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China Great Wall Museum: Pictures of History

Badaling Greatwall Museum
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The construction of Great Wall has a history of about 2000 years. Photos combined with some relics are placed in the timeline from the Spring and Autumn Dynasties to the Ming and Qing Dynasties. In the early times, the construction was done by different states. It was not until Qin Dynasty that Emperor Qinshihuang connected the scattered walls together. The walls built in Ming Dynasty are the most famous and the best persevered in China. The Juyongguan Pass and Badaling were built at that time.
  • Badaling Greatwall Museum
  • Ruins of Great Wall of the Chu State in Ye County, Henan Province
  • Ruins of Great Wall of the Qi State in Changqing County, Shandong Province
  • Ruins of Great Wall of the Qi State in Qingdao City, Shandong Province
  • Ruins of the Western Great Wall of the Wei State in Huayin County, Shaanxi Province
  • Ruins of the Northern Great Wall of the Zhao State at northern Wusutu of Hohhot City, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region
  • Ruins of the Southern Great Wall of the Zhao State in Lin County, Henan Province
  • Ruins of the Southern Great Wall of the Yan State in Xushui County, Hebei Province
  • Ruins of Great Wall of the Yan State at Yingjin River, Zhaowuda League, Inner Mongolia
  • Ruins of Great Wall of the Qin State in Guyuan County, Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region
  • Ruins of Great Wall of the Qin State built in Shenmu County, Shaanxi Province
  • Ruins of Great Wall of the Zhongshan State in Tang County, Hebei Province
  • Portrait of Emperor Qinshihuang of the Qin Dynasty
  • Ruins of Great Wall of the Qin Dynasty in Guyang County, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region
  • Ruins of Great Wall of the Qin Dynasty, Guyang County, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region
  • Ruins of Great Wall of the Qin Dynasty, Zhangbei County, Hebei Province
  • Ruins of Great Wall of the Han Dynasty on Daqing Mountain, north of Hohhot, Inner Mongolia
  • Ruins of an ancient town at the Han Great Wall in Chaogu Banner, Inner Mongolia
  • Ruins of a beacon tower of the Han Dynasty in Lop Nur, Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region
  • Structure of a beacon tower in the Han Dynasty
  • Dunziwandun: a Han beacon tower in Dunhuang County, Gansu
  • A Han fort in Hexi
  • Ruins of Great Wall of the Northern Wei State, built during the Southern & Northern Dynasties, Guyuan County, Hebei Province
  • Ruins of Great Wall of the Northern Wei State, built during the Southern & Northern Dynasties, Yuxian County, Hebei
  • Ruins of Great Wall of the Eastern Wei State, built during the Southern & Northern Dynasties, Ningwu County, Shanxi Province
  • Ruins of Great Wall of the Northern Qi State, built during the Southern & Northern Dynasties, Miyun County, Beijing
  • Ruins of Great Wall of the Tang Dynasty, Chicheng County, Hebei Province
  • Ruins of the Bohai Great Wall at Hamatang Nangou, Mudanjiang City, Heilongjiang Province
  • Ruins of Great Wall of the Song Dynasty, Kelan County, Shanxi Province
  • 'Underground Tunnel' of the Northern Song Dynasty for defense against the Liao people
  • Ruins of Border Wall of the Jin Dynasty, Hexigten Banner, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region
  • Ruins of Great Wall of the Jin Dynasty in Abaga Banner, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region
  • Ruins of Border Wall of the Jin Dynasty, Hexigten Banner, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region
  • Ruins of Great Wall of the Jin Dynasty on the Border of Gannan County in Heilongjiang Province and Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region
  • Ruins of the border wall of the Ming and Qing Dynasties along the Yalu River.
  • Hushan Great Wall of the Ming Dynasty, Dandong City, Liaoning Province
  • Dajing Gate of Ming Dynasty, Zhangjiakou City, Hebei Province
  • Juyongguan Pass, Great Wall of the Ming Dynasty, Changping County, Beijing
  • The nine-hole tower of the Ming Dynasty in Yanqing County, Beijing
  • Tablet rubbing recorded the event that Yang Siwei built the Great Wall
  • Stone tablet of Qi Jiguang building the Great Wall
  • Laoniuwan Great Wall of the Ming Dynasty, Pianguan County, Shanxi Province
  • Hongguozi Great Wall of the Ming Dynasty, Shizuishan City, Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region
  • A stone carved dragon, ruins of the Ming Great Wall in Hongguozi, Ningxia
  • A stone dragon head, ruins of the Ming Great Wall in Hongguozi, Ningxia
  • Tablet on building the Great Wall in the seventh year of Emperor Tongzhi's Reign of the Qing Dynasty
  • Heqingmen, a pass in the Qing Dynasty, Jixian County, Shanxi
  • The Ming and Qing Great Wall in Fenghuang County, Hunan Province
  • The inscribed wooden tablet of the Great Wall Guan Zhao
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- Last updated on Feb. 28, 2017 by Demi Li -