The Great Wall of China is an immense fortification (over 6.000 km long) built to protect the northern borders of the country from the incursions of the Huns, nomadic herdsmen of the steppes. Begun in the third century BC. by Shih Huang-ti, First Emperor Qin, combining ancient clay walls erected between rival kingdoms, stipulates the unification of the country under this dynasty. Was modified and rebuilt at various stages, especially during the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries by emperors of the Ming dynasty who had it put on the stone. Its route takes advantage of the terrain. On its peak transportation of food, weapons, troops was facilitated amplitude: I could go 4 horses side by side. Towers and forts at regular intervals were used as shelter and as a basis for reporting. With the smoke by day and fire by night allowed the mobilization of the army along the Wall in a very short time. Doors opened at the points of intersection with the great trade routes. L’opera, as often happened in Imperial China, was carried out by prisoners and lifers and cost an enormous number of lives: why the Chinese soon took a symbol of suffering.
Namo Amitabha
