JuYongGuan Great Wall is the nearest section of the Great Wall to Beijing - a little nearer than BaDaLing that it connects to; both these sections of Great Wall protect the same natural pass through the mountains through which now passes th...

Gubeikou, situated in Beijing s Miyun County, is 125 kilometers away from Beijing proper. It has long been a town of military significance and an important passage to the capital city. The Yanshan Range winds from east to west and is cut of...

From Shanhaiguan, northeast of Qinhuangdao City, Hebei Province in the east coast, the Great Wall rises and falls with the contours of the mountains westward, crossing nine provinces, municipalities and autonomous regions for 6,700 kilomete...

No one can tell precisely when the building of the Great Wall was started but it is popularly believed that it originated as a military fortification against intrusion by tribes on the borders during the earlier Zhou Dynasty. Late in the Sp...

Located on Mount Hongshan, five kilometers north of Yulin City, stands the Zhenbeitai Tower. This was built in 1607 during the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644) for the protection of the Hongshan Market Place for it was here that Mongol and Han peop...

Shui Guan (Water Pass) is located at Yanqing County, two kms (1.24 miles) away from Badaling Great Wall. Open to pubic in 1995, it is an ideal supplement to the Badaling's tourist attractions. Shui Guan (WaterPass), which was first built in...

North of Beijing city, Baimaguan is not far from the Miyun reservior of Great Wall. North of Beijing city, Baimaguan is not far from the Miyun reservoir of Great Wall. The Miyun section features over 500 guards and beacon towers, as well as...

The Jiankou Great Wall is located in Huairou County, 73 kilometres north from BeijingCity. It connects with Mutianyu Great Wall ten kilometres to the east, and with Huanghuacheng Great Wall to the west. This section was built in 1368 during...

Mutianyu is located in HuairouCounty, Beijing which successfully hosted the NGO Tribune of the United Nation's Fourth World Conference on Women in 1995. Northern Qi (550-577) started to construct a wall here. During the Ming Hong. Wu reign...

Jinshanling is 140 kilometers at the north-east end of Beijing City, there is a section of the Great Wall, called Jinshanling Great Wall. It is 90 kilometers to the Mountain Resort of Chengde. A tablet with the Chinese inscription of Jinsha...