One of the biggest engineering
projects is the Great Wall of China. I will discuss and explain the reasons and
who is built it and how much time does it take and the history of the Great
Wall of China. “A popular legend about the Great Wall is the story of Meng
Jiang Nu, a wife of a farmer who was forced to work on the wall during the Qin
Dynasty. When she heard her husband had died while working the wall, she wept
until the wall collapsed, revealing his bones so she could bury them” (39
Interesting Facts about the Great Wall of China. 2009) .The purpose why they
built and thousands of Chinese people died while it was built, was to connect
the parts of the country in to one China and it was defensive structure. There
are many answers who built it, some says Emperor Qin Shihuang build it, but
some say ordinary working people of ancient China and the wall built up by tree
groups of people. It was built by stone,
brick, and other materials. The Great Wall of China generally built along an
east from Shanhaiguan-to-lope lake west line across the
historical northern borders of China, And it is take to build from
221BCE to 206BCE. And in the present there are keeping rebuilt from 20th
century.
It takes many centuries to build
up around 221BCE to 206BCE, and many Chinese people died while they are build
it, and in 20th century they start to rebuild and maintained to keep
it in good condition. There wasn’t
monetary coast to build it up, but it cost the lives of Chinese people.
Thousands of Chinese people died while they built it. It takes many centuries
the first part was completed 200BCE, and the last part were added over 200
years during the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644). There was not clear information
about the time taken to build and the cost of Great Wall of China but a lot of
Chinese people died and that was the final human cost.
It took the Great Wall of China
nearly 2,000 years since it underwent modification, unification ad
re-construction. In essence, even though it wasn’t built on time during the 7th
century BC; it initially started building the Wall when China was segmented
into numerous tiny states. Due to the inconsistencies during the construction
period of the Wall, it was unable to meet its deadline. The fact Mongols
invaded China; this caused disruption in the construction work of the Wall. It
was only when Ming defeated the Mongols when the Wall could resume to its
construction work. It should be noted the first section of the Wall took about
10 years to construct; it was constructed at the rate of nearly 1 mile per day.
What makes the Great Wall of
China so significant historically speaking is its gigantic size and the very
fact it can be seen from earth’s orbit. Going back to its origins, it can be
seen the purpose of the Wall was to sustain boundaries between kingdoms and
safeguard from enemies. Secondly, during Qin’s dynasty, Qin wanted to safeguard
his kingdom, he decided to repair and consolidate new walls known as the
Western wall that ranges between Yongdeng to Jinquan. This is followed by other
dynasties who used the Wall protection purpose and, this consists of the Han
dynasty, Northern dynasties, Sui dynasties and Ming dynasty (the final one).
At present the Great of Wall of
China has been used for tourism purpose; it is perceived as one of the most
developed tourist spots which are preserved in an excellent manner. All profits
made from admission tickets help contribute towards its conservation and
maintenance and improve management.
In terms of its influence on the
world, it is seen as an impressive and remarkable piece of architecture in
history. It was labeled by the UNESCO as a World Heritage site. It is known as
the only man-made structure can that be seen from the moon.
In essence, we saw how the Great
Wall of China holds great historical significance and its construction has an
interesting story where it was constructed over a period of time and it
underwent various transformations, re-constructions, modifications and was
unified with various kingdoms as dynasties kept ruling China.
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