问题描述：
要标明一下几点；长城于何时建成
处于何地？
被谁建的？
为什么此人要建长城？
长城的外观描写。
长城的哪点使你印象最深刻？
还有关于长城的传说
要求：时间为3分钟左右
内容清晰，便于理解。
词语尽量简单易懂，
要生动有趣。
要与听者互动。
拜托了！
注意，是3分钟左右的长度= =
词语尽量简洁易懂。
问题解答：
整理的长城的英文导游词 Good morning ,Ladies and Gentlemen:
Today we are going to visit the Great Wall. The Great Wall, symbolizing China’s ancient civilization. Is one of the world’s most renowned projects. It is the longest defensive wall in the world. In 1987 ,UNESCO put the Great Wall on the list of world cultural heritage.
Construction of Great Wall started from seventh century BC. It began from the Spring-Autumn and Warring States Periods .At that time there were many kingdoms under the Zhou Dynasty. Each kingdom built its own wall around its territory for self-protection. The earliest Great Wall emerged in the Chinese history was the wall of Qi and Chu. In 221BC,emperor Qingshihuang defeated the other six kingdoms and unified China. He ordered to link up the separated walls and extended them. It started from Lin Tao in the west to Liao Kong in the east. Formed a 7000 kilometers long wall. This became the first climax of building the Great Wall in Chinese history.
The second climax of construction on the Great Wall is Han Dynasty. For increasing strategic defense and for protecting the newly opened silk roads. The 20 thousand LiHan Great Wall wad constructed. It can from xinjiang in the west to LiaoDong in the east and became the longest Great Wall in Chinese history. Han dynasty period was the second climax of construction the Great Wall.
In the Ming Dynasty from the first Emperor Zhu Yuanzhang,a great number of defensive soldiers were dispatched to the northern border to rebuild the wall. The Great Wall in the Ming Dynasty had been consolidated ,countless fortresses, watch towers .beacon towers had been built. It started from hushan (tiger hill) at the bank of Yalu river. Dan dong Liao Ning province to Jia Yu Guan pass, Gansu province in the west ,totally 7000 kilometers. It went through the present day Liaoning ,Hebei, Tianjin, Beijing, Shanxi, Inner Mongolia, Shaanxi, Ningxia and Gansu nine provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities.
The Great Wall is formed by body of the wall, strategic pass of the wall, wall platform and beacon towers both inside and outside the wall. The average height of the wall is 7.5 meters, the average width of the base is 6.5 meters, and average width on the surface is about 6 meters. On the surface of the wall, five horsemen can ride abreast 10 people can stand abreast. Inside the wall, in a short interval, there is an archway with stone steps leading to the surface of the wall. Before the Ming great wall, there are three to four layers of bricks. On the top layer are square bricks filled up with lime between the joints it is too smooth on the surface of the wall for the wild grass to grow. On the top surface of the wall there are two walls on both sides. The inner one is parapet, which is about one meter high; the outer one is a nearly two-meter high battlements wall. On the battlements wall are battlements and buttresses successively. On every buttress, there are holes for shooting and observation. There is also drainage ditch and gargoyles. etc.
The main architectural structures of the Great Wall are watchtowers and platforms. Watch towers can be directly used to shoot the enemies who are climbing up the wall, and they can also be used to store weapons and accommodate soldiers for the night. Generally speaking, the watchtowers are two stories high: some are even three stories high. On all sides of the outer section of the watchtower, there are four windows. The top story has rooms for housing soldiers. Platforms are built on the surface of the wall, they are wide enough for soldiers to train and stand guard.
A beacon tower is also called a pile of fire, beacon fire or wolf dung tower. Beacon towers are usually built on the summit of mountains or at the turn of mountains. Most of them are independent architectures separate from the Great Wall. They are used for sending out military information. Once the enemy came to attack, bonfires were lit to send messages. Smoke was made during daytime and fire at night.
The road we are driving on is called Guangou Valley. Over 800 years ago it used to be one of the famous ‘Eight View of Yanjing’ with lush greenery trees and plants. Now you can see the pass tower-the Juyong Pass. Its name originated from the Qin Dynasty when prisoners were transferred here from the war. Above the gate there is a plague, which reads: ’the first Magnificent Pass under Heaven’. Along the 20-kilometer-long valley there are four passes. From south to north were the Xiaguan, Juyong pass, Shangguan and Badaling Pass. because those passes are situated between high mountains with only one road leading to Beijing, it has great military significance.
