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The Great Wall
 Starting
from Shanhaiguan in the east and ending at Jiayuguan
in the west, the Great Wall has an approximate length
of 6,7O0 kilometres. The section of the Wall at Badaling
is 75 kilometres from Beijing. The earliest part of
the Wall was built during the Warring State Period(476-211
B.C.)and continued the project in subsequent dynasties.
The Great Wall averages 7.8 metres in height and 6.5
metres wide at the base and 5.8 metres wide at the top.
A watch-tower was built every hundred metres.
 The
section adjacent to Juyong Pass and Badaling Hill in
Beijing region is typical of the Great Wall of the Ming
Dynasty. The height of the wall, varying as the terrain
undulates, averages 7.8 metres and rises up to a maximum
of 8.4 metres in certain places. The base of the wall
is paved with huge granite slabs weighing over l,000
kilos each. The wall averages 6.4 metres wide at the
base and 5.8 meters at the top. Along the outer side
of the top, there are battlements 1.7 metres in height
while a parapet used as a balustrades is on the inner
side. Observatien holes are opened upper part of the
battlements, with shooting apertures below. the top
of the wall is evenly paved with square bricks.(The
right picture is BaDaLing Section)
 Located
10 kilometers south of the Badaling section of the Great
Wall and built in an 18.5-kilometre-long valley, the
pass has always been an important gateway northwest
of Beijing. The name is believed to have its origin
in the workers and slaves conscripted to build the Great
Wall in ancient times. Cloud Terrace, built in 1345,
was originally the base of a pagoda over looking the
main road of the town of the pass. The arched gate of
the terrace and the walls inside the arch are decorated
with carvings. of elephants, lions, birds, flowers and
heavenly kings as well as charms in six languages-Sanskrit,
Tibetan, Phats pa (Mongolian), Uygur, West Xia and Han.
 Located
in Miyun County northeast of Beijing, the Jinshanling
division of the Great Wall, like the Simatai division,
belongs to the Gubeikou section of the colossal defence
barrier.
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The
Forbidden City, now called Palace Museum, is located
in the center of Beijing. Extending 750 meters from
east to west and 960 meters from north to south, the
720,000-square-meter city is the largest palatial complex
in the world. It is surrounded by a moat, which is 52
meters wide and six meters deep, and by a wall, which
is three kilometers long and 10 meters high. On the
wall are four gates with towers above them: Wumen in
the south, Shenwumen in the north, Donghuamen in the
east and Xihuamen in the west. On the four corners of
the wall stand four turret towers, each with three roofs
and 72 roof ridges. They are masterpieces of ancient
Chinese architecture. 
Hall
of Supreme Harmony (Tai He Dian) is the most important
ceremonies of the feudal dynasties were held: including
the emperors¡¯ascension to the throne, their
marriage, and their conferring of titles on officials.
Hall
of Medium Harmony (Zhong He Dian) standing behind is
where the emperors rested before ceremonies and receiving
officials. 
Hall
of Protective Harmony (Bao He Dian), is where the emperors
gave banquets and interviewed in person successful candidates
of imperial examinations.