The Historical Significance of the Ming Great Wall
2 min readThe Great Wall was a legendary ancient military defense system with a long history.
And the Ming Great Wall is the solidest，built and used for longest time among the Great Walls constructed in all the past dynasties，which defended against the harassing from the nomadic tribes in the north towards the central plain agricultural area，fended off the kickback of the Yuan dynasty（1206-1368）effectively，and consolidated the rule of the Ming dynasty（1368-1644）.
The Ming Great Wall also reflected the social condition of the Ming dynasty（1368-1644），for example the political，economical and military situations，productivity level，scientific development level，the international relations and people’s conventions and religions.The Japanese scholar Daoye Ye also said that:“The culture of the Great Wall is very profound and mysterious.If one can find out this hidden treasure，then maybe he could open out the ancient but precious mysteries of China.”The Ming Great Wall is also the Great Wall project with the largest scale, longest span of construction, and most perfect defense system and structure in the Chinese history, which performed significant function in defending against the harassing of the enemy tribes and protecting the security of the country and the stability of people’s life and production. It fully embodied the high achievement ofthe construction project in ancient China and the wisdom of the ancient Chinese people.
The”Ten-thousand-li Great Wall”is a crystallization of the toil and wisdom of the countless people, especially the winding Ming Great Wall in Gansu Province, which still stood erect in the northwest wind in the past six or seven hundred years, watching the changes of the world and witnessing the Chinese people writing chapters in history on this northwest land.
