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Jinshanling Great Wall
The Jinshanling Great Wall stretches across the Yanshan branch at the junction of Luanping County, Chengde City, Hebei Province and Miyun County, Beijing. It is connected to the Simatai Great Wall in the east and the Gubeikou Great Wall in the west. It is located at the intersection of Beijing, Tianjin, Liaoning and Inner Mongolia. The Jinshanling Great Wall is located at 133 kilometers of National Highway 101, 130 kilometers from downtown Beijing, 90 kilometers from Chengde Mountain Resort, and 200 kilometers from Mulan Paddock. It is an important part of the golden tourism line in northern Beijing. It was built in the first year of Hongwu in the Ming Dynasty (1368 AD) and was presided over by General Xu Da. In the first year of Longqing (1567 AD), Qi Jiguang, the general of Jizhen, a famous anti-Japanese general, and Tan Lun, the governor of Ji and Liao, continued to build and rebuilt the Great Wall built by Xu Da. The Jinshanling Great Wall starts from Gubeikou, a famous pass in history, in the west and ends at the towering Wangjing Tower in the east. It is 10.5 kilometers long, with 5 passes, 67 watchtowers and 3 beacon towers along the way. It is famous for its wide view, dense watchtowers, unique landscape, exquisite architectural art, sound military defense system and well-preserved. Jinshanling is 700 meters above sea level. When you climb the mountain, you can see the mountains like waves in the north, the Simatai Reservoir like a mirror in the east and the Miyun Reservoir sparkling in the south. The Great Wall is built on the mountains and is ups and downs between the mountains and rivers. The situation is extremely magnificent. In particular, the watchtowers here are dense, exquisitely constructed and diverse in form. It is incomparable to the Great Walls in Badaling, Shanhaiguan and Jiayuguan. It is one of the tourist attractions being developed in the Great Wall. The Jinshanling Great Wall is winding, with a wide view, dense watchtowers and magnificent scenery. There are high mountains and steep ridges inside and outside the Great Wall, and the vast forests are suitable for hiking and photography in spring, summer, autumn and winter. As a part of the Great Wall, Jinshanling Great Wall was listed as a World Cultural Heritage in 1987 and was included in the third batch of national key cultural relics protection units in 1988. Jinshanling Great Wall is also a national scenic spot and a national 5A tourist attraction. "Jinshanling-Simatai Great Wall" was rated as the seventh of China's top ten autumn colors by the 11th issue of "National Geographic China" in 2010. The article wrote: The Great Wall is the most luxurious mountain line in the world, the most beautiful viewing platform, and the most profound historical ruins. There are too many angles to see the beauty of the Great Wall, and its beauty cannot be fully expressed in words.
Badaling Water Pass Great Wall Scenic Area
Located 40 kilometers northwest of Beijing, this section of the Great Wall is the eastern section of the Badaling Great Wall. It was cut off due to the construction of China's first independently designed Beijing-Zhangjiakou Railway. The Shuiguan Great Wall is the site of the Ming Great Wall. It was supervised by the famous anti-Japanese general Qi Jiguang and has a history of more than 400 years. This section of the Great Wall was built at the mouth of a dangerous valley. From the Shuimen Arrow Tower, the Great Wall is in a "V" shape, following the mountain terrain, like a giant dragon or Kunpeng spreading its wings to fly. The Arrow Tower is an enemy tower and also has the function of a water gate. This type of construction is extremely rare in the Great Wall along the route, so it is named Shuiguan Great Wall. The Shuiguan Great Wall has a dangerous terrain. The blue dragon rises and falls between the mountains and passes through the cliffs. The castles are connected, the beacons look towards each other, and the double-sided arrow slits keep out thousands of enemies. The Shuiguan Great Wall starts from "Chuanzi No. 1" in the east and ends at the Beijing-Zhangjiakou Railway in the west. It is 6.8 kilometers long and is famous for its strangeness, danger, steepness and firmness.
