中国的长城(The Great Wall of China)

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thegreatwallofchinaiscalledthe"tenthousandiigreatwall"inchinese.infact,it'smorethan6000kilometreslong.itwindsitswayfromwesttoeast,acrossdeserts,overmountains,throughvalleystillatlastitreachesthesea.itisoneofthewondersoftheworld.

thegreatwallhasahistoryofovertwentycenturies.thefirstpartofitwasbuiltduringthespringandautumnperiod.duringthewarringstatesperiod,morewallswereputuptodefendthebordersofthedifferentkingdoms.itwasduringtheqindynastythatthekingdomofqinunitedthedifferentpartsintooneempire.tokeeptheenemyoutofhisempire,emperorqinshihuanghadallthewallsjoinedup.thus,thegreatwallcameintobeing.

thegreatwalliswideenoughatthetopforfivehorsesortenmentowalksidebyside.alongthewallarewatchtowers,wheresoldiersusedtokeepwatch.fireswerelitonthethetowersasawarningwhentheenemycame.

itwasverydifficulttobuildsuchawallintheancientdayswithoutanymodernmachines.alltheworkwasdonebyhand.thousandsofmendiedandwereburiedunderthewalltheybuilt.thegreatwallwasmadenotonlyofstoneandearth,butofthefleshandbloodofmillionsofmen.

todaythegreatwallhasbeeaplaceofinterestnotonlytothechinesebuttopeoplefromallovertheworld.manyofthemhaveetoknowthefamouschinesesaying:"hewhodoesnotreachthegreatwallisnotatrueman."