Tourist Attraction Great Wall Of China

you said that you have been to China as a sightexpeditions to repel and quash the Xiongnu tribe.
seeing tourist, invariably people will ask youThe military expeditions successfully pushed the
whether you have you visited The Great Wall OfXiongnu tribe into the far north of the Gobi
China.desert, which is a tundra.
Why are people so obsessed with this ancientIn order to secure the safety of the Hexi
fortress monument? Well, as someone who haveCorridor (now Gansu province), the emperor also
taken a sightseeing tour of the Great Wall, I canordered the construction of the extension of the
sum it up in one word. The Great Wall of China isGreat Wall westward into the Hexi Corridor and
awesome!Xinjiang region. The ruins of the tower beacons
I was awestruck by the spectacular scenery andand debris of the Han Wall are still preserved in
its courageous history. This gigantic monument isDunhuang, Yumen and Yangguan districts and
considered by many people as one of theprovinces. There is also a report that more ruins
wonders of the world. Any tourist traveling toof the Han Wall have recently been discovered
China must definitely make visit the Chinesenear Lopnur in Xinjiang province.
tourist attraction.The present day Great Wall Of China in Beijing is
The Great Wall of China is over 2,000 years oldmainly the remains from the Ming Dynasty era.
and it is a monument rich in history. It was firstDuring this golden era of Chinese culture, bricks
conceived and constructed by Qin Shi Huang orand granite were used when the workers laid the
also known as Shi Huang Ti, who was the firstfoundation of the wall. Sophisticated designs and
emperor of China. The wall is called "Wan-Lipasses were also constructed in places of
Qang-Qeng" in Chinese when translated literallystrategic military importance.
means 10,000 li long wall which is equivalent toTo further empower the military's control of
about 5,000 km or 2,272 miles long.China's northern frontiers, the Ming Dynasty
The Great Wall Of China was constructed as agovernment divided the Great Wall into nine zones
military fortification against intrusion by invadingand placed each zone under the command and
normadic ancient tribes. The Chinese people atcontrol of a Zhen, which is a military garrison
that time called these tribes barbarians since theheadquarter.
Chinese royalties were living in sprawling palacesThe Ming Wall begins at Yalujiang River in what is
and these tribes were living in tents.now in Heilongjiang province, through Liaoning,
After the emperor Qin unified China in 214 BC, heHebei, Inner Mongolia, Shanxi, Shaanxi, Ningxia
ordered the construction of the wall. It took moreprovinces, to Gansu reaching a length of about
than a decade to construct and the great wall12,700 li (about 5,200 km or 2,400 miles).
stretched from Lintao in the eastern part ofAlthough The Great Wall served succeeding
Gansu province in the west to Liaodong in Jilindynasties very well for a few hundred years as a
province in the east. The wall not only served asdefence bastion against invading forces, the
a defensive bastien against invaders in theinvaders from the north in the end were able to
northern parts of China, it is also a symbol ofadvance and conquer China in succeeding
power for the proud emperor.dynasties such as Mongolians (Yuan Dynasty,
From the Qin Dynasty onwards, Xiongnu1271-1368) and the Manchus (Qing Dynasty,
(translated from Chinese as fierce anger), which1644-1911) did.
was an ancient tribe that roamed Northern China,With such splendidly rich history and panoramic
frequently make incursions and plunder towns andviews, is it any wonder why the Great Wall Of
villages along the northern border.China is one of the most visited tourist attraction
During the Han Dynasty in and around 121 BC,in the world?
emperor Han Wu Di, ordered three military