What are the ten wonders of China?

Wan Li Great Wall Jinghang Grand Canal Dujiangyan Forbidden City Potala Palace

Leshan Giant Buddha? Zanxie plank road, Datong Yungang Grottoes in Dashiqiao, Zhaozhou, and Longmen Grottoes in Luoyang are juxtaposed.

First: The Great Wall of Wan Li.

Of all the human buildings in ancient and modern China and abroad, the most famous one should be the Great Wall of Wan Li in China. To be precise, there is more than one Great Wall. In more than 2,000 years, many Great Walls were built in the north of China in various dynasties. The most "new" and well-preserved one was built in China in the Ming Dynasty (1368- 1644). The Great Wall of Ming Dynasty is a huge and complicated frontier fortress, stretching for 6,700 kilometers. This is the greatest man-made miracle in the world.

Second: Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal

The Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal is the longest man-made river in the world and one of the oldest canals. Together with the Great Wall of Wan Li, it is known as the two major ancient projects in China. It shows the outstanding achievements of China's ancient water conservancy and shipping engineering technology leading the world. The Beijing-Hangzhou Canal starts from Beijing in the north and ends in Hangzhou in the south. It runs through Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei, Shandong, Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces and connects five major water systems: Haihe River, Yellow River, Huaihe River, Yangtze River and Qiantang River. Total length 1794 km. The Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal was built in the Spring and Autumn Period more than 2,000 years ago, completed in the Sui Dynasty, flourished in the Tang and Song Dynasties, straightened in the Yuan Dynasty, and dredged in the Ming and Qing Dynasties (excavated in 486 BC and opened to traffic in 1293), lasting 1779.

Third: Dujiangyan

Dujiangyan is located on the Minjiang River in the west of Chengdu Plain, Sichuan, 56 kilometers away from Chengdu. It is a large-scale water conservancy project built by Li Bing, the prefect of Shu County in Qin State during the Warring States Period, and it is the oldest existing water conservancy project in China that still irrigates farmland and benefits the people. Dujiangyan is a monument in the history of science and technology in China, and is known as the miracle of the world. For more than 2250 years, water diversion irrigation has made Sichuan a "land of abundance". It is the source of "abundance" and still plays an irreplaceable role, irrigating more than 65.438+million mu of fertile land.

Fourth: The Forbidden City

The Forbidden City, also known as the Forbidden City, is the imperial palace in Ming and Qing Dynasties, the largest and most complete existing ancient architectural complex in China, and an unparalleled masterpiece of ancient architecture. The Forbidden City covers an area of more than 720,000 square meters, and there are more than 9,000 palaces, all of which are made of wood structure, with yellow glazed tile roofs and blue and white stone bases, and decorated with brilliant colored paintings. These palaces are arranged along a north-south central axis and spread to both sides. North and south are symmetrical. This central axis runs through the Forbidden City, Yongdingmen in the south, Drum Tower and Bell Tower in the north, and runs through the whole city. It is magnificent, carefully planned and extremely spectacular. Architects believe that the design and architecture of the Forbidden City is indeed an unparalleled masterpiece, and its plane layout, three-dimensional effect, grandeur and harmonious form can be said to be rare in the world. It marks the long cultural tradition of our motherland and shows the outstanding achievements of craftsmen in architecture more than 500 years ago.

Fifth: Potala Palace

Potala Palace, located on Maburi Mountain in the northwest of Lhasa, Tibet, is a famous palace-style building complex and the essence of ancient Tibetan architectural art.

Potala Palace was built in the 7th century A.D. by Songzan Gambo, the king of Tibet, to marry Princess Wencheng of the Tang Dynasty in Tibet. Potala Palace is a 999-room palace, which was built on the Red Mountain at an altitude of more than 3,700 meters in Lhasa. The palace castle is built on the mountain, covering an area of 465,438+0,000 square meters and a building area of 654,38+0,300 square meters. The main building of the palace 13 floor, height 1, 654,38+05 meters. All of them are stone and wood structures, and the roofs of the five palaces are all gold-plated copper tiles, which are resplendent and magnificent. They are the essence of Tibetan ancient architecture art and are called Plateau Temple.

