Ten Interesting Myths of Great Wall

Great wall is one of the most outstanding man made structure in the world from ancient time to today. In this post I intended to focus on ten interesting facts of this great structure.

10. There are many watchtowers along the Great Wall. Watchtower is one of the most important attractions of Great wall. However, it is surprising that these towers are built at regular intervals and height up to 40 tall. These were used for lookouts and fortresses, garrisons for troops and store house. They were also used as signal post by beaconing, firing or using flag. These watch towers are not same each of the watch towers varies from each other.

9. Many parts of Great Wall is enclosed by defensive moats, these were either covered with water or kept as ditches.

8. The universal ruler or Genghis Khan, the Mongol invaders had no problem to pass across the great wall as the wall was discontinues in many places; he conquered most the northern China between A.D. 1211 and 1223. They ruled that area around 150 years and in 1368, Ming defeated the Mongols and took over the control of the Northern China.

7. The amazing fact is that the wall was built more than 2000 years, Qin had the most significant role, after that (206 B.C.-A.D. 220), Sui (A.D. 581-618), Jin (115-1234) and, most prominently, the Ming (1368-1644). The wall can see today is made of brick and stone, was built by Ming dynasty.

6.  Dragon in China is considered as protective divinity and is the same meaning of identical with springtime and vital power. The whole great wall is compared with dragon.

5.  The great wall was not empty, more than one million soldiers we deployed to defend the wall from barbarians and Mongolians.

4.  The height of the great wall also varied from place to place, the average height is 25 ft but the watchtowers were even 40 ft high and they are 15-30 feet wide.

3.  The highest point is The Heita Mountain and it is measured 5,033 feet.

2. The Great Wall is also known as “the longest cemetery on earth”-as the number of people died during the construction of great wall is still  unknown but reportedly, it is known that around one million people were died for the construction of Great wall.

1. However, Great Wall is not considered one of the seven wonders of the ancient world but considered as one of the 7Wonders of the medieval age.

Finally, I am sure, there are many interesting facts of great wall but to me, these ten are seemed well recognized. If you consider any other fact to be mentionable you can add it here as comment.

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