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TheGreatWallGroup2FactsTheGreatWallofChinawasbuilttodefendtheancientChineseEmpire.Itactuallyconsistsofsevaralsectionsofwall—notjustone.ThebeginningandtheendThisisapicturetakenatJinshanlingThemainGreatWalllinestretchesfromShanhaipassintheeast,toLopLakeinthewest,alonganarcthatroughlydelineatesthesouthernedgeofInnerMongolia.HistoryoftheGreatWallofChinaTheGreatWalloftheQinDynastyTheGreatWalloftheHanDynastyTheGreatWalloftheMingDynastyHistoryoftheGreatWallofChinaWecanstillfinditclearlythattoday'sGreatWallbeginsatShanhaipassineasternChinaandendsatJiayupassinwesternChina.TheGreatWallstillexiststodayMaterialstotallymadeofstone,brick,tampedearth,wood,andothermaterialsthestoneandbrickswereallfromthehillsfirstmadeoftampedearth,woodandstoneduringtheMingDynasty,starttousebrickbecausebrickswerewidelyusedatthattimeAbouttheBeaconTowerMaybethemostfamouspartoftheGreatWallofChinaisthebeaconfiretower.Thebeaconfiretowerwasbuilttodeliverimportantmessagesduringwars.Bykeepinggoinghigher(点燃烟火),thewholearmycouldknowthattherewereenemisepreparingfortheinvasion.TheBeaconTowerisanimportantmartialfacilityinthelonghistory.StoriesMengJiangTempleTherearealsomanystoriesabouttheGreatWallinChina.IthinkthemostfamousoneisaboutLadyMengJiang.It'ssaidthatMengjiang'shusbandwasrequiredtohelpbulidtheGreatWallafterthreedaystheygotmarried.Finallyherhusbandwasdiedandshewasofgreatdealofpain.ShecriedforthreedaysandthreenightsontheedgeoftheGreatWallandthatpartofGreatWallwasbrokendownatlast.PreservationAsahistoricalandculturalheritage,weneedtopreservetheGreatWallforourselvesbecauseit'sasymbolofourChinesehistory.Asoneofthenewsevenwondersoftheworld,weneedtodomoretoprotectourGreatWallbecauseit'snotjustourownbutitalsobelongstothewholehumanbeings.TheGreatWallcanrepresentthehumancivilization.That'sall,thankyou.