The Great Wall had the function of military defense in the past, but now it is a great architecture of Chinese people and a symbol of Chinese people’s unity. In 1987, The Great Wall was listed in the World Cultural Heritage Lists and it is described as one of the longest defensive wall. If you want to visit the Great Wall, you can order the Beijing Flights and live in Beijing Hotels. 
“If you never climb the Great Wall, you are not a true man” is popular words among Chinese people. So every year, lots of people at home and abroad come to visit the great wonder in the world. The Great Wall is as long as 6000 kilometers and looks like a dragon in the map of China. The capital, Beijing, is located in the north of the Yellow River and south of the Great Wall. People said the Great Wall was originated from the Emperor Qin, actually it was the period of Spring and Autumn and Warring States (770BC-221BC)
In 221 BC, Emperor Qin conquered the other six countries and connected the old great walls in the northern part of China. At that time the Great Wall was from Lintao in the west to Liaodong in the east and called the Qin Great Wall. There is a popular legend about the girl Mengjiang crying the Great Wall. A short time after Mengjiang marrying to her husband, Qiliang Fan, her husband was carried to construct the Great Wall. No information came to Mengjiang after the couple separated. One night Mengjiang dreamed her husband was trembling in cold in rags so after her wake up, she decided to carry clothes to her husband. She looked for him along the Great Wall but did not find him. Until she arrived in Shanghai Pass area and heard that her husband had died long time ago. She burst into tears and was so extremely grieving that the Great Wall was collapsed. The story reflects the tyranny of Qin emperor.
Until the Han dynasty, Emperor Wu commanded to build another external Great Wall to the north of Mountain Yin. So the poor Huns could not get into the southern area from the Great Wall. Then the Great Wall was from Xinjiang province through Mongolia to Heilongjiang province in the east and as long as 20000 meters. At than time, it was called Han Great Wall.
In 1368, Zhu Yuanzhang, the king of Ming dynasty, sent the senior general Xuda to construct the Great Wall to the north. In the following 260 years, the Great Wall was constructed for 18 times. In 1500, the Great Wall in Ming dynasty was almost finished. At this time, the Great Wall was called Ming Great Wall. In the history there were three constructing tides for the Great Wall, they are separately Qin Great Wall, Han Great Wall and Ming Great Wall.
Until the Qing dynasty, the military defense function of the Great Wall had 
disappeared. The body and gate towers of the Great Wall are partly damaged because of the natural forces and the human behaviors. After the establishment of new China, the Great Wall was enjoying the state level protection. Some administration was in charge of the fixing and protection of the Great Wall. In 1981, the State Council decided to open the Great Wall to public and it was on the list of the World Cultural Heritage lists in 1987 by UNESCO. Badaling was the represent of the Great Wall to take the honor and now the diploma is still in the Great Wall Museum. In 1991, the Badaling was honored as the top one of forty scenic spots in China.
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