The Great Wall (1987)

The Great Wall, starting from the Shanhai Pass on the Bohai Bay in the east and ending at the Jiayu Pass of the Gansu Province in the west, is the world-renowned Chinese ancient building of the ten-thousand-li Great Wall, which passes through lofty mountains and high ranges as well as mountain creeks and valleys, stretching and undulating for 12,000-plus li (approximately 6,700 kilometers) and traversing seven provinces, municipalities and autonomous regions of North China. As early as in the Spring and Autumn Period, in order to keep the enemy out, various states built the Great Wall by taking advantage of natural barriers. After having unified whole China, Qin connected all those sections of defensive walls, to build up the ten-thousand-li Great Wall of a tremendous scale; which was expanded and reinforced later by various dynasties. Up till the Ming Dynasty (1368 to 1644), it had been reconstructed into today’s appearance look on the original foundation. Of an imposing boldness of vision, the Great Wall, one of the great projects in world history, was enlisted in the “World Cultural Heritage List” in 1987.