The Great Wall of China is collectively referred to ancient China at different times to resist the Union invasion of Saibei nomads and built a vast scale military project. The Great Wall thing stretching over tens of thousands of li, also known as the Great Wall. The existing ruins of the Great Wall of the Ming Great Wall was built in the 14th century, west to Jiayuguan, Tiger Mountain, east of Liaodong length of 8851.8 km, the average height of 6-7 meters wide and 4 to 5 meters. Great Wall is a great miracle created by the working people of ancient China, is the witness of history. Tiananmen Square, the Terracotta Army, the world as a symbol of China's. Meanwhile, the Great Wall in December 1987 as a World Heritage Site.
Great Wall is a treasure of Chinese civilization, is one of the world's cultural heritage, is also building a par with China's "National Hill" Tarzan, the pyramids of Egypt, or the miracle of humanity. In the distant two thousand years ago, working people have to physically build the Great Wall. The Great Wall is the wisdom of ancient Chinese people, it is a symbol of the Chinese nation.
Spring and Autumn Period, countries princes to defense invasion of other countries, build beacon towers, and walls connected together to form the earliest of the Great Wall. Later kings almost all reinforcement and upgrading the Great Wall. Due to up to tens of thousands of years, it is also known as the "Great Wall". According to records, the emperor of nearly one million workers to build the Great Wall, accounted for one twentieth of the total population. Did not have any machinery, all the labor by the manpower to complete the work environment, mountains, cliffs, deep valleys, very difficult. Starting from Shanhaiguan Great Wall East west to Jiayuguan in Gansu Province, east to the Yalu River. From east to west, passing through 10 provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities. Great Wall's total length of 8.8518 million meters of artificial wall length 6,254,239.662 meters trenches and natural formation 2594234.2265 meters in length. Great Wall was built in the Warring States period, the history of 2,000 years, the total length of more than 5.32 million meters. Yalu River, Great Wall more than we are today referred to the Ming Dynasty built the Great Wall, west from Jiayuguan in Gansu Province in western China, east to northeast China Liaoning Province, 6.35 million meters in length. It is like a vigorous dragon, the more mountains, cliffs, wearing a prairie, cross the desert, the top of ups and downs in the mountains, the other side of the Yellow River and the Bohai Sea. At all times who have been to the Great Wall all amazed the majestic momentum, grand scale and difficult works. The Great Wall is a rare treasures, extraordinary artistic heritage, a symbol of great will and strength of the Chinese nation impregnable forever, is the pride of the Chinese nation, but also the pride of the whole world.
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Qin Shi Huang around 220 BC, to dominate the world, will be built in the earlier fortifications intermittent connection into a complete defense system to resist the aggression from the north. In the Ming Dynasty (AD 1368 to 1644), but also continue to be built, so that the Great Wall to become the world's longest military facilities. Value in the arts, enough with its historical and strategic importance comparable.
Yanqing County, Beijing Badaling Great Wall is the best part of the protection of the steepest part of, or traffic most.
