--- title: "18 Amazing Facts About The Great Wall of China" url: https://www.kickassfacts.com/the-great-wall-of-china-facts/ date: 2017-05-07 modified: 2017-05-07 lang: en author: "jazz" description: "Here are 18 amazing The Great Wall of China facts. 1-5 The Great Wall of China Facts 1. The Great Wall of China is being stolen brick-by-brick by locals to..." categories: - "Fact List" - "Miscellaneous" image: https://www.kickassfacts.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/great-wall-of-china.jpg word_count: 450 --- # 18 Amazing Facts About The Great Wall of China Here are 18 amazing The Great Wall of China facts. ## 1-5 The Great Wall of China Facts [![](https://www.kickassfacts.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/china-great-wall.jpg)](https://www.kickassfacts.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/china-great-wall.jpg) 1. The Great Wall of China is being stolen brick-by-brick by locals to build houses and also by visitors as souvenirs. - [Source](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/jul/28/china-to-crack-down-brick-by-brick-great-wall-theft) 2. The time it took to build the Great Wall of China was longer than the whole span of Christianity (Over 2000 years). - [Source](http://www.chinahighlights.com/greatwall/fact/building-time.htm) 3. China's Great Wall was first built by China's shortest dynasty, Qin, which lasted only 15 years. - [Source](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qin_dynasty) 4. The Great Wall of China has caused the populations of [plants](https://www.kickassfacts.com/25-kickass-and-interesting-facts-about-plants/) on each side to diverge genetically. - [Source](http://www.nature.com/hdy/journal/v90/n3/full/6800237a.html) 5. The Great Wall of China is actually a series of walls, with some parts in Mongolia and [North Korea](https://www.kickassfacts.com/25-interesting-facts-about-north-korea/). - [Source](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Wall_of_China) ## 6-10 The Great Wall of China Facts [![](https://www.kickassfacts.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/The-great-wall.jpg)](https://www.kickassfacts.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/The-great-wall.jpg) 6. The myth that the Great Wall of China is visible from space originated before anyone had ever been into [space](https://www.kickassfacts.com/25-interesting-facts-about-space-part-2/), and dates back even as far back as the 18th century. - [Source](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Wall_of_China#Visibility_from_space) 7. It was legal to drive on top of the Great Wall of China until 2006. - [Source](https://www.travelchinaguide.com/china_great_wall/wallprotection/law/) 8. In China's Panjiakou reservoir you can scuba dive parts of the Great Wall which have been submerged underwater. - [Source](https://www.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10000872396390444914904577623770630433752) 9. In 1931 the government in [China](https://www.kickassfacts.com/25-interesting-facts-about-china/) almost turned the Great Wall of China into a national motor highway. - [Source](http://blog.modernmechanix.com/the-great-wall-of-china-to-be-motor-highway/) 10. The length of the Great Wall of China if straightened out is about 1.6x the diameter of the [Earth](https://www.kickassfacts.com/30-kickass-interesting-facts-earth/). - [Source](http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=+length+of+the+great+wall+of+china+%2F+diameter+of+earth) ## 11-15 The Great Wall of China Facts [![](https://www.kickassfacts.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/the-great-wall-china.jpg)](https://www.kickassfacts.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/the-great-wall-china.jpg) 11. During the Cultural Revolution of the 1960's and 1970's, Communist leader Mao Zedong encouraged Chinese citizens to dismantle parts of the Great Wall of China as a protest against the monument's imperial origins. - [Source](http://www.history.com/topics/cultural-revolution) 12. There is a toboggan ride to get you down from the Great Wall of China. - [Source](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XDX2IIg3kmQ) 13. There is a [Starbucks](https://www.kickassfacts.com/30-amazing-starbucks-facts/) at the Great Wall of China. - [Source](https://www.theguardian.com/news/blog/2005/sep/20/starbucksbreac) 14. During construction of the Great Wall of China, if a convicted criminal forced to work on the Wall died before his sentence was over, he had to be replaced by another member of his family. - [Source](http://www.china-mike.com/china-tourist-attractions/great-wall-china/construction-history/) 15. The Great Wall of China was one of the deadliest construction projects ever with estimates 7 million dead of 3 dynasties. - [Source](https://www.builddirect.com/blog/deadliest-construction-projects-of-all-time/) ## 16-18 The Great Wall of China Facts [![](https://www.kickassfacts.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/18-months-to-walk.jpg)](https://www.kickassfacts.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/18-months-to-walk.jpg) 16. It would take you around 18 months to walk the Great Wall of China. - [Source](https://www.explore.co.uk/news-and-features/cultural-discovery/item/1551-the-7-wonders-great-wall-of-china) 17. The literal Mandarin translation of the Great Wall of China is "The Long City." - [Source](http://content.time.com/time/travel/cityguide/article/0,31489,1850076_1850033_1850024,00.html) 18. In 2005 a skateboarder did an Ollie over The Great Wall Of China. - [Source](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bliYHexV4Ek&feature=youtu.be&t=9m16s)