长城英文简介 The Great Wall of China.ppt

The Great Wall of China What is the Great Wall? Who Built The Great Wall? Zhou Dynasty (1045 b.c. – 246 b.c.) Who Built The Great Wall?Qin Dynasty (221 b.c. – 207 b.c.) cont. Who Built The Great Wall?Han Dynasty (206 b.c. – 220 a.d.) Who Built The Great Wall?Han Dynasty (206 b.c. – 220 a.d.) cont. Who Built The Great Wall?Ming Dynasty (1368 – 1644) Who Built The Great Wall?Ming Dynasty (1368 – 1644) cont. Sections of the Great WallBaDaLing Sections of the Great WallBaDaLing cont. Sections of the Great WallMutianyu Section Sections of the Great WallJinShanLing Section Sections of the Great WallSimatai Section Sections of the Great WallLost Sections of the Great Wall References: * The Great Wall of China is the world’s largest military structure. It was built as a defense to stop invaders from northern areas. The Great Wall is actually a series of walls built and rebuilt by different dynasties over 1,000 years. It has a total length of over 6,000 kilometers. The Chinese measured the wall in “li”. A single li is equivalent to half a kilometer. In Chinese the wall is called “Wan-Li Ch’ang-Ch’eng” which means 10,000-Li Long Wall. The Great Wall runs from Jiayu Pass of Gansu Province in the west to the mouth of the Yalu river in Liaonling Province in the east. During the Zhou Dynasty, Xiongnu tribes frequently attacked northern border states. In the 7th century B.C., the northern states built their own walls for defense purposes. Qin Shi Huang was the first emperor of China and is considered the first Great Wall builder. He was a relentless tyrant who’s dynasty eventually fell to peasant uprising. The oldest section of the Great Wall was begun in 221 b.c. The construction linked together the restored ruins of older walls created in the Zhou Dynasty to create a 5000 kilometer (10,000 li) section. This is the origin of the 10,000-li wall name. Qin Dynasty (221 b.c. – 207 b.c.) First Emperor Qin Shi Huang It is estimated that over 3 million people (70