The Great Wall is a great work in China and worldwide. This is one of the fascinating sites all travelers on a trip to China. However, there is the mystery of it, but not everyone knows.
1. According to information, the Great Wall 6276 km long, but in fact, it all works up to 8851 km by it there are natural trenches and walls.
The total length of the Great Wall is 8851 km
2. Period of construction lasted until the Great Wall more than 2,000 years. and the first part was built in the early eighth century BC.
3. The name Great Wall is located in the early 19th century, before measuring it is known to many visitors as the name of the fortress, barricades or dragon earth ...
4. The first European to set foot on the Great Wall was Bento de Gois - a Portuguese explorer. He came here in 1605.
5. There are many rumors that the mortar used to build the Great Wall was mixed with human bones. But everything was manufactured, the Great Wall was built by many different materials: rubble, clay, wood, limestone ... .tuy in each period.
6. Most of the Great Wall was abandoned only a few small sections have been preserved and restored. Even some people even remove bricks to build a house at the Great Wall.
7. To stop the construction in 1644 and has since built more but not only repair, repair.
People build the Great Wall in the hundreds of thousands of people
8. The total number of people to participate in the construction of the Great Wall of up to 800,000 people estimated.
(. The Great Wall was nicknamed "the longest cemetery in the world" because there are hundreds of thousands of people died during the construction. And there are some who are buried just below the wall of the nail.
9. The school is home to many challenging sports. For example, in 1987, William Lindesay - long distance running athletes performed more than 2,400 km Colombia List cuaTruong
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