Did you know that the Wan Li Chang Cheng (The Great Wall of 10,000 Li -- or more commonly known simply as the Great Wall) is approximately 5,500 miles in length! The winding, curving, massive wall is often time compared to a grand dragon as it drifts and rolls across the country side.
Many myths and legends surround this mesmerizing structure. One such story tells of a young girl, Ming Jiangnu, who journeyed to the wall so she could mourn the loss of her dead husband -- who was said to have been buried beneath the wall after his tired body could no longer compete with the rapid rising of the grand structure. Poor Ming Jiangnu wept with great sorrow, until one evening a piece of the wall grew soft from her river of tears and eventually crumbled into millions of uncountable pieces.
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