Government mapping study for two years found that the wall is 8850 km in length. In fact, the length of the wall was usually referred to around 5000 km. Previous estimates, the length is based on historical records.
State media mentions, infrared technology and GPS to help locate some hidden areas by sand storms. The project found that the wall along the 6259 km, 359 km moat, and 2232 km of natural defenses such as hills and rivers. The study conducted by the Institute for Cultural Heritage and the Bureau of Surveying and Mapping.
The experts said the newly discovered part of the wall was built during a period of dynastic Sun (1368-1644), and runs from Hu Mountains in northern Liaoning Province to the Jiayu Pass in Gansu Province in western China.
The project will continue until 18 months to map part of the wall that was built during the Qin Dynasty (221-206BC) and Han Dynasty (206BC-9AD). The wall, which is building the world's largest man-made built to protect China's northern frontier of the Empire.
Archaeologists had lobbied for the survey in order to provide experts with an accurate understanding of the wall construction. In China, the wall is known as the "long wall 10 000 Li."
Great Wall of China is nothing other than a series of walls and the work that began in the 5th century and was first linked at the bottom of the Qin Shi Huang around 220 BC. Wall of China was listed by Unesco as a world heritage site in 1987.
Only takes five minutes to stand on the Great Wall in China and you will realize the Great Wall of China became the world's seven wonders. Although covering more than 6000 kilometers, the Great Wall of China. Because of the fact that only about 30 foot wall of views as you imagine.
Construction of the Great Wall in China lasted for several centuries and through several dynasties. Great wall, as we know it today, is actually the result of a combination of several small walls built for protection throughout the year.
At first, the wall was built of wood and stone. Later, bricks, have been incorporated into the construction of the wall to strengthen the wall and makes penbangunannya. There are estimates that, throughout the year, more than one million Chinese died in the construction of this Great Wall.
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In 2004, approximately two thirds ina section of the Great Wall has been destroyed by the influence of weather, developers and tourism. If you visit this wall, you will find the nearest part is designated as tourism. Today, tourists can walk easily in various parts of the Great Wall, even though they are still advised to carefully climbed the Great Wall in China is due to the age and condition of the wall sections that are different. This is especially necessary to ensure the safety of tourists.
Before your visit to the Great Wall of China, try to read the following tips:
* Weather and seasons is one important thing to consider. Choose the best time to visit the Great Wall of China. In my experience, when the air is too hot in summer, it is not advisable to travel up the Great Wall of China. Travel will be very tiring for those of you in the season like this.
* Be careful when walking or climbed the Great Wall in China. Some specific sections less attention to care so that it can become dangerous if not walk carefully.
Traveling alone or in conjunction with group travel, travel to the Great Wall of China is one of the attractions you should enter into the list of activities when you visit to China.
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The Great Wall of China is a series of stone and is built between 6th century & the 16th century to protect the borders of the Chinese empire. The great wall and some renovated section in Beijing municipality are mostly visited.
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