Untold Secrets Inside The Great Wall of China

A team of researchers found a few pieces of wood stuck in the soil near the Great Wall of China. The surprising thing was not only that these pieces of wood were 2000 years old, but the surprising thing was that there was clearly something written in Chinese on them. When these words were translated with the help of a Chinese translator, the entire team of researchers was amazed. Welcome to Zem TV's videos again. Viewers, hundreds of thousands of people come here every year outside the capital of China, Beijing. Because this is the Great Wall of China and it is considered to be the largest structure ever built by man. This wall is so big that neither a drone nor a plane can see it all at once. In fact, there is only one way to see the entire wall at once, and that is a satellite traveling 500 km from the ground in outer space, from where its photo can be captured. Only a few fortunate people are present to cross this entire wall on foot. Three friends crossed this entire wall in 1984, and it took them 17 months, i.e. 510 days in this entire mission. Somewhere this wall passes through the peaks of high mountains, somewhere it has been built in the desert, where there are scary jungles and fires. This wall, which is as high as a double-story house, 20 feet wide and thousands of miles wide, took 510 days to cross on foot alone. It is really difficult for me and you to guess how much effort it must have taken to make it. After all, what was the need of such a big wall? Who were the people who completed such a difficult challenge even in that era? And even after many centuries, what secrets are hidden in this wall, which has spread for thousands of miles? These are the questions that used to be very difficult to know. But as technology progressed, the veil over this magnificent wall also began to rise. 100 km from Beijing, the Great Wall passes through the mountains of Jinshangling, which is in its original state. That is, this wall is still the same as it was built centuries ago. According to satellite data, this wall passes through Jinshangling from the top of the highest mountains, and after every 100 feet, there are large watchtowers on it. Large windows have been placed in each watchtower to make it airy, and there is also a place for at least 50 people to live in them. Experts say that 25,000 such watchtowers have been counted in the entire wall, which were built during the reign of the Ming Dynasty over China. This part of the wall and the watchtowers are about 650 years old today. Experts also saw large holes on the wall between these watchtowers. It seemed that these holes were made during the construction of the wall. But what was the purpose of these holes? Experts believe that these holes would have been used in the event of an attack on the wall. The soldiers standing on the wall would throw large fireballs from here, which the enemy would not dare to climb up. That is, this wall was not just a wall, but a whole military defense system. But who was the enemy that the Ming army was so dangerous? Satellite data revealed that there are dense forests north of this wall, where the Mongols lived in that era. For centuries, these Mongols came to China and looted and set fire to the settlements here. Every day, the people of China were very upset because of the looting of the Mongols, and that's why the Mings built a wall here so that the Mongols could not enter China. Because most of this wall is built at places where it is very difficult for a person to go. That's why experts are surprised that where it is so dangerous for a person to reach, how such big stones must have been brought there. It was necessary to know that the whole wall should be made a 3D model with the help of a drone. When the drone footage was used, all the secrets came out one by one. Yes, in the 3D model made with the help of drone footage, something was seen at the bottom of the wall that surprised the experts. It was seen that secret doors were also placed at the bottom of the wall. It seemed that these doors were made for a special mission. Experts were now not understanding that if this wall was made to protect against the Mongols, then why were these doors placed in it? And those too were such doors that were completely hidden in the mountains. More than 50 such doors had been found in just this portion of the wall. Experts thought that perhaps the people of the Ming army would come out of these doors in the guise of the Mongols and join the Mongols so that they could be spied on. But apart from these secret doors, there was something else that forced the researchers to think further. Experts also found a secret tunnel here with the help of drone footage. Looking at the entry point of this secret tunnel, it seemed that it was quite different from the other doors because perhaps it was forced to be broken. When further research was done, it was proven that this tunnel was not broken from the outside but from the inside of the wall. But why? When secret doors were also present here, then why was the wall broken