What makes the Great Wall of China so extraordinary - Megan Campisi and Pen-Pen Chen
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- čas přidán 16. 09. 2015
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The Great Wall of China is a 13,000-mile dragon of earth and stone that winds its way through the countryside of China. As it turns out, the wall’s history is almost as long and serpentine as its structure. Megan Campisi and Pen-Pen Chen detail the building and subsequent decay of this massive, impressive wall.
Lesson by Megan Campisi and Pen-Pen Chen, animation by Steff Lee.
Hearing her pronounce Chinese words correctly is very soothing
shes chinese american
ikr haha
ikr i was gonna say that
although i think they got a chinese person to say the words
feels good m8. I hate it when they pronounce shit wrong, and then keep saying it over and over again. JUST USE THE WORD IT OR HE OR WHATEVER
I like the way she takes time out to pronounce the dynasties correctly
I like how she uses more "political correct" words like "Chunqiu" rather than "Spring & Autumn" and "Xiongnu" instead of "Huns".
Too bad she left out the fact that the Qin dynasty only lasted 15 years lol
neutralButton It's a talk on the great wall of China not all the other specialists subjects interjecting with it
wunademones I would consider that fact pretty significant. The Great Wall is considered a staple of Qin greatness but most might not realize that Qin rule only lasted 15 years and a lot of the construction is carried out by the succeeding Han dynasty.
It just confuses me from what I've been taught in class. I'd rather she pronounce them normally
must be a watch MOJO fan
And here I thought it was one *STRAIGHT* line.
same
Le mao
Why?
@@dylanpickle7292 well it is called the Great Wall
Meaning singular, as in one wall
nah fam its gae
TedEd is better than TedEx
I- okay then. . .
What about FedEx
Whaaaa
@@HinduPAGANcowpissdrinkerRAKESH lol
@Chloe Nichols peepee 🤣
Finally, a Chinese related video voiced by the Chinese, and so all the names are pronounced nicely...
arent you quite the peacemaker
tnt ntn tbh either will do the job...
nah it wouldn't slit your esophagus if it was lubricated
clarapendragon♡ But it would be fun. Stop being a boring fuckboy.
Clorox Bleach Bleach is for fuckboys. Cum is for Men.
The most important thing that the Great Wall of China can teaches us is the strongest defense still can't stop the internal collapse. In fact, those dynasties which tried to rely on the Great Wall, including Qin, Han, and Ming, were overthrow mainly because of a domestic upheaval rather than barbarian invasions. For Qin and Ming empire, their policy of strengthening the wall led to the social instability and the government bankruptcy, which then caused the rebellions and uprisings. These empires did everything they could in order to protect themselves from outside invaders, but these policies and attempts accelerated their death instead. How ironic it is!!
If only China could control the gunpowder trade,they could be filthy rich
Ching Hung Lin you are a smart one
actually Ming dynasty perish becuase of people's uprising, then Qing enter by this chance.
Good lesson for US
Ching Hung Lin this is a classic example of Survivorship bias. If they didn’t have the wall, they might’ve been overthrown long before the internal collapse.
*The Great Wall exists*
Uncle Iroh: I’m about to end this wall’s whole career.
Iroh : has flashback from when his son dies
there is no war in ba sing se
VYNLT The Earth King has invited you to Lake Laogai.
@@aidanrogers4438 I am honored to accept his invitation
No his son didnt die he almost burned by his dad
*”Now all of China knows you’re here!”*
Is this what you call a wants to know your location meme but the problem is already solved?
*Burns flag*... Perfect *smiles in Huns*
*But there's still something worth fighting for*
*=/*
Gaming, music and jokes! *and a bit of cooking* time to make a man out of you
I always thought the Great Wall of China was one continuous wall!!
Samee
Me goo
Same here
No wall
Me too
Wow... I never realized how much of an unorganized mess the Great Wall of China was.
+Chipwhitley274 They should call it the Great Walls of China!
