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The Great Wall is at the top of the "New Seven Wonders of the World" list.
China's more than 5,000-km-long engineering and architectural marvel is followed by the pink-colored ruins of Petra in Jordan, the statue of Christ the Redeemer in Rio de Janeiro, the Incan ruins of Machu Picchu in Peru, the Mayan city of Chichen Itza in Mexico, the Coliseum in Rome, and the Taj Mahal in India.
A private Swiss foundation launched a worldwide poll in January to choose the new top seven wonders from 21 sites. A jury short-listed the 21 from the original 77 selected by the foundation. Nearly 100 million votes were cast before the results were declared in the Portuguese capital of Lisbon on Saturday night.
The top contenders thatlost outare the Acropolis in Athens, Greece, the Stonehenge in Britain, Angkor Vat in Cambodia, the statues on Easter Island and the Eiffel Tower in Paris.
The private campaign was the brainchild of Swiss filmmaker and museum curator Bernard Weber, who said his initiative seeks to recreate the popularity of the Seven Wonders of the World.
Only one of the original seven wonders, the Pyramids of Egypt, can still be seen. The others, including the Hanging Gardens of Babylon, the Statue of Zeus at Olympia, the Temple of Artemis at Ephesus, the Mausoleum at Halicarnassus, the Colossus of Rhodes and the Lighthouse of Alexandria were all stories.
"The real cultural and historical value of a world heritage site should not be determined by online voting but by what they mean to human beings," said a netizen on popular portal www.sina.com.cn.
China Great Wall Society's Deputy Secretary Zhang Ji welcomed the results. The Great Wall's name on the list could help preservation efforts, he said.
Han Guowei, a society official, addressed the gathering in Lisbon and appreciated the efforts of the organizers and people who voted for the Great Wall. He welcomed friends from across the world to experience the "eternity and greatness" of the Great Wall.
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(China Daily)
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長(zhǎng)城躋身“世界新七大奇跡”之首！
除中國(guó)的萬里長(zhǎng)城外，粉紅色的約旦佩特拉古城、巴西里約熱內(nèi)盧的基督像、秘魯?shù)鸟R丘比丘印加遺址、墨西哥的奇琴伊察瑪雅城邦遺址、意大利的古羅馬斗獸場(chǎng)和印度的泰姬陵也入選“世界新七大奇跡”。
今年1月，瑞士一個(gè)民間基金會(huì)發(fā)起了一項(xiàng)面向全球的“世界新七大奇跡”評(píng)選活動(dòng)，入圍的21個(gè)世界名勝古跡是評(píng)委會(huì)從基金會(huì)篩選出的77個(gè)古跡中評(píng)選出來的。此次評(píng)選活動(dòng)共收到近1億張選票，評(píng)選結(jié)果于上周六晚在葡萄牙的首都里斯本揭曉。
希臘的雅典衛(wèi)城、英國(guó)的巨石陣、柬埔寨的吳哥窟、復(fù)活節(jié)島巨人像和巴黎的埃菲爾鐵塔等幾大熱門侯選古跡未能入選。
這一民間評(píng)選活動(dòng)的想法是瑞士電影制作人、博物館館長(zhǎng)伯納德·韋伯提出的，他說他的初衷是想重振世界七大奇跡的人氣。
在原先的七大奇跡中，除埃及金字塔依然屹立在地球上之外，巴比倫的“空中花園”、希臘奧林匹亞的宙斯神像、月亮女神阿爾特彌斯的神廟、摩索拉斯陵墓、羅得島太陽(yáng)神銅像和亞歷山大燈塔其它幾大奇跡都已被毀壞。
新浪網(wǎng)一位網(wǎng)友稱：“一個(gè)世界文化遺址真正的文化和歷史價(jià)值不應(yīng)該由網(wǎng)友投票來決定，而應(yīng)由它對(duì)人類的意義來決定。”
中國(guó)長(zhǎng)城學(xué)會(huì)的副秘書長(zhǎng)張?bào)K對(duì)評(píng)選結(jié)果表示歡迎。他說，長(zhǎng)城入選“世界新七大奇跡”有助于保護(hù)長(zhǎng)城工作的開展。
中國(guó)長(zhǎng)城學(xué)會(huì)官員韓國(guó)威在里斯本的揭曉儀式上發(fā)表了講話。他對(duì)主辦方和為長(zhǎng)城投票的人們所做出的努力表示了感謝。同時(shí)，他還歡迎世界各地的朋友來長(zhǎng)城親自感受它的“不朽與偉大”。
（英語點(diǎn)津姍姍編輯）
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