Sixth: Leshan Giant Buddha

Leshan Giant Buddha is located at the confluence of Minjiang River, Qingyi River and Dadu River in the east of Leshan City. It was first carved in the first year of Kaiyuan in Tang Dynasty (AD 7 13), and it took more than 90 years to build, with a height of 7 1 meter. Known as "mountain is Buddha, Buddha is mountain", it is the largest stone Buddha in the world. 199665438+On February 6th, Mount Emei-Leshan Giant Buddha was approved by UNESCO as "World Cultural and Natural Heritage" and officially listed in the World Heritage List.

The giant Buddha is well-proportioned, solemn and solemn, standing on the mountain, sitting by the river, and dangerous. The height of the giant Buddha is 7 1m, the head width is 10m, the bun is 102 1, the ear length is 7m, the nose length is 5m, the eyebrow length is 5m, the eye length is 3m, the shoulder width is 8m, the finger length is 8m, and the instep width is 8m, so it can be seated1.

Seventh: praise the sloping plank road

Xie Xie Road is named after the south entrance of Gucheng Road, Baogu (located in the north of Hanzhong City) and the north entrance, Gu Jie (located in Meixian County). It is a plank road across the Qinling Mountains in ancient China, connecting Guanzhong and Bashu, also called Pavilion Road. With a total length of 250 kilometers, it is an ancient passage. The road of praise and inclination is the only way for military strategists to March and the main road for business travel. Bashu's products reach Guanzhong by plank road. Tang built a 1 1 post station on the ramp. Thank you road is located in the deep Qinling mountains. The water is fast, the trees are dense and the grass is deep, so it is extremely difficult to dig. When Bao Dao was founded, gunpowder had not been invented, so people had to use fire and water to break mountains and stones. Among them, there is the earliest man-made tunnel in the world.

Eighth: Zhaozhou Dashiqiao

Zhaozhou Dashiqiao, also known as Anji Bridge, is located in Zhao County, southeast of Shijiazhuang City, Hebei Province. Built in the reign of Emperor Kai of Sui Dynasty (about 58 1 year), it has a history of 1400 years and is known as the first bridge in the world. It was built by the famous craftsman Li Chun.

Anji Bridge is a single-hole arc shouldered stone arch bridge, composed of huge granite stones, with a total length of 64.4 meters, a width of 9 meters, a clear span of 37.02 meters and a sagittal shape of 7.23 meters. There are two small arches on the shoulders at both ends of the big arch across the two banks to make the chess shoulders open, which is not only exquisite and beautiful, but also convenient to pass and reduce the resistance of running water.

Anji Bridge is the oldest and best preserved stone arch bridge in the world. 199 1 was named as "International Civil Engineering Historic Site" by American Civil Engineering Society, which indicates that Anji Bridge is as famous as Eiffel Tower in Paris, Panama Canal and Egyptian Pyramid.

Ninth: Dunhuang Mogao Grottoes

The Mogao Grottoes, also known as "Thousand Buddha Cave", is located on the cliff at the eastern foot of Mingsha Mountain, 25 kilometers southeast of Dunhuang City, and is one of the three artistic treasures of China grottoes. These caves were first dug in the second year of the former Qin Jianyuan (AD 366), and were later supplemented and repaired. Today, there are 492 caves and 45,000 square meters of murals.

There are 2,465,438+05 beige plastic statues, which are the largest and richest grotto art treasures in China. 1987 is listed as a world cultural heritage by UNESCO.

Tenth: Yungang Grottoes in Datong

Yungang Grottoes are located at the foot of Wuzhou Mountain 16 km west of Datong City. Grottoes are dug along the mountain, stretching from east to west 1 km. There are 53 existing caves and more than 5 1000 stone carvings, which are one of the three major caves in China, belonging to the national key cultural relics protection units and listed in the World Heritage List undertaken by the UNESCO World Heritage Committee. The grottoes were dug in the second year of Xing 'an in the Northern Wei Dynasty (453), with a history of 1500 years.

Tied: Longmen Grottoes in Luoyang

The Longmen Grottoes were dug in 493 AD, about the time when Emperor Xiaowen of the Northern Wei Dynasty moved to Luoyang. After the Eastern Wei, Western Wei, Northern Qi, Sui, Tang and Northern Song Dynasties, it was dug for more than 400 years. According to statistics, there are more than 2,300 caves and niches, more than 0,000 statues/kloc-0,000, more than 2,800 inscriptions and more than 70 pagodas in the East and West Mountains. It represents the carving styles of different times and reflects the aesthetic fashion of people in different periods. Longmen Grottoes is a world cultural heritage and the largest treasure house of royal carving art in China.