i would love if they had channels like this for different cultures.

I am so subscribing to y'all since there is so many interesting videos offered. It's pretty refreshing in comparison to the abundant garrulousness present on this site.

comically educational, loved it. Love how she kept bursting you bubbles.

This is so enlightening! I've learned the exact same thing! Thanks for the video. Is awesome! Keep it coming!!!

"Huh, maybe we've got something here." - Ancient Chinese Citizens, regarding the "Great" Wall

Really informational! Thanks!

In Sweden we dont call it "the great wall" wich in swedish would be"Den stora muren" In Sweden we call it "Den kinesiska muren"="The chinese wall"

@RAMPAGE36542

9 жыл бұрын

Nobody gives a fuck.

@unoki99

9 жыл бұрын

***** You can't speak for every1

@that_pac123

8 жыл бұрын

Actually, I give a fuck.

@likeakittie

8 жыл бұрын

+Xxxl2ampagexxX nobody gives a fuck about you giving a fuck. fuck.

@RAMPAGE36542

8 жыл бұрын

Helena Hau I don't give a fuck.

You two are great presenters. Thank you for a fun video.

There's also one legend of the great wall. A woman tried to find her husband at the Great Wall of China and the heaven were touched by her so people said that the crack from the wall was because she cried off the great wall. I think you guys should consider doing some chinese legends or story. It will be so interesting!

I always knew it was too narrow to see from space. Great video!

Props for the recap at the end, Dan, that was great xDDD

Hey guys.... thanks for the great channel!!! I love it!! OKIE

This was educational and entertaining to watch. I had no idea about all those facts.

Shelley is only on Interrobang

I learned a lot from this video, big thumbs up

I love your video so much.

Thank you sooooo much for your videos! I learnt a lot about china :)

Soo much learning!

Actually, Pittsburgh in the '90s. She was teaching American History, but that didn't stop her from teaching us wild inaccuracies about other cultures!

This video was no way trying to bash Chinese culture. We are just trying to present the misconceptions about the Great Wall and the facts behind it. Our channel is all about promoting Chinese culture. And if we really don't care about the Great Wall, we wouldn't name our channel after it! The Great Wall is actually being destroyed by local governments and businesses for profit /watch?v=KiX_1gRqZKI the fact they have no regards to ancient artifacts is the real bashing to our cultural heritage!

哈哈哈哈哈！ 谢谢！You are amazing *_* thanks a lot fot this video and for the other in your channel

Looked it up. Funny commercial! Reminds me of the time my dad told me earthworms eat dirt, which led to a wrong answer on the exam.

My history teacher taught me all this... I'm now very grateful that he taught me all this. But he was a little Chinese history obsessed.

Our friends from Learn Chinese Now do 成語 videos. Check them out! /learnchinesenow

