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20200108 Great Wall of China hillside-11.jpg — Balon Greyjoy, CC0 1.0.
The wall at Huanghuacheng, north of Beijing, on 8 January 2020, running along a bare ridge above a frozen reservoir. This is one named stretch of Ming-period wall, not a view of the whole system. 8 January 2020. Huanghuacheng. Licence CC0 1.0. May be used in paid printables (PD, CC0 or CC BY).
20200108 Great Wall of China from below-1.jpg — Balon Greyjoy, CC0 1.0.
The same Huanghuacheng stretch seen from below on 8 January 2020, with the wall riding the crest of the hill. 8 January 2020. Huanghuacheng, from below. Licence CC0 1.0. May be used in paid printables (PD, CC0 or CC BY).
Great Wall of China July 2006.JPG — Velatrix, CC0 1.0.
The Mutianyu section, northeast of Beijing, in July 2006, with the wall and a watchtower running through green woodland. July 2006. Mutianyu. Licence CC0 1.0. May be used in paid printables (PD, CC0 or CC BY).
67052-The-Great-Wall, Mutianyu.jpg — xiquinhosilva, CC BY 2.0.
A brick watchtower on the Mutianyu section, 3 May 2013, with spring trees on either side of the walkway. 3 May 2013. Mutianyu. Flickr photograph, licence CC BY 2.0. May be used in paid printables (PD, CC0 or CC BY).
Old Dragon's Head of Great Wall.jpg — Prince Roy, CC BY 2.0.
The Old Dragon’s Head at Shanhaiguan, where this stretch of wall meets the sea, photographed in 1995. 1995. Shanhaiguan, Old Dragon’s Head. Flickr photograph, licence CC BY 2.0. May be used in paid printables (PD, CC0 or CC BY).
Shanhaiguan great wall.jpg — Daniel Ng, CC BY 2.0.
The walkway of the wall at Shanhaiguan, Hebei, on 7 July 2006, looking toward the hills. 7 July 2006. Shanhaiguan. Flickr photograph, licence CC BY 2.0. May be used in paid printables (PD, CC0 or CC BY).
Jiayuguan Gatetower (20230919150124).jpg — N509FZ, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The gatetower of the fortress at Jiayu Pass, Gansu, on 19 September 2023. UNESCO’s Outstanding Universal Value text gives Jiayuguan as the western end of the wall it describes. 19 September 2023. Jiayuguan. Licence CC BY-SA 4.0 — used on the website only, not in paid printables. CC BY-SA — used on this website only, not in paid printables.
Great Wall of China, Satellite image.jpeg — NASA/GSFC/MITI/ERSDAC/JAROS and the U.S./Japan ASTER Science Team, Public domain.
An ASTER satellite image of a 12 × 12 km area in northern Shanxi, acquired on 9 January 2001. NASA’s caption says the low sun angle and light snow cover highlight a section of the wall, visible as a dark line running diagonally through the image. This is a sensor image, not a view with the unaided eye. 9 January 2001. Northern Shanxi. Public domain NASA instrument image. May be used in paid printables (PD, CC0 or CC BY).
The east-to-west schematic on the named stretches page is our own, geometric, simplified and not to scale. It is not a survey drawing and not a map of a continuous wall.
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