El muro amenazado

El ‘Largo Muro’, como se llamaba en la antigüedad a la Gran Muralla China fue creado a partir de tramos existentes construidos en el siglo 3 a.C para proteger a los habitantes de los ataques de Mongolia y Manchuria, y para impedir que ingresaran con ellos caballos a la ciudad. Pero la Gran Muralla China actualmente se encuentra en peligro de derrumbe, no por los combates, sino por los constantes saqueos y abusos en su gran mayoría cometidos por turistas que acampan cerca del muro, quitan ladrillos y organizan eventos que no están permitidos. “La muralla no sólo se está cayendo a pedazos, sino que está desapareciendo”, explicó el historiador chino Dong Chaingou a Tiempos del Mundo, durante su visita a Buenos Aires, Argentina. "After the Qing Dynasty, the wall had no useful application and became a source of materials to provide villages and neighboring towns. Then, in the first half of the century 20, He encouraged the people to take bricks of the wall to build their own homes because the then government saw the wall as a reminder of feudal past and saw no valid restoration ". Posteriormente, the Chinese government itself, warned of popular construction boom so great, He decided to launch a campaign for the protection and preservation Wall. "Anyone who paint, remove stones or organize a party in near and forbidden places will have to pay very high fines and face criminal charges ", says Chaingou. The idea is to take care and restore various parts of this great attraction that is now viendo vanish its historical essence and focuses all attention on promotion. Last year visited the wall 13 million tourists, more than twice a decade visitors. There was a time when the Great Wall was strong, or at least his strength came from so impressive that it was his work, because experts say that never served any buffeting containment. Hoy, Crumbling by abuse and by age, awaits you only a destination of constant damage if not rehabilitated. TDM The big Wall Its extension is 6.600 kilómetros. It covers seven provinces, from the Bohai Sea to the Gobi Desert. In its construction involved more than 20 states and dynasties during 2.000 years old, y más de 400.000 people worked in the work. The sectors that currently survive, placed end to end, Moscow would link with Madrid. Several of the stones used in its construction are over 2 meters and they weigh a ton. The wall has a height of between 7 and 8 metros. In some places reaches 10 metros. The width is similar to roads and airports.