Great Wall

China's first emperor, Qin Shi Huangdi began the Great Wall in 220 BCE. This wall is one of the greatest engineering feats, so I just had to go see how it was made. The great wall in China is "Cheng Cheng." For the great wall, I found it necessary to interact with the common people and find their views. I declare myself pretty stupid for doing this.
Back breaking labor. Starvation. Literally working to your death. This is what the common Chinese people suffered during the building of the Great Wall. People worked in rags, and over 1 million people worked on the wall. 1/4 of them died, and the dead were buried in the wall. This first great wall doesn't look like the one standing today. At the time of Huangdi's death, it was 3,000 miles long. This first wall was built with a wooden frame, and gravel and mud were poured in and then beaten until hard, ect. Concrete was then poured on the top of this. This was not as strong nor as high as the wall that stands today.
Talking to the common people of China, I found that they had a suspicion about this wall. This suspicion was that the wall was not only meant to keep people out, but also to keep people in. This caused many people to hate the wall, and some even planed to kill Huangdi. This drove him to madness. He buried people alive to show he still had power, and wanted to finish building his tomb. He ended up building a total of 4,000 people alive, including his own son.
This guy was brilliant for unifying China, but the power went to his head and turned him mad.http://www2.hawaii.edu/~kjolly/151/09qinimag.htm