Shanhaiguan

Traveling to a foreign country in eighth grade, surrounded by my carefree friends instead of overprotective parents marked an important milestone in my life. Having the opportunity to hang out with my friends with the freedom to decide what we want in Beijing, China is an experience I’ll never forget. It’s always nerve racking as a kid when you have to leave the safety of your dependable parents and place your trust in your teachers to make sure you don’t get lost or thrown into jail in another country where no one speaks the same language as you. Flying internationally is especially terrifying when you have to go through the security and check your passport for the first time. You stand in never ending lines that only move inches while the security guards stare, scrutinizing you as if you’re already guilty before you do anything. Then as you go through the checkpoint your heart pounds in fear that you’re the only one that will have to have their luggage checked by hand and be inspected closer. But when you finally pass all the security checkpoints there’s immediate relief and the anticipation of being able to experience completely new things and culture while also exploring a new environment with your friends fills your thoughts of the future. All the kids were excited to get off this tiny rock in favor for a new adventure in a land with many different customs. The teachers were tense and filled with worry thinking about how to prevent anything from going wrong. We had to…

The great wall of china was build so that no intruders can get into China. It was Build During the Ming dynasty which was from 1368-1644. The great wall of China is important because it represented a symbol of China. Around 220 B.C.Qin Shi Huang, the first emperor of a unified China, ordered that earlier fortifications between states be removed and a number of existing walls along the northern border be joined into a single system that would extend for more than 10,000 li and protect China…

taken place, many men have died. In fact, The Great Wall, is sometimes considered a graveyard because the men that have died while building the wall were buried inside the wall. Meanwhile, the living workers built over the bodies in the wall and kept on building. The Great Wall of China measures in, "approximately 6000," kilometers long and is known as, "the longest man made structure built..." (“The Great Wall…” 1). This construction was definitely not easy and did not happen over-night. In…