from the inside from this point? Researchers believe that since this tunnel was specially built at the time of construction, it is obvious that they already knew its purpose. And the purpose was that if the Mongols attacked the wall in an emergency, then the soldiers of the Ming army could break this tunnel and attack the Mongols from behind. This was just one tunnel that was broken, which is why it came in the footage of the drone. Similarly, countless tunnels will still be present in the Great Wall of China. Now the question was raised that how far has this wall spread? And if it was such a great defense system, then where is its headquarter? When the experts tracked the wall with satellite data, then this wall was spread from the highest mountains in eastern China to the Gobi Desert of China. This whole wall was built by the Ming Dynasty 650 years ago, which you will be surprised to know its length. Yes, the length of this wall has been noted as 8,850 km. That is, this distance is as much as 7 rounds from New Delhi to Mumbai or from Lahore to Karachi. One part of the Great Wall of China ends in the sea, while its starting point is present in the Gobi Desert, where a magnificent fort is built. Experts believe that this fort is much larger than the watchtower visible on the entire wall, and perhaps it used to be the headquarter of the Ming army. So far, experts have been thinking that this wall ends in the Gobi Desert. But then some photos were captured from the satellite, which surprised the entire research team. Satellite images showed that a broken wall is continuing from here. This wall looks much older than the Great Wall of China, and most of it has ended over time. When this wall was examined more than 250 km away from the fort in the desert, it was confirmed that this wall is much older than the Ming Dynasty wall. Researchers and archaeologists also found many broken arrowheads near this old wall. It was necessary to know how old these arrowheads were to do their carbon dating. So when the carbon dating of these arrowheads was done in the lab, what was found was really amazing. Carbon dating revealed that these arrowheads are 2,200 years old, i.e. 1,500 years older than the Ming Dynasty. But at that time, neither was the Ming Dynasty in China, nor was Mongolia in that era. So who and why made this old wall? With this old wall, broken, broken, strange and poor structures were also seen, whose purpose no one could understand. But then we got some evidence that made the researchers' problems easier. Surprisingly, along with the old wall, researchers also found some pieces of wood on which something was written in Chinese. These pieces of wood stuck in the sand of the desert were more than 2,000 years old, which were quite well preserved, and their writing could be clearly read. When this was taught to the Chinese expert, it was found that these pieces of wood belonged to a military commander, on whom some instructions were written. It was written on them that when the Huns came to attack, flags should be fluttered on all watchtowers, and if there is an attack at night, the watchtowers should be set on fire. The Huns ruled these areas 2,200 years ago, and their warriors were more dangerous than the Mongols. Not only this, but there was also a way to indicate the number of enemies on this piece of wood. That is, if 1,000 horses were coming near the border, a special signal was given to alert everyone. It was only after learning this that the experts and researchers got the idea that these strange and poor structures were actually 2,000-year-old watchtowers, which were also connected to each other in that era. At night, these watchtowers built with the wall in the event of an attack would look like this. Along with this old wall, which stretched for thousands of miles, the researchers also found some evidence, which proved that this wall was not only built to protect the border, but it was also built to protect the Silk Route. The Silk Route was used for trade in ancient times, which linked China to Eastern and Western countries. This route was mostly traded in silk, which is why it was named the Silk Route. This route was very important for China because China's economy depended on this Silk Route. And that's why China had to protect the Silk Route at any cost. According to experts, the length of this old wall is 12,000 kilometers, which is much longer than the Ming Dynasty's wall. That is, if all the walls of China are joined, their length becomes 21,000 kilometers. And if all these walls are stretched, they can spread more than half the world. According to a new report, about 40% of the Great Wall has been broken and disappeared. Unfortunately, let me also tell you that Approximately 400,000 people lost their lives just to build the Ming Dynasty Wall. It is believed that the people who built this wall were forced to work as a punishment. Some even believe that the dying workers were buried in this wall. I hope you will like and share this video of ZemTV. Thank you very much for your loving comments. See you in the next video.