Huangyaguan Great Wall
Huangyaguan Great Wall Scenic Area is located on Dongshan Mountain, 30 kilometers from the northernmost end of Ji County. It was first built in the Northern Qi Dynasty and rebuilt in the Ming Dynasty, including Huangyaguan and Taipingzhai. When Qi Jiguang, a famous general in the Ming Dynasty, was appointed as the general of Jizhen, he redesigned and renovated it with bricks. The architectural features of this section of the Great Wall are: the walls are made of bricks and stones, the enemy towers are square and round, and the bricks are hollow and solid. There are all kinds of pass forts, enemy towers and water gates. It connects mountains and crosses rivers, with a clever layout, combining the majestic, dangerous and beautiful. Huangyaguan Great Wall is the main pass and passage between Ji County and Xinglong County, Hebei Province, and it is also the only pass in Ji County. The cliffs on the east and west sides of the pass are like cuts, and the mountains are steep and majestic. There is a momentum of "one man guarding the pass, ten thousand men cannot open it", which has always been a battleground for military strategists. Because the cliffs reflect thousands of golden lights when the setting sun shines in the west, it is named Huangyaguan. The pass consists of the main pass, water pass, east and west slight city and beacon tower. The Water Pass is a five-hole bridge-style building, which was built during the Yongle period of the Ming Dynasty. The total length of the Water Pass is 75.5 meters and the total height is 12.15 meters. It controls the valley of the Beihe River, connecting Taiping Village in the east and Huangyaguan City in the west. There are battlements and shooting holes on the top and iron fences on the bottom, so that water can flow but people and horses cannot cross. In wartime, it fights against enemy soldiers, and in peacetime, it collects taxes at the pass. Now only the remains of the northern city wall are left, also known as Bagua City, named after the "Bagua Street" in the city. Bagua City is the location of the Great Wall government office and warehouse. It faces the Beihe River in the east and Maoding Mountain in the west. It was built according to the terrain of the mountain and is in an irregular knife-handle shape. From east to west, it consists of three parts: the urn city, the outer city and the inner city. There are thoroughfare gates and towers on the east, west and south sides of the city wall. There is no gate on the northern city wall due to defense needs, and the Beiji Pavilion, commonly known as the Guandi Temple, was built on the city platform. Taiping Village is located in Xiaopingan Village, 1 km southeast of Huangyaguan, with an altitude of 700 meters. It starts from Banlagang Mountain in the east, ends at Widow's Tower in the west, connects to Fenghuang Tower in the northwest, and connects to Shuiguan in the southwest. It is 873 meters long. It controls the fortress in the valley of Chongshan on the east side of Huangyaguan City, and is famous for its steep mountains and majestic Great Wall. Shuiguan is a five-hole bridge-style building, which was built during the Yongle period of the Ming Dynasty. Shuiguan is 75.5 meters long and 12.15 meters high. It controls the valley of the Beihe River, connected to Taiping Village in the east and Huangyaguan City in the west. There are battlements and shooting holes on the top, and iron fences on the bottom, so that water can flow but people and horses cannot cross. In wartime, they fought against enemy soldiers, and in peacetime, they stationed at the pass to collect taxes. Now only the remains of the northern city wall remain, also known as Bagua City, named after the "Bagua Street" in the city. Bagua City is the location of the government office and warehouse of the Great Wall. It faces the Beihe River in the east and the Maoding Mountain in the west. It was built in accordance with the terrain of the mountain and is in an irregular knife-handle shape. From east to west, it consists of three parts: the urn city, the outer city and the inner city. There are gates and towers on the east, west and south sides of the city wall. There is no gate on the north wall due to defense needs, and the Beiji Pavilion, commonly known as the Guandi Temple, was built on the city platform. Taiping Village is located in Xiaopingan Village, 1 km southeast of Huangyaguan, with an altitude of 700 meters. It starts from Banlagang Mountain in the east, ends at the Widow Tower in the west, connects to the Phoenix Tower in the northwest, and connects to the Water Gate in the southwest. It is 873 meters long. It controls the fortress in the mountains and valleys on the east side of Huangyaguan City. It is famous for its steep mountains and majestic Great Wall.