长城英文导游词.doc

PAGE  PAGE 23 长城英文导游词 16、Great Wall 16、长城题一：长城的历史及居庸关、八达岭长城。 I am very proud to have the opportunity to be your guide. Today we are going to visit Great Wall. History of The Great Wall（长城的历史） Construction of the Great Wall first began in the seventh century BC．At that time, it was called Spring and Autumn Period. The first section of wall, that appeared in China, was built by the Qin Kingdom and the Chu Kingdom.They had a high wall which was called“square wall” or“square city”built surrounding their own territories to defend the attack of their neighboring enemy. So it was also known as the Qi Great Wall and the Chu Great Wall．In order to defend themselves against the infringing enemy from the neighboring states, all the kingdoms had sections of high walls constructed around their own territories for self-protection.They built high walls at the strategic points of the north.These high walls were the primitive prototype of the present day Great Wall and laid the foundation for the present Great Wall. In Chinese history, this is the largest project carried out in three dynasties that brought the climax of the development of the Great Wall. Large-scale construction of the Great Wall was concentrated in the Qin ,Han and Ming dynasties . In 221 BC ,Qin Shihuang defeated the other six kingdoms and unified China. In order to consolidate the unity ,he decided to link up the separate sections of high walls,built by different kingdoms ,into the Great Wall.