I know, the disorganization is killing me
Made in China...
Maybe the Mongols had OCD or the mess it was made logistics a nightmare for invaders.
Chipwhitley274 I always thought it was a straight wall 😂
1:53 Correction; Kublai Khan is Genghis Khan’s grandson, not his son.
and They Turkish not mongolian. even their name Turkish
@@kayacenk4164 lol kublai Khan was grandson of chingis Khan and he is Mongolia 😂 by Turkic people's logic everyone is Turkish in earth
@@kayacenk4164 Its Mongolian(NOMADIC) names , you Turkish are arabs, kurds , greeks and local anatolians with muslim customs, your only Turkic thing is your language lol
Real Turkic are closer to Mongols , compare yourself to Kazakhstan or just see yourself in the mirror and tell me if its asian or arabic greekish my dude lmao.
And Kublai never needed to cross the great wall, the northern China was already in Mongolian Empire's control at his time.
Who else read Conn Iggulden and knew he was his grandson? Great set of books
First of all, wonderful pronunciation! Also, what's even more interesting is that it wasn't always seen as this great symbol of culture and pride for most Chinese; in fact, many saw it as a symbol of the oppressive feudal governments in the past, and it's relatively recently that we've taken much more pride in it. I really hope it can be preserved well, because the amount of tourists it gets is really bad for the wall, structurally.
Lies again? World Cup Don't Understand Chinese
@@NazriB could you elaborate what your comment means?
They should've made Mongolia pay for it
They did, the "Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region"
naturalDisplay21
so you want your enemy to pay for your defense from them? Would that rly work?
US got the New Mexican state
Ant Marmaud mongolians built todays earth
How refreshing to listen to accurate Chinese pronunciations on TED.
Hearing Chinese words pronounced correctly sounds so soothing and satisfying.
I appreciate that this is narrated by someone who is able to correctly pronounce everything. However, Kublai Kahn was Genghis’ grandson, not his son.
You can’t stopped us the great Turks building walls
"I will build a great wall along our northern border with mongolia, and I will make mongolia pay for that wall"
-Emperor Qin
+GlitchyShadow13 when did he say that?
+TheSunshineRequiem After he took over China like Trump will
Silicon Cake Why so rude
"I will build a wall and make the mexican pay" said Donald Trump
Ifly 777
That's the joke
Oh god... OH GOD... THE WALL IS TRIGGERING MY PERFECTIONISM, DESTROY IT OR MAKE IT ONE LONG LINE!
Thomas Alsip i felt the same i was so frustrated
AAAHHHHH!!!!
ocd, I have ocd
Thomas Alsip You're joking, right?
Imnotsurewhat tomakemyusername Right and wrong, I am a helluva perfectionist but I've got a sense of humor, overreacting type, offensive type, roasting (which you're only supposed to do to close friends), puns, I've got a variation in humor (not good at any tho) and I'm thankful I don't have OCD, really, just a neat freak diagnosed with ADD.
_On that day, 5 years ago, Wall Maria was attacked by a Titan._
The wall was a pen and humanity cattle.
They are the prey and we are the hunters
It was intended to protect the Titans from Levi Ackerman
welp they will facing another wall.
That wall is an OCD nightmare, it's so erratic. I'm sure historically it made sense but I feel like one continuous wall would have been more efficient.
But take into account that there were periods such as the warring states period were China wasn't unified at all, and some states built their walls in order to fend off neighboring states. China's border has also varied over time, so it was logical for them to build new sections of the wall as well. Take my opinion with a grain of salt, because it's just an opinion after all
@@andyzhang9928 Well most of your comment was likely based on solid facts and it was actually exactly what I figured had contributed to the erratic nature of the wall. I just hadn't put two an two together. Thanks for the info!
I feel the pain...
Finally someone who said it out ... I actually thought it was one continious wall and now I feel incomfortable knowing how inconsistent it is
@@michaelinglis8516
You also have to take into account the terrain.
