There is no place to even put your feet… Why is the Great Wall of China called the world's longest cemetery? Video
A video of the Great Wall of China is rapidly going viral on social media, in which the wall is seen packed with crowds. The history of this wall is thousands of years old. It is said that it is the longest cemetery in the world. At the same time, in local myths, this wall is a witness to China's most famous love story.
The Great Wall of China is known as 'Wan Li Chang Cheng' in China.
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The video of the Great Wall of China packed with crowds is becoming increasingly viral on social media. This Great Wall of China is one of the seven wonders of the world. In the viral pictures, there is not even space to put a foot on the 21 feet wide wall. These pictures have raised questions about the preservation of the 16th century old wall. Let us know why the Great Wall of China is called the world's longest cemetery and how the Great Wall of China collapsed due to the crying of a woman.
The Great Wall of China was conceived by the first emperor of China, Qin Shi Huang, in the third century BC. But it took hundreds of years to be completed. Different kings expanded the wall in their own times for security purposes. By the 16th century, the length of the wall became about 21 kilometers.
There was a ban on the entry of the general public
The length of the Great Wall of China is 21,196.18 kilometers and its height is 8-35 feet. It is believed that the width of this wall is so much that about 5 horsemen or 10 infantrymen can patrol simultaneously. The size of this structure can be estimated from the fact that it is the only structure in the world built by humans, which can be seen even from the moon.
The Great Wall of China is known by the local people as 'Wan Li Chang Cheng'. It means 'ten thousand li long wall'. Li is a Chinese unit of measuring length. Ten thousand li is equal to about 10 thousand kilometers. This wall was opened to the general public about 50 years ago in 1970. In 1987, the wall was listed as a World Heritage Site by UNESCO.
Why is the Great Wall of China the world's longest cemetery?
Many people have lost their lives in building the Great Wall of China. The entire wall has been built by hand. According to the report, the emperor's soldiers used to round up common people and make them work on the wall. Thousands of people were engaged in building the wall day and night. It is said that if any worker tried to run away or even complained, he was buried alive there. If a worker was not able to work properly, then the result would be the same. Archaeologists have also found human remains under some parts of the wall.
According to a statistic, 4,00,000 to 10,00,000 people died during the construction of the wall which lasted for about 2 thousand years. These people were buried on the sides of the wall or within the wall itself. Because of this, the Great Wall of China is often called the longest cemetery in history.
Dragon made a design, woman's tears caused the wall to collapse
Usually a wall is made straight. But the Great Wall of China is quite crooked. Some people compare its design to a dragon. According to Chinese myths, a dragon showed the way to the wall. The workers followed the dragon and continued the work on the wall accordingly.
According to Chinese myths, the Great Wall of China is a witness to an incomplete love story. In fact, the husband of a woman named Meng Jiang was also recruited to build the Great Wall under the orders of Shi Huang-ti, the first emperor of the Chin Dynasty (221 BC-207 BC). They were married for just three days.
Weeks soon turned into months, and winter arrived. After not hearing from her husband for a long time, the wife set out for the Great Wall to meet him and give him some warm winter clothes she had made. But on reaching there she got the news that her husband had died while working. He was buried somewhere under the wall.
Grieved by her husband's death, Meng Jiang cried on the wall for three days and three nights. It is said that her tears caused a part of the mighty wall to collapse and expose her husband's remains. The story of Lady Meng Jiang is counted among China's most famous folktales.