In my article about the new Seven Wonders of the World, I made mention of the highly admired Great Wall of China which happens to be in the list. As the declaration ceremony fast approaches, I have decided to feature a post dedicated to the Great Wall of China.
By far, this icon has become an manmade wonder which continue to attract tourists from around. With a rich historical and cultural background, the Great Wall of China has become one of the most popular tourist destinations in the world. But then again, you may be curious to know why the Great Wall of China was built. Something about the Great Wall of China is that, you need to see and climb it to truly appreciate its majestic beauty.
Dating back to some two thousand years ago, the Great Wall of China was built as a key to protect the agricultural lands from invasion and to keep the nation’s people from vacating the empire. Originally built out of stone, wood, grass and earth, the construction of the great wall began in the early seventh century B.C when the earliest regional kingdoms were built solely for their own defensive military needs. The different watch towers across the wall were used by the army as a warning system. The time warning system during this period used the fire and smoke signals to declare night time and day time respectively. This enabled reliable communication to be relayed from one tower to the other. Progressively, more sections were added to the construction of the wall as the different kingdoms flourished. It was later during the Qin dynasty (221-206 BC) that unified China made the wall a whole entity; the wall was built, repaired and further renovated to link the old sections which were previously built to the new ones.
Over the next 1700 years, the Great Wall of China was enhanced which gradually became a world renowned manmade wonder. Additional information about the Great Wall of China is:
• It used to be called the Ten Thousand Li Wall. This referred to the length of the wall. (1 li is equivalent to half a kilometer or one third of a mile).
• Being the travel icon of China, the great wall has become a world renowned tourist destination.
• It is a beautifully structured photogenic symbol with imposing watchtowers winding up and down steep hills, cliffs, plateaus and deserts from across the east coast to Xinjiang in the northwest of China.
• It was built by over a million people who happened to be peasants, prisoners and soldiers many of who lost their lives in the construction process.
• It was during the Qin (pronounced as "chin") dynasty that the modern word "China" was derived.
• The sections in the eastern part of China were built out of bricks and stones while the western sections of wall were made out of low quality materials – earth and grass.
• The watch towers on the wall served as a deployment zone between one another.
Now that the Great Wall has become what it is today, it has four popular sections where you can visit when you travel to china. These are the Badaling section, Mutianyu section, Simatai section and Shixiaguan section, all of which serve different purposes for scholars, tourists and researchers on a great wall tour. The best month to visit the Great Wall of China is between May and October when weather allows for great visiting periods.
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» left by taylar from houston,tx (1 year 20 days ago.)
the great wall was bulit so the enimies could stay out and the enimes could not be climbing or attaking there side and try not to ttake there land!! Respond to this comment
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» left by someone (320 days 18 hours ago.)
Add something that people would have never suspected about the wall,please Respond to this comment
» left by none from none (304 days 19 hours ago.)
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» left by amazed from CA (264 days 20 hours ago.)
it was built to protect china from its enimes the monguls!! :D!! cool huh? Respond to this comment
» left by stefany from iowa (264 days 9 hours ago.)
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» left by annonymous from canada (227 days 8 hours ago.)
it was built to keep mongol tribe away. i know other things and im only in 6th grade. im 12 years old. i am not lying i am seriuosly only 12. i know thing about the great wall since i had to work on a bibliography on the great wall. soo ya. i had read so informations now. Respond to this comment
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