and extended from 8,852 km to comprise several different walls with a total length of 50,000 km.
One-third of the Great Wall has been destroyed by centuries of erosion, a situation that has been exacerbated by continuing vandalism, Wang Dafang, director of the region's cultural relics department, said in an interview in November.
Miners, road construction workers and villagers collecting building materials have contributed to the ongoing destruction along the 15,000-km section of the Great Wall in Inner Mongolia, and the great length made it difficult to stop them, Wang said.
The Great Wall Map Center
- The Great Wall Map in China
- The Ming Great Wall Map (Eastern Part)
- The Great Wall Sites in Beijing Area
- Badaling Area Guide Map
- Badaling Great Wall Map
- Mutianyu Great Wall Map
- Gubeikou / Jinshanling / Simatai Great Wall Map
- The hiking route of Jinshanling-Simatai Great Wall
.gif){kind=link}
About Us
Greatwallchina.info is a web-based platform and community for the people who intend to learn, talk and find out more about the Great Wall of China - a construction feat first built 2200 years ago.