How important is the role of the Great Wall in China?

In ancient times, the Great Wall was built to defend against the invasion of the Xiongnu, but now it has become a tourist attraction.

The role of the Great Wall is to be able to defend against the enemy and stop the enemy's attack, because the Great Wall was built to block the enemy's attack.

In ancient times, the Great Wall could defend against enemy invasions, and now the Great Wall is a tourist attraction.

The Great Wall has become one of the most famous attractions in China, what was the role of the Great Wall when it was first built?

The Great Wall was built at the beginning to resist foreign enemies and the Xiongnu, and it was an important place for defense and garrison in China. So as far as we are concerned, the Great Wall is a symbol of our country and a representative work that we are proud of. To be able to show that our country is strong enough.

The Great Wall is a great military defense project in the ancient history of the world, and a hub for cultural, economic and political exchanges between the north and the south.

The Great Wall was built in ancient times because of war. Ancient China built the Great Wall to provide shelter in times of war.

There is no doubt that the Great Wall is a miracle in the history of Chinese and even human architecture. Our ancestors demonstrated their wisdom, strength and determination to accomplish such a huge project with the most primitive and simple tools under extremely poor material conditions. However, to portray the Great Wall as a common symbol of the Chinese nation and to praise its role in Chinese history is contrary to historical facts.

From the beginning of the Qin, Zhao, and Yan states during the Warring States period to the Great Wall built at the end of the Ming Dynasty, it has always been a means for the farming peoples of the Central Plains to deal with the northern nomads. Not to mention how many bones were buried along the Great Wall and how much property was spent, even in terms of military role, how did the Great Wall achieve the original purpose of the rulers of the Central Plains? In fact, once the Central Plains Dynasty lost its military strength, the Great Wall was useless.

After the death of Qin Shi Huang, the Xiongnu crossed the Great Wall and occupied the Hetao area, and in the last years of the Ming Dynasty, the Qing soldiers entered and exited the Great Wall as if they were in a no-man's land, and there were few examples of armed confrontation along the Great Wall.

Although the Great Wall somewhat curbed the invasion and destruction of the south by the northern nomads, it also restricted the communication and integration between ethnic groups and fixed the boundaries of agriculture and animal husbandry. Therefore, the Ming Dynasty, which built the Great Wall the most times, the largest amount of work, and the highest quality in history, was the most conservative and inactive dynasty in the northwest and north. With the final completion of the Great Wall, the power of the Ming Dynasty never went beyond Jiayuguan again.

On the contrary, a regime that could unify both agricultural and pastoral peoples did not need and would never build the Great Wall. In the Qing Dynasty, the inside and outside of the Great Wall were unified, and the remaining Great Wall was initially used as an inter-regional checkpoint, and then it was completely abandoned. This is an extremely important page in the history of China.

The patriotism of the people of the Qin, Han, and Ming dynasties could only be bounded by the Great Wall, because outside the Great Wall was not a wholehearted country, but the territory of another regime or nation. But the patriotism of the people of the Tang Dynasty and the Qing Dynasty will never be restricted by the Great Wall, because the outside of the Great Wall is also their country. In China in the 90s of the 20th century, the people of all ethnic groups inside and outside the Great Wall had long been integrated into an inseparable whole.

How can it be used to symbolize the Chinese nation?

It is self-evident whether the construction and defense of the Great Wall will make a great contribution to China's history, or whether the unification of the north and south of the Great Wall will make a great contribution to China's history. However, since the Han Dynasty, the Great Wall has been used as the boundary of "Heaven is limited to Hu and Han" (God used to separate Hu and Han people), and the "world" has been limited to the Great Wall; Does the afterglow of the flow still exist in the depths of the minds of some modern Chinese? This is something to consider.

First, the development of sidebands.

From the Qin and Han dynasties to the Ming and Qing dynasties, many passes along the Great Wall became places or centers for ethnic trading in the two major economic and cultural systems of agriculture and animal husbandry, and some gradually developed into important towns along the Great Wall. The Great Wall not only ensures the normal development of agricultural economy, culture and animal husbandry economy and culture, but also provides a place and convenience for the exchange and complementarity between the two. It also plays an important role in mediating the two economies and enabling the agricultural and animal husbandry economies to develop in the direction of mutual cooperation between the main and auxiliary industries.