Interesting video, you should also make a video about the misconceptions about the 8 misconceptions in this video. (1) What people really mean when they say "you can see the Great Wall from the moon/space" is that it is visible from very high altitudes, the same way you are able to discern narrow ridges on mountains from very high altitudes with the naked eye. Parts of the Great Wall are built on ridges and some parts do not blend in with the surroundings at all. Our eyes have this amazing ability in discerning small objects even from a distance if the right conditions are met (e.g., contrast or motion). Just see it for yourself next time you are on an airplane at over 10,000 feet high. (2) The list was actually created much later, not by the so-called ancient Greeks, perhaps by Italians or some other Western historians in the more recent past who have been trying very hard to push back the date of the oldest civilization in Europe. It is amazing how successful the West has been at civilizing their distant past with their rise. Much similarity can actually be drawn between the ancient Mongolians and the ancient Greeks in that both peoples tried to conquer the more affluent geographic south that was considered to be the cultural and intellectual center at the time. Like ancient Mongolians, ancient Greeks sucked at philosophy, astronomy and mathematics, which they had to borrow from the Four Ancients, in particular Egypt, Mesopotamia or what is now known as the Middle East, and India. This is contrary to the Western version of history taught to the whole world when they became a dominant player in the world. Their geometry was borrowed from Egyptian geometry. They had no concept of zero, nor infinity in mathematics, which they had to import from ancient India. In fact, they had to do away entirely with their way of counting and adopt a whole new system from India, the so-called Arabic numerals for ease of calculation and the expression of small fractions. No evidence exists for the European claim that the author/authors of the influential book Elements that has become an integral part of Western culture was/were Greek. In other words, Euclid is nothing more than a fictional character because nobody really knows with certainty who the author was. However, we do know that some of the most reliable evidence about the work comes from Egypt, not Greece, pointing to an Egyptian origin, or an Egyptian author/authors. But still, the West went ahead and managed to put a picture of a European-looking man right next to the author of the book that was actually found in Egypt. Similar thing may be said about the calendar, the architecture (copied from the Middle East and India), the oldest version of the Republic, which was dated more than 1000 years after the supposed fact, textual evidence that would be considered to be highly unreliable by any scrupulous historian. In fact, even that copied version has come under question because more and more evidence suggests that that copied version was created during the Renaissance, or even as recent as the last two or three hundred years by European scholars and historians alike to give themselves a more "sophisticated" and "civilized" ancestry. Unlike the histories of the Four Ancients, which could be easily verified by massive amounts of evidence, both archaeological and textual, from the time period in question and from the histories of other Ancients, the history of the so-called Greece lacks the kind of cold hard evidence needed for verification, nor can it be verified by the histories of other Ancients. The one major difference is that the Mongolians in Asia never went through the equivalent of the so-called Renaissance, which saw the creation of many so-called ancient Greek characters and "primary" sources, lots of which that Western historians rely on for the supposed ancient Greece have either already proven to be fake (i.e., created at much later time) or dated as recent as the last couple of hundred years when the West became more powerful. Now you know why Persia and what is called the Middle East today were mentioned rather extensively in Chinese historical documents, but such was not the case for Greece. (3/4) The construction of the Great Wall predated the Qin Dynasty, but not linked together the way you see it today, as is pointed out in the video. The Qin Wall is "gone" because "legend" has it that Marco Polo who visited China never saw the Wall. Why would Mongolians show the Wall to Marco Polo in light of the fact that the very Wall was used to keep Mongolians and others in the North out? I would like to learn about the evidence supporting the claim that the Qin Wall is gone. (5) Yes, it was in the Ming Dynasty that the Great Wall was being maintained and reinforced. And yes, I am sure some parts were built anew. Many historians call it "restoration/renovation" while others, mostly Western, call it "construction" or "building" of the Great Wall. If the same definition were used on many of the so-called old structures in Europe today, then they were no more than 100 years old, "constructed" or "built" only after WW2. Any structure that is less than 100 years old is not considered old. I don't get the double standard. (6) The Wall was built sort of as a territorial demarcation in the sense of us versus them, which means that the Chinese did not welcome outsiders to just come riding down south on a killing rampage. So, the Chinese did not like being ruled by foreigners. In other words, they hated foreigners ruling them. So on this interpretation, the misconception kind of stands. I know I am being nitpicky. (7) I do not know of anyone who thinks the Great Wall as an impenetrable barrier. So this is not even a misconception, I understand where you are coming from. The Great Wall was built not so much as a barrier but more as a sort of territorial demarcation, a bit unlike the great fence that American politicians are talking about building. (8) I agree on this one. The Grand Canal was more amazing. Perhaps, I am being overly critical, but I like your channel, that's why I am being a bit critical. I wouldn't be so critical if your channel were some comedy channel like Comedy Central or Fox. But then, many of your videos are funny.

Great I just came back from Beijing a month ago! And a compliment u guys speak much much better English than some of my countryman. I am from Singapore (chinese) and English is our first language but still u guys speak much better English than us! Kudos!

I spent about 4 hour to finish climbing the hold "Badaling",that is a part of the great wall on May when i was in Beijing~~

luv ya guys!

correction 2:39 when she said the great wall is from ming dynasty the the picture showed a emperor from qing dynasty

That's a good idea. I've never heard of this legend though!

Have a good time! Don't let the jet lag get you down. I know parks are everywhere, but still, there were some nice parks in China. I liked the one where there were some older people dancing. I think it was in Xi'an but I can't remember. I danced a little too and even talked just a tiny bit to a lady in Chinese. She came up to me after the dancing was over. It was nice. :)

Wing Chun was founded at some point during the Qing Dynasty. The exact origin is unclear, as Wing Chun has an oral history and there are several different origin stories that have been passed down. Haven't come across anything linking Wing Chun with the Great Wall.

Ha! Very interesting. Thank you!

Awesome

As Karl Pilkington said, “It’s just alright, it’s the alright wall of China”

Yup, you caught it. editing error on our part ... It is 200,000 miles

Argh! Missed this in the video edit! Sorry, Emperor Kangxi.

Thanks! Glad you liked it. (:

You can't even see it that well on google map when it is zoomed out, sorry Dan...we have all been lied to.

Is it true that they sometimes used the bodies of people who died working as material for the Great Wall, because there sometimes wasn't enough materials to use?

PS: I've also heard that Wing Chun Gongfu was taught at the more southern/western parts of the wall. Apparently civilians were also allowed to learn, in order to defend themselves? I can't pinpoint the era though. You know anything about this?

Because it was like telling a kid Santa isn't real haha

why?

I've never heard any of these misconceptions.

haha. hey Dan, enjoy!!

Don't tell the tour guides you can't see it from space. They'll get an attitude with you. Also there are many stories about how this is the longest graveyard in the world too. Sad and scary stuff.

