It took one hundred years to build the Great Wall and with that came many sacrifices. Numerous people would say that the benefits outweigh the costs. The benefits don’t outweigh the costs. Many people died, soldiers couldn’t go home to their families, and the Great Wall caused many burdens to the Chinese people.
To begin, many people sacrificed their lives to protect China. The majority of the people died during the construction of the wall. When the Chinese people were forced to live at the border by the Chao Cuo to discourage invasions of the Xiongnu they had to leave their homes.
Not to mention, many soldiers had to leave their family for several years. Some soldiers never came home. A poem says that the soldiers leave at dawn and don’t
To begin, many people sacrificed their lives to protect China. The majority of the people died during the construction of the wall. When the Chinese people were forced to live at the border by the Chao Cuo to discourage invasions of the Xiongnu they had to leave their homes.
Not to mention, many soldiers had to leave their family for several years. Some soldiers never came home. A poem says that the soldiers leave at dawn and don’t