Introduction
The Great Wall of China is the most fascinating and mysterious in the history of mankind which is listed as one of the Eight Wonders of the world. The Great Wall of China is one of the largest building projects in the world which is both the wonder of the world and the pride of China. The Great Wall of China is one of the three biggest man-made projects in the world while the other two are the Pyramids of Egypt and the Aswan High Dam which is also located in Egypt. Tens of thousands of people come to visit the Great Wall of China from all around the world every year. So in a way, the Great Wall of China also belongs to the world.
Anyone who is interested in history would know that the Great Wall of China was first built in the Han Dynasty to keep out the invaders and constructed in sections over hundreds of years. Now the Great Wall we can see was built in the Ming Dynasty. The Great Wall of China was mostly built of bricks and stone which stretches about 4000 miles across the land of the country. We can imagine how hard it is to build the wall all by hand in the ancient time when the truck has not been made. Maybe that is just why the Great Wall of China is regarded as one of the wonders of the world.
As we all know that the Great Wall of China was built to protect the north part of the empire of China from the attacks of the enemy. The old stone wall linked all the existing fortifications into a united defense system so that the invaders can be kept out. This kind of protection was quite effective at that time and even we modern people would feel shocked by the amazing project.
As a famous historic interest, the Great Wall of China attracts millions of tourists from the all over the world to enjoy the amazing landscape and feel the profound history of the old stone wall. And all of them say the Great Wall of China is basically what people call it, the wonder of the world. The legend of the Great Wall of China has grown along with the tourism to the wall. The Great Wall is so famous that even one of the China airlines is named after it.
Chinese people love the Great Wall since it is the crystallization of wisdom and efforts of the Chinese nation and it is also a rich inheritance of the Chinese race. People from all over the world love the Great Wall of China since it is a gift to the humankind and what’s more, the Great Wall of China also belongs to the world.