The biggest wall of the world is the Great Wall of China. Because of its unique length, it is famous all over the world but apart from this, many interesting stories related to this wall are popular in China. One of the world's largest heritage sites of UNESCO visits a large number of tourists every year to see this great wall.
Who made this big wall and why?
This huge wall is made of clay and stone, which was built by the various rulers of China from the 5th century BC to the 16th century. The motive behind this was to protect itself from the North Raiders.
You can think of its vastness that it can be easily seen in the space too. This wall is spread over an area of 6400 kilometers, which extends fromShanhiguan in the east to Lop Nur in the west and the total length is approximately 4160 miles. However, according to recent survey, this wall is 8,851.8 km including all its branches. (5,500.3 miles).
In the 8th century, the Kui, Yan andJaho kingdoms were constructed from the bricks made by clay and pebbles in order to avoid the attacks of arrows and swords. China came under the rule of Qin 221 years ago. This empire made all small states together by creating a monolithic China. After which rulers of the empire who made all the walls together, made the northern boundary of China? From the 5th century onwards, there were many walls, which were called together as China's wall. 220-226 BC In China, the wall built by Qin Shi Huang, the first emperor of China, was most famous in all the walls but now only a few remains of this wall remains. It was built in the far north of the present wall built by Ming Dynasty.
At the same time, it is said that more than 10 lakh people were appointed to protect the Ming dynasty and about 20 to 3 million people had spent their entire lives in the construction project of this great wall. Today, this wall elevates China's name to the world and it has been declared a UNESCO World Heritage since 1980.
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