Venice, Italy, 109–111
Visibility from space, 3, 22–26, 28–
30
Waldron, Arthur, 31–32
Wall: names/terms for, xiv-xv, 14–15,
30–35, 44; as symbol, 1–3, 7–9,
13–14, 19, 21, 26, 37, 40, 42, 52,
75, 80, 91, 97, 117–118, 122, 127,
129–130, 133, 143, 148–150, 152,
154, 156, 160, 172, 178; visibility
from space, 3, 22–26, 28–30; con-
struction techniques, 3, 51, 97,
105–106, 108, 112, 116–117, 185;
identity of, 3–4, 35, 37–38; future
history of, 5; as cultural artifact,
5–6; cultural representations of,
11–12; Kafka’s story about, 13,
35–38, 121, 170; and ethnicity, 14,
72, 79, 81; length of, 14–19, 22,
144; as current icon, 19; on Chi-
nese currency, 19, 151–154; conti-
nuity of, 19–20, 35, 42, 97, 123,
144; in performance art, 20–22,
157–167; width of, 22–23; on
maps, 24, 26–27, 97, 99–100,
112–116, 183; meanings of, 29–
31, 33–34; discontinuity of, 35–38,
42; construction of, 35–36, 43–44,
49, 69, 71, 184–185; hoaxes con-
cerning, 38–40; during Qin dy-
nasty, 43–44, 48–52, 60–69, 71–
72, 78, 83–89, 91, 95–97, 99, 104,
120–121, 127–128, 135; in film,
60, 62–64, 92–94, 101, 103, 123–
125, 132–133, 137–140; during
Warring States period, 67–68, 70–
73, 168; symbiotic view of, 68–69,
80; during Han dynasty, 74–78,
80–82, 87, 91, 95, 99, 104, 128;
and women, 78–89, 91; and leg-
ends, 81–89, 145–146; during
Ming dynasty, 94–96, 99, 103–
108, 112, 117–118, 121–123, 135,
144, 146, 182, 184; during Tang
dynasty, 95, 99, 128; during Song
dynasty, 95, 99; during Northern
Wei dynasty, 95–96, 98; during
Northern Qi dynasty, 96–98; dur-
ing Sui dynasty, 96, 98; during
Liao dynasty, 96–99; during Jin dy-
nasty, 96–99, 112; during Qing dy-
nasty, 106–107, 117–118; no men-
tion by Marco Polo, 109, 111–
112, 119–120; Macartney’s ac-
count of, 116–118; Yule’s account
of, 119–120; Borges’s fable of,
121–123; in early 20th century,
127–130; and Long March, 132–
137; and People’s Republic, 140–
145; preservation of, 140, 143–
145, 177, 182; as cultural land-
scape, 143–144; surveys of, 144–
145; “wild,” 145; hybrid character
of, 145–147; in song, 172–173; in
recent fiction, 173–178; visiting
sections of, 181–185
Walls, 6–7
Walt Disney Studios, 106, 108
Wang Jin: The Great Wall: To Be or
Not to Be, 166–167; Ice Wall,
166–168; Knocking at the Door,
163, 167
Wang Qiang, 162
Wang Yuanlu, 82–83
Wang Zhaojun (Wang Qiang), 78–
82, 89, 91, 97
Wang Zhen, 101
Wang Zhizhi, 13
Wanli chang cheng, 15, 49, 52
Warren, Henry, 39–40
Warring States period, 14–15, 40, 63,
67–68, 70–73, 85–86, 168
“We Are the World” (song), 8
Weatherproof (apparel company),
10–11
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