The Great Wall meanders from east to weat for about 6,000 kilometers or 12,000 li. That’s why we call it in Chinese “Wan Li Chang Cheng”,which literally means”Ten Thousand Li Long Wall”.
Construction of the Wall first began during te Warring States period about 2,500 years ago. Some kingdoms built huge walls hoping to protect their territories. When Qin Shihuang or the First Emperor unified China in 221B.C. ,he decided to have the various sections of the walls linked up and also extended. From that we got the Great Wall. But the Qin Great Wall hasn’t got much left today, In the subsequent dynasties, the Great Wall was rebuilt many times. The last massive rebuilting of the Great Wall was in Ming Dynasty. The Great Wall we see at Badaling was rebuilt then.
Those towers on the wall spaced at regular distances from one another are beacon fire towers. In ancient times, if attacked by enemies the guards would set off smoke in the day-time and bonfire at night to alarm troops stations along the wall.
The Great Wall if very steep and the surface is a little slippy. For ladies, please wear no high-heeled shoes.
長城從東到西蜿蜒約6,000公里，也就是12,000里。這就是為什麼我們叫它「萬里長城」了，因為它字面上的意思就是「一萬里長的城牆」。長城最早修建於約2,500年前的戰國時期。一些帝王建造它是為了保護疆域。秦始皇於西元前221年統一中國後，決定把這些不同的城牆連起來並加長，於是我們便有了長城。秦長城現在保留不多。在後來的各個朝代長城又多次被修建。長城的最後一次大規模重建是在明朝。我們看到的八達嶺長城就是那時候建成的。
城牆上每隔一段距離就有的塔是烽火臺。古代的時候，如果遭到敵人的攻擊，臺上的哨兵就會在白天放煙霧，在晚上點野火以警告駐守城牆邊的部隊。
長城非常陡峭，臺階表面也非常滑，女士請不要穿高跟鞋。
cháng chéng ——「shì jiè xīn qī dà qí jì 」zhī shǒu
cháng chéng cóng dōng dào xī wān yán yuē 6,000gōng lǐ ，yě jiù shì 12,000lǐ 。zhè jiù shì wèi shén me wǒ men jiào tā 「wàn lǐ cháng chéng 」le ，yīn wéi tā zì miàn shàng de yì sī jiù shì 「yī wàn lǐ cháng de chéng qiáng 」。cháng chéng zuì zǎo xiū jiàn yú yuē 2,500nián qián de zhàn guó shí qī 。yī xiē dì wáng jiàn zào tā shì wéi le bǎo hù jiāng yù 。qín shǐ huáng yú xī yuán qián 221nián tǒng yī zhōng guó hòu ，jué dìng bǎ zhè xiē bú tóng de chéng qiáng lián qǐ lái bìng jiā zhǎng ，yú shì wǒ men biàn yǒu le cháng chéng 。qín cháng chéng xiàn zài bǎo liú bú duō 。zài hòu lái de gè gè cháo dài cháng chéng yòu duō cì bèi xiū jiàn 。cháng chéng de zuì hòu yī cì dà guī mó chóng jiàn shì zài míng cháo 。wǒ men kàn dào de bā dá lǐng cháng chéng jiù shì nà shí hòu jiàn chéng de 。
chéng qiáng shàng měi gé yī duàn jù lí jiù yǒu de tǎ shì fēng huǒ tái 。gǔ dài de shí hòu ，rú guǒ zāo dào dí rén de gōng jī ，tái shàng de shào bīng jiù huì zài bái tiān fàng yān wù ，zài wǎn shàng diǎn yě huǒ yǐ jǐng gào zhù shǒu chéng qiáng biān de bù duì 。
cháng chéng fēi cháng dǒu qiào ，tái jiē biǎo miàn yě fēi cháng huá ，nǚ shì qǐng bú yào chuān gāo gēn xié 。
