Home to the legendary subterranean army of Terracotta Warriors in Xi’an, the iconic Great Wall and mesmerizing Forbidden City in Beijing, the shimmering skyscrapers of Shanghai and the quaint canals of Suzhou, China offers incredible sights – both ancient and modern, and wonderful travel experiences that only a few...
Posts Tagged with Great Wall
The Great Wall is an incredible sight to behold. At over 6700km long, the Great Wall was built centuries ago to keep out marauding invaders from the north. Construction took around 2000 years, following different routes and expanding as required. No trip to China is complete without a walk on this incredible structure.
-
-
Walking the Great Wall of China
Join guest expert Amar Grover as he takes a walk along the Great Wall of China… Its image sells wine, motorbikes and mobile phones. Well before space flight, it was even thought visible from the moon. It remains a staple of state visits and is, as one scholar’s noted,...
