我国的萬里長城,是全世界聞名的偉大工程之一。它西起甘肅的嘉峪关,東迄河北的山海关,全長五千五百多里。從甘肃一路東來,沿着祁連山、賀蘭山,渡過黄河河套,經過沙漠地帶,越過重山峻嶺,顺着恒山及燕山山脈,一直接到渤海邊上,氣魄異常雄壯,工程無比艰鉅。而它的历史,可以上溯到兩千二百多年以前,我国古代勞動人民創造力的偉大,真是令人驚歎。 現在的萬里長城,並非隋、唐時代的萬里長城,更不是秦、汉時代的萬里長城。萬里長城的修筑,有它的历史沿革,而萬里長城的沿革、規模,又历代互有异同。本文就是對萬里長城修建的沿革,試作一個概括的研究,以供历史教学方面的參考。 The Great Wall of China is one of the great works world-famous. It west of Gansu Jiayuguan, east of Hebei Shanhaiguan, a total length of more than 5,500 miles. From Gansu all the way to the east, along the Qilian Mountains, Helan Mountains, across the Yellow River, through the desert, across the heavy mountains, along the Hengshan and Yanshan Mountains, has been to the edge of the Bohai Sea, unusually bold spirit, the project is extremely arduous. And its history can be traced back to over 2,200 years ago. The great creative power of the ancient working people in our country is really amazing. The present Great Wall is not the Great Wall of the Sui and Tang dynasties, nor the Great Wall of Qin and Han dynasties. The construction of the Great Wall has its historical evolution, and the history and scale of the Great Wall have their own similarities and differences with each other. This article is a review of the history of the Great Wall of China and tries to give a general overview of the historical teaching for reference.