THE GREAT WALL OF CHINA

THE GREAT WALL OF CHINA BUILT OVER 2,000 YEARS  AGO BY QIN SHI HUANGDI, THE FIRST EMPEROR OF CHINA DURING THE QIN DYNASTY (221 B.C-206 B.C). IN CHINESE THE WALL IS CALLED "WAN-LI QANG-QENG"
THE GREAT WALL IS ONE OF THE LARGEST BUILDING CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS EVER COMPLETED.IT STRETCHES ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS OF NORTHERN CHINA, WINDING NORTH AND NORTHWEST OF BEIJING.IT IS CONSTRUCTED OF MASNORY,ROCKS AND PACKED EARTH.

TOP 5  INTERESTING FACTS OF THE GREAT  WALL OF CHINA:

1)  CONTRARY TO COMMON BRIEF, THE GREAT WALL OF CHINA CANNOT BE SEEN FROM SPACE WITHOUT AID.

2) DURING ITS CONSTRUCTION, THE GREAT WALL WAS CALLED "THE LONGEST CEMETERY ON EARTH" BECAUSE SO MANY PEOPLES DIED BUILDING IT. REPORTEDLY, IT COST OF LIVES OF MORE THAN ONE MILLION PEOPLES.

3) IN 2004, THERE WERE OVER 41.8 MILLION FOREIGN VISITORS TO THE GREAT WALL OF CHINA.

4) IN 1987, THE UNITED NATIONS EDUCATIONAL, SCIENTIFIC AND CULTURAL ORGANIZATION (UNESCO) PLACED THE GREAT WALL ON ITS LIST OF THE WORLD;S GREAT NATIONAL AND HISTORICAL SITES.

5) WHILE THE GREAT WALL IS CURRENTLY A SYMBOL OF NATIONAL PRIDE, CHINA IS STRUGGLE HOW TO MANAGE AND PROTECT THE WALL WHILE CONTROLLING THE MASS-MARKET DEVELOPMENT OF IT. TWO ORGANIZATIONS, THE CHINA GREAT WALL SOCIETY AND THE INTERNATIONAL FRIENDS OF THE GREAT WALL, ARE DEDICATED TO PRESERVING TO.