TheGreatWallofChina
TheGreatWallofChinaiscalledtheTenthousandIiGreatWallinChinese.Infact,itsmorethan6000kilometreslong.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.
