The Northern Wei, Northern Qi and Northern Zhou of the Northern Dynasties (386 - 581) all had ever built the Great Wall, among which the Great Wall built during the Northern Qi was the largest. In the Sui Dynasty (581 - 618), the emperors had ever built the Great Wall many times in order to keep away the Turkic and the Tuyuhun tribes. Later, in the Jin Dynasty (1115 - 1234), the Great Wall was built again to resist the nomadic tribes in the Mongolian Plateau. Attraction Intro: Great Wall of Wei, Jin, Song and Yuan Dynasties

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Ruins of the Northern Wei Great Wall in Guyuan County, Hebei

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