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Travel to China, walk the great wall and take part in meaningful projects

In the north of China, there lies a 6,700-kilometer-long (4,161-mile-long) ancient wall. Now well-known as the Great Wall of China,it was built over 2,000 years ago, by Qin Shi Huangdi, the first emperor of China during the Qin (Ch'in) Dynasty (221 B.C - 206 B.C.). In Chinese the wall is called "Wan-Li Qang-Qeng" which means 10,000-Li Long Wall (10,000 Li = about 5,000 km).

The Great Wall starts at the Jiayuguan Pass of Gansu Province in the west and ends at the Shanhaiguan Pass of Hebei Province in the east. As one of the Eight Wonders in the world, the Great Wall of China has become the symbol of the Chinese nation and its culture. The Great Wall, like the Pyramids of Egypt, the Taj Mahal(1) in India and the Hanging Garden of Babylon(2), is one of the great wonders of the world.

There stand 14 major passes (Guan, in Chinese) at places of strategic importance along the Great Wall, the most important being Shanghaiguan and Jiayuguan. Yet the most impressive one is Juyongguan, about 50 kilometers northwest of Beijing. Known as "Tian Xia Di YI Guan" (The First Pass Under Heaven), Shanghaiguan Pass is situated between two sheer cliffs forming a neck connecting north China with the northeast. Jiayuguan Pass was not so much as the "Strategic pass Under the Heaven" as an important communication center in Chinese history. Juyongguan, a gateway to ancient Beijing from Inner Mongolia, was built in a 15-kilometer long ravine flanked by mountains.

As a cultural heritage, the Wall belongs not only to China but to the world. The Great Wall is the largest of such historical and cultural architecture, and that is why it continues to be so attractive to people all over the world. In 1987, the Wall was listed by UNESCO as a world cultural heritage site.

Simatai Great Wall which by “startled, the danger, wonderful” is famous, located at within the boundaries of Beijing Miyun County's northeast ancient Beikou Town, the span 19 kilometers, altogether has watch tower 35, is our country only section retains the Ming Dynasty original condition the ancient Great Wall, is Qi Jiguang when this supervises constructs founds. This section of Great Wall already by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization determination was “the primitive Great Wall”. the Simatai Great Wall as divides into the thing two sections take the Simatai reservoir, the cross valley cable bridge resembles the rainbow yawing thing. West the section appearance of the mountain is gentle, 20 watch towers preserve complete until now; East the section Great Wall winds to fluctuate, with overpowering momentum, is being densely covered 15 watch towers summit in the mountain peak. “the female celestial building” the building is fine, on the white marble arched entrance inscribes the two flower stalk flower relief, “the female celestial building” is the long not over hundred meters, the both sides cliff precipice, actually only then width of the brick “the over-bridge”, can this bridge actually entering a city real man. “looks at the Beijing building” is Beijing vertices, the elevation 986 meters, mounts looks at the Beijing building, east the tourists may look that “the fog spirit snow”, gazes westwards the Great Wall grand appearance, north the view area north of the Great Wall character and style, south looks into the distance the national capital lights. the Simatai also provides enters a city to hide in the rope way, the tour canyon cable bridge, the mandarin duck lake for the tourist to go boating, the swimming, to fish, services and so on lodging, small conference, village in a mountainous area game. In June holds Simatai Great Wall international glide festival celebration, in August to hold cultural festival celebration, in September to conduct enters a city to compete. Simatai Great Wall collection Great Wall's each kind of characteristic is a body. On took the city wall, this section had the one-sided wall, the two-sided walls, the trapezoidal stone wall; The watch tower style, two, three, the sector, the circular, turns angular, two, three, four, six, 24; But the crown style, many are the Simatai Great Wall is in sole possession of ...... Manager Sima east end section most marvelous lying in also “the danger”, the Great Wall resembles the big dragon to coil Fu Yujue above the cliff cliff, spans the thing, in the kilometer, densely covered 14 watch towers. Specially in a mountain peak side which rises steeply, the peak has a tall ladder, the tall ladder gradient is 85 degrees, gets down is near the cliff, only accommodates the foot widely, several near erectnesses, and does not have the arm rest, long approximately hundred meters, a wide only brick, about the both sides all are 900 meters abyss, here can only four limbs crawling, scared! the Simatai Great Wall has two most characterful watchtower. One is “the female celestial building”, the fable is turns by an antelope, because the lotus flower female celestial occupies this to acquire fame, its physique is slender, elder in white clouds partly visible, is just like the young girl who is not willing to go out, on the white marble stone arched entrance inscribes the two flower stalk flower relief, the institute only has for the Great Wall. The second building calls “to look at the Beijing building”, the elevation 986 meters, are Beijing cultural relic peaks, stands meets the day in this Lou Shouke, far Shan Jinshui, gets a panoramic view.

Haidian District in Peking City the deaf children recover Rehabilitation center, establishing in 1991, belonging to Haidian District Disable People Federation in Beijing City, is a to concentrate on a special demand child to recover from illness, comprehensive harmoniously organization to recover and adjust special demand children and teenager's from illness. More than ten years, we have got lots of help from the Disable People Federation in China,Disable People Federation in Beijing City and the Disable People Federation District in Haidian District. Haidian District in Peking City the deaf children recover Rehabilitation center has already succeeded to recover from illness several hundred deaf sons, greatly parts of kids enter normal nursery or communities' school smoothly, accept with normal child similar education