The Great Wall of China, China

GREAT WALL

Welcome to the Great Wall: the largest architectural structure built by man! Because of its length, it is called in Chinese "The infinite wall." It is built as a set of built, destroyed and rebuilt several times in military fortifications and several places between the fifth century BC. AD . the sixteenth century and to mark and defend the northern border of China. Popularly designates as the "Great Wall" section built during the Ming dynasty from the Strait of Shanhai on the banks of the Yalu River to the is to get to Jiayuguan in 

the west. length of the wall varies according to sources. according to a 1990 report, the total length of the walls would be 6 700 km. since 1987, she is a World Heritage .

The Great Wall of China is the longest man-made structure in the world with 6,400 kilometers in length. It begins at the Korean border and ends at the edge of the Gobi Desert. Its height depends on the places it between five and seventeen meters. Its width is impressive, it is five to seven meters. Legend told us we could see the Great Wall of China to the naked eye from the moon, but since then, space travel proved not.

Initially the Chinese wall was not that incredible length. She was broken up, that is to say, each village had established an independent fortification that was not related to the others. The goal was only to prevent herds of cattle from neighboring tribes to mix and thus create conflicts. Besides its height was easily crossed. The real Wall of China as we know it today began to be built in 221 BC when China was unified by the first emperor Qin Shi Huang. It was in the eighteenth century that the wall has reached the proportions it has today to resist the Turkish and Mongol invasions.

The width of the walkway is five meters, punctuated by high bastions of fifteen meters and watchtowers every twenty kilometers where the lookouts lit fires to warn of danger.

Weather Wall of China: Climate and weather forecasts

The Great Wall of China is a series of Chinese military fortifications, the most important architectural structure ever built by man. It starts from the border with the coast north of Beijing and goes to the Gobi Desert. In China, the weather is continental, until very hot in summer and very cold, dry and sunny in the winter. In general, the best time to get there are spring and fall. Indeed, the temperature is about 20 ° C in the autumn, and reached about 15 ° C from April to October in average spring. Although this is a very dry period with sandy winds, it remains a pleasant time to visit the region.