The Great Wall of China (traditional Chinese: 萬里長城; simplified Chinese: 万里长城; pinyin: Wànlǐ Chángchéng, literally "ten thousand li long wall") is a series of fortifications in China.

2010年8月24日 · Perhaps the most recognizable symbol of China and its long and vivid history, the Great Wall was originally conceived by Emperor Qin Shi Huang in the third century B.C. as a means of preventing...

2025年2月24日 · The Great Wall separated the northern plateau from the central plain, but it also encouraged the nomadic peoples to settle and improve their lifestyles, learn to farm, trade, and live in peace. Many towns along the Great Wall grew into busy border trade hubs, and the walls served as the base for economic management during peacetime. 3.

2023年10月19日 · The Great Wall of China was built over centuries by China’s emperors to protect their territory. Today, it stretches for thousands of miles along China’s historic northern border.

The "First Pier of the Great Wall" is the westernmost end of the Ming Dynasty Great Wall that stretches 8,851 kilometers (5,500 miles). It was built to be a small fort, one of many, that guarded the Jiayu Pass area.

2018年2月5日 · China’s iconic Great Wall, actually a network of fortifications rather than a single structure, is the product of countless labors over a period of some two thousand years.

The history of the Great Wall of China began when fortifications built by various states during the Spring and Autumn (771–476 BC) [1] and Warring States periods (475–221 BC) were connected by the first emperor of China, Qin Shi Huang, to protect his newly founded Qin dynasty (221–206 BC) against incursions by nomads from Inner Asia.

The Great Wall of China's history began in the Spring and Autumn Period (770–476 BC), was first completed in the Qin Dynasty (221–206 BC), and was last rebuilt as a defense in the Ming Dynasty (1368–1644). It protected China's north from invasion for all but two dynasties that were invader-led: Yuan (1279–1368) and Qing (1644–1912).

2015年8月22日 · The Great Wall of China is a barrier fortification in northern China running west-to-east 13,171 miles (21,196 km) from the Jiayuguan Pass (in the west) to the Hushan Mountains in Liaoning Province in the east, ending at the Bohai Gulf.

3 天之前 · The oldest known part of the Great Wall of China was recently excavated, dating 300 years earlier than the previous record-holding section. This new find is part of the larger oldest part of the ...