The Great Chinese Wall

For local residents and all foreigners entering the country, the Great Wall of China has been and will be a symbol of China.

At the entrance to the renovated part of it is the inscription of Mao Zedong: "If you is not been to the Great Wall of China - you're not a real Chinese."
The Wall - is one of the largest and most skilled construction and technical installations in the world. It stretches from the Liaodong Bay, north-east of Beijing over the North China in the Gobi desert.

Data on its length are distinct and varied. The distance from one end to the other is 2450 km, but if you consider the waste of its other ramparts, you get 6000 - 6500 km. The Great Wall runs across the border of China, but it is a protected area and only a few parts of it are opened to the public. One of such places is Badaling Pass, the second - Juyong Pass, they are both located near Beijing.

Its present guise the Wall owns the emperors of the Ming Dynasty, the tombs of which are located nearby. In many ways, it was just re-built, earth mounds replaced with brick and stone reliable facilities.

Watch towers 12 meters high, sustained winds and bad weather, have survived to our days. Once with their sites in case of enemy attack alarm passed through the signal lights at night, and smoke signals by day. Some parts of this wall have been reconstructed to recreate the old historic look and feel with a more spectacular show of this marvel, built by human hands.

The Great Wall was built as a defense line to protect the Chinese Empire from enemies. Old people say: "If one protects the gate, then 10,000 soldiers will not go."