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Great Wall is also known as Ten Thousand Li Great Wall as it stretches for about 4,500 miles (7,300 km) east to west from Shanhaiguan Pass near Bo Hai (Gulf of Bohai) to Jiayuguan Pass (in Gansu province) traversing Liaoning, Hebei, Tianjin, Beijing, Shanxi, Inner Mongolia, Shaanxi, Ningxia and Gansu. (Note: Li is a Chinese unit for length; ten thousand Li equals five thousand kilometers).

The earliest great walls appeared in the Spring and Autumn Period and Warring States Period (770 BC - 221 BC), when each state built beacon towers and connected them with walls to prevent invaders. In the following two thousand years, the Great Walls were renovated and rebuilt many times, especially in the Ming Dynasty (1368 - 1644), so the Great Walls we can see today are mostly Ming Dynasty Great Walls. But some earlier sections still can be found, such as the Han Dynasty Great Wall in Dunhuang, Gansu Province.

Each section of Great Wall has its own feature due to the distinct geography and climate conditions. For example, the Great Walls in Gansu Province and Shaanxi Province were built of loess, which is the local specialty in the Loess Plateau; the Jiumenkou Great Wall in Liaoning Province stretches along the Jiujiang River and strides over the river; the Badaling Great Wall in Beijing roiling along the mountain ranges to make the mountains a natural barrier.

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 Beijing Great Wall: Badaling Great Wall, Mutianyu Great Wall, Simatai Great WallJinshanling Great WallJuyongguan Pass,  Jiankou, Huanghuacheng, Gubeikou, Shuiguan 

 Gansu Great WallJiayuguan PassYumenguan PassYangguan PassDunhuang Great WallOverhanging Great Wall 

 Hebei Great WallShanhaiguan Pass, First Pass under HeavenLaolongtouTemple of Meng JiangnüXifengkou Gateway, Zijingguan Pass 

 Inner Mongolia Great Wall 

 Liaoning Great WallHushanJiumenkou  

 Ningxia Great Wall 

 Shaanxi Great WallZhenbeitai TowerYulin Great Wall 

 Shanxi Great Wall:  Yanmenguan PassNiangziguan Pass, Pianguan Pass  

 Tianjin Great Wall: Huangyaguan PassTaipingzhai 

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