What occurs to the first when you hear a word China? One will think of the Chinese tea, others - about a paper, someone will visit an idea on fighting arts, but the majority for certain will recollect the Great Chinese wall. It is necessary to see it, having visited in the country.

During ancient times governors of the separate empires was in territory of China, erected defensive walls around of the possession. In III century up to R.H.Tsin SHihuandi, the first emperor of a dynasty Cin who has united isolated empires of China, has connected these walls in one greater - so there was a Great wall, whether " a wall in ten thousand " as its ancient Chineses named. In construction of a wall has taken part more than one million person that made then the fifth part of the population of the country.

Originally the wall has been built from the stamped ground, on change to the ground clay and stones has come, and in XVI century (that for China absolutely late) have strengthened a wall a brick and stone blocks which can be observed and until now.

The Most visited site of a wall is in place Badalin near to Beijing. One year ago here have opened a high-speed line, and now only forty minutes separates city centre from the Chinese sight.

We have arrived to after-dinner time when the sun is gentle zolotilo gentle slopes, entirely usypannye blossoming undersized cherry trees. Tourists in these hours was a little. Hardly overcoming huge high steps, we have directed to the nearest watchtower. The wind rushed with singing between gaping eye-sockets of windows from which it was well visible as the wall gold zmejkoj is twisted on ridges of mountains and is lost behind horizon.

Nearby to Badalinja it is direct under a wall the bear nursery where plant pandas and the Himalaya bears has settled down. We were late, a gate are already closed, but the watchman has easily given in on arrangements, having allowed us to come for ten minutes and to admire small idlers who prepared for a dream, keeping within in the most inconceivable poses there where has overtaken their dream - on a floor, a parapet and even on a metal ladder.

Made dizzy by mountain air, we come back to Beijing where already with impatience wait for our arrival.