Beijing Great Wall 
Can the Great Wall Be Seen from the Space? How long is the Great Wall of China? Who, when and why built the Great Wall of China? Who of the world leaders have visited the Great Wall of China?
Where was the Great Wall of China?
Answer: The Great Wall of China is a huge construction which starts from Hushan Great Wall in the east and ends at Jiayuguan Pass in the west, across Liaoning, Hebei, Beijing, Tianjin, Shanxi, Shaanxi, Inner Mongolia, Ningxia, Gansu and Qinghai Provinces.
It is often said that many ancient people were buried under the root of the Great Wall. Is that true and why?
Answer: Many people died of building the Great Wall, and it is the common understanding of most people that they were simply buried in the wall. It is thought that the ancient people did so mainly for the following reasons: first, to save funeral expenses; second, to save building materials, for bones are good, natural material friendly to environment; third, to deep fertilize the wall to make the roots of plants go deep so to protect the Great Wall foundations; the last and the strangest, the wall can intimidate the avenging spirits of those who died for the Great Wall.
Steep Great Wall How long does it take to get all the way across the Great Wall?
Answer: It depends on your routes and speed. The first man to finish trekking the most length spent two years from Shanhaiguan Pass to Jiayuguan Pass.
How many people worked and died while building the Great Wall of China?
Answer: Countless, there is no accurate number on how many people died building the Great Wall.
Can the Great Wall of China be seen from space?
Answer: It is definitely impossible to see the Great Wall from space. The Great Wall measures less than 11 yards wide on average, and is easy to be covered by the surrounding landscape. Merely to the naked eye, it is hardly recognizable from 65,617 feet high. It is totally invisible at a height of 196,850 feet, not to mention from a space ship whose orbital altitude is on average 1,312,333 feet high. To say an astronaut can see the Great Wall is obviously an exaggeration.
How tall is the Great Wall of China? Answer: The main body of the Ming Great Wall measures 21 feet tall on average.
Great Wall Brick What makes the Great Wall great?
Answer: The Great Wall of China is the biggest national military defense project built in the cold steel age of human history. Like a giant dragon wriggling in the northern China, it stands for the spirit of Chinese people.
How many bricks were used to build the Great Wall of China?
Answer: The accurate number is unknown. But roughly estimated, the length of a 1 yard wide and 16 feet tall wall built from the bricks and earthworks in the Ming Great Wall is equal to the circumference of the earth.
What happens if fall off the Great Wall?
Answer: It's no joke. The Great Wall can be dangerous! Especially in the wild sections, the walls are built in the steep mountains and the bricks are loose. It is frequently the case that tourists fall off the wall and lose their lives. So watch your step and raise your self-protection awareness when you travel on this Great Wall.
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Q & A on Great Wall of China
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Jan. 4,2010 12:27 Reply
Ms.shannon(USA) said:
what is the proper matiral to use for a model of the great wall? (besides plato)
Jan. 4,2010 19:52
Ms.SLEEPYHAMSTER(China) replied:
Many materials were used in different places, for example, in mountains, people used bricks and stones while in deserts and grassland, people used local sand, earth and mixed strong plants to help the wall firm.
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Apr. 11,2009 06:13 Reply
Mr.Wayne King(Ire) said:
Yu say building materials were scarce. Have any bits of the wall been stolen over the years to make rockery?
Apr. 13,2009 19:57
Mr.lol replied:
Yes, the fact is that many local people would use the bricks from the wall to build their sheep pens or pig bed or water closets.
Dec. 27,2009 15:09
Ms.UZI98(United States) replied:
the materials used for the great wall were very helpfull to many paople
3.
Apr. 28,2009 15:40 Reply
Ms.Maureen(USA) said:
How was the Great Wall of China built?
Apr. 29,2009 02:34
Mr.Wang replied:
The China Great Wall was built by piling stones, bricks and cements into a fortified line along the mountain contours.
May. 5,2009 11:15
Mr.sertsd replied:
by putting bricks,stones, and cement on it with paste for bricks
Dec. 27,2009 15:07
Ms.UZI98(United States) replied:
u forgot stones. it was partly built with stones
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May. 5,2009 11:13 Reply
Mr.tanga said:
what is the great wall of china there for?
May. 5,2009 20:35
Mr.Goofy(USA) replied:
The Great Wall of China was built to protect people from being attacked by the northern nomadic tribes.
May. 6,2009 13:48
Ms.Shanice(U.S.A) replied:
the wall is there for protection in the ancient world of china, today it is used for a historical monument to look at.
May. 13,2009 08:55
Ms.unknown(Burma) replied:
Chinese build the great wall to protect china from invaders.
Dec. 27,2009 15:05
Ms.UZI98(United States) replied:
its there because of the monglians barbarians from attacking any further if the villeges
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Jul. 19,2009 11:19 Reply
Ms.sm(India) said:
How can we see great wall of China when we visit Sanghai
Jul. 19,2009 20:47
Ms.Helen replied:
China Great Wall is located in Beijing, not in Shanghai, so you should first fly from Shanghai to Beijing. And in Beijing, choose your favorate section such as Badaling Great Wall. Take No.919 bus at Deshengmen Gate, the bus ticets costs CNY 12 and the whole trip takes about 1 hour to Badaling.
Dec. 27,2009 14:46
Ms.UZI98(United States) replied:
u also might be able to see it during the plane ride if u r going in a plane