If you like traveling, you must have been to China. If you went to China, you must have spectacled the Great Wall. If you visited the Great Wall, you must have touched the surface of the wall, feeling the bricks and mortars. However, when you felt them, have you ever been obsessed with them and eager to know more about them? They are trivial but indispensable; they are plain-looking but attractive; they are they are numberless but unique. Now, follow me. Let me unveil the mystery of the bricks of the Great Wall~~~
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 bricks of the Great Wall
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Where are these bricks from?
The Chinese people already got familiar with the techniques of wall-building very early. During the Warring States Period from the 5th century BC to 221 BC, some states began to build the fortifications to defend their own borders. Basing on this, the emperor of Qin built a new wall to connect all these separate remaining fortifications. At that time, the building material was mostly stones and rammed earth.
It was not until the 1400s that the bricks became the building material of the Great Wall. Since the ceramic technique was already mature that time, the bricks were hard enough to build the wall and they were easier to get than stones. As a result, bricks became the main building material for the wall. Compared to the rammed earth, bricks are stronger and more elaborate. They had dimensions of 370 (L) x 95 (H) x 187 (D) millimeters and a weight of about 10Kg.
Wall Brick(Ming Dynasty)
So back to our previous question, where dose these bricks come from? As archaeologists demonstrated, they were made in local kilns, the brick kilns, which were located mainly along the two sides of the Wall. A large number of brick kilns for the construction of Great Wall during the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644) were recently discovered near the starting point of the Wall. The following are some pictures of the “factory” of the bricks.
 brick kiln of Ming Dynasty
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 another brick kiln of Ming Dynasty
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How many bricks building the Great Wall?
There is no official figure about the number of the bricks of the Great Wall. As a matter of fact, they are discountable. But some semiofficial data shows the exact number of the bricks, including the stones, is 651,325,878,854. Some experts consider the number even larger because the weather in China has deteriorated some of the bricks over time. The number is really surprising, but not convincing enough.
The romance among the bricks
It is said that there is a story behind each brick of Great Wall. The number of the bricks is countless, so are the stories about it. Among so many folk story about the bricks, the most popular one may be the romantic story between Meng Jangnnv and his husband. Meng’s husband was forced to carry bricks for the wall construction. Later, he was weary out to death and was buried among the bricks. At the bad news, Meng cried sadly in front of the wall. As soon as she started to cry, the Wall began to collapse. This is the famous scene of the drama that Meng tears up the Great Wall
 Romance about Lady Meng and his husband
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 the Statue Lady Meng
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