The Great Wall
Introduction
The Great Wall is the crystallization of
Chinese nation's sweat and wisdom. Whether in ancient times or in modern times,
the Great Wall has a very important role and significance. In ancient times,
the Great Wall is important in military, agriculture and economic; in modern
times, the Great Wall represents a spirit and culture, is the national soul of
the Chinese nation, and the Great Wall is a tourist destination.
History
The spring and Autumn and the Warring
States period, all the governors in order to defense against invasion of other
countries. They construct the beacon towers and use walls to connected to form
the earliest Great Wall. And it got the expansion during the Han, Ming Dynasty
and so on. In the Han Dynasty, the emperors extended the Great Wall far into
today's western China to protect Silk Road trade. It can be said that it has
not stopped building since the spring and autumn and Warring States period to
the Qing Dynasty for more than 2000 years’ history. The Great Wall starts from east
Shanhaiguan to the east Gansu Jiayuguan. From east to west through 10 provinces.
It is up to ten thousand kilometers, so it is also called "the ten
thousand kilometers Wall". According to records, Qin Shihuang used nearly
million labor to build the Great Wall. It is 1/20 of the total population.
Because there was no machinery at that time, all labors used their hands to
build it. The working environment is mountains and cliffs; it was a very
difficult work.
Significance
military significance:
The great
wall is the greatest military defense project in the ancient history. It is not
a simple isolated walls, but from point to line, from line to surface,
connected everything into a tight network to form a complete defense system.
Agriculture
and economy significance:
The Great
Wall helped maintain the agricultural social peace and security in ancient
china. In the 2000 years of history, the Great Wall helped the rulers in
ancient China repel the invasion of the northern nomads for a lot of times. It
created a relatively peaceful environment for the agricultural economy’s
survival and development and also made people's lives more stable.
The Great Wall is the symbol of human civilization
The Great Wall is the largest human
cultural heritage in the world; it is also the largest cultural relics. Whether
its occupies space or its history has an important position in the history of
human civilization. We often say that the Great Wall is the symbol of the
Chinese nation. In fact, the the Great Wall is also a symbol of human
civilization. Nowadays, the Great Wall has lost the role of military defense.
So it is today's value is that people have to feel the history of civilization.
As long as there are people in the world, there will have this demand, and the
Great Wall will live forever. When the foreign tourists come to China to climb
the Great Wall, they most interest in a problem, which is why we wanted to
build the Great Wall. What kind of force can support such a hard labor? For this
problem, I think the Great Wall is the symbol of peace. This is a nation that
loves peace and not willing to fight, so we will invest that much manpower and material
resources to repair the Great Wall.
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