The Great Wall of China is an amazing man-made structure. Besides being famous for its uniqueness, the Great Wall of China also holds a mystery. The mystery of the Great Wall of China is still a debate today. From the myth of its construction carried out for centuries by local people to the myth that the Great Wall of China can be seen from the moon.

From a series of myths, what do the public do not know about the Great Wall of China.

• His real name is not The Great Wall of China

We know this building as The Great Wall of China which if translated means the Great Wall of China. While some Western countries call it The Chinese Wall aka the Chinese Wall. But in China itself, people have other names.

Instead of calling The Great Wall of China, they called this historic wall by the name or Wànlǐ Chángchéng. In Chinese, Wànlǐ Chángchéng itself means the 1000 Mile Long Wall.

• The Great Wall as a single wall built at once is a myth.

In reality, the wall is a discontinuous network built by various dynasties to protect China's northern borders.

• Built over centuries

No wonder the Great Wall of China has a gigantic size, since it was first built in the early 8th century BC, this wall construction project was only completed 2,000 years later or about 2 centuries.

• Using rice flour instead of cement

The Great Wall of China was built using rice flour as one of the main ingredients. Of course, not all parts of the Great Wall of China were built using rice flour, but parts of the wall that were built during the Qin Dynasty.

During the reign of Emperor Qin Shi Huang in 220-206 BC, he used glutinous rice flour as a substitute for cement. While the bricks themselves come from a mixture of soil, stone, and wood.

• Contrary to popular belief, the Great Wall of China cannot be seen from the moon without assistance.

This myth seems to have started in 1893 in the American magazine The Century and then resurfaced in 1932 when Robert Ripley of Ripley's Believe it or Not claimed the Great Wall could be seen from the moon.

• Built by hundreds of thousands of humans

Some studies say that during its 2 centuries of construction, the Great Wall of China was built by about 800,000 people.

Those were some interesting myths about the Great Wall of China. May be useful!