In the center of the Juyong Pass, there is a massive marble terrace called ‘The Cloud Terrace’ which was built in the Yuan Dynasty in 1345. the cloud terrace covers and area of 310 square meters. It used to be called Crossing Street Dagoba. Under the terrace is the gateway. It is a half-hexagonal arch structure carved with the images of lions, elephants, fabulous animals, golden wing birds in bas-relief, representing five animals for Buddha to ride. The inner roof of the arch is covered with mandala patterns and Buddha images surrounded by flowers, 2.215 pieces in total, all free examples of Yuan Dynasty craftsmanship. There are also Buddhist scriptures inscribed in six different national languages.
Badaling is the best-preserved part of the Great Wall, and is 75 kilometers northwest of Beijing, this part of the Great Wall was rebuilt in the Ming Dynasty. It was built along the Jundu Mountain and Guangou Valley. Now we are approaching the Jundu Mountain. On the right side, we can see the railway. That’s the railway from Beijing to Zhangjiakou. This is the first railway line in China designed and presided over by the Chinese engineer Zhan Tianyou. This part of the railway was built on a steep mountain slope, so the construction process was extremely difficult.
Now we have arrived at Badaling. Bada in Chinese means convenient transportation to all directions, so it used to be the most important place in the defense of Beijing.
Badaling is situated at the very top of the mountain to the north of Guangou Valley. There is a narrow path leading to the top of the two precipitous mountains. The Badaling Great Wall is built in between two mountains and was constructed to be a communications center.
Badaling Great Wall is formed with the body of the wall, the strategic pass of the wall watch tower, flood water drainage, the wall platform and with beacon towers both inside and outside the wall. This section of the wall is 12kilometers long, with 24watch towers and 4 wall platforms it is the best constructed , most typical and consolidated section of the Wall.
Outer town of Juyon is the inscription written on the east gate of Badaling in the 18th year of Jiajing(1539), which means there was another town outside Juyong Pass, Great Wall Key to the north gate’ is an inscription written on the west gate of Badaling in the 10th year of Wanli(1582). The allusion has something to do with a famous Kou Zhun. It is said that an envoy of the state of Liao passed by Daming of Song Dynasty. He couldn’t figure it out why Kou Zhun (Song Dynasty prime minister) was there .Kou Zhun said’ there is nothing to do in the court but I have to be here.’ So later on people called the key to the north gate and important town in the north. Badaling is like a key to the gate of Beijing. Once the key is unlocked ,the gate of Beijing is open. East of Badaling lays a big rock called Looking-Toward Beijing Rock. it is said that Empress Dowager Cixi passed here on her way fleeing to the north as the Allied Forces of Eight Powers were advancing on Beijing in 1900.
Look! There are some watchtowers in front of us. Let’s take a photo here for memory .
Now we all have made it and we have all become real men and heroes!
In the north of China， there lies a 6，700-kilometer-long (4，161-mile-long) ancient wall. Now well-known as the Great Wall of China， it starts at the Jiayuguan Pass of Gansu Province in the west and ends at the Shanhaiguan Pass of Hebei Province in the east. As one of the Eight Wonders in the world， the Great Wall of China has become the symbol of the Chinese nation and its culture.
Lots of beautiful legends and stories about the Great Wall took place following along the construction， and since that time these stories have spread around the country. Those that happened during construction are abundant， such as Meng Jiangnu‘s story and the legend of the Jiayuguan Pass. Meng Jiangnu‘s story is the most famous and widely spread of all the legends about the Great Wall. The story happened during the Qin Dynasty (221BC-206BC). It tells of how Meng Jiangnu‘s bitter weeping made a section of the Great Wall collapse. Meng Jiangnu‘s husband Fan Qiliang was caught by federal officials and sent to build the Great Wall. Meng Jiangnu heard nothing from him after his departure， so she set out to look for him. Unfortunately， by the time she reached the great wall， she discovered that her husband had already died. Hearing the bad news， she cried her heart out. Her howl caused the collapse of a part of the Great Wall. This story indicates that the Great Wall is the production of tens of thousands of Chinese commoners.
Another legend about the Jiayuguan Pass tells of a workman named Yi Kaizhan in the Ming Dynasty (1368BC-1644BC) who was proficient in arithmetic. He calculated that it would need 99，999 bricks to build the Jiayuguan Pass. The supervisor did not believe him and said if they miscalculated by even one brick， then all the workmen would be punished to do hard work for three years. After the completion of the project， one brick was left behind the Xiwong city gate. The supervisor was happy at the sight of the brick and ready to punish them. However Yi Kaizhan said with deliberation that the brick was put there by a supernatural being to fix the wall. A tiny move would cause the collapse of the wall. Therefore the brick was kept there and never moved. It can still be found there today on the tower of the Jiayuguan Pass.
