The great wall is a symbol of China.

The Great Wall is the symbol of China, and English is the symbol of the Great Wall and China.

The Great Wall is a symbol of China, mainly because it is an important legacy of ancient civilization in China and a great architectural project created by China in the long history of thousands of years. Here are several explanations:

1, defense function

The defense of the Great Wall in Wan Li has experienced many critical moments after the war, which has safeguarded the security of the Chinese nation. In the history of China, the Great Wall once resisted foreign invasion, destroyed the hegemony of the Sino-Hungarian border and captured the invading Manchuria. It was an important fortification for guarding the frontier and national security in ancient China.

2. Cultural heritage at home and abroad

The historical and cultural value of the Great Wall is widely used in the fields of culture and art, advertising and international communication. With the evolution of the times, the image of the Great Wall has been used in television, advertising, games, literature, movies and other cultural fields, and has become one of the representatives of China culture.

3. National symbol

As a national symbol, the Great Wall represents the history, culture and geography of China, and it is also one of the symbols of China's modern national image. The Great Wall has also been selected as the national treasure of China, representing the ancient heritage of China.

The history of the Great Wall:

1, Construction of the Western Zhou Great Wall

The Great Wall is an ancient defense project with the longest construction time and the largest engineering quantity in China and even in the world. Since the Western Zhou Dynasty, it has been built continuously for more than 2,000 years, distributed on vast land in northern and central China, with a total length of over 50,000 kilometers. Since Qin Shihuang, almost all dynasties that ruled the Central Plains have built the Great Wall.

More than ten dynasties, including Han, Jin, Northern Wei, Eastern Wei, Western Wei, Northern Qi, Northern Zhou, Sui, Tang, Song, Liao, Jin, Yuan, Ming and Qing, built the Great Wall of different scales. Judging from the ruling nationalities who built the Great Wall, besides the Han nationality, many dynasties in which ethnic minorities ruled China also built the Great Wall, more than those ruled by the Han nationality.

2. Construction of the Great Wall during the Kangxi period of Qing Dynasty.

During the Kangxi period of the Qing Dynasty, although the construction of the Great Wall was stopped on a large scale, it was later built in some places. It can be said that from the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period to the Qing Dynasty, the construction of the Great Wall never stopped. According to historical documents, more than 20 vassal states and feudal dynasties built the Great Wall. If you add up the Great Wall built in different times, there are more than 65,438+00 Wan Li.

3. Great Wall Site

Among them, the length of the Great Wall built in Qin, Han and Ming dynasties exceeded 1 Wan Li. China, Xinjiang, Gansu, Ningxia, Shaanxi, Inner Mongolia, Shanxi, Hebei, Beijing, Tianjin, Liaoning, Jilin, Heilongjiang, Henan, Shandong, Hubei, Hunan and other provinces, municipalities and autonomous regions all have the remains of the ancient Great Wall and beacon towers.