Is there really a Wan Li on the Great Wall of Wan Li? How long is it?

Wan Li has more than one Wan Li, and the Great Wall of Wan Li has a total length of more than 20,000 kilometers.

Wan Li Great Wall is called "Wan Li", but its total length exceeds 1 Wan Li. The existing Great Wall resources in various periods are distributed in 404 counties of China, with a total length of over 20,000 kilometers. The construction, use and abandonment of the Great Wall actually went through a long process of more than 2,000 years.

In the 5th century BC, the ancient Chinese people began to build this defense project, and it didn't stop until the middle of17th century. In addition to the Great Wall built by the Han nationality in the north, a small piece of Great Wall was also built between feudal vassal states.

Great Wall resources are mainly distributed in Hebei, Beijing, Tianjin, Shanxi, Inner Mongolia, Heilongjiang, Jilin, Liaoning, Shandong, Henan, Shaanxi, Gansu, Qinghai, Ningxia, Xinjiang and other provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities. According to the results of the national Great Wall resources survey conducted by the cultural relics and surveying and mapping departments, the total length of the Great Wall in Ming Dynasty was 885 1.8km, and that in Qin and Han Dynasties and its early period was more than 1, 000km, and the total length was more than 2 1, 000km.

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The historical role of the Great Wall:

Historically, the construction of the Great Wall effectively avoided war. The Great Wall, as a means to adjust nomadic and agricultural production modes, greatly reduced military conflicts and played a role in regulation and adjustment.

Many Great Wall passes are tea-horse exchanges, which are the windows for economic and cultural exchanges and integration between farming and nomadic peoples. The inside and outside of the Great Wall depend on each other, and no one can live without anyone. It is a symbol of the integration of the Chinese nation and has played a positive role in the formation of the pluralistic and integrated pattern of the Chinese nation.

Fundamentally speaking, the Great Wall was built for defense. In China's traditional culture, it means stepping back and broadening the horizon. The concept of seeking common ground while reserving differences, cultural tolerance and common development has been cast in the blood of the Chinese nation since ancient times.

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