In addition to the above-mentioned stories about the construction of the Great Wall， there are also plenty of stories about current scenic spots. A famous one is the legend of the Beacon Tower. This story happened during the Western Zhou Dynasty (11th century BC-711 BC). King You had a queen named Bao Si， who was very pretty. King You liked her very much， however Bao Si never smiled. An official gave a suggestion that setting the beacon tower on fire would frighten the King‘s subjects， and might make the queen smile. King You liked the idea. The subjects were fooled and Bao Si smiled at the sight of the chaos. Later enemies invaded Western Zhou， King You set the beacon tower on fire to ask for help. No subjects came to help because they had been fooled once before. Thus， King Zhou was killed by the enemy and Western Zhou came to an end.
Beautiful stories and legends about the Great Wall help to keep alive Chinese history and culture. In each dynasty after the building of the Great Wall， many more stories were created and spread.
晕～英语导游，可以自己删减下啊～多总比信息少好吧～～～我坚信第一部分介绍词汇在六级以致四级范围内～
Today we are going to visit the Great Wall. The Great Wall, symbolizing China’s ancient civilization. Is one of the world’s most renowned projects. It is the longest defensive wall in the world. In 1987 ,UNESCO put the Great Wall on the list of world cultural heritage.
Construction of Great Wall started from seventh century BC. It began from the Spring-Autumn and Warring States Periods .At that time there were many kingdoms under the Zhou Dynasty. Each kingdom built its own wall around its territory for self-protection. The earliest Great Wall emerged in the Chinese history was the wall of Qi and Chu. In 221BC,emperor Qingshihuang defeated the other six kingdoms and unified China. He ordered to link up the separated walls and extended them. It started from Lin Tao in the west to Liao Kong in the east. Formed a 7000 kilometers long wall. This became the first climax of building the Great Wall in Chinese history.
The second climax of construction on the Great Wall is Han Dynasty. For increasing strategic defense and for protecting the newly opened silk roads. The 20 thousand LiHan Great Wall wad constructed. It can from xinjiang in the west to LiaoDong in the east and became the longest Great Wall in Chinese history. Han dynasty period was the second climax of construction the Great Wall.
In the Ming Dynasty from the first Emperor Zhu Yuanzhang,a great number of defensive soldiers were dispatched to the northern border to rebuild the wall. The Great Wall in the Ming Dynasty had been consolidated ,countless fortresses, watch towers .beacon towers had been built. It started from hushan (tiger hill) at the bank of Yalu river. Dan dong Liao Ning province to Jia Yu Guan pass, Gansu province in the west ,totally 7000 kilometers. It went through the present day Liaoning ,Hebei, Tianjin, Beijing, Shanxi, Inner Mongolia, Shaanxi, Ningxia and Gansu nine provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities.
The Great Wall is formed by body of the wall, strategic pass of the wall, wall platform and beacon towers both inside and outside the wall. The average height of the wall is 7.5 meters, the average width of the base is 6.5 meters, and average width on the surface is about 6 meters. On the surface of the wall, five horsemen can ride abreast 10 people can stand abreast. Inside the wall, in a short interval, there is an archway with stone steps leading to the surface of the wall. Before the Ming great wall, there are three to four layers of bricks. On the top layer are square bricks filled up with lime between the joints it is too smooth on the surface of the wall for the wild grass to grow. On the top surface of the wall there are two walls on both sides. The inner one is parapet, which is about one meter high; the outer one is a nearly two-meter high battlements wall. On the battlements wall are battlements and buttresses successively. On every buttress, there are holes for shooting and observation. There is also drainage ditch and gargoyles. etc.
The main architectural structures of the Great Wall are watchtowers and platforms. Watch towers can be directly used to shoot the enemies who are climbing up the wall, and they can also be used to store weapons and accommodate soldiers for the night. Generally speaking, the watchtowers are two stories high: some are even three stories high. On all sides of the outer section of the watchtower, there are four windows. The top story has rooms for housing soldiers. Platforms are built on the surface of the wall, they are wide enough for soldiers to train and stand guard.
A beacon tower is also called a pile of fire, beacon fire or wolf dung tower. Beacon towers are usually built on the summit of mountains or at the turn of mountains. Most of them are independent architectures separate from the Great Wall. They are used for sending out military information. Once the enemy came to attack, bonfires were lit to send messages. Smoke was made during daytime and fire at night.
