口语考试 旅游景点.pptVIP

The Great Wall Location and construction History function In the old days: it was used for wars The top stories of the watch-tower were designed for observing enemy movements And nowadays: it is an attractive civilization He who has not been to the Great Wall is not a true man. 不到长城非好汉！ * * * Group members: White , Lucy , Fay Location and construction end The whole length: 8851.8 km in Ming Dynasty location beginning 5 provinces--Liaoning, Hebei, Shanxi, Shanxi(陕西), and Gansu 2 autonomous regions-- Ningxia and Inner Mongolia The wall is about 5.3 meters high on average The wall is rammed(捣打成的) earth construction ,and reinforced with bricks and rocks The best preserved and imposing section : Badaling The first pass Shanhai pass Most impressive one (Juyongguan) about 50 kilometers northwest of Beijing Jayuguan Chu Qin Han Ming Today the origin of the Wall to defensive fortification back to the year 656 B.C. during the reign of King Cheng of the States of Chu. Emperor Qinshihuang ordered the connection of these individual walls and further extensions to form the basis of the present great wall. a separate outer wall was constructed north of the Yinshan range in the Han Dynasty(206 BC-1644 BC.), which went to ruin through years of neglect. The most extensive reinforcements and renovations were carried out in the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644) when altogether 18 lengthy stretches were reinforced with bricks and rocks. it is mostly the Ming Dynasty Wall that visitors see today. the first was used for storing grain, fodder(草料), military equipment and gunpowder（黑色火药） as well as for quartering（军营住所分配） garrison（守卫部队） soldiers. A signal system formerly existed that served to communicate military information to the dynastic capital. This consisted of beacon towers（烽火台） on the Wall itself and on mountain tops within sight of the Wall. At the approach of （在。。。。。快到的时候）enemy troops, smoke signals gave the alarm from the beacon towers in the daytime and bonfir