The great wall of china is famous for being the largest man-made structure in the world it is know to the Chinese people as the long wall of ten thousand li one li is about half a kilometer many people think the great wall of china is just one long wall but today’s great wall is really a collection of different sections of wall built on different places
At first, the wall was buit of stone, wood, grass, and earth in later year, the builders used bricks to make the old wall stronger and make stronger and make new walls last longer. These pieces ofwall were built part by part , by different rulers, over 2,000 years china’s first emperor, qin shi huang, brought together many of the original wall pieces into one wall
To day, many parts of the wall are gone about 50 percent of the original ancient structure is not there any more but the parts still standing are some of china’s most popular tourist sites each year,
About ten million tourists visit china’s great wall, making it the world’s largest
Outdoor museum