The Great Wall of China is one of the world’s largest manmade objects. Many people are unware that China was not the only country or civilization to build a structure like the Great Wall. The Roman Empire, England, and Korea are a few to mention that in their history had built a similar wall. These countries along with China had built these walls for military defense. The name, The Great Wall of China, leads one to believe that is a single wall and also believed that the wall was built all at one time. When in fact the wall was built in many sections, around fifty or more sections. The count is unknown, just like the distance, because many new sections are being discover till this day. Some of those sections are not standing to date,
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In between these layers they would lay down reeds, this would help bind the mud clay and gave it strength and durability. During each layer of mud clay the builders would sing a song. This song was important due the fact that the cadence would keep everyone in sync. This technique and song was commonly used by everyone back then and still used to this day in the remote villages of the desert lands in China. Around 221 B.C. under the Qin Dynasty, these walls and six divided states were united. Qin Shi Huang was the first emperor during this Dynasty and also had the first centralized feudal empire built. Qin wanted to consolidate his territory for protection from the tribes from the north. It is said that Qin ordered five thousand kilometers of the Great Wall to be built. Forts and beacon towers were also constructed into the Great Wall. The beacon towers were used to pass messages down the Great Wall. During the day they would use fire, smoke, baskets, and panels to warn of incoming troops. It is thought that they would use small baskets for a small force, bright panels if it was medium force, and smoke or fire it is was a large force. This …show more content…
Most of the legends are of the hundreds of people that died in the construction of the Great Wall. There is the legend of the The Widow’s Tower. There was a tower that when it was being constructed that twelve troops had lost their lives. Their wives’ were all sorrowed and heartbroken when they were given the news of their husbands. They later had a tower built in memory of their husbands and paid for it from the compensation they had received from their deaths. This leads to a similar legend, but the most well-known legend of China, The Legend of Meng Jiang Nu. This story goes back to the Qin Dynasty. The legend begins with a young man by the name of Fan Qi Liang who had escaped from the hard labor of building the Great Wall. Fan escaped to a village to hide out and began to work in a private garden. Fan soon fell in love with the boss’s daughter, Meng Jiang Nu. The couple married but right after their wedding, Fan was taken to work on the Great Wall again. When winter came, Meng was surprised that Fan had not returned. Meng had made her husband some winter clothing and then decided that she would take clothing to him. When she arrived at the section of the Great Wall where Fan was working, she could not find him. As she was looking for him and asking for his whereabouts she was given the bad news. Meng was told that her husband had passed away and was placed in the
In between these layers they would lay down reeds, this would help bind the mud clay and gave it strength and durability. During each layer of mud clay the builders would sing a song. This song was important due the fact that the cadence would keep everyone in sync. This technique and song was commonly used by everyone back then and still used to this day in the remote villages of the desert lands in China. Around 221 B.C. under the Qin Dynasty, these walls and six divided states were united. Qin Shi Huang was the first emperor during this Dynasty and also had the first centralized feudal empire built. Qin wanted to consolidate his territory for protection from the tribes from the north. It is said that Qin ordered five thousand kilometers of the Great Wall to be built. Forts and beacon towers were also constructed into the Great Wall. The beacon towers were used to pass messages down the Great Wall. During the day they would use fire, smoke, baskets, and panels to warn of incoming troops. It is thought that they would use small baskets for a small force, bright panels if it was medium force, and smoke or fire it is was a large force. This …show more content…
Most of the legends are of the hundreds of people that died in the construction of the Great Wall. There is the legend of the The Widow’s Tower. There was a tower that when it was being constructed that twelve troops had lost their lives. Their wives’ were all sorrowed and heartbroken when they were given the news of their husbands. They later had a tower built in memory of their husbands and paid for it from the compensation they had received from their deaths. This leads to a similar legend, but the most well-known legend of China, The Legend of Meng Jiang Nu. This story goes back to the Qin Dynasty. The legend begins with a young man by the name of Fan Qi Liang who had escaped from the hard labor of building the Great Wall. Fan escaped to a village to hide out and began to work in a private garden. Fan soon fell in love with the boss’s daughter, Meng Jiang Nu. The couple married but right after their wedding, Fan was taken to work on the Great Wall again. When winter came, Meng was surprised that Fan had not returned. Meng had made her husband some winter clothing and then decided that she would take clothing to him. When she arrived at the section of the Great Wall where Fan was working, she could not find him. As she was looking for him and asking for his whereabouts she was given the bad news. Meng was told that her husband had passed away and was placed in the