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Great Wall of China

Quality tour plans can make your travel comfortable and memorable. If you are going to visit Beijing then don’t forget to see Great wall which is the main attraction of the Beijing city. In fact, if you want to realize the fascination of China then should visit the Great wall. You can enjoy here different scenery in different season. This wall was built by the 1st emperor Qin Shi Huangdi (221 B.C-206 B.C) of China for more than 2,000 years before.

In Chinese language this wall is known as “Wan Li Qang Qeng” or 10,000 Li Long wall. This wall is one among the largest building-construction-projects around the world and which is stretching across the mountains of: northern China, meandering north and northwest of Beijing. This wall was constructed individually by different states when it was first time built but the royal leader Qin Shihuang did his efforts and successfully joined the wall together in order to avoid the possible attacks from Huns after the union of China. This great wall is in fact a series of stone and fortification which was built by 3 states as: Qin, Yan and Zhao. But the wall you see nowadays was by-far built in the Ming Dynasty which is covering a period of 1368 to 1644.

This majestic wall begins from Hushan Great Wall (east) and goes to the Jiayuguan pass (west) and is passing through the provinces of Beijing, Gansu, Inner Mongolia and many other provinces. Visiting this wall means going back to the history of China and this is also a good way to understand the history of China.

Moreover, this wall was constructed with the knowledge, dedication and blood of army’s manpower, soldiers, local people and prisoners. And Ming’s construction was good and stronger than the Qin’s earlier fortification because this construction is done with the help of bricks and stones.


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