Period |
Wall Built |
Delineation or Location |
Length (km) |
Dates |
Spring and Autumn (770-476B.C.) |
Wall of Qi |
South bank of the Yellow River in Pingyin County (Western Shandong) -northern slopes of Mount Tai-Yimeng Mountain area-seaboard in Jiao County |
Over 500 |
c.685-281B.C. |
Warring States (475-221B.C.) |
Wall built under the Jianluo reign of Qin |
West bank of Luo River in Shaanxi |
Unknown |
461-409 B.C. |
Wall built under the reign of King Zhao of Qin |
Tao River in Min County (gansu)-Ningxia-Northern Shaanxi-eastern part of Ordos Plateau in Inner Mongolia |
Unknown |
c.287 B.C. |
| Wall of Wei, west of the Yellow River |
East bank of Luo River in Shaanxi-east bank of Yellow River on Ordos Plateau, called "the wall west of the Yellow River" |
About 700 |
361-352 B.C. |
| Wall of Zhao |
Yu County, Hebei-southern slopes of Yinshan Mountains, Inner Mongolia-Langshankou Pass, also in Inner Mongolia |
About 1000 |
c.299 B.C. |
| Wall of Yan |
Southeastern Inner Mongolia-northern slopes of Yanshan Mountains-Liaodong |
About 1000 |
c.311-279 B.C. |
Qin Dynasty
(221-207 B.C.) |
The Great Wall of Qin |
Upper reaches of Tao River Gansu-bank of the Yellow River-northern slopes of Yinshan Mountains-Liaodong, called the 10,000- li wall of Qin |
5,000 |
214 B.C. |
Western Han Dynasty (206B.C.-A.D.24) |
Wall of Han |
A reinforced version of the wall of Qin, with deviation to the north or south at certain points all the way to Liaodong |
5,000 |
205-127 B.C. |
| Wall west of the Yellow River |
Lanzhou, Gansu-Yumen Pass-Lop Nor in Xinjiang |
1250 |
121-101 B.C. |
| Guanglu Castle in central Inner Mongolia |
Wuchuan County, Inner Mongolia-Urad Rear Banner, also in Inner Mongolia-People's Republic of Mongolia |
About 1,000 |
102 B.C. |
| Juyan Castle in northwestern Inner Mongolia |
Jiayu Mountain, Gansu-Ejun Banner, Inner Mongolia-People's Republic of Mongolia |
About 750 |
102 B.C. |
Northern Wei (386-534) |
Wall of Northern Wei |
Chicheng, Hebei-Urad Banners, Inner Mongolia |
1,000 |
A.D. 423 |
Northern Qi (550-577) |
Wall of Northern Qi |
Luliang Mountain, Shanxi-Hengshan Mountains-Yanshan Mountains-Juyong Pass near Beijing |
About 1,500 |
552-565 |
Sui Dynasty (581-618) |
Wall of Sui |
Yellow River Bend in Ningxia-Inner Mongolia-Shanxi-Hebei-coast of the Bohai Sea, where Yu Pass was built |
About 1,500 |
581-608 |
Liao Dynasty (916-1125) |
Wall of Liao and ditches |
Present-day Heilongjiang and Jilin, characterized by ditches in front of the wall |
About 1,000 |
From 908, before inauguration of the dynasty, to 1058 |
Jin (Jurchen)
Dynasty (1115-1234) |
Ditches of Jin |
Morin Dawa Banner in Hulun Bair League (Inner Mongolia)-southwestern slopes of Greater Hinggan Mountains-northern slopes of Yanshan Mountains-western slopes of Yinshan Mountains, also characterized by ditches in front of the wall |
5,000 |
1200 |
Ming Dynasty (1368-1644) |
The Great Wall of Ming |
Yalu river in Liaoning-Hebei-Shanxi-Inner Mongolia-Shaanxi-Ningxia-Jiayu Pass in Gansu |
7,300 |
1368-1644 |
