Jinshanling Great Wall

Jinshanling Great Wall is located at the junction of Luanping county of Chengde City and Miyun County of Beijing City, about 130 kilometers away from the urban area of Beijing. It was built by Qi Jiguang, a famous Anti Japanese general in Ming Dynasty. This section of the Great Wall is built on many mountains, winding up the Great Wall. The view is very broad and spectacular. It is the most beautiful and majestic section of the Great Wall in the Ming Dynasty. And now the Jinshanling Great Wall has not been rebuilt, compared with the Great Wall in other parts of Beijing, it still retains its original appearance better, with a sense of simplicity and purity. There are not many visitors here. It's quiet and comfortable. It's the best choice to visit the Great Wall in the suburbs of Beijing.

The whole Jinshanling Great Wall is about 10.5 km long, and the sightseeing area in the scenic area is about 5-6 km. The Great Wall is on the ridge line to the south of the scenic spot, and it is east-west. On the north side of the Great Wall, there is an approximately parallel road, and the starting point on the east side of the road is the entrance to the scenic spot.

On the road, there are three forks leading to the Great Wall at the top of the mountain. They are hanlonggou near the entrance of the scenic spot, shalinggou in the middle of the road and brick crenels at the end of the deepest road. It takes about an hour for each entrance to climb the Great Wall, which requires a certain amount of physical strength. There is a cableway at hanlonggou. It takes only 20 minutes to take the cableway up the mountain. It costs 40 yuan for one way and 80 yuan for a round trip. People with insufficient physical strength can choose to take it. It takes about half a day to visit the whole scenic area. If you come from Beijing, you need to prepare for about one day.

Regular tourists will choose to take a cableway from the side of hanlonggou to the Great Wall at the top of the mountain, travel from east to west, then come down from the west side, and then go back to the gate of the scenic spot along the road. If you want to challenge your physical strength and walk all the way, it is recommended to go up the mountain from zhuanduokou and visit the Great Wall from west to East, so that the scenery will gradually become wonderful. Moreover, the east end of the Great Wall is interlinked with Simatai Great Wall scenic spot. You can buy tickets to visit Simatai Great Wall after watching Jinshanling Great Wall and visit the two scenic spots together.

The main attraction of this section of the Great Wall is its steep and winding trend. The vision on both sides is very broad and spectacular, and the photography is very suitable. The background of CCTV's promotion of civilization advertising is also shot here.

The easternmost section of the Great Wall is called the character brick Great Wall. Seventy percent of the bricks are engraved with characters, recording the manufacturer and time of the bricks. It's very unique and precious. You can have a good observation. In addition, this section of the Great Wall has not been rebuilt much, so it is still relatively simple. You can also see the most real appearance of the great wall here.

In recent years, shooting sunrise and sunset at the great wall of Jinshanling is also popular. Photographers can consider staying nearby for one night to shoot. There are several farmhouses at the entrance of the scenic spot. The price of the standard room is about 100 yuan, and they can eat at the same time. In Simatai new village, 4-5km to the south of the scenic spot, there are many hotels for accommodation. The standard room of the hotel is about 200 yuan.

Jinshanling Great Wall

Jinshanling Great Wall is located in Luanping county, Chengde City, Hebei Province, adjacent to Miyun District of Beijing, 130 kilometers away from the urban area of Beijing. Jinshanling Great Wall was built in the first year of Hongwu in Ming Dynasty (1368 AD) under the leadership of General Xu Da.

The Jinshanling Great Wall was rebuilt on the basis of the Great Wall built by Xu Da in 1567. The Great Wall is the essence of the lot, known as "the Great Wall, Jinshan unique show" reputation. Barrier wall, character brick and horse block stone are three unique features of Jinshanling Great Wall, known as "paradise for photography lovers". Jinshanling Great Wall is a national key cultural relic protection unit, a national scenic spot, and a national 4A scenic spot, which is listed in the world cultural heritage list. On November 15, 1992, Ke Shouliang, an Asian "flying man", successfully flew over Jinshanling Great Wall by motorcycle.

Location context

Jinshanling Great Wall lies on the Yanshan Branch at the junction of Luanping county, Chengde City, Hebei Province and Miyun District, Beijing. It connects Simatai Great Wall in the East and Gubeikou Great Wall in the West. It is located at the intersection of Beijing, Tianjin, Liaoning and Mongolia. Jinshanling Great Wall is located 133 kilometers away from 101 national highway, 130 kilometers away from the urban area of Beijing, 90 kilometers away from Chengde summer resort and 200 kilometers away from Mulan paddock. It is an important part of the golden tourism line in North Beijing.

Unique in thousands of miles

Jinshanling Great Wall was built in the first year of Hongwu in Ming Dynasty (1368 AD) under the leadership of General Xu Da. In the first year of Longqing (1567 AD), Qi Jiguang, the commander of Jizhen, a famous Anti Japanese general, and Tan Lun, the governor of Jiliao, continued to build and rebuild the Great Wall built by Xu Da.