The road we are driving on is called Guangou Valley. Over 800 years ago it used to be one of the famous ‘Eight View of Yanjing’ with lush greenery trees and plants. Now you can see the pass tower-the Juyong Pass. Its name originated from the Qin Dynasty when prisoners were transferred here from the war. Above the gate there is a plague, which reads: ’the first Magnificent Pass under Heaven’. Along the 20-kilometer-long valley there are four passes. From south to north were the Xiaguan, Juyong pass, Shangguan and Badaling Pass. because those passes are situated between high mountains with only one road leading to Beijing, it has great military significance.
In the center of the Juyong Pass, there is a massive marble terrace called ‘The Cloud Terrace’ which was built in the Yuan Dynasty in 1345. the cloud terrace covers and area of 310 square meters. It used to be called Crossing Street Dagoba. Under the terrace is the gateway. It is a half-hexagonal arch structure carved with the images of lions, elephants, fabulous animals, golden wing birds in bas-relief, representing five animals for Buddha to ride. The inner roof of the arch is covered with mandala patterns and Buddha images surrounded by flowers, 2.215 pieces in total, all free examples of Yuan Dynasty craftsmanship. There are also Buddhist scriptures inscribed in six different national languages.
Badaling is the best-preserved part of the Great Wall, and is 75 kilometers northwest of Beijing, this part of the Great Wall was rebuilt in the Ming Dynasty. It was built along the Jundu Mountain and Guangou Valley. Now we are approaching the Jundu Mountain. On the right side, we can see the railway. That’s the railway from Beijing to Zhangjiakou. This is the first railway line in China designed and presided over by the Chinese engineer Zhan Tianyou. This part of the railway was built on a steep mountain slope, so the construction process was extremely difficult.
Now we have arrived at Badaling. Bada in Chinese means convenient transportation to all directions, so it used to be the most important place in the defense of Beijing.
Badaling is situated at the very top of the mountain to the north of Guangou Valley. There is a narrow path leading to the top of the two precipitous mountains. The Badaling Great Wall is built in between two mountains and was constructed to be a communications center.
Badaling Great Wall is formed with the body of the wall, the strategic pass of the wall watch tower, flood water drainage, the wall platform and with beacon towers both inside and outside the wall. This section of the wall is 12kilometers long, with 24watch towers and 4 wall platforms it is the best constructed , most typical and consolidated section of the Wall.
Outer town of Juyon is the inscription written on the east gate of Badaling in the 18th year of Jiajing(1539), which means there was another town outside Juyong Pass, Great Wall Key to the north gate’ is an inscription written on the west gate of Badaling in the 10th year of Wanli(1582). The allusion has something to do with a famous Kou Zhun. It is said that an envoy of the state of Liao passed by Daming of Song Dynasty. He couldn’t figure it out why Kou Zhun (Song Dynasty prime minister) was there .Kou Zhun said’ there is nothing to do in the court but I have to be here.’ So later on people called the key to the north gate and important town in the north. Badaling is like a key to the gate of Beijing. Once the key is unlocked ,the gate of Beijing is open. East of Badaling lays a big rock called Looking-Toward Beijing Rock. it is said that Empress Dowager Cixi passed here on her way fleeing to the north as the Allied Forces of Eight Powers were advancing on Beijing in 1900.
Look! There are some watchtowers in front of us. Let’s take a photo here for memory .
Now we all have made it and we have all become real men and heroes!
In the north of China， there lies a 6，700-kilometer-long (4，161-mile-long) ancient wall. Now well-known as the Great Wall of China， it starts at the Jiayuguan Pass of Gansu Province in the west and ends at the Shanhaiguan Pass of Hebei Province in the east. As one of the Eight Wonders in the world， the Great Wall of China has become the symbol of the Chinese nation and its culture.
Lots of beautiful legends and stories about the Great Wall took place following along the construction， and since that time these stories have spread around the country. Those that happened during construction are abundant， such as Meng Jiangnu‘s story and the legend of the Jiayuguan Pass. Meng Jiangnu‘s story is the most famous and widely spread of all the legends about the Great Wall. The story happened during the Qin Dynasty (221BC-206BC). It tells of how Meng Jiangnu‘s bitter weeping made a section of the Great Wall collapse. Meng Jiangnu‘s husband Fan Qiliang was caught by federal officials and sent to build the Great Wall. Meng Jiangnu heard nothing from him after his departure， so she set out to look for him. Unfortunately， by the time she reached the great wall， she discovered that her husband had already died. Hearing the bad news， she cried her heart out. Her howl caused the collapse of a part of the Great Wall. This story indicates that the Great Wall is the production of tens of thousands of Chinese commoners.