The farther west you go, and farther into the desert, the less the walls look like the one you see in all the pictures. They had an ingenious way of taking advantage of the moisture in reeds, combining them with dirt to create a solid mud structure. The resulting wall looks like a long mound, and is not very tall. Still amazing to see in the desert and far from anywhere in particular.
1:37
oh... that's how the titans got stuck inside the wall :P
That's a joke right?
@@xxsansgamerxx6093 lol
@@xxsansgamerxx6093 hmmm I wonder
eren is quivering
im glad that this comment was here. i was in class watching this and it was getting a bit boring lmao
Great work. This is the only CZcams channel that I follow for valid information. Your amazing animation and narration made me read so many books. May each and every member of this platform stay blessed and successful. Amen.
I had no idea it was so convoluted with so many branches and sections. I always thought it was a singular wall
I hear there's an ice dragon in the wall.
+professorM how did this theory come about? jon snow's pet dragon?
94kenDOLL Rumors from the first men also a dragon under Winterfell.
FuranDuron The North never forgets.
23 feet high?! When winter comes, China better hope that's enough to keep out the white walkers
Let's eat it
Wait, are you chinese? Your pronounciation is really good.
+Oliver Bergqvist As the name "pen-pen chen" indicates...
+Oliver Bergqvist Yea I made that mistake before too! Her pronunciation in both languages are really good!
pretty sure there were two people talking lol
+Alex Blood Only one narrator is listed, though.
YoungTheFish there are two
Wasn't planning to write that essay about Ancient China and all of their Dynasties but after it became 90% of my grade I'm starting to reconsider.
This is a very detailed video! It answered all the questions I had in mind. I would definitely recommend this video to anyone curious about the great wall.
This is a very detailed video! It answered all the questions I had in mind. I would definitely recommend this video to anyone curious about the great wall.
holy shit, her chinese pronunciation is accurate.
she is chinese... duhh
@@ZhuGeLiang6969 how u no
Plot twist: she's actually Mulan
@Chloe Nichols and how do you know she is not? The fact she pronouced chinese perfectly is the proof that she could be a chinese english speaker, eh?
@@i_nameless_i-jgsdf yo chill is it really that important
As one of the 7 wonders of the world, I encourage everybody to see the wall at least once.
agreed
+Shanghai Noon I disagree, it cannot stand that many visitors.
Aston Ma it's good for our economy bro?
+Shanghai Noon You're one of the seven wonders?
Nope, i'd rather visit Japan.
It was Li Zicheng's peasant army that overthrew the Ming Dynasty, not the Manchu Dynasty, which took the opportunity to enter the Central Plains after losing both.
Its just like hearing my teacher tell a story its so soothing
Donal Trump be looking at this and saying "see we can do it "
I know right?
And he is right.
except that it’ll take 2000 years
How much money do you want to waste on an idea that will never work, to protect against something that really isn't a problem?
Sebastie Cortes 1a
THANK YOU for pronouncing all the Chinese correctly!!!
I like this story teller! Her tone & accents understands me in every details of the story 😘
Correction, the qing didn't fought through the wall, in fact, the qing never manage to cross it, it was wu san gui who let them inside after Ming fell to the rebellion
Look, we all saw Mulan, we know how the dang wall works
+Jeffrey Carpenter From what I recall... The great wall was never even mentioned in Mulan, let alone displayed...
+Lydario It was featured at the very beginning, to introduce Attila and his eagle buddy. But no, it was never referred to directly.
+Brandon Stednitz Yes, it was mentioned.
+StSitu nicely done, dude
+Brandon Stednitz which is bullshit cause attila was born in modern hungary and never went to china
The Manchus were LET IN by a Ming general guarding a major Gate. The way the commentator said it seems to imply that they got through through violence.
huh?
One Ming general simply opened the gate and let the Manchus in to repel the rebels who overthrew the Ming dynasty and conquered Beijing. But the Manchus decided to stay and rule instead.
