Great Wall of China, is a miracle among the most prominent of the seven wonders of the world old and new. Which is the tallest building ever in history, with an estimated length of approximately 6400 square kilometers, and built all by hand.
Work has begun on the first of the fourth century BC, probably, and continued until the beginning of the seventeenth century AD.
The Chinese built a wall to protect their northern border from invaders.
And extending the wall between the north China's east coast and north-central China. The eastern end is located in Shanhaiguan, a village near the city of Qinhuangdao. In the west, should end near the village of Jyayoiqguan.
One of the most prominent tourist sites in China and the world, as it annually visited by millions of people from all parts of the world, for the landmark building from the date of the human, reflecting the intelligence of human genius and creativity.
Says historical records, that in the second century BC and the first Chinese Emperor Qin Shi Huang Petty and linking the border fences of the various republics to become the Great Wall of China.
During the more than 1000 years after it was prolonging the Great Wall of China and restored in different periods, even extended to thousands of kilometers.
Built the first parts of the fence in the Spring and fall between 770-476 BC, and in the Warring States Period of 475-221 BC.
The Badaling section, which is located province to Beijing's Yanqing, about two hours drive from central Beijing, the most famous sectors between tourists and visitors to the wall Chinese and foreigners. With a length of 3741 meters, and height of 8 meters on average, the highest increase by up to 15 meters, and the total length of the parts can be had from this section of the fence is 19 thousand square meters.
This was part of the Great Wall of China among the first parts, which officially opened for the visit.
Statistics indicate that around 130 million visitors, of whom almost 14 million foreign, have visited this sector of the fence since its official opening in 1954, including Heads of State and Governments, politicians, intellectuals and public figures famous literary, artistic, sports, and others.
Said by late leader Mao Zedong, "It is not up (or not laser) Wall of China, it is not a real man."
Add this site to the World Heritage List by UNESCO, the Organization for the hybrid, in 1987.
It is best to visit the famous tourist site from 7 am to 5:30 pm daily, the taxi enter between 40 to 45 yuan Chinia (5-6 dollars or so). Can get to this location quite easily either by car or taxi bus that drives many of them from several yards and stations in Beijing and at very low wages.
When you climb the fence built much of rock large rectangle, which amounts to an average height of eight meters and width of 6 meters inevitably be met with a lot of Chinese and ask you to take a commemorative photograph with them on the stairs of the wall opposite is common, where it asks tourists always take photos with the people of the country, but because the Chinese proud of their heritage and like to record Friends of the country through the pictures and said to me «ENI», who wore a dress of traditional Chinese side of her friend and also taken a commemorative photograph clothes veterans and behind the Great Wall to believe anyone who watches the image that girls wives of veterans Alemradin Wall time attacks of nomadic tribes.
During a trip to climb the fence to reach the platform of the city wall, which resembles Little Castle which is located at a distance of 300 to 500 meters you will find a balcony wall on the outer side of the surface at altitudes of 1.7 m and the holes for the control and holes of fire, but the platform is composed of two floors in the upper floor vents control and the other to fire. On the underside lived soldiers defending the city and stored grain, equipment and military equipment as well.
And clear strategic locations along the fence line where the forts and towers warning for the transfer of information, news and issue orders and directives by raising the smoke from spark Ruth wolves, according to our tour guide «Joe» his name in the foreign is not the Chinese also told us also that subscribe to the fence construction about 1.0005 million thousand soldiers and a civilian for the construction of the fence during the reign of Emperor «Qinshihuang» has been building the fence in the desert areas of materials consisting of salicylic given the scarcity of rocks and yellow brick, but in the areas of Plateau, the soil built for dust Almdcock or mud-brick, but at least as strong as the wall west China, the construction of the wall in the Ming Dynasty was a brick or a rock or a mix of rocks, bricks and there is a channel for water drainage at the top of the wall for rainwater drainage and automatically protect the wall, which tourists can see the most beautiful landscapes, which calls for reflection and lucidity of the highest peak.
There are other parts of the fence does not know a lot of tourists by something like the sector «Huang Huacheng» located 60 km from the city of Beijing in the north-west province of Huairou, although the sector lower sections of the fence Fame, but it was a sector of the fence the original pure states Tobath be installed and stone soup of rice, making it solid and impregnable. Despite the collapse of and damage to many parts of the fence, but its path and balconies, towers it is still full and some have remained in a healthy state as it was in ancient times and engraving on one of rocks leading chopped from the Chinese writing «Jane Tang» meaning «Fort solid» so-called sector «Huang Huacheng »sur« Jane Tang »also, who was a length of more than 10 thousand square meters where the mountains meet the water as they go in the middle of a lake to a depth of tens of meters.
Visiting the Great Wall discovered at the end of his visit to the greatness of a people is embodied in its effects, which tells the history of periods of time sequence and the construction of this wall not only to defend the country but was Msheedih outlook that it would be a major cause of China's opening to other countries and one of the economic resources of the country.
It is said that Great Wall of China is the only building which can be seen from space.
