- This wall is considered the longest manmade barrier ever built.
- It stretches for nearly 21,000 km, with parts of it in ruins.
- The wall was built across several Chinese dynasties
- The Great Wall was repeatedly breached. The most significant breach was by the Manchus who entered Beijing and established the Qing Dynasty.
- Some claim that this is the only manmade structure visible from space, but it is not true.
- One of the many legends surrounding the wall tells of a helpful dragon who drew out the tracks for the wall, which the workers then followed.
- The most well-known and popular legend of The Great Wall of China is the story of “Men Jiangnu’s Bitter Weeping,” which tells of a woman whose husband was killed building the wall. Her tears were so bitter that the section of the wall collapsed to reveal her husband’s bones so she could bury him.
- The wall is actually not a continuous line. It has spurs going in different directions, and breaks where mountains or lakes offer protection.
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