+unrealsimon93 *whoosh*
+unrealsimon93 Yes. No one would work or fight for you for free.
+unrealsimon93 It's a joke. It's a common 9/11 joke to say "jet fuel can't melt steel beams" to joke about the 'inside job" theory. The phrase changed a lot, and became a meme. "Jet fuel can't melt dank memes,". It changes to suit the historical situation. For example, when talking about the Siege of Constantinople, it's said "Ottomans can't melt Byzantine walls, 1453 was an inside job".
Same with the Chinese and the Ming. "Ming generals can't melt stone walls".
tl;dr: it's a joke about inside jobs.
Oh I see! Thanks for the explanation lol :D
I think this video is really downplaying the benefit of the Great Wall. Think about this: if the wall stopped 999 small to medium scale nomadic raids, but failed to stop 1 concerted, huge scale invasion intended to overthrow the ruling dynasty, is it really fair to call the Great Wall a failure?
Plus, the Great Wall has many other economical & social functions, which has been well documented & discussed in books.
Salute to Ted Ed, I have learnt so much watching their videos, still so much to learn
I know what is so impressive about the wall; it's that China managed to build something that old that is still standing, unlike the roads they built in Fiji.
These walls build to stand centuries and it was built over many centuries.
Here is a small interesting fact, when the five barbarians （around year 300) entered the heart land of China, they built part of the great wall themselves to keep other barbarians out. Sometimes you have to like those people.
5 north nomadic hordes, you can google ''Uprising of the Five Barbarians'', althoug "uprising" is not a correct description.
五胡亂華
@@atlanticking2315 exactly
My ancestors are not barbarians. They're brave and great warriors. Not a barbarian!!
@@pesetmekyokkacssart7483 sorry mate, but you are a barbarian ;)
This Video helped me with my Major assignment thank you for making this ( don't worry I added this to my reference list)
This helped me with a project i had to do, a 3d model of the great wall.
I visited the Great Wall a month ago. In Mandarin there is a saying, which is also carved onto a tablet displayed at a ruined part of the Great Wall, "不爬长城非好汉" which literally translates to "If One does not climb the Great Wall, he is not a true man"
And I agree. The one I went to was the Old Great Wall. 20 minutes away from the train station, which has almost no tourists. The entrance was the very spot the rebel army in the breached and the ruins have been overtaken by vegetation. some of the most amazing sights in China, coupled with some of the most treacherous steps and heights that can make you question your sanity. I strongly suggest everyone to take a spin at this place. Surmount that and no need for leg day for a while.
1:55 Khublai was the GRANDSON of the Great Khan.
He was the son of Tolui, the youngest son of the Great Khan's chief Khatun Borte.
Yup
I watched both seasons of Marco Polo, I can vouch for your statement
C. J. Bailey
That show is fucking terrible and terribly inaccurate. But that was a funny comment.
Matthew Smith I found it entertaining. And yeah, I don't recall the actual Marco Polo living in Mongolia that long
C. J. Bailey
It was unwatchable to me. First season was borderline. I couldn't roll my eyes hard enough when Marco Polo drew the trebuchet and gave it to Kublai. Like it was some privileged European technology the Mongols knew nothing about.
When in reality, the Mongols had the best engineers on the planet. And there was nothing Marco Polo[a merchant's son] could tell them about builing siege engines.
Also about the warning Marco gave not to attach the "Lion Hearted" European s. You mean the guys we just ran over a decade before? Those guys??
Europeans were not a mystery to the Mongols at this point in history. They knew all about them.
The second season was somehow even worse. They made Kublai seem like an easily manipulated fool. I only got 3 episodes in that season so I'm not sure how it progressed from there.
But when Kublai was manipulated into killing that child, I was done. It became too stupid for me.
The show just seemed sloppily written. The only good character I could see was Kublai's wife.
