The Great Wall is in danger of being seriously damaged

According to the recent nomination, the Great Wall is still among the new world wonders ranked by the United Nations in 2007. However, at present, Ly Truong Thanh is facing a serious risk of destruction. both natural and human.

From the Great Wall on the ground

According to the recent nomination, the Great Wall is still among the new world wonders ranked by the United Nations in 2007. For the Chinese, the Great Wall is a proof of transparent development. 2,400 years of history of this country.

Despite the history of more than 2,400 years, but so far the Great Wall still has many mysteries yet to be revealed. The most remarkable thing about the length of the Great Wall so far has not had any official announcement.

It is said that the length of this great building is from 4,800km to 6,400km, but there are books that say, it is 6,700km long, but according to the latest announcement, the Great Wall is 7,300 km long. It is known that the measurement has been carried out since November 16, 2005 and the agency responsible for this is the Chinese Great Wall Institute.

The media said the Chinese government will use satellites and other advanced technologies to redefine the length of the Great Wall, and find the best measures and methods to protect the landscape. famous above.

According to the media, since the United Nations ranked world heritage (1987), Van Ly Truong Thanh has attracted the attention of world visitors. According to statistics, an average of 10 million tourists visit and travel at the Great Wall every year.

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Chinese people have the phrase ' Unusual School of Perfection '. Therefore, many international tourists come to China to try to set foot in the Great Wall. Besides the concern and affection of visitors is the concern of managers.

The Chinese government must issue tough measures, from December 1, 2006, to ban seven types of organization at the Great Wall. It was previously known that the capital of Beijing once issued a regulation prohibiting the use of the Great Wall for commercial purposes, but failed.

When approving the draft charter to protect the Great Wall, the State Council of China affirmed that this is a world cultural heritage, an image of the Chinese nation, thus protecting the Great Wall has a very important meaning in building civilized socialism.

Under this charter, if driving vehicles or bringing vehicles to the Great Wall will be subject to a maximum fine of 500,000 yuan; Environmental pollution on the Great Wall will be fined 10,000 yuan to 50,000 yuan; The tourist area welcomes the number of tourists exceeding the permitted limit, which is fined from 50,000 yuan to 500,000 yuan.

Measures to ensure safety for tourists of the tourist area must be in line with the overall planning of the Great Wall. Units and individuals are not built lovingly on the Great Wall. The repair of the Great Wall will be carried out in accordance with the Law on Cultural Heritage Protection by the licensed licensee.

Individuals or units that damage the Great Wall must bear the cost of remodeling . There is a fact that at a section of a wall in the area near Bat Dat Linh, tourists have carved almost their names. They are on the bricks here. This is the 8th time people have issued a ban on play, dancing, cup . at the Great Wall, but this is the first time people have seen it focused on the media.

It is known that there are many voices from all over the world that warn about the degradation of the Great Wall as it cannot resist the destruction of nature and people, or is being shortened . Even the Fund Preserving the world museum has listed the Great Wall into the list of 'most dangerous areas'.

Human attacks are fast and powerful enough to be unimaginable. People still do business, even build restaurants and hotels right on the top of the ancient tower even though there is a rule of 'Prohibiting business activities within 500 meters'.

According to statistics, only about a third of the length of the Great Wall has disappeared in May, one third remains almost the same state and one third is being abused by the destruction of nature and human. Many people have taken into account the possibility of the Great Wall will disappear before the terrible destruction of humans.

The Great Wall is shortened in part because of necessity. To open Highway 110 running from the east to Tibet, people were forced to break a guard tower with a history of more than 2,200 years. In addition, some sections of the Great Wall were buried by the sand of Gobi desert sand.

The Great Wall has existed for 25 centuries, in the past, as a militaryly significant building, it was a symbol of war, and today this is a tourist attraction by the majestic and romantic.

The process of building the Great Wall

In fact, the Great Wall was built during the Spring and Autumn Period (770-476 BC), Chien Quoc (475-221 BC), but at that time it was only individual walls. At that time, more than 20 countries such as So, Qi, Yen, Wei, Han, Trieu and Tan . built walls to prevent the attacks of other countries as well as the Hung invaders.

