Significance of the Great Wall

Significance: The Great Wall has an important position in the history of development. The birth and development of the Great Wall is in step with the whole military development in ancient China, which is of great significance to the study of the formation and development of ancient military operational thought.

Building the Great Wall is a positive measure to the northwest military situation, and it is a defense from passive to active. It should be emphasized that the defensive function of the Great Wall is not "self-defeating" as most people think; Its real use lies in that the invaders may concentrate on breaking through one or two passes and occasionally breaking into the mainland, but as long as the whole Great Wall has strong troops stationed, the invaders will always be in danger of being stopped and ambushed and unable to go home.

In particular, the Great Wall has seized the traffic arteries of Yanshan Mountain and the northern branch of Taihang Mountain. Even if the nomadic cavalry broke through the customs, they could only harass the mainland, and their logistics could not be transported through the customs and could not stand on the mainland, thus shaking the foundation of the Chinese empire. No matter how serious scabies are, they can't be invaded, which is the fundamental significance of the existence of the Great Wall.

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Features of the Great Wall:

1, the scenic area is lush with trees, and now the vegetation coverage rate is 96%. This large area of vegetation is incomparable to any section of the Great Wall.

2. Mutianyu has a strange view of Taiwan, which is different from Juyongguan, Shanhaiguan and Jiayuguan. The subjective platform consists of three hollow watchtowers, which are connected and laid side by side. The two watchtowers are smaller, and the building in the middle is larger. There are three towers above the three towers. The doors are not located in the center, but on the east side of the observation deck, and the doors are located on both sides of the observation deck. This unique platform-viewing building is rare in the Great Wall of Wan Li.

3. The enemy towers are dense, with four enemy towers within 500m from Zimu No.1 (Dajiaolou) to Zimu No.4 (Zhengguantai); From one to twenty sub-trees, the length is only 3000 meters, and there are 25 enemy towers, platforms, wall platforms and shops. It is also rare for the Great Wall 100 meter to have an enemy tower.

4. Double-sided crib, other sections of the Great Wall mostly build crib walls on the outside of the Great Wall, while Mutianyu section of the Great Wall builds crib walls on both sides, which are blockhouses for soldiers guarding the city to fight against the enemy. The battlements on both sides imply that both sides are against the enemy, which shows the important strategic position of Mutianyu Great Wall in history.

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