It is said that no one can be regarded as a real man unless he stands on the Great Wall.Thus ,if you have a China Tour, the Great Wall of China can not be missed.The Great Wall ,also known as "Ten-thousand-li Long Wall". Li is the long measurement which equals to half one kilometer .So ,it is called "Wanlichangcheng".It's more than 6000 kilometers from the east to the west, in fact ,the total lenght of the Great Wall is 6350 kilometers.From the east to the west ,it across deserts,over mountains, through valleys till at last it reach the sea.Therefore,it is one of the wonders of the world.It has a long history over twenty centries of the Great Wall. During the Spring and Autumn Period, the first part of it has built,then more walls were put up to defend the borders of the different kingdoms during the Warring States Period. Emperor Qinshihuang who is the first emperor in the history put them together to protect the territories from the invasion of the north.The last rebuild was during the Ming Dynasty in the reign of Emperor Yongle .The Great Wall is wide enough at the top for five horses or ten men to walk side by side.There is a watchtower every one hundred meters,which is for keeping watch and warning .Seen from the sky ,the Great Wall looks like a dragon winding up and down .Our Chinese are the offsprings of the Dragon.
It was difficult to build such a wall in the ancient days without any modern machines.All the work was done by hand.The Great Wall was made not only of stones and earth, but the flesh and blood millions of men .Thousands of men died and were buried under the wall they built.There are many stories about the Great Wall ,one of the famous stories known all over the world is the story about Mengjiang.She waited her husband who were forced to build the Great Wall so long ,her husband's death shocked her hard ,and she cried so bitterly that her tears wept one part of the Great Wall.Today the Great Wall has become a place of interest not only to the Chinese but to people from all over the world. It is the crystallization of the hardworking and wisdom of Chinese people.
It was difficult to build such a wall in the ancient days without any modern machines.All the work was done by hand.The Great Wall was made not only of stones and earth, but the flesh and blood millions of men .Thousands of men died and were buried under the wall they built.There are many stories about the Great Wall ,one of the famous stories known all over the world is the story about Mengjiang.She waited her husband who were forced to build the Great Wall so long ,her husband's death shocked her hard ,and she cried so bitterly that her tears wept one part of the Great Wall.Today the Great Wall has become a place of interest not only to the Chinese but to people from all over the world. It is the crystallization of the hardworking and wisdom of Chinese people.
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