The Great Wall of China - Beijing
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On a cold and windy
On a cold and windy March morning we visited the Great Wall of China the largest man-made structure in the world.
The Great Wall has often been compared to a dragon. In China, the dragon is a protective divinity and is synonymous with springtime and vital energy. The Chinese believed the earth was filled with dragons which gave shape to the mountains and formed the sinew of the land.
During its construction the Great Wall was called "the longest cemetery on earth" because as many as one million people died building it.
The Great Wall of China is also known as the wanli changcheng or Long Wall of 10,000 Li (a li is a measure of distance, approximately 1/3 of a mile). The main wall is around 2,145 miles (3,460 km) long with an extra 1,770 miles (2,860 km) of branches and spurs.
The length of all Chinese defense walls built over the last 2,000 years is approximately 50,000 km.
This video is shot at the most visited section of the Great Wall is in Badaling, close to Beijing, which was built during the Ming Dynasty. It was the first section of the wall to open to tourists in 1957. It's where Richard Nixon visited and was the finish site of a cycling course in the 2008 Summer Olympics.
In 1987 UNESCO named the Great Wall a World Heritage Site.
reporter: Ilona Kauremszky
video: Stephen Smith
music: Kevin MacLeod http://incompetech.com
Twitter: mycompasstv
http://www.mycompass.ca
mycompasstv travel channel - travel documentary
The Great Wall has often been compared to a dragon. In China, the dragon is a protective divinity and is synonymous with springtime and vital energy. The Chinese believed the earth was filled with dragons which gave shape to the mountains and formed the sinew of the land.
During its construction the Great Wall was called "the longest cemetery on earth" because as many as one million people died building it.
The Great Wall of China is also known as the wanli changcheng or Long Wall of 10,000 Li (a li is a measure of distance, approximately 1/3 of a mile). The main wall is around 2,145 miles (3,460 km) long with an extra 1,770 miles (2,860 km) of branches and spurs.
The length of all Chinese defense walls built over the last 2,000 years is approximately 50,000 km.
This video is shot at the most visited section of the Great Wall is in Badaling, close to Beijing, which was built during the Ming Dynasty. It was the first section of the wall to open to tourists in 1957. It's where Richard Nixon visited and was the finish site of a cycling course in the 2008 Summer Olympics.
In 1987 UNESCO named the Great Wall a World Heritage Site.
reporter: Ilona Kauremszky
video: Stephen Smith
music: Kevin MacLeod http://incompetech.com
Twitter: mycompasstv
http://www.mycompass.ca
mycompasstv travel channel - travel documentary
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