2. National integration.

In terms of culture, the Great Wall has also played an important role in the formation and development of the pluralistic and integrated pattern of the Chinese nation. The construction and defense of the Great Wall, as well as the battles in the Great Wall area, led to the extensive integration of the Han and more than a dozen ethnic minorities in ancient China.

3. Military significance.

The Great Wall is the greatest military defense project in the ancient history of the world, it is not a simple isolated first-line city wall, but from the point to the line, from the line to the Chazhou guess surface, the passes, military forts, customs and military towns along the Great Wall are connected into a tight network to form a complete defense system. The system of military forts, gates, and military towns has a variety of functions such as combat, command, observation, communication, and concealment, and is equipped with a point-line defense project of a long-term garrison.

4. Cultural significance.

In the more than 2,000 years since the appearance of the Great Wall, with the Great Wall as the center, the cultural exchanges between the north and the south have never stopped, and the Great Wall has played an irreplaceable role in the world's understanding of China and China's going to the world. With its majestic momentum and profound cultural connotation, the Great Wall has attracted Chinese literati and celebrities and international personalities throughout the ages, and many Chinese literati and artists have created a large number of poems, songs, arts, and other literary and artistic works with the theme of the Great Wall.

5. Symbolism.

Since the day the Great Wall was built, it has become a symbol of the unification of the Chinese nation, and for more than 2,000 years, no one has been able to separate the Great Wall from the understanding, so it is impossible to divide the Chinese nation. For the Chinese, the Great Wall is a symbol of will, courage and strength, symbolizing the great will and strength of the Chinese nation.

Information on the Great Wall.

The Great Wall is a general term for the large-scale military projects built by ancient China at different times to resist the invasion of the alliance of nomadic tribes in northern China. The Great Wall stretches for tens of thousands of miles from east to west, so it is also called the Great Wall. The existing remains of the Great Wall are mainly the Great Wall of the Ming Dynasty, which was built in the 14th century, from Jiayuguan in the west to Hushan in Liaodong in the east, with a total length of kilometers and an average height of 6 to 7 meters and a width of 4 to 5 meters.

The Great Wall is a great miracle created by the ancient working people of China and a witness of China's long history. Together with Tiananmen Square and the Terracotta Warriors, it is regarded as a symbol of China by the world. At the same time, the Great Wall was listed as a World Heritage Site in December 1987.

The Great Wall is a treasure of Chinese civilization, one of the world's cultural heritages, a building on par with the Egyptian pyramids, and a miracle of mankind. More than 2,000 years ago, it was the working people who built the Great Wall with their flesh and blood. The Great Wall is the crystallization of the wisdom of the ancient Chinese people and the symbol of the Chinese nation.

During the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, in order to defend against the invasion of other countries, the princes of various countries built a round fire platform and connected it with city walls to form the earliest Great Wall. Almost all subsequent kings strengthened and repaired the Great Wall. It is also called the "Great Wall" because it is tens of thousands of miles long.

According to records, Qin Shi Huang used nearly a million laborers to build the Great Wall, accounting for one-twentieth of the country's population. At that time, there was no machinery, all the labor was done by manpower, and the working environment was very difficult with steep mountains and deep cliffs. The Great Wall stretches from Shanhaiguan in the east, to Jiayuguan in Gansu in the west, and to the Yalu River in the east.

From east to west, it passes through 10 provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities. The total length of the Great Wall is 88,518,000 meters, of which the length of the artificial walls is meters, and the length of the trenches and natural formations is meters. The Great Wall was built in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, which lasted for more than 2,000 years and has a total length of more than 5.32 million meters.

The Great Wall we refer to today refers to the Great Wall built in many dynasties, stretching from Jiayuguan in Gansu Province in western China in the west to the Yalu River in Liaoning Province in northeastern China in the east, with a length of 6.35 million meters. It is like a vigorous dragon, crossing the mountains, passing through the cliffs, passing through the grasslands, crossing the desert, undulating on the top of the lofty mountains, the other side of the Yellow River and the shore of the Bohai Sea. In ancient and modern times, everyone who has been to the Great Wall is amazed by its majestic momentum, magnificent scale and arduous project.

The Great Wall is a rare treasure, but also an extraordinary cultural relics and monuments, it symbolizes the indestructible and eternal will of the Chinese nation to survive in the world, and is the pride of the Chinese nation, but also the pride of the whole mankind.