If you want to hear more while standing at the scene of the story, just tell us your interests and requirements and we will tailor-made a Great Wall tour for you.The recent promotion of a historian – who spearheaded a rehabilitation of the period – to the highest levels of Chinese society has led to speculation that the past is being reinterpreted to bolster President Xi Jinping’s ideological and political authority. The Great Wall also has many fascinating true stories and interesting things. 5-Day Huangyaguan to Huanghuacheng Great Wall Hiking Tourĭiscovering More of the Great Wall with Us.3-Day Jiankou to Jinshanling Great Wall Hiking Discovery Tour.2-Day Great Wall Mutianyu-Simatai Day-Night Tour.Map showing the key forts on the Ming Dynasty Great Wall. The Great Wall sections close to Beijing like the Badaling section and Mutianyu section were built during the Ming Dynasty. Most of the remaining Great Wall was built in the Ming Dynasty, and is known as the Ming Great Wall. The Great Wall was systematically rebuilt in a 100-year project to prevent further northern invasion.

China flourished during the Ming Dynasty and its military might swell. When the Yuan Dynasty collapsed due to civil unrest the Chinese Han once again took control under the command of rebel leader Zhu Yuanzhang, who became the first emperor of the Ming Dynasty. Building of the Great Wall, not surprisingly, ceased during the Yuan Dynasty, as China and Mongolia to the north were one. The Great Wall had done a good job of preserving Han China for 1,500 years. The Yuan Dynasty was the first dynasty in which the whole of China was controlled by a non-Han people, the Mongols. 1-Day Jiankou to Mutianyu Great Wall Hiking Tour.The Jin Great Wall was unable to stop the vast Mongol Empire invading, consuming China, and beginning the Yuan Dynasty. The Jin, or Manchus, however did get through the Great Wall and controlled the north of China during the Jin Dynasty (1115–1234). The Song Dynasty, known for its development of China's economy and trade, had a history of building the Great Wall to prevent invasions of Liao, Western Xia and Jin in the north and northwest. The Sui Dynasty (581–618) saw extensive rebuilding of the Great Wall, while the following Tang Dynasty (618–907), the culmination of China's feudal age, didn't do any work on the Great wall owing to its superior power and advantage over its northern nomad neighbors. The Northern Qi Dynasty (550–577) was short but saw some significant additions comprising the Northern Qi Great Wall in the Shanxi Province area, including an 'Inner Great Wall' as a second line of defense against the Mongols. The Great Wall was built to prevent invasion by northen nations (Mongols and Manchu) and protect silk road trade. The Qin Great Wall wound its way from Linrao, Gansu Province in the west to the Liaodong Peninsula, Liaoning Province. When it was finished, the total length of wall exceeded 5,000 kilometers (3,100 miles), and became known as the 10,000-Li-Long-Wall (one li is 0.5 km). Other state border walls became obsolete in a unified China and were subsequently eroded or dismantled. Qin Shihuang (king of the State of Qin from 247–221 BC) became the first emperor of China and ruled China for most of the short Qin Dynasty.Įmperor Qin Shihuang ordered that the northern sections of wall on state borders, especially the walls in the northern part of China built by the states of Qin, Zhao and Yan, be joined together to form a unified line of defense against Mongol harassment from the north, the first true Great Wall. The outcome of the Warring States Period was that the State of Qin proved to be the stronger, conquering and unifying the other states. Click for the walls of the Qi, Wei, Yan, and Zhao states. (Chu, Qi, Wei, Yan, Zhao, Qin, and Han)Įach state had its own defensive walls, like several short Great Walls. The small states were joined together by warlords by the beginning of the Warring States Period to form seven large states. As rival states fought for territory and power, the influence of the Zhou kings waned.

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