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Saturday, 10 January 2009 15:50

The Great Wall is not only the magnum opus of human being but also the soul of China! The Badaling Great Wall is the eximious representation of The Great Wall. The Great Wall has become the head key point of interest in China. More and more foreigners were attracted by it. People who visited it are all acclaim as the peak of perfection. The Great Wall convolves on the ridges of mountains and desert. It's made up of city gates, circumvallations, enemy towers, signal beacon towers and so on. It was the martial recovery engineering system of the different place and nations in China Long time ago. Built through several thousands years by Chinese people, it's the embodiment of the Great power and strong purpose of Chinese people.

From about 700 to 300 B.c. called the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, the princes of many little states began to fight and swallow up each other. They all built the long city wall for self-defence, for instance, Chu state built its wall in the Nanyang district firstly, Qi state built its wall in the Shandong province, Zhongshan state, Wei state, Han state, Yan state, Zhao state, Qin state and so on all began to build their city wall. The total of the city wall's length was more than five thousand kilometres, but they were distracted from each other. In 221 B.c., Emperor Qin, QinShiHuang, consolidated all six states, pulled down the wall between the states one side, and built the new city wall in the north to defense the Hun. With the efforts of thousands upon thousands of people, the new city wall stretched more than five thousand kilometres in an unbroken chain, which is the oldest Great Wall.

After the Ming Dynasty was founded, the archons began to build new Great Wall in the northern parts of China to defend the Yuan state come back and Dadan, Waci, Nvzhen etc. And they also built many Great Wall in southeast of China near to the sea to oppugn the foreign enemy. The count of the Ming Great Wall is the best large in our history. The main part of it begins from the the Yalu River to the JiaYu Gate, its length is more than seven thousand kilomitres. Thereinto, The part which from ShanHai Gate to the JiaYu Gate is kept most well.

Now, under the years run out and the man-made destroy, many parts of The Great Wall have become very slipshod, even including the Ming Great Wall. But the Great Wall, whose length is more than a hundred thousand kilomitres as the huge Chinese dragon, is the best greatness and grandest work in the history of the whole human being. It also materializes the architectural skill. Now people who bide inside and outside of the Great Wall, through the long time traffics, have unified one big family. The Great Wall is the symbolize of our China and is our pride. It will also contribute to promotion the friendship between people who come from the different countries.

 

 

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