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Great Wall Principle & Method

Chinese ancient laboring people were very creative when built the Great Wall. During the construction of this arduous historical task, they followed the principle of designing with local conditions and using local materials. Out of the consideration of military strategy and the concern of saving labors and materials, the ancient workers built the Great Wall in the places of great strategic value and at the same time made the best use of the mountains and rivers as natural defense.

Most parts of the Great Wall were built along the mountain ridge, for the sheer mountain ridge could add more defensive value to the wall. The Great Wall is mostly built in the high mountains and deep valleys, where the transportation of construction materials is rather difficult. How the ancient people solved this problem? According to historical records and legend, there are three ways.

First and the chief of all, is manpower. The large amount of stones, earth, bricks, pieces of wood and lime were frequently carried by labors on their shoulders or backs. In difficult terrain, people would queue up to pass the construction materials to construction site. In winter, they splashed water to the ground and after an icy road was formed, they pushed or pulled the huge building stones to the terminal.

Second, some simple machinery was put into use. The workers used rolling logs, crowbars and winding gears to carry the building materials to the mountains. In valleys, they put the stones into baskets, tied the baskets to the rope and set it down along the rope to the opposite valleys, which greatly reduced manpower.

Third, animals were driven to difficult places. The animals which are good at climbing mountains like goats and donkeys weighted down with bricks, stones and other building materials were chased into the steep mountains, which largely saved the transportation time and the cost of labor force.

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