What are the earthly wonders of our country

What are the earthly wonders of our country: the Great Wall, the Forbidden City, the Terracotta Warriors and Horses, the Mogao Grottoes, the Dujiangyan, the Potala Palace, the Leshan Giant Buddha and so on.

1, the Great Wall

The history of the construction of the Great Wall can be traced back to the Western Zhou Dynasty, the capital of Haojing (present-day Xi'an, Shaanxi Province), the famous story "Beacon Fire Playing with the Vassals" originated from this. During the Spring and Autumn and Warring States Periods, the Great Wall was built as the first climax as the powers competed for supremacy and defended each other, but the length of the Great Wall at this time was relatively short. After Qin destroyed the six states and unified the world, Qin Shi Huang connected and repaired the Great Wall of the Warring States, which became known as the Great Wall of Ten Thousand Miles. The Ming Dynasty was the last major repair of the Great Wall of the dynasty, today people see the Great Wall is mostly this time to build.

On March 4, 1961, the Great Wall was announced by the State Council as one of the first batch of national key cultural relics protection units.

In December 1987, the Great Wall was included in the World Cultural Heritage.

2, the Forbidden City in Beijing

China's royal palaces of the Ming and Qing dynasties, formerly known as the Forbidden City, is located in the center of Beijing's central axis, is the essence of China's ancient palace architecture. It is one of the largest and best-preserved wooden structures of ancient architecture in the world.

The Forbidden City in Beijing in the Ming Emperor Yongle four years (1406) began construction, the Nanjing Imperial Palace as a blueprint for the camp, to Yongle eighteen years (1420) was completed. In 1961, it was listed as one of the first national key cultural relics protection units, and in 1987, it was listed as a World Heritage Site.

3, the Terracotta Warriors

The Terracotta Warriors of Qin Shi Huang, also known as the Terracotta Warriors or the Terracotta Warriors, the first batch of national key cultural relics protection units, the first batch of China's world heritage. 1974 March, the Terracotta Warriors were discovered.

On March 4, 1961, the Mausoleum of the First Qin Emperor was announced by the State Council as one of the first batch of national key cultural relics protection units.

In 1987, the Mausoleum of the First Qin Emperor and the Terracotta Warriors and Horses Pit were approved by UNESCO to be included in the List of World Heritage Sites, and were known as the "Eighth Wonder of the World".

4, Mogao Grottoes

Mogao Grottoes, commonly known as the Cave of a Thousand Buddhas, is located in Dunhuang, at the western end of the Hexi Corridor. It was built in the sixteen Kingdoms of the pre-Qin period, through the sixteen Kingdoms, the Northern Dynasties, Sui, Tang, the Five Dynasties, Western Xia, Yuan and other generations of construction, is the world's largest and richest existing Buddhist art place.

In 1961, Mogao Grottoes was announced by the State Council of the People's Republic of China as one of the first batch of national key cultural relics protection units. 1987, Mogao Grottoes was listed as a World Heritage Site.

5, Dujiangyan

Dujiangyan is located in Chengdu City, Sichuan Province, Chengdu City, west of the city, located in the western Chengdu Plain Minjiang River, was built in the end of King Zhao of the Qin Dynasty (about 256 ~ 251 BC), is the governor of the Shu County, Li Bing, father and son, in the former Tie Ling excavation on the basis of the organization of the construction of large-scale water conservancy projects.

It is the world's longest, the only surviving, still in use all the time, with no dam diversion as the characteristics of the grand water conservancy project, cohesion of the ancient Chinese working people's hard work, bravery, wisdom crystallization.

Expanded Information:

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1. The Forbidden City in Beijing was built on the model of the Forbidden City in Nanjing, and was completed in the 18th year of the Yongle reign (1420). It is a rectangular city, 961 meters long in the north and south, 753 meters wide in the east and west, surrounded on all sides by a 10-meter-high wall, outside the city has a 52-meter-wide moat. The buildings in the Forbidden City are divided into two parts: the outer court and the inner court. The center of the outer court is the Hall of Supreme Harmony, the Hall of Central Harmony and the Hall of Baohe, collectively known as the three halls, is the place where the state holds great ceremonies. The center of the inner court is the Qianqing Palace, Jiaotai Hall, Kunning Palace, collectively known as the latter three palaces, is the emperor and the empress live in the main palace.

2, the Forbidden City in Beijing is known as the world's top five palaces (the Forbidden City in Beijing, Versailles, France, Buckingham Palace, the United Kingdom, the United States White House, the Russian Kremlin).

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