Great Wall
Call China - Connect with the Great Wall of Civilization
Get the feel of a culture that's amongst the oldest
civilizations in the world. China boasts of a repertoire of rich
cultural heritage of which the Great Wall, Karez irrigation
system and Grand Canal are just some of the engineering marvels
executed by the Chinese over 2000 years ago. We also owe the
discovery of printing, papermaking and gunpowder to the
ingenuity of the Chinese. Calligraphy, pottery, painting and
paper cutting are some of the other creative exploits of this
country.
China is the most populous nation and the third largest country
with an area of 9.6 million sq, kms and connecting with China is
quick and convenient with Mr. Long Distance. You can make calls
to friends and family in China through Mr. Long Distance at
extremely cheap rates compared to other telecom service
providers. However, before placing a call to China, consider
what the current time is for the recipient of your call. China
is thirteen hours ahead of EST in the United States, i.e. eight
hours ahead of the GMT.
Simple Steps to Call China through cheap calling plans from Mr.
Long Distance:
Dial the international access code - 011. Dial
China's country code - 86. Dial the city code of the
place you want to connect with. (e.g.: Beijing city code is 1
and Shanghai city code is 21.) Dial the remaining
digits.
The rapidly booming Chinese economy also creates opportunities
for investors. Today more than ever, there are more western
investors that are invested in China. More and more United
States businesses that do call China on a regular basis are
actively seeking for ways to save money on all their long
distance calls. Even though phone cards to call China is
available in almost everywhere there are grocery stores, people
are continuously looking for the so called "best China phone
cards". Well, this is not an easy find. Most phone cards do
carry connection fees, weekly maintenance fees, and the ever
popular three minutes or more increments. Again the word is "be
careful and be informed".
Prepaid long distance makes calling to China more affordable
than ever. What makes prepaid long distance unique is the "No
PIN" dialing and the convenience of being able to call from any
phone including cell phones without worrying about connection
fees and other fees that maybe associated with phone cards. You
only pay for "talk time" plus of course clear quality
connections.
Ni hao, (pronounced nee how) is the normal greeting for ‘hello'
or ‘good day' in Chinese. While Mandarin Chinese is the official
language, English is catching up with most business people,
though it is not widely spoken. So carrying a phrase book to
identify key phrases written in Chinese characters would be
helpful on a visit to the country. The Chinese respond with
their last names first followed by the given name. For instance
Wang Cheow is actually Mr. Wang.
So the next time you want to call China without any confusion,
use prepaid long distance-and don't bother about how you call,
when you call and how much you talk. With prepaid long distance
calling China is as easy and as cheap as it can get.
About the Author
http://www.MrLongdistance.com owner Bernard Pragides has been in
the telecommunication business since 1997. Please feel free to
contact us if you have any queries on phone cards or
international call rates. You may email us at
HelpMeSave@MrLongDistance.com
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Tourist Attraction Great Wall Of China
When you said that you have been to China as a sight seeing tourist, invariably people will ask you whether you have you visited The Great Wall Of China.
Why are people so obsessed with this ancient fortress monument? Well, as someone who have taken a sightseeing tour of the Great Wall, I can sum it up in one word. The Great Wall of China is awesome!
I was awestruck by the spectacular scenery and its courageous history. This gigantic monument is considered by many people as one of the wonders of the world. Any tourist traveling to China must definitely make visit the Chinese tourist attraction.
The Great Wall of China is over 2,000 years old and it is a monument rich in history. It was first conceived and constructed by Qin Shi Huang or also known as Shi Huang Ti, who was the first emperor of China. The wall is called "Wan-Li Qang-Qeng" in Chinese when translated literally means 10,000 li long wall which is equivalent to about 5,000 km or 2,272 miles long.
The Great Wall Of China was constructed as a military fortification against intrusion by invading normadic ancient tribes. The Chinese people at that time called these tribes barbarians since the Chinese royalties were living in sprawling palaces and these tribes were living in tents.
After the emperor Qin unified China in 214 BC, he ordered the construction of the wall. It took more than a decade to construct and the great wall stretched from Lintao in the eastern part of Gansu province in the west to Liaodong in Jilin province in the east. The wall not only served as a defensive bastien against invaders in the northern parts of China, it is also a symbol of power for the proud emperor.
From the Qin Dynasty onwards, Xiongnu (translated from Chinese as fierce anger), which was an ancient tribe that roamed Northern China, frequently make incursions and plunder towns and villages along the northern border.
During the Han Dynasty in and around 121 BC, emperor Han Wu Di, ordered three military expeditions to repel and quash the Xiongnu tribe. The military expeditions successfully pushed the Xiongnu tribe into the far north of the Gobi desert, which is a tundra.
In order to secure the safety of the Hexi Corridor (now Gansu province), the emperor also ordered the construction of the extension of the Great Wall westward into the Hexi Corridor and Xinjiang region. The ruins of the tower beacons and debris of the Han Wall are still preserved in Dunhuang, Yumen and Yangguan districts and provinces. There is also a report that more ruins of the Han Wall have recently been discovered near Lopnur in Xinjiang province.
The present day Great Wall Of China in Beijing is mainly the remains from the Ming Dynasty era. During this golden era of Chinese culture, bricks and granite were used when the workers laid the foundation of the wall. Sophisticated designs and passes were also constructed in places of strategic military importance.
To further empower the military's control of China's northern frontiers, the Ming Dynasty government divided the Great Wall into nine zones and placed each zone under the command and control of a Zhen, which is a military garrison headquarter.
The Ming Wall begins at Yalujiang River in what is now in Heilongjiang province, through Liaoning, Hebei, Inner Mongolia, Shanxi, Shaanxi, Ningxia provinces, to Gansu reaching a length of about 12,700 li (about 5,200 km or 2,400 miles).
Although The Great Wall served succeeding dynasties very well for a few hundred years as a defence bastion against invading forces, the invaders from the north in the end were able to advance and conquer China in succeeding dynasties such as Mongolians (Yuan Dynasty, 1271-1368) and the Manchus (Qing Dynasty, 1644-1911) did.
With such splendidly rich history and panoramic views, is it any wonder why the Great Wall Of China is one of the most visited tourist attraction in the world?
About the Author
Chris Chew is a frequent traveler at
China vacation holiday
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