You guys used a Qing dynasty emperor's portrait when you were talking about the Ming dynasty. xP

Oh no, I started off with subscribing to one channel - Off the Great Wall and you guys made me to subscribe to four/five others, you're doing something right obviously :D but everything is so interesting, now I just have to be carefull not to stay stuck on YT instead of going to school :D ‽

thank you! I had all these misconceptions while I was there... after watching this video I feel so dumb hahahhahaha well, I had fun anyway and loved it! XD 超漂亮 XD

yea

great video as always, however...... at about 2:40, when she said the Ming dynasty, the photo that came up was actually of an emperor from the Qing dynasty, nothing major of course

If you google Meng Jiang Nu's bitter weeping 孟姜女 on google. It tells the whole story.

can you please make videos about 成语 stories? the story behind some 成语 and explain when it is used nowadays? it would be very educating :)

i love chinese history....good job!

learnt a new word! haha

I learned something :D

You should go! It's still really impressive!

Having said what i said, i just might visit this "national icon someday." :) And also make a trip to my ancestors' hometown in Guangdong...

I think @coldheart520 is referring to the 孟姜女(Mèng Jiāng Nǚ) 哭列长城 story

I really don't know what history teacher told her it was to keep Europeans out, but I think the school district should take a closer look at who they give credentials too. But I'm guessing she may have gone to school in San Fran' during the 70s and 80s, or Texas during any period of time.

"give me some hope" LOL

Hey Dan, whats with all the greenscreen stuff?

What song is that in the background 1:55?

cool

I have never ever heard the 6th misconseption.

Oooooh...gees...now i know. Well it's good to know facts and to dispel the rumours :D...it is sad though how the rumours been repeated around the world so much that it has been taught in schools now :(.

I want to visit! I will visit The Great Wall of China someday! It just looks so amazing ;o

So it's settled. I know nothing about that damn wall.

In Chinese, it's 萬里長城, which means a ten-thousand-mile long wall.

you're going to be so disappointed Dan, every 'tower' smells like pee, :D look forward to it!

"孟姜女哭長城" :D

love the HK girl hahahaha You guys are funny!

My history teacher lied to me too! DX

I thought the intrusion of the Mongolians was more a political decision, based on the rebellion that also took place at the time. Basically some official(s) deciding that they would rather be ruled by high standing Mongolian(s) than some random rebel(s)? I regarded this as one of the most grounded military/political decisions in history. You gonna destroy that as well? :)

Genghis Khan simply went around the Great Wall.

"man, i can't belive they lie to me like that!" ~ "who is they?" HAUAHAUAHAUA best answer HAUAHAUAHA

The Great Wall Of China is so big you can see it from anywhere on earth.........

What happened to Carmen?

you can see it from outerspace and you know it

Lol, Awww Poor Dan! Hahahaha

What do you mean?

Our history that we have been taught is like a thread. But history in general is like a carpet, and we have lost so much of our past, makes me sad. But a lot of history is also a lie as well.

Shelley, 1800's and it's Ming Dynasty??? Hello???

@archsword5294

6 жыл бұрын

Qin Shi Huang lived around 200BC, I did the maths at heart when I heard it: -200 + 1800 = 1600, pretty much it.

I still want to walk on the Mediocre Wall of China, you know the good looking parts, just to cross it off my bucket list and be able to say I've been there. Even if it's just mediocre.

The "ancient" Chinese wall(s) is actually from the 17th century, that is why it is falling apart. It is not really old. And it was not used as defensive structure: there are entrances on both sides, but many entrances on the Russian side have already been closed. It would also be impossible to patrol such long walls with enough military force. The real old wall that dates from periods of war was made from clay and some parts of it can be seen from the current wall if you have binoculars. The Chinese just use this not so old wall as a way to prove their antiquity as a culture. Their whole history is a fabrication from the 17th century however. All the original annals and books were burned in that century and new "better" versions were created.

LOL true, makes more sense hey :P

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its where gog and magog are

Shelly seems nice, though a bit new to being on camera compared to Dan. Or maybe it's just my imagination. Will she appear on The Run List as well?

I can't wait for the American wall

@Averagebum21

8 жыл бұрын

+Chris Piper I agree. You should build one. Democracy needs to be protected by laws too. It would be totally destroyed if any and everyone was allowed to do anything.

i think i heardd of it the woman had a piece of jade and gave it to her husband one night she dream of him being cold and she made a coat and took it to him herself but to find out he had died months ago.?

Dan is so cute.

The less than OK wall of China

@turtlegaming8352

6 жыл бұрын

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@senabhijit5295

5 жыл бұрын

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It's "孟姜女哭崩長城".

Damn. Well i guess im with dan on this one. There is no hoooope

I only know the 3 out of 8 of the misconception. Haha,being chinese. I am pretty depress but I dont see great wall as significant as it is today.

wasn't the great wall of china built to keep out rabbits?

Still, it's an amazing monument to visit. That Shelly is really awkward to watch.

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