Table 2 Construction time of the Great Wall in 1465–1521 (chronological)
From: Temporal and spatial distribution characteristics of the Ming Great Wall
Name | The dating of China | Calendar year/AD | Starting point coordinates (X, Y) | Ending point coordinates (X, Y) | Literature records of length (km) | Existing length (km) | Total length (km) | Percentage (%) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Shanxi town | Chenghua 2th | 1466 | 111.208°E, 39.230°N | 111.873°E, 39.607°N | > 137.376 | 155.193 | 374.610 | 66.81 | |||
Zhengde 11th | 1517 | 112.790°E, 39.189°N | 113.944°E, 39.290°N | Not Recorded | 219.417 | ||||||
Liaodong town | Chenghua 5th | 1469 | 124.3117°E, 42.857°N | 124.514°E, 40.223°N | Not Recorded | 349.359 | 349.359 | 28.66 | |||
Yansui town | Chenghua 10th | 1474 | 107.2867°, 37.366°N | 111.165°E, 39.341°N | 1209.33 | 1105.18 | 1105.18 | 100 | |||
Ningxia town | Chenghua 10th | 1474 | 106.440°E, 38.3715°N | 107.707°E, 37.550°N | 171.72 | 156.939 | 513.477 | 64.69 | |||
Chenghua 13th | 1477 | 105.043°E, 37.454°N | 105.765°E, 38.229°N | > 57.24 | 145.969 | ||||||
Chenghua 15th | 1479 | 106.751°E, 39.426°N | 106.448°E, 38.369°N | > 105.894 | 133.447 | ||||||
Chenghua 23th | 1484 | 104.608°E, 37.275°N | 105.0547°E, 37.451°N | Not Recorded | 77.122 | ||||||
Datong town | Chenghua 23th | 1487 | 114.152°E, 40.711°N | 111.826°E, 39.628°N | > 425.83 | 478.378 | 788.707 | 87.27 | |||
Hongzhi 14th | 1501 | 111.629°E, 39.874°N | 114.1197°E, 40.740°N | 560.952 | 310.329 | ||||||
Xuanfu Town | Chenghua 23th | 1487 | 114.126°E, 40.746°N | 116.506°E, 40.487°N | Not Recorded | 605.588 | 605.588 | 80.00 | |||
Gansu town | Hongzhi 15th | 1502 | 101.367°E 38.581°N | 104.101°E, 37.204°N | 1532.89 | 832.588 | 832.588 | 60.46 | |||
Guyuan town | Hongzhi 15th | 1502 | 106.447°E, 37.115°N | 106.769°E, 37.164°N | 572.40 | 74.590 | 147.273 | 30.75 | |||
Zhengde 2st | 1506 | 104.404°E, 36.409°N | 104.615°E, 36.805°N | Not Recorded | 72.683 | ||||||
Jizhou town | Hongzhi 17th | 1504 | 116.537°E, 40.454°N | 119.735°E, 40.114°N | 858.60 | 680.512 | 699.09 | 100 | |||
Zhengde 8th | 1513 | 119.735°E, 40.114°N | 118.785°E, 40.204°N | Not Recorded | 18.574 | ||||||