The Laoniuwan section of the Great Wall, located in a region administered by Hohhot, capital city of  Inner Mongolia. [Photo by Le Yan/ for chinadaily.com.cn]

The cultural variety show in North China's Inner Mongolia autonomous region – called The Great Wall – started recording on Dec 20 and it is scheduled to debut on Inner Mongolia TV during the 2022 Spring Festival holiday.

The main format of the show is answering questions and conducting cultural analysis. It will feature a contest, with the victor to win an in-depth tour of the 21,196-kilometer Great Wall.

Preparations for the program started in September. The film crew went to 15 provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities along the Great Wall nationwide to visit Great Wall resource investigators – as well as to record the characteristics, historical stories and the condition of the sites along the historical structure.

A ceremony to mark the recording of the Great Wall is held in Inner Mongolia TV Station on Dec 20. [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn]

The snow-covered Guyang Great Wall, in an area administered by Baotou city in the region. [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn]

Meanwhile, experts were invited to comb through and confirm the accuracy, authenticity and interesting facts about the Great Wall on the show.

The program aims to provide a fascinating cultural offering with connotations, interactions and high value for TV audiences across the country.

The Great Wall is one of the important symbols of the Chinese nation and Inner Mongolia is reputed to have the largest, most concentrated, most complete and richest Great Wall monuments in China.

It traverses the region's 76 banners and counties with a total length of 7,570 kilometers, ranking it foremost in that regard in the country.

A ceremony to mark the recording of the Great Wall is held in Inner Mongolia TV Station on Dec 20. [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn]

Another section of the Guyang Great Wall, outside Baotou, during warmer times. [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn]