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Great Wall |
The Great Wall convolves on the
ridges of mountains and desert.It's maked up of city gates,circumvallations,
enemy towers,signal beacon towers and so on, it was the martial
recovery engineering system of the different place and nations
in China Long time ago.It was built through several thousands years
by Chinese people, it's the embodiment of the Great power and strong
purpose of Chinese people. It has become the irradiant treasure
of our Chinese archaic civilization. Many move one to praises and
tears stories have taken place between the people bide inside and
outside of The Great Wall in the long time traffics, it has been
attracting many bookmen indited or paint for it, which added so
many cantos and paints to our artistic thesaurus.
B.c. Eleven Century, Xi-Zhou, Our country had the recordation that is "The
city wall set down in the north". From B.c. Seven Century to B.c. Three
Century that is called the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period,
The princes of many little states began to fight and swallow up each other. They
all built the long city wall for self-defence, for instance, Chu state built
its wall in the Nanyang district firstly, Qi state built its wall in the Shandong
province, Zhongshan state, Wei state, Han state, Yan state, Zhao state, Qin state
and so on all began to build their city wall. The total of the city wall's length
was more than five thousand kilometre, but they were distracted from each other.
B.c. 221 Year, QinShiHuang consolidated all six states, He pulled down the wall
between the states one side, the other side he built the new city wall in the
north to defense the Hun. He command MengTian general and thousands upon thousands
people to build the new city wall, it stretch more than five thousand kilometre
in an unbroken chain, which is the oldest Great Wall.
During the West Han state period, The Hun in the north bacame more and more stronger,
So the Han state had to build new city wall, and strengthen the old Qin Great
Wall. From the eastern parts of Liaoning province to the YuMen gate, The Great
Wall is longer then ten thousand kilometre.
Its scale had beyond the Qin Great Wall's by far. During the East Han state period,
people built new wall inside of the West Han Great Wall to defense the Serbi
and the Qiang nationality, The length of it is more then five kilomitres also.
The Great Wall which was built in the two Han period, is the biggest project
in our history.
After this, the nations in the north began to come into the north of China, city
gate and backland. They built the new North Dynasty kaiserdom, standed face to
the North Dynasty kaiserdom. The West Wei state, East Wei state, West Qi state,West
Zhou state in the North Dynasty kaiserdom, all built the mulriple Great Wall
in the northern parts of Yellow River. The Shui Dynasty unified the whole nation,
then built the new city wall from the middle-head reaches of the Yellow River
to the western parts of Ganshu province, its length is three kilomitres, and
it forms a new system with the eastern Great Wall.
During the Tang Dynasty, the power of country is so strong that the all nantion
in the north have to submit to the authority of Tang, So the archon haven't built
any new Great Wall, only built three city to accept surrenders.Here, the eastern
Gaoli built more the one thousand kilomitres Great wall from the northeast of
China to the Datong River estuary to defense Tang.
In the Zhu,Liao,Jin Dynasty Period, the north parts of Chian was occupied by
the Khitan, the west parts of the Yellow River was occupied by West Xia, The
North Song Dynasty only repaired the Yan Gate. Since this, Liao and Jin state
became more and mire stronger, and occupied the whole parts in the north of the
Yellow River, so the South Song has no ability to build any new Great Wall.But
the Liao-Jin kaiserdom built the new Great Wall in the northeastern parts of
Neimenggu province to fight against the other nantion in the northern parts.
People often call it as "Genghis khan City Wall".
After the Ming Dynasty was founded, the archons began to build new Great Wall
in the northern parts of China to defense the Yuan state come back and Dadan,
Waci, Nvzhen etc.And they also built many Great Wall in southeast of China near
to the sea to oppugn the foreign enemy. The count of the Ming Great Wall is the
best large in our history. The main part of it begins from the the Yalu River
to the JiaYu Gate, its length is more than seven thousand kilomitres. Thereinto,
The part which from ShanHai Gate to the JiaYu Gate is kept most well.
At the beginning of Qing Dynasty, in the Liaoning,Jilin Province people built
the ShengJing city wall, it extends 2600 kilomitres. And the people also repaired
the ShanHai, JuYong, YanMen, JiaYu Gate etc. But from the metaphase of Qing Dynasty,
the Great have not been repaired more.
Now, Under the years run out and the man-made destroy, Many parts of The Great
Wall have become very slipshod, even includes the Ming Great Wall. But The Great
Wall whose length is more than a hundred thousand kilomitres is the huge Chinese
dragon, is the best greatness and grandest work in the history of the whole human
being. It also materializes the architectural skill. Now the people who bide
inside and outside of The Great Wall, through the long time traffics, have unified
one big family. The Great Wall is the symbolize of our China and is our pride.
It will also contribute to promotion the friendship between people who come from
the different countries. |
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