TheGreatWallrunsacrossNorthChinalikeahugedragon,Itwindsitswayfromwesttoeast,acrossdeserts,overmountains,throughvalleystillatlastitreachesthesea.It'sthelongestwallontheearth,alsooneofthewondersintheworld.
TheGreatWallhasahistoryofmorethan2000years.ThefirstpartwasbuiltduringtheSpringandAutumnPeriod.
AllthewallswerejoinedupinQinDynasty.Alltileworkwasdonebyhand.
Thousandsofpeoplediedwhilebuildingthewall.ThustheGreatWallcameintoexistence.
Sincethen,ithasbeenrebuiltandrepairedmanytimes.
NowtheGreatWall,theadmirationoftheworld,hastakenonanewlook.It'svisitedbylargenumbersofpeoplefromallpartsofthecountryandtheworld.
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TheGreatWallofChinaiscalledthe"TenthousandIiGreatWall"inChinese.Infact,it'smorethan6000kilometreslong.Itwindsitswayfromwesttoeast,acrossdeserts,overmountains,throughvalleystillatlastitreachesthesea.
Itisoneofthewondersoftheworld.
TheGreatWallhasahistoryofovertwentycenturies.ThefirstpartofitwasbuiltduringtheSpringandAutumnPeriod.
DuringtheWarringStatesPeriod,morewallswereputuptodefendthebordersofthedifferentkingdoms.
ItwasduringtheQinDynastythatthekingdomofQinunitedthedifferentpartsintooneempire.
Tokeeptheenemyoutofhisempire,EmperorQinShiHuanghadallthewallsjoinedup.Thus,theGreatWallcameintobeing.
TheGreatWalliswideenoughatthetopforfivehorsesortenmentowalksidebyside.
Alongthewallarewatchtowers,wheresoldiersusedtokeepwatch.
Fireswerelitonthethetowersasawarningwhentheenemycame.
Itwasverydifficulttobuildsuchawallintheancientdayswithoutanymodernmachines.
Alltheworkwasdonebyhand.Thousandsofmendiedandwereburiedunderthewalltheybuilt.TheGreatWallwasmadenotonlyofstoneandearth,butofthefleshandbloodofmillionsofmen.
TodaytheGreatWallhasbecomeaplaceofinterestnotonlytotheChinesebuttopeoplefromallovertheworld.ManyofthemhavecometoknowthefamousChinesesaying:"HewhodoesnotreachtheGreatWallisnotatrueman."
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WhatimpressesmemostinBeijingistheGreatWallwhichisoneofthegreatestprojectsintheworld.
It'snotonlytheculturalheritage,butalsoasymbolofChina."It'sglorious."Ithink.Itlookslikeabigdragonrunningacrossthemountainousarea.ItstartsShanhaiguanintheeasttoJiayuguaninthewest.
It'ssolongthatnobodycanwalkfromthebeginningtotheend.
ItwasfirstlybuiltinQinDynastyandprolongedinMingandQingdynasties.
Itwasusedtoprotecttheenemiesfrominvadinginthepast,butnowithasbecometheplaceofinterestwhichattractssomanytouristsbothathomeandabroad.
WhenIwasstandingonthetopoftheGreatWall,IfeltasifIwereinancientdays.
Icouldseemanylaborersworkingveryhard.Howcouldtheyfinishthisextremelydifficulttaskbyhand