This book tells the story that since the Eastern Zhou Dynasty countries built the Great Wall for self-defense more than 2,000 years ago, the Qin, Han, Northern Wei, Sui, Jin, Ming and other dynasties all built the Great Wall, covering all northern provinces and regions. The Great Wall has a huge and far-reaching impact on the historical process of China. The editors of this book first focus on the accuracy of knowledge, and also strive to make the narrative vivid, standardized, easy to understand and engaging; the content focuses on being interesting and contemporary, hoping to integrate knowledge, practicality, interest and contemporary characteristics; at the same time, it is equipped with more pictures and color printing to help readers get closer to history; and the bilingual format in Chinese and English will be particularly helpful for foreigners who are not native Chinese speakers or descendants of overseas Chinese expatriates to use it as auxiliary reading materials for learning Chinese.