长城是中华文明的瑰宝,是世界文化遗产之一,也是与埃及金字塔齐名的建筑,还是人类的奇迹。在遥远的两千多年前,是劳动人民以血肉之躯修筑了万里长城。长城是中国古代人民智慧的结晶,也是中华民族的象征。 春秋战国时期,各国诸侯为了防御别国入侵,修筑烽火台,并用城墙连接起来,形成最早的长城。以后历代君王几乎都加固增修长城。它因长达几万里,故又称作“万里长城”。据记载,秦始皇使用了近百万劳动力修筑长城,总占全国人口的二十分之一。当时没有任何机械,全部劳动都由人力完成,工作环境又是崇山峻岭、峭壁深壑,十分艰难。长城东起山海关,西至甘肃嘉峪关,东至鸭绿江。从东向西行经10个省区市。长城的总长度为88518000米,其中人工墙体长度为6254239.662米,堑壕和天然形成长度为25942342.265米。长城始建于春秋战国时期,历时达2000多年,总长度达532万米以上。我们今天所指的万里长城多指明代修建的长城,它西起中国西部甘肃省的嘉峪关,东到中国东北辽宁省的鸭绿江边,长635万米。它像一条矫健的巨龙,越群山,经绝壁,穿草原,跨沙漠,起伏在崇山峻岭之巅,黄河彼岸和渤海之滨。古今中外,凡到过长城的人无不惊叹它的磅礴气势、宏伟规模和艰巨工程。长城是一座稀世珍宝,也是艺术非凡的文物古迹,它象征着中华民族坚不可摧永存于世的伟大意志和力量,是中华民族的骄傲,也是整个人类的骄傲。 The Great Wall is a treasure of Chinese civilization, is one of the world's cultural heritage, but also with the Egyptian pyramids building, or human miracle. In the far more than 2000 years ago, is the working people with flesh and blood built the great wall. The Great Wall is the ancient Chinese people's wisdom, but also the symbol of the Chinese nation. Spring and autumn and the Warring States period, in order to prevent the invasion of feudatory states in other countries, the construction of Beacon Tower, and the walls connects, formed the earliest the Great Wall. Later kings almost reinforcement build the Great Wall. It was up to several million, so it is also called" the great wall". According to the record, Qin Shihuang used the nearly million labor to build the Great Wall, total 1/20 of the population. There were no machinery, all labor and all completed by manpower, work environment and high mountains and lofty hills, cliff, very difficult. The Great Wall east to Shanhaiguan, West to Gansu and east to Jiayuguan, the Yalu River. From east to west through 10 provinces and municipalities. The Great Wall for a total length of 88518000 meters, in which the artificial wall length of 6254239.662 meters, the natural formation of the trench and a length of 25942342.265 meters. The Great Wall was built in the spring and autumn and the Warring States period, which lasted for more than 2000 years, total length amounts to 5320000 meters of above. Today we are referring to the great wall of Ming dynasty built the Great Wall, it is west of Gansu province in Western China Jiayuguan in Northeast China's Liaoning Province, east to the Yalu River, 6350000 meters long. It is like a powerful dragon, the mountains, the cliffs, wear a prairie, the desert, ups and downs in the top of the high mountains and lofty hills, the other side of the Yellow River and the coast of Bohai. At all times and in all countries, where people went to the Great Wall are all amazed its Pangbo momentum, the grand scale and arduous engineering. The Great Wall is a rare treasure, but also extraordinary art heritage, which is the symbol of the Chinese nation be secure against assault ever in the world 's great strength and will, is the pride of the Chinese nation, but also the entire human pride.