I don't know why but I always fall in love with Chinese music
Sameee❤its rlly unique
I need this for my English school project tnx so much for your help
I love Chinese, Korean and Japanese histories. 😍😍
What a about Mongolians ? They had one of the only biggest empire
Yes bloodlust stories rock
@@sansan2591 Mongolia has no cultural background, only fights and does not rule. If it is not the civil strife of the Han people, they cannot beat the Han people (the main nationality of China)
@@user-rm8tf5qo7e *every ethnic groups have their own culture and should be respect by the whole world*
@@user-rm8tf5qo7e thats so rude of you to say that . Of course they do have cultures omg
The entrance and finishing songs are só nice
Thanks!
+Gav Cantrell Who are you?
+Daniel Dourado The composer.
+Gav Cantrell Nice! Is there a full version of it ?
Unfortunately not, I just wrote to the video. But thanks for your interest!
Ted ed is seriously my favourite channel!
when i went to the great wall i saw people(tourists) write their names in almost like, every single stone of the wall. those people are... I dont know who they are but they are destroying the wall
I love how she speaks fluent english but when she has to pronounce a Chinese word/location she suddenly sounds as if she was just purely Chinese
haha because she is Cninese
@@tuna34joseph Her English speaking voice is Asian, higher pitched with clear articulation, different from a more coarse, deeper Caucasian woman's voice. She is second-generation Chinese I guess. Most second generation Chinese can pronounce pinyin and tones correctly like she does, but most of them cannot actually speak Chinese fluently in an authentic way
@@janieliu9713 Are you Chinese too?😅
Yusuf Tuna well her last name is Liu which is one of the most common Chinese last names so I’d say yes.
She is. Look at the name in the title.
I was just there a few days ago. Wow its huge AF breathtaking and unreal
This was very helpful for my social studies thanks. :D
Explained well
As a Chinese, it's so nice to see such a video introducing the Great Wall.
She switch between professional level English and Chinese with ease, so awesome.
Wow hundreds of thousands lives to build this gigantic wall :( in Past time~ with no technology~ Big respect~ and Now the wall become such an icon~
History is just Amazing 💕
I know you probably meant no modern technology..... but they still had technology
The voice over is so perfect
Does anyone realize that her voice is so attractive? And her Chinese pronunciation is perfect as well..
yeah
I've always thought the wall was just a single long structure. It never occurred to me that there would be more than just one line of it; that there are several areas rather than one strip.
Thx for the information
The only voice with correct auto subtitle on youtube
I never knew that the wall had so many other walls breaking off from it.
Podrían poner los subtitulos en español? excelente lección
Man she practiced alot on the chines words before this. And thank you for it. Integrity is rare. Thank you to you.
Very well presented
actually, it was not the manchu clan which overthrew the ming dynasty. it was a rebel leader called li zi cheng.
In April 1644, Li's rebels sacked the Ming capital of Beijing, and the Chongzhen Emperor committed suicide. Li proclaimed himself the Emperor of the Shun dynasty.
After Li's army was defeated on 27 May 1644 at the Battle of Shanhai Pass by the combined forces of the defecting Ming general Wu Sangui and the Manchus, Li fled from Beijing towards his base in Shaanxi.
Well but tye one that consolidated they power in china is the manchus so yeah
And shun is so short lived too
还有通敌卖国的晋商。那些人在满族建国后都成了皇商
I learned all of this years ago after watching Mulan
can i just say i love how they used both the metric and imperial system
Speaking as a native born American; Metric is better, WAY better!
Nice video thanks this important information
another important purpose for the Great Wall is to control the trade between the han chinese (inside the wall) and the northern nomads. without the strict control of trade, the gov would lose tremendous among of tax income
Why did she said gengis khan and his SON kublai khan, isn't kublai is his grandson?!
because they dont know shit
Also if you ask a Mongolian they would say that the name should be pronounced as Chengish Han .
close enough
Chengis not ish, Mongolian here. :P It means God, Sky, Horizan, or mighty.(all those words sort of mean the same thing since the sky and horizan is thought to be the folklore, mighty sky god, tengri)
Joel Battan Ya sorry my bad i made a spelling mistake in my original comment. Interestingly in many indian languages including hindi and bengali he is called as chengis han only.
