THE GREAT WALL OF CHINA

THE GREAT WALL OF CHINA

 

This is a photo of The Great Wall of China. It is very beautiful, there are mountains, lakes , forest and so on.

The Great Wall of China is called the "Ten-thousand-Ii Great Wall" in Chinese. In fact, it's more than 6000 kilometres long. It from west to east through over half of China.

The Great Wall has a history more than twenty centuries. In the history of China, Emperor Qin Shihuang and his people built the wall in order to keep the enemy out of their empire. During next over two thousands years, the Great Wall had been repaired and used.

Today the Great Wall has become a place of interest not only to the Chinese but also to people from all over the world. Many of them know the famous Chinese saying: "He who has never been to the Great Wall is not a true man."   

(the photo from internet)