What color is the Great Wall? How many years of history does the Great Wall have?

The Great Wall is like a giant dragon, crossing mountains, rivers, lakes and seas, lying across the land of northern China. After the Qin Dynasty conquered the six kingdoms and unified the world, Qin Shihuang connected and repaired the Great Wall of the Warring States Period, and it was called the Great Wall. The Ming Dynasty was the last dynasty to repair the Great Wall, and most of the Great Wall people see today was built at that time. Then you should probably know how many years of history the Great Wall has!

Contents of this article

1. What color is the Great Wall?

2. How many years of history does the Great Wall have?

3. Background of the Great Wall

What color is the Great Wall?

The colors of the Great Wall are iron gray and copper gray, which symbolizes a strong wall of steel. The Great Wall, also known as the Wanli Great Wall, is an ancient Chinese military fortification. It is a tall, solid and continuous long wall used to limit the movement of enemy cavalry.

The Great Wall is mainly made of earth, stone, wood, tiles, etc. The amount of earth and stone needed to build the Great Wall is huge, and usually they are taken locally. In places with high mountains and steep ridges, stones are taken from the mountains and used for masonry. In plain loess areas, earth is taken locally and rammed.

The Great Wall is a defensive system with city walls as the main body, combined with a large number of cities, barriers, pavilions and signs. After Qin conquered the six kingdoms and unified the world, Qin Shihuang connected and repaired the Great Wall of the Warring States Period, and it was then called the Great Wall.

How many years of history does the Great Wall have?

The earliest Great Wall was built during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, which is about 2,000 years old. The existing Great Wall was mainly built during the Ming Dynasty, which is about 400 years old. According to historical records, the construction of the Great Wall lasted for more than 2,000 years, almost accompanying the entire process of the development of Chinese feudal society.

The Great Wall is the longest military defense project in the world's history. It winds like a giant dragon, crossing mountains, rivers, lakes and seas, lying across the land in northern China. Its total length has changed several times, and all adds up to more than 50,000 kilometers.

Starting from the construction of the "Square City" by the Chu State in the seventh century BC, more than 20 vassal states and feudal dynasties built the Great Wall by the Ming Dynasty. Among them, the length of the Great Wall of the Qin, Han and Ming dynasties exceeded 5,000 kilometers.

According to the results of a nationwide Great Wall resource survey conducted by the cultural relics and surveying and mapping departments, the total length of the Ming Great Wall is 8,851.8 kilometers, the Qin and Han and early Great Walls are over 10,000 kilometers, and the total length is over 21,000 kilometers.

Background of the Great Wall

During the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, the construction of the Great Wall entered its first climax as the various states fought for hegemony and defended each other, but the length of the Great Wall built at that time was relatively short. After the Qin Dynasty conquered the six states and unified the world, Qin Shihuang connected and repaired the Great Wall of the Warring States Period, and it was then called the Great Wall. The Ming Dynasty was the last dynasty to carry out a major renovation of the Great Wall, and most of the Great Wall that people see today was built during this period.

The Great Wall was first built in the fifth century BC during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period.

The history of the Great Wall construction can be traced back to the Western Zhou Dynasty. The famous story of "Playing Tricks on the Princes by Lighting Beacons" which took place in the capital Haojing (now Xi'an, Shaanxi) originated from this.

The construction of the Great Wall in China in various periods over the past two thousand years has basically been recorded, but the names used by different dynasties when building and recording the Great Wall were different.