GREAT WALL OF CHINA STOCK FOOTAGE

A wide variety of Great Wall of China stock footage clips are available as part of China In A Box’s collection of China Stock Footage. We have many HD Great Wall of China stock footage clips available on a royalty-free basis at a competitive price.

The Great Wall of China Changcheng (meaning “long fortress”), is a series of stone and earth fortifications built to protect the northern borders of the Chinese Empire. The Great Wall spans 8,851 km from Lop Nur, Xinjiang Province, in the west, to Shanhaiguan, Hebei Province, in the east and is possibly the most famous of all the landmarks from Ancient China and the most visited of all China locations.

Our selection of Great Wall of China stock footage includes scenes from the fort of Jiayuguan in the Taklamakan Desert to the wall as it winds through mountains at Badaling and Mutianyu near Beijing.

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History of the Great Wall of China

The Great Wall of China as it appears today was mostly built during the Ming Dynasty (1368 – 1644), although the Chinese had been building fortifications against the tribes of Manchuria and Mongolia as far back as 221 BC, but little of those earlier walls survive.

The Ming wall was built using brick and stone, creating a stronger fortification than the earlier walls,which were built of rammed earth, stones and woodwork. It links a series of watchtowers, forts and garrisons to house the soldiers who guarded the borders and protected the capital of Beijing from invasion from the north.

The Great Wall was successful in warding off northern invasion until 1644 when a disaffected Ming general open the gates at Shanhaiguan, allowing Manchu forces to breach the Great Wall defenses and seize Beijing, thus ending the Ming Dynasty and founding the Qing Dynasty which would rule China until 1912.

Under the Qing Dynasty, the borders of the Chinese Empire expanded beyond the Great Wall and it fell into disrepair. Some of our Great Wall Of China stock video footage covers the event in 1987 when The Great Wall was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. While many sections of the wall still remain at risk, some sections have been restored to become some of China’s most visited tourist attractions.

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Sections of the Great Wall of China

Some of the most visited sections of the Great Wall include:

Badaling, near Beijing

Mutianyu, near Beijing

Jiayuguan Pass in the Taklamakan Desert in Gansu Province

There are many parts of the wall which have not been restored and which require a hike through the mountains to reach: hiking along these sections of the Wild Wall is a popular activity for the more adventurous tourist.