The Seven Wonders of the Modern World: The Great Wall of China
After a long bus ride from Beijing you have finally arrived at your destination Before today you have only seen it in pictures But now you are standing atop the most famous wall in the world 4 CHINA’S LONG WALL
VIEW FROM SPACE Many people believe the Great Wall of China can be seen from space But this is not true The wall follows the curve of the land like the spine of an animal Its stone structures dot the tree-covered hills around it The wall stretches as far as your eye can see This is the Great Wall of China 5
The Great Wall of China stretches across thousands of miles of northern China It is made up of many sections built over thousands of years The most famous part was built from the 1300s to the 1600s during the Ming dynasty The Ming wall’s easternmost point is on a beach on the Yellow Sea This part of the Great Wall stretches more than 5,000 miles 8,046 kilometers into China 6 EARTH AND STONE
Other sections cross diverse parts of China’s landscape The Yellow River and the Gobi Desert both hold parts of the Great Wall CROSSING THE BORDER Part of the Great Wall is in present-day North Korea GOBI DESERT 7