Only when Tan Thuy Hoang unified the country, the above-mentioned schools were officially unified to create the Great Wall. After the Qin Dynasty built a 10,000-mile-long wall (221-207 BC), the Han Dynasty, the Wei Dynasty, the Qi Dynasty, the Sui Dynasty, the Luo, the Jin Dynasty, and the Ming Dynasty continued the maintenance and maintenance work. , extending the Great Wall.

According to experts, the Qin dynasty made a great effort to build the Great Wall of the Great Wall, the Han Dynasty and the Ming Dynasty with the merit of extending the Great Wall as today, while other dynasties only contributed to the maintenance and maintenance. . Known to the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644), the Great Wall is truly accomplished because in addition to preserving 5,000 kilometers of walls since before, people also upgraded to 18 times and built another 1,000km. wall anymore.

The Great Wall under the eyes of visitors. (Photo: Mit.edu)

The area that tourists visit today are the walls built from the Ming Dynasty. History and folklore once said that to create the Great Wall, tens of millions of people and soldiers had to work hard for a long time and there were many people who had to die.

It is known that connecting the individual walls to create the Great Wall, the Qin Dynasty mobilized 300,000 soldiers and millions of people to work for 10 years in a row. By the time of Bac Te, nearly 2 million workers were mobilized to build 450km to extend the Great Wall.

The military said, along the Great Wall, many towers were set up so that when the enemy attacked, they would set up a column of smoke if the enemy was under 500 people, 2 columns of smoke if the enemy was under 3,000 . But according to the regulations of the Ming Dynasty, a pillar of smoke was fired and a cannon shot was fired to show the enemy had about 100 people, set up two pillars of smoke and fired two shots showing the enemy had about 500 people, set up three columns of smoke and fired Three artillery pieces show that the enemy has over 1,000 people.

The military said that thanks to the Great Wall, many dynasties stood up to the invasion of foreign aggressors, as well as internal disturbances. The construction of the Great Wall is both a feat and a continuation of dynasties. Because the Great Wall was built through many dynasties, materials for construction were not consistent. However, the main materials are still soil, gravel, bricks, tiles and lime.

In addition to the military meaning, the Great Wall has great cultural significance. Ancient people conceived, the existence of the Great Wall, synonymous with their existence and the Great Wall is the pride of the Chinese people.

It is very interesting that the length and width of the Great Wall is similar to the size of modern highways today. Some people say that, if there is no trip to the air of Duong Loi Vy, the Chinese still believe that the Great Wall can be seen with the naked eye from the universe.

According to astronaut Duong Loi Vy, the reason of the Great Wall cannot be seen from the universe with the naked eye because its width is only a few meters. Talking about the Great Wall, it is impossible to ignore the famous gates here.

First of all, it is Son Hai because this is the beginning and the first gate of the Great Wall. Next is Gia Du Quan, starting in the West of the Great Wall and being built in 1372. Nuong Tu Quan (formerly known as Vi Trach Quan) is one of the most dangerous gates, easy to defend, hard to attack by the Great Wall. Swallow Gate is one of the gates with the most magnificent physique of the Great Wall by the two sides are steep cliffs .

To the Great Wall under the ground and on the river

China's ' Underground City ' is currently the largest in the world and it was built more than 1,000 years ago. It is known that this tunnel was discovered in the late 1990s. After visiting the field, hundreds of scientists, history, archeology, geology, tourism . all shared the same observation: This is the tunnel which was built during the Song and Lieu dynasties. This tunnel is built for military purposes and has the same function as the Great Wall on the ground.

It runs east-west 65km long, is distributed on an area of ​​1,600km ² , located between Beijing and Tianjin, which is a battlefield lasting hundreds of years between the two Song-Liao dynasties. This is considered an important discovery in military history and a national treasure.

Quoc Trung (synthesized)