Great Wall of China

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UNESCO World Heritage Site defensive wall fortification tourist attraction

The Great Wall of China is an ancient, monumental series of fortifications stretching thousands of kilometers across northern China, built and rebuilt over centuries to protect Chinese states and empires from invasions.

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Observed surface forms (10)

Surface form	Occurrences
The Great Wall	6
Great Wall fortifications	2
Ming Great Wall	2
Great Wall forts	1
Great Wall of China sections	1
Ming Great Wall near Beijing	1
Ming Great Wall system	1
Qin Great Wall	1
Shanhaiguan Pass	1
sections of the Great Wall of China	1

Statements (94)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ defensive wall ⓘ fortification ⓘ tourist attraction ⓘ
approximateLength	over 13,000 miles ⓘ over 20,000 kilometers ⓘ
builtBy	Han dynasty ⓘ Qin dynasty ⓘ
constructedFromMaterial	brick ⓘ earth ⓘ lime ⓘ rammed earth ⓘ stone ⓘ tamped earth ⓘ tiles ⓘ wood ⓘ
country	China ⓘ
culturalSignificance	iconic landmark ⓘ national symbol of China ⓘ symbol of Chinese civilization ⓘ
designedToDefendAgainst	Mongol incursions ⓘ Xiongnu ⓘ nomadic tribes ⓘ other northern invaders ⓘ
followsGeographicalFeature	desert edges ⓘ grassland borders ⓘ mountain ridges ⓘ river valleys ⓘ
governedBy	National Cultural Heritage Administration of China ⓘ
hasConservationEffort	UNESCO-supported preservation programs ⓘ restoration projects by Chinese government ⓘ
hasPart	Badaling ⓘ surface form: Badaling section Jiayuguan Pass ⓘ Jinshanling section ⓘ Mutianyu section ⓘ Shanhaiguan Pass ⓘ Simatai section ⓘ beacon towers ⓘ fortresses ⓘ moats ⓘ passes ⓘ walls ⓘ watchtowers ⓘ
hasTouristAccessPoint	Badaling ⓘ Jinshanling section ⓘ surface form: Jinshanling Juyongguan ⓘ Mutianyu section ⓘ surface form: Mutianyu Simatai section ⓘ surface form: Simatai
heritageDesignation	UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ
knownFor	engineering achievement ⓘ historical importance ⓘ length ⓘ massive scale ⓘ
locatedIn	northern China ⓘ
locatedInAdministrativeTerritory	Beijing ⓘ Gansu Province ⓘ Hebei ⓘ surface form: Hebei Province Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region ⓘ Liaoning ⓘ surface form: Liaoning Province Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region ⓘ Qinghai ⓘ surface form: Qinghai Province Shaanxi Province ⓘ Shanxi Province ⓘ Tianjin ⓘ Xinjiang ⓘ surface form: Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region
locatedOnContinent	Asia ⓘ
nearCity	Beijing ⓘ
partOf	Chinese border defense system ⓘ
primaryFunction	border control ⓘ military defense ⓘ protection against invasions ⓘ regulation of trade along borders ⓘ
rebuiltBy	Jin dynasty ⓘ surface form: Jin dynasty (1115–1234) Ming dynasty ⓘ Northern Qi dynasty ⓘ Northern Wei dynasty ⓘ Sui dynasty ⓘ Yuan dynasty ⓘ
significantConstructionPeriod	Han dynasty ⓘ surface form: Han dynasty (3rd century BCE–3rd century CE) Ming dynasty ⓘ surface form: Ming dynasty (14th–17th centuries) Qin dynasty ⓘ surface form: Qin dynasty (3rd century BCE)
threatenedBy	erosion ⓘ human damage ⓘ urban development ⓘ weathering ⓘ
UNESCOInscriptionYear	1987 ⓘ
UNESCOSiteId	438 ⓘ
usedFor	signal communication by beacon fires ⓘ surveillance ⓘ taxation control ⓘ troop movement ⓘ
visitorActivity	hiking ⓘ photography ⓘ sightseeing ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Jing Tian → actedIn → Great Wall of China ⓘ

this entity surface form: The Great Wall

Qin dynasty → built → Great Wall of China ⓘ

this entity surface form: Qin Great Wall

Jiayuguan Pass → category → Great Wall of China ⓘ

this entity surface form: Great Wall forts

Juyongguan → category → Great Wall of China ⓘ

Hebei → contains → Great Wall of China ⓘ

this entity surface form: Shanhaiguan Pass

Yan Mountains → contains → Great Wall of China ⓘ

this entity surface form: Great Wall of China sections

John Gilroy → edited → Great Wall of China ⓘ

this entity surface form: The Great Wall

Changping District → hasAttraction → Great Wall of China ⓘ

this entity surface form: sections of the Great Wall of China

Imperial China → hasCulturalAchievement → Great Wall of China ⓘ

this entity surface form: Great Wall fortifications

New7Wonders of the World → includesMonument → Great Wall of China ⓘ

Qin dynasty → initiatedConstructionOf → Great Wall of China ⓘ

Great Wall Station → namedAfter → Great Wall of China ⓘ

Beijing → near → Great Wall of China ⓘ

Soarin' Around the World → notableScenesInclude → Great Wall of China ⓘ

Jing Tian → notableWork → Great Wall of China ⓘ

this entity surface form: The Great Wall

Matt Damon → notableWork → Great Wall of China ⓘ

this entity surface form: The Great Wall

Stuart Dryburgh → notableWork → Great Wall of China ⓘ

this entity surface form: The Great Wall

Badaling → partOf → Great Wall of China ⓘ

Jiayuguan Pass → partOf → Great Wall of China ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ming Great Wall

Jinshanling section → partOf → Great Wall of China ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ming Great Wall system

Juyongguan → partOf → Great Wall of China ⓘ

Mutianyu section → partOf → Great Wall of China ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ming Great Wall near Beijing

Shanhaiguan Pass → partOf → Great Wall of China ⓘ

Simatai section → partOf → Great Wall of China ⓘ

Defense of the Great Wall → primaryFront → Great Wall of China ⓘ

this entity surface form: Great Wall fortifications

Ming dynasty → significantStructure → Great Wall of China ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ming Great Wall

Tribune Tower → stoneFragmentsFrom → Great Wall of China ⓘ

Shanhaiguan Pass → terminusOf → Great Wall of China ⓘ

Hebei → traversedBy → Great Wall of China ⓘ

John Gilroy → workedOn → Great Wall of China ⓘ

this entity surface form: The Great Wall