万里长城英文介绍

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1、万里长城英文介绍-InthenorthofChina,thereliesa6,700-kilometer-long(4,161-mile-long)ancientwall.Nowwell-knownastheGreatWallofChina,itstartsattheJiayuguanPassofGansuProvinceinthewestandendsattheShanhaiguanPassofHebeiProvinceintheeast.AsoneoftheEightWondersintheworld,theGreatWallofChinahasbecomet

2、hesymboloftheChinesenationanditsculture.　　LotsofbeautifullegendsandstoriesabouttheGreatWalltookplacefollowingalongtheconstruction,andsincethattimethesestorieshavespreadaroundthecountry.Thosethathappenedduringconstructionareabundant,suchasMengJiangnu'sstoryandthelegendoftheJiayuguanPas

3、s.MengJiangnu'sstoryisthemostfamousandwidelyspreadofallthelegendsabouttheGreatWall.ThestoryhappenedduringtheQinDynasty(221BC-206BC).IttellsofhowMengJiangnu'sbitterweepingmadeasectionoftheGreatWallcollapse.MengJiangnu'shusbandFanQiliangwascaughtbyfederalofficialsandsenttobuildtheGreatW

4、all.MengJiangnuheardnothingfromhimafterhisdeparture,soshesetouttolookforhim.Unfortunately,bythetimeshereachedthegreatwall,shediscoveredthatherhusbandhadalreadydied.Hearingthebadnews,shecriedherheartout.HerhowlcausedthecollapseofapartoftheGreatWall.ThisstoryindicatesthattheGreatWallist

5、heproductionoftensofthousandsofChinesecommoners.　　AnotherlegendabouttheJiayuguanPasstellsofaworkmannamedYiKaizhanintheMingDynasty(1368BC-1644BC)whowasproficientinarithmetic.Hecalculatedthatitwouldneed99,999brickstobuildtheJiayuguanPass.Thesupervisordidnotbelievehimandsaidiftheymiscalc

6、ulatedbyevenonebrick,thenalltheworkmenwouldbepunishedtodohardworkforthreeyears.Afterthecompletionoftheproject,onebrickwasleftbehindtheXiwongcitygate.Thesupervisorwashappyatthesightofthebrickandreadytopunishthem.HoweverYiKaizhansaidwithdeliberationthatthebrickwasputtherebyasupernatural

7、beingtofixthewall.Atinymovewouldcausethecollapseofthewall.Thereforethebrickwaskeptthereandnevermoved.ItcanstillbefoundtheretodayonthetoweroftheJiayuguanPass.　　Inadditiontotheabove-mentionedstoriesabouttheconstructionoftheGreatWall,therearealsoplentyofstoriesaboutcurrentscenicspots.Afa

8、mouso