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GREAT WALL
The Great
Wall was listed in the World Heritage Records by
UNESCO in 1987
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THE
GENERAL INTRODUCTION |
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The Great Wall,
the symbol of China's civilization, is one of the
grand, famous and splendid ancient construction
wonders in the world. It is just like a giant dragon
in the north part of China.
The consrtuction of the Great Wall first began in
seventh century BC. At that time it was also called
the Spring and Autumn Waring State Period. Then
in order to defend themselves against the infringing
enemy from the neighboring state, all the kingdoms
had high walls built around their territories for
self-protection. These wall were primitive types
of the great wall.
In chinese history,
large-scale construction were mainly concentrated
in three dynasties. They are: Qin, Han and Ming
Dynasties.
THE
GREAT WALL IN DIFFERENT AGES
In 221BC, Qinshihuang
unified China. He decided to link up all the separated
high walls built by different kingdoms into the
Great Wall. The Qin Great Wall started from Lintao,
Gansu province in the west and ended in Liaodong
, Liaoning Province in the east, over 500 kilometers
long.
The second large-scale construction on the Great
Wall was carried out during the Han Dynasty. Apart
from maintaining and utilizing the Qin Great Wall,
they built an outer Great Wall about 500 kilometers
to the north of the Great Wall in order to ward
off the Huns. They also had the Great Wall extended
towards the west for another 5000 kilometers long.
The Han Great Wall started from Liaodong in the
east to the Lop Nur Lake in Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous
Region, with a total length of 10,000 kilometers.
The last large-scale project on the Great Wall was
carried out in Ming dynasty. That was because the
dethroned Mongol Yuan ruler still had the remnant
forces and often made couterattack to Beijing, as
well as the threats of newly raised ethnic tribe
of 'Nv Zhen'. So started from the first year after
Zhuyuanzhang established the Ming Dynasty, the whole
project took more than 200 years to complete. The
total length of the Ming Great Wall was more than
6,000 kilometers from Yalu River in Liaoning Province
in the east to Jiayuguan Pass in Gansu Province
in the west. It passes nine cities, provinces and
automonous regions of Liaoning, Hebei, Tianjin,
Beijing, Shanxi, Inner Mogolia, Shaanxi, Ningxia
and Gansu.
THE
GREAT WALL IN DIFFERENT SEASONS
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About
the Badaling Great Wall |
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Badaling Great
Wall is about 75 kilometers north of Beijing, and
it is the best-preserved part of the Great Wall. Bada
means in English 'convenient transportation to all
directions'. It used to be more important than Juyong
Pass in the defence of Beijing. The Badaling Great
Wall averages 7.8 meters high, 6.5 meters wide at
its base, and 5.8 meters wide on the top, wide enough
for five horses or ten soldiers walking abreast on
the wall. The highest point at Badaling is about 800-1,000
meters above the sea level.
Building on both
sides of the wall at the commanding points, the top
of the mountain or the turns are beacon towers. The
beacon towers were used for making signals of warning
messages when the enemy was sighted. Fires were lit
on the top of the beacon towers at night and the smoke
signals in daytime. And the number of the fire and
smoke signal could signify the number of invading
enemies.
The watch-towers
are located at regular intervals on the Great Wall
for watching over the invading enemy, and it is usually
of two stories.the ground floor was used to store
weapons and had a number of windows for archers..
Today, the Great
Wall has lost its significance in defending the enemy,
but in ancient times the great wall was not only a
strong defensive project but also played a very important
role in military, economy and served as a link in
promoting harmonious relationship among the nationalities
for the whole country. Today, the Great Wall has become
a famous tourist attraction in the world
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THE
VISIT OF FAMOUS PEOPLE |
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from
NicolasCage
In
Nov,2010 the famous Oscar movie Actor NicolasCage
visited the Great Wall with his wife and son.
from
Obama
On
Nov18th,2009, America President Obama paid a visit
to The Great Wall. It was his second Chinese ancient
attractions after the visit to the Forbidden City
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How
To Book Your Great Wall Tour
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sReserve
This Tour
Please send the following information to us:
1. Travelers' name on passport and nationality
2. Travelers' Flight number
3. Travelers' Number
4. Tour Date
ts:
Once received your above information, we will start
to arrange tour details according to your request. Confirmation
will be sent to you when all tour details arranged.
TEL: :00 86-10-81425577
FAX::00 86-10-81425577
Mobile: 15201381995
Mail:
info@tours.bj.cn
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Address: No 11 Courtyard Summer Palace Beijing China
Copyright:
Crown Beijing International Tourist Service Centre |
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