长城-英语介绍

CulturalrelicsTheGreatWallTheGreatWallofChinaisoneofthewondersoftheworld.Itisoneofthefewman-madeobjectsonearththatcanbeseenonthemoon.Alltheworkwasdonebyhand.Manypeoplewereforcedtoworkonthewall.Now,letmeintroducemoreabouttheGreatWalltoyou.TheGreatWallisthenameofawall.ItfirstcomesfromthetimeoftheQinDynasty.ShihuangdioftheQinDynasty,unitedChinain221BC.HewantedtoprotectChina’snorthernborder.Soheorderedhissoldierstobuildwallsalongtheborder.Today,therearefewpartsofthewallofshihuangdileft.Today’sGreatWallfollowsadifferentroute.ItcomesfromthetimeoftheMingDynasty.PeoplefromthenorthpartofChinatooksomepartsofthecountry.TheMingwantedtokeepthemout.So,attheendofthe15thcentury,theybegantobuildwallsalongthenorthernborder.TheMingwallsrunabout1,500milesfromQinghuangdaointheeasttoJiayuguaninthewest.Thewallsfollowedtheshapeofthelandandsoitgoesupanddownalot.It’shardworkforwalking.Onthetopofthewalltherewasspaceforsoldierstomarchandtherewerewatchtowers.NowtheGreatWallhasbecomeaplaceofinterest.WeallknowthefamousChinesesaying:“HewhodoesnotreachtheGreatWallisnotatrueman.”