Gansu Great Wall Sightseeing List :
Dunhuang Great Wall of Han Dynasty Jiayuguan Pass Overhanging Great Wall Yangguan Pass Yumenguan Pass
Gansu Province is one of the provinces which have the most sections of the Great Wall. Recent research shows that the walls built in Gansu are mainly the relics of four dynasties: Warring Periods, Qin, Han and Ming. The total length reaches 2,734 miles, which provides a precious material to the study of the Great Wall of China and the history, geography and culture of western areas in China.
The construction of the Great Wall in Gansu follows the principle of using the local materials. In the northeast mountainous areas, the wall was built from the local large pieces of stone or bricks, which couldn't be obtained in the dry western Loess Plateau and desert belt. The clever ancient laboring people built the wall by ramming the earth as solid as stones. This dense earth made the body of the wall difficult to deform and split. Jiayuguan Pass is a typical example built in this way. In the desert area, people created the wall by laying local branches of red willow, reeds and sand layer upon layer. Yumenguan Pass and Yangguan Pass are relics of this kind.
The present state of the Gansu Great Wall is not encouraging. One third of the section is basically complete, one third is broken and the rest is disappearing. The wall in Gansu is not an exception. It is suffering from both natural disasters and human activities. The natural factor includes wind erosion, flood, rain and earthquake. Human activities are even more destructive. The wall is pushed over by innocent people in order to build railways, highroads and houses. In Gansu, the valuable wall relic in Warring States is only half of the original 373 miles. The Han's Wall is only left 621 miles compared to the original 1,367 miles and 621 miles of the Ming's wall can be seen from the primitive 870 miles.
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Travelers' Voices on Great Wall in Gansu
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Mar. 30,2009 18:56 Reply
Mr.window(New Zealand) said:
where is the great wall of china located
Mar. 31,2009 04:26
Mr.Rudolph replied:
In nine cities and provinces, from Shanhaiguan Pass in the east and ends at Jiayuguan Pass in the west, crossing Liaoning, Hebei, Beijing, Tianjin, Shanxi, Shaanxi, Inner Mongolia, Ningxia and Gansu.
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Mar. 31,2009 00:33 Reply
Mr.Ashfaq(Ahmed) said:
is the tribes in ancient times. are there now
Mar. 31,2009 04:21
Mr.Elmer replied:
Perhaps not, the tribes living in long long ago, and melted with other ethnic people later.
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Mar. 30,2009 17:58 Reply
Mr.cao(canada) said:
do you have more facts about the great wall?I am doing a porject e-mail me.
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Mar. 23,2009 18:02 Reply
Ms.jesssica(usa) said:
why did they built the great wall?
Mar. 29,2009 21:24
Mr.Wayne(USA) replied:
To protect themselves from being invaded from the northern nomadic tribes in ancient times.
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Mar. 26,2009 15:50 Reply
Mrs.pacheco(peru) said:
is this important in china
Mar. 29,2009 20:57
Mr.James(Egypt) replied:
Of course, the Great Wall is the symbol of China, and it has witnessed the history and development of the country. The Great Wall to Chinese People is like the Pyramids to we Egyptians.
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Mar. 3,2009 13:08 Reply
Mr.Place&time(USA) said:
why is it sometimes called the "longest cemetary" ??
Mar. 4,2009 22:06
Mr.Info replied:
Probably because many people died along the project of building it.
Mar. 27,2009 23:06
Mrs.Ackles(usa) replied:
because ppl were buried under it. they didnt have time to give them a funeral so they through them under the bricks as the were building and kept it moving!