Another legend about the Jiayuguan Pass tells of a workman named Yi Kaizhan in the Ming Dynasty (1368BC-1644BC) who was proficient in arithmetic. He calculated that it would need 99，999 bricks to build the Jiayuguan Pass. The supervisor did not believe him and said if they miscalculated by even one brick， then all the workmen would be punished to do hard work for three years. After the completion of the project， one brick was left behind the Xiwong city gate. The supervisor was happy at the sight of the brick and ready to punish them. However Yi Kaizhan said with deliberation that the brick was put there by a supernatural being to fix the wall. A tiny move would cause the collapse of the wall. Therefore the brick was kept there and never moved. It can still be found there today on the tower of the Jiayuguan Pass.
In addition to the above-mentioned stories about the construction of the Great Wall， there are also plenty of stories about current scenic spots. A famous one is the legend of the Beacon Tower. This story happened during the Western Zhou Dynasty (11th century BC-711 BC). King You had a queen named Bao Si， who was very pretty. King You liked her very much， however Bao Si never smiled. An official gave a suggestion that setting the beacon tower on fire would frighten the King‘s subjects， and might make the queen smile. King You liked the idea. The subjects were fooled and Bao Si smiled at the sight of the chaos. Later enemies invaded Western Zhou， King You set the beacon tower on fire to ask for help. No subjects came to help because they had been fooled once before. Thus， King Zhou was killed by the enemy and Western Zhou came to an end.
Beautiful stories and legends about the Great Wall help to keep alive Chinese history and culture. In each dynasty after the building of the Great Wall， many more stories were created and spread.
女士们、先生们大家好！今天我们将游览北京天安门广场，北京天安门广场是世界上最大的城市广场；第二站我们将到达故宫，故宫是世界现存最大、最完整的古建筑群，被誉为世界五大宫之首；今天的最后一站是中国古代明、清两朝历代皇帝祭天之地。
明天我们将游览长城，长城自秦朝开始建筑，全长约6300KM，是春秋至明朝时期古建筑。长城作为人类历史的奇迹，1987年被列入《世界遗产名录》。
3日，我们将进入本次行程的最后一站北京香山。香山又叫静宜园，位于北京海淀区西郊，距市区 25公里，全园面积160公顷，最高峰海拔557米，是北京著名的森林公园。
祝大家旅程愉快，感谢大家！
Ladies and gentlemen,Today we will visit Beijing's Tiananmen Square, Beijing's Tiananmen Square is the world's largest plaza of the city; the second leg we will arrive Palace Museum, the National Palace Museum is the world's largest and most complete ancient building complex, known as the world's top five of the first Temple; today The last stop is the ancient Chinese Ming and Qing dynasties of emperors to worship Heaven.
Day 3, we will enter the last leg of Beijing Xiangshan. Providence is known as the Fragrant Hills Park, located in the western suburbs of Beijing's Haidian District, 25 kilometers away from the urban area, the whole Park area of 160 hectares, the highest peak 557 meters above sea level, is the famous forest park Beijing.
I wish you all an enjoyable stay, thank you!
The Great Wall
Ladies and gentlemen:
We are heading for the Great Wall, to make good use of our time, let me give you a brief introduction.
The Great Wall is the longest ancient military defensive project in the world and it is the symbol of Chinese nation. It runs up and down the mountains and gullies in the north of China like a flying great dragon. The Great Wall was first built in the Warring States 2000 years ago.
Do you know why people did it? When was the first real Great Wall built? How many Great Walls were there in Chinese history and how long? Who did them? How was the wall built? OK! Now let me give you the answers one by one!
Firstly, why people did that? The story is like this: 2000 years ago in China, there were seven powerful kingdoms. In order to unify the whole country, they fought each other frequently. The northern kingdoms had more problems, because their enemies were not only the other kingdoms but also the northern minority’s cavalrymen. The kingdoms were often attacked by the mounted troops without any preparation. Because the cavalrymen fast came, fast went. Treasures and foods were robbed, people and soldiers were killed. All those made the kings decide to build a long wall to have their kingdoms encircled in case of the surprise attacks. That’s the reason why people did that.
