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The wall receives most visitors: Badaling Great Wall

The most eastern wall (Ming Dynasty): Hushan Great Wall

The most western wall (Ming Dynasty): Jiayuguan Pass

The most western wall (Han Dynasty): Yumenguan Pass

The most dangerous wall (Ming Dynasty): Jiankou Great Wall

The earliest wall: wall built in Chu State in Warring States Period (476 BC - 221 BC)

The wall with most construction styles: Great Wall in Zhangjiakou City

The highest wall: the wall built in 2,000m (6,562 feet) tall Huapiling and bingshanliang mountains in Zhangjiakou City

The wall with most fortresses & the wall where the most frequent wars took place: Great Wall in Zhangjiakou City

The No.1 city terrace: Zhenbeitai

The No.1 fortress: Jiayuguan Pass

The No.1 tower: Nine-Eye Tower

The No.1 city gate: Dajing Gate

The first pass under heaven: Shanhaiguan Pass

The three inner side passes: Juyongguan Pass, Zijingguan Pass, Daomaguan Pass

The three outer side passes: Yanmenguan Pass, Ningwuguan Pass, Pianguan Pass

The eight big passes: Shanhaiguan Pass, Juyongguan Pass, Zijingguan Pass, Yanmenguan Pass, Niangziguan Pass, Pianguan Pass, Jiayuguan Pass, Yumenguan Pass

The first Chinese finished Great Wall hiking: Liu Yutian in 1984

The first foreigner to explore the whole length of the Great Wall: William Edgar Geil in 1908.


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