Great Wall Construction Chronology

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Dynasty	Wall	Period	Length (Mile)	Description
Warring States (476 BC-221 BC)	Wall of Qi	685 BC -645 BC	385	From the bank of Yellow River to the Yellow Sea in the east
	Wall of Chu	656 BC	155	Started from the northeast of Dengzhou in Henan Province, northward via the border of Neixiang and Zhenping Counties, eastward along Funiu Mountain to the west of Ye County, and southeastward to Zhongyang Mountain in Qinyang County
	Wall of Yan	334 BC	Unknown	Started from the Taihang Mountain of Hebei Province, arriving at the northeast of Xiong County via Xushui and Anxin Counties, and southward to Ziya River
	Wall of Qin (under the reign of King Li Gong)	461BC	Unknown	Started from the Xiaozhang Village at the foot of Mt. Huashan in Shaanxi Province, northeastward to the bank of Weihe River, westward along the south bank of Luohe River to Pucheng County, and ended at Mt. Huanglong in Baishui County along the west bank of Luohe River
	Wall of Qin (under the reign of King Zhao)	Unknown	Unknown	Started from the Min County in Gansu Province, northward to the present Lintao County, reached the border area of Tianciwan Village in Jingbian County of Shaanxi Province and Liandaowan Village in Ansai County of Shaanxi Province. From here, the wall branched out into two paths.The first was built eastward along the dividing range of Dali River and Huaining River and ended at Yuhe Village in Yulin City (Shaanxi). The other turned to the north by way of Jingbian County, Yulin City to the west bank of Yellow River, south of Inner Mongolia
	Wall of Zhao	300 BC	Unknown	Started from the border of Mt.Wula and Mt.Langshan, gets to the north slope of Mt. Daqing in the northwest of Hohhot via the south slope of Mt. Yinshan, Wuyuan County (Inner Mongolia) and Guyang County (Inner Mongolia)
	Wall of Wei (the west line)	361 BC -352 BC	Over 62,137	Started from Mt. Huashan in Shaanxi Province and through to the bank of the Yellow River by way of Weihe River, Dali County (Shaanxi), northward to the Heyin and Hancheng Counties (Shaanxi)
	Wall of Wei (the south line)	Unknown	Unknown	Started from today's Yuanyang County in Henan Province, and ended at Mixian County (Henan) via Yangwu County (Henan) and east of Zhengzhou
Qin (221 BC-206 BC)	Wall of Qin (the west line)	214 BC	3,107	Started from the Minxian County in Gansu Province, and ended at the south bank of the Yellow River by way of Lintao County (Gansu), Jingbian County (Shaanxi), Hengshan Mountain, Yulin City (Shaanxi) and Tuoketuo County in Inner Mongolia
Qin (221 BC-206 BC)	Wall of Qin (the north line)	214 BC	3,107	Started from the west section of Mt. Yinshan and ended at the mouth of today's Qingchuan River in North Korea by way of the north slope of Mt. Daqing, Jining County in Inner Mongolia, Zhangyi County (Hebei), Fushun and Benxi Cities (Liaoning)
Western Han (206 BC-24)	Wall of Western Han	205 BC	6,214	The first emperor (Liu Bang) ordered the restoration of the Qin Wall
		130 BC		Emperor Wu (Liu Che) ordered restoration of the wall on a larger scale
		121 BC		The emergence of Wuwei and Jiuquan Counties. Lingjusai Great Wall, the first section of the Hexi Great Wall, started at the west bank of the Yellow River in today's Yongdeng County (Gansu Province) to the Jinta County in northern Jiuquan City along the Hexi Corridor
		127 BC		Emperor Wu ordered extension of the wall to today's Jiuquan City
		111 BC		Emperor Wu ordered extension of the wall to Yumen, which was the second section of the Hexi Great Wall
		102 BC		Emperor Wu ordered to build the wall from Yumen to Luobupo in Xinjiang, which was the third section of the Hexi Great Wall
Northern Wei (386-534)	Wall of Northern Wei	423	621	Started from the northeast of Chicheng County and ended at Mt. Yinshan via Zhangbei County (Hebei), Shangyi County (Hebei), Huade, Shangdu, Wuchuan and Guyang Counties (Inner Mongolia)
Northern Qi (550-577)	Wall of Northern Qi	552	124	Started from today's Lishi County (Shanxi) and ended at today's Wuzhai County (Shanxi) along Mt. Luliang
		555	Over 280	Started from Xiakou near Juyongguan Pass and ended at Hengzhou County (today's Datong County in Shanxi Province)
		556	932	Started from today's Fenyang County (Shanxi) and stretched to the seashore near Shanhaiguan Pass
		557	124	Started from the border of today's Daixian and Shuoxian Counties (Shanxi) and ended at the southwest of today's Lingqiu County (Shanxi)
		563	62	Located at today's northwest of Jiyuan County in Henan Province
Sui (581-618)	Wall of Sui	581-608	932	Started from the bank of the Yellow River in Ningxia and zigzagged to the coast of Bohai Sea by way of Inner Mongolia, Shanxi and Hebei Provinces
Liao (916-1125)	Wall of Liao	908	Unknown	Located at today's Mt. Nanguan in today's Dalian City, Liaoning Province
Jin (265-420)	Ditches of Jin	1148	Unknown	Started from today's Genhe City in Inner Mongolia and ended at the Mt. Kente, Mongolia
Ming (1368-1644)	The Great Wall of Ming	1368-1644	4,536	Started from Yalu River in Liaoning Province and ended at Jiayuguan Pass in Gansu Province by way of Hebei, Tianjin, Beijing, Shanxi, Inner Mongolia, Shaanxi, and Ningxia