Secondly, when was the first real Great Wall built? Well, In 221 BC, the whole nation was unified by one of the seven kingdoms called the Qin Nation. In order to prevent his country from being invaded by the northern minority’s cavalrymen, the emperor sent his crowned prince and right hand general to go to the north part of the country to have the original different walls of different kingdoms linked up and extended. After the great project was done, the first real Great Wall in Chinese history was completed. As we have mentioned the total length of the wall was over 5000 kilometers. After the Qin dynasty, the following dynasty, the Han dynasty also paid a lot attention to the Great Wall construction, and this time the longest wall in the human history was finished. Do you know how long was it? It was 10000 kilometers. The last Great Wall was built in the Ming dynasty, which lasted from 1368 to 1644. The first emperor of the Ming dynasty sent one of his sons and right hand man to build the Great Wall as soon as he took the imperial throne. The project lasted for 150 years, then, a six thousand and seven hundred---kilometer---long wall was finished. The Great Wall was not built in the Yuan and the Tang dynasties, because the Yuan dynasty had an unmatched military power and the Tang dynasty had some very successful diplomatic policies.
Thirdly, Who built the Great Wall? When the Great Wall was built 2000 years ago in the Qin dynasty, the main labors were prisoners and the prisoners of war. Later, soldiers took part in, finally, farmers and people in all fields were involved in the project. According to a statistics, 1/5 of the whole population in the country were forced to build the wall. A lot of people died of back---breaking work. After the labors died, their bodies were fixed in the wall as building material without and mercy.
Finally, how was it done? The Great Wall was built on the ridge of the mountains running up and down. Not alone in the ancient time even now it is also a hard work to do.
According to historical record, the building materials were transferred to the construction sites by different ways. The heavy big stones were pulled slowly up on the rolling logs; the smaller stones and bricks were transferred up from hand to hand. Lime and clay were carried on by goats and donkeys.
Many people think that the Great Wall is nothing but a very long wall. Actually, it is composed by four functional parts. They are the Passes, the Fighting Towers, the Beacon Towers and the wall itself.
The Passes were set at the important strategic posts for commanding, stating soldiers, storing foods and weapons.
The Fighting Towers were built on the wall with an average interval of about 100 meters to 200 meters for fighting when the enemies came. At ordinary times, one tower was defended by a group of soldiers. In the daytime the soldiers were on patrol from one tower to another and the towers were used as temporary shelters for the soldiers to take rest.
The wall itself was for defending the enemy soldiers and horses.
The Beacon Towers were used as military message transmitting installations. If the enemies were caught sight of in the daytime, the soldiers would set off wolf smoke. The material burnt was the wolves’ dang. This kind of smoke is both black and straight, what’s more. It is hard to be blown away so the wolf smoke was used as a kind of good alarming signal in the frontier at that time. If the enemies were found at night，the soldiers would light up a fire to alarm. Well, how to signal in the rain? They could neither set off smoke nor light up bonfire in the rain? Any good ways? Yes, why not shooting? The commander could not see the smoke and fire in the rain but he could hear the alarming signal. The solders use big iron canons settled on the wall to send the message by shooting.
With time passing by, a lot of sections of the old wall collapsed. Fortunately, some good sections of the Great Wall are saved and well protected till today.
In Beijing, the Great Wall was mainly built in the Ming dynasty 500 years ago. The most famous section of the Great Wall is the Great Wall at Simatai where we can see the original appearance of the wall. Another famous section of the Great Wall is called the Mutianyu Great Wall. It is a place where people can enjoy both the charming view and the age--old wall, the whole mountain is covered by trees and flowers. It is regarded as the most beautiful section of the Great Wall. The Great Wall at Juyongguan Pass in Changping district is a newly—built tourist attraction.
The Great Wall at Badaling where we are going to visit today is the most typical section of the Great Wall built in the Ming dynasty and it is also called the “The Lock of the North Gate of Beijing”. The name of “Badaling” means a place where one can go anywhere”. Completed 500 years ago, the wall flies about 70 kilometers northwest to Beijing. It is a place contested by all strategists in the ancient time and famous for the important strategic location defending Beijing.
The Pass of the Badaling Great Wall was built in 1505, and the wall is about 7.5 meters high and 4 meters thick. On the wall, there stand tens of Fighting Towers to the south and north ways. The base of the wall is 6.5 meters wide and the pavement on the wall is 5.8 meters wide，enough for 5 horses or 10 soldiers to go abreast. There are a lot of shooting holes under the battlements of the outside wall. On the ground, the openings were designed for draining rainwater. What a great complete defense project!
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