Hello people who see this today u probably saw this video 4-6 years ago but great to see u amazing people
Attack on titans: prequel
They built a wall, and they made the Mongols pay for it. lol.
Sounds like Trump
also trump build it and mongols and Mexicans pay 200000000000 $ or yuan
Actually made Huns to pay for it. After Huns devastating defeat by Chinese force 2000 Years ago, some surviving group moved to the Central Asia and Eastern Europe, others became prisoners for the Chinese, and Imperial government resettled these Huns at the border and fix the Wall.
How?
@Mog of War
History tends to repeat itself.
Will we ever learn?
Was Kublai the son of Genghis? I thought he was his grandson?
He was his grandson. This video is not fully correct, I guess.
+Tiffany C. has a lot of mistakes
I too know he is his grandson
+George Holden yes, he was Gengis khan's grandson.
+George Holden As Mongolian i can tell that "this video has too many mistakes"....
Omg the only English video on CZcams that pronounces Chinese perfectly！！
Ted ed is amazing
I just have one problem
I need subtitles
I thought the title will be, " What makes The Great Wall of China... Great"
Chinese is such a beautiful language! Very soothing and relaxing! Too bad I'm learning Spanish right now, so I can't learn this beautiful language
Informative....
The Great Wall Of China was, in my opinion, the greatest historical achievement. Imagine building something that big that long ago! Also, this video was great!
What about the pyramids and sphinx in Egypt and Machu Picchu in Peru
@@willyoueatmypussyplease3549
Generally, The Ancient Pyramid and Great Wall of China are considered the Pinnacle of human achievement.
For the Pyramid it is the exceptional engineering wonder.
For the Great Wall of China, it is the tenacity of everlasting rule & order.
China is perhaps the only empire that could call themselves the thousand Reich.
While Khafre Pyramid is the most lasting engineering wonder, made by mankind.
@@willyoueatmypussyplease3549 Great but useless
It's the Alright Wall of China.
more like the great WALLS of china
But why was it built like that shape though? In some areas it looks more fortified but on others there's just a huge unfortified gap.
People often mistake that the Chinese Walls are completely defensive, however, with the newest archaeological evidence found in (Outer) Mongolia, there are Walls that were actually far more north than today's, used as a forefront attempting to keep xiongnu even thousand miles away from current walls.
0:35 not turkish, turkic. Turkic peoples are the ones living in central asia, turkish are the ones from turkey
+Halil Ibrahim i know
Turkic peoples include turkish people but not all turkic peoples are turkish
Good point. People don't often realize the change in meaning from Turk-ish to Turk-ic
+DassKla4 I thought Turkic came from Turkey long time ago?
Actually I think the Turkish come from central asia
This is so amazing.. I love Great Wall of China 🇨🇳
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me too!
That was soawesome ！
Fascinating piece of history
not rlly
Interesting, I never knew the wall was so segmented
I love how I’m here for a school project and next thing I see is so many AOT comments 😂 I love it 😆
love it.
Weebs
absolutely adore her pronunciation
For anyone who doesn’t know.
The great wall of China did actually work and served its purpose quite well.
Minder You are wrong.
"it's not a great wall it's an alright wall."
+Ömür Seçkin gotta be a goddamn turk. you have nothing to do with mongols, xiongnu or xianbei. remember that.
Karl Pilkington?
An Idiot Abroad?
Anyone?
Yuki Yan that was a quote from Karl Pilkington...
+Ömür Seçkin "with an 'ead loike a fookin' orange!"
Murat Karayilan aha bir tane kürdo da damladı. şimdi 5000 yıllık şanlı kürt tarihini anlatacak.
"One meets his destiny on the road he takes to avoid it!"
👏👏👏 jolly good show!
When you know little of it's history but you're here for the animation. Yeah, cuz it's amazing.