TheGreatWallofChinaTheGreatWallofChinaiscalledthe\"Ten-thousand-IiGreatWall\"inChinese.Infact,it\'smorethan6000kilometreslong.Itwindsitswayfromwesttoeast,acrossdeserts,overmountains,throughvalleystillatlastitreachesthesea.Itisoneofthewondersoftheworld.TheGreatWallhasahistoryofovertwentycenturies.ThefirstpartofitwasbuiltduringtheSpringandAutumnPeriod.DuringtheWarringStatesPeriod,morewallswereputuptodefendthebordersofthedifferentkingdoms.ItwasduringtheQinDynastythatthekingdomofQinunitedthedifferentpartsintooneempire.Tokeeptheenemyoutofhisempire,EmperorQinShiHuanghadallthewallsjoinedup.Thus,theGreatWallcameintobeing.TheGreatWalliswideenoughatthetopforfivehorsesortenmentowalksidebyside.Alongthewallarewatchtow-ers,wheresoldiersusedtokeepwatch.Fireswerelitonthethetowersasawarningwhentheenemycame.Itwasverydifficulttobuildsuchawallintheancientdayswithoutanymodernmachines.Alltheworkwasdonebyhand.Thousandsofmendiedandwereburiedunderthewalltheybuilt.TheGreatWallwasmadenotonlyofstoneandearth,butofthefleshandbloodofmillionsofmen.TodaytheGreatWallhasbecomeaplaceofinterestnotonlytotheChinesebuttopeoplefromallovertheworld.ManyofthemhavecometoknowthefamousChinesesaying:\"HewhodoesnotreachtheGreatWallisnotatrueman.\"
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