Jinshanling Great Wall, with a total length of 10.5km, starts from Gubeikou, a famous pass in history, and ends at Wangjinglou, a towering tower in the East. There are 5 passes, 67 enemy towers and 3 beacon towers along the line. It is famous for its wide field of vision, dense enemy towers, unique landscape, exquisite architectural art, sound military defense system and good preservation.

The mountains are like waves

Jinshanling mountain is 700 meters above sea level. You can see the mountains in the North like waves, Simatai reservoir in the East like a mirror, and Miyun Reservoir in the South with sparkling blue waves. The Great Wall is close to the mountains and dangerous, ups and downs between the mountains and rivers, the situation is extremely magnificent. In particular, the dense enemy towers, exquisitely constructed and various forms here are incomparable to the Great Wall in Badaling, Shanhaiguan and Jiayuguan. It is one of the tourist attractions being developed in the Great Wall.

Jinshanling Great Wall is winding, with wide field of vision and dense enemy towers. Inside and outside the Great Wall, there are high mountains and vast forests. It is suitable for hiking and photography in spring, summer, autumn and winter.

Jinshanling Great Wall, as an integral part of the Great Wall, was listed as a world cultural heritage site in 1987 and the third batch of national key cultural relics protection units in 1988. Jinshanling Great Wall is also a national scenic spot and a national 4A scenic spot. "Jinshanling Simatai Great Wall" was named the seventh of China's top ten autumn colors by the 11th issue of National Geographic of China in 2010. The article wrote: the Great Wall is the world's most luxurious mountain line, is the most beautiful viewing platform, but also the most profound historical ruins. There are too many angles to see the beauty of the Great Wall, and it is hard to say how many words it is.

Well preserved

Jinshan mountain the Great Wall is the best preserved section of Ming the Great Wall, which is known as "the essence of Ming the Great Wall" by experts. The city is like a steel wall and an iron wall. There are many carved buildings, such as the guards of A-class soldiers, "one man is in charge of the pass, and ten thousand men are not allowed to open it". It is famous for its wide field of vision, dense enemy buildings, and unique functions of building defense system.

The great wall here is a complex structure, with many enemy towers, generally 50-100 meters. The wall is based on huge stones, 5-8 meters high, with various forms and characteristics. There are brick wood structure, brick stone structure, single-layer structure and double-layer structure. There are not only flat roof, but also dome roof, boat roof, quadrangle drilling roof and octagonal caisson roof. It can be described as one floor, which is known as "the Great Wall, unique in Jinshan". The military defense system of Jinshanling Great Wall consists of barrier wall, buttress wall, battle platform, battery, lookout platform, leishikong, perforating, horse blocking wall, support wall, siege wall, etc. By climbing the Jinshanling Great Wall and feeling the magnificence and grandeur of the ancient Great Wall, you can experience the greatness and heroism of a nation.

The great wall of Jinshanling is winding and magnificent. Because the terrain here is low and gentle, it is easy to attack and difficult to defend. The city walls are very thick and solid, the beacon towers are towering, the fortresses are scattered all over the city, and the towers are dense, with a total of 158. There are different forms of these buildings, such as square, flat and round piers, canopies, domes, quadrangular and octagonal sky drills on the roof, observation platforms with few holes, and storehouses rarely seen along the Great Wall. Inside and outside the Jinshanling Great Wall, there are beacon towers and campsites such as Simatai fort, longyuyu fort and Lianjun Wuying. Climbing the Wangjing tower on the top of the golden hill, you can see the outline of the capital.

In spring, the mountain flowers are brilliant and full-bodied; in summer, the trees are covered with green onions and the clouds are misty; in autumn, the mountains are red and the forests are dyed; in winter, the snow is covered with snow. In this picturesque world, there are beautiful scenery and wonders everywhere, which is really amazing.

From Jinshanling to Simatai is the best preserved section of the Great Wall in Beijing.

Archaeological materials

From the geological point of view, it belongs to the transition zone between Yanshan fold and Inner Mongolia anticline. 200 million years ago, it was a vast ocean. The huge crustal movement and hundreds of millions of years of time have created a variety of wonders. It complements the artificial Great Wall, making Jinshanling more magnificent and pleasant.

According to the research of cultural relics experts, as early as the Northern Qi Dynasty, the Great Wall was built and the fortress was set up in this area. The remains are still there. But at that time, the Great Wall was low and thin, mostly made of earth and stone. It was in the Ming Dynasty that the Great Wall was built on a large scale and with high standards. In 1368, Zhu Yuanzhang overthrew the Yuan Dynasty and established the Ming Dynasty. He immediately sent General Xu Da and others to build Juyongguan, Gubeikou, xifengkou and other Chengguan, and sent heavy troops to garrison them. After Zhu Di became emperor, he moved the capital of Ming Dynasty from Nanjing to Beijing in 1421. So the Great Wall was built on a large scale, especially from Juyongguan to Shanhaiguan in the north of Beijing. But the great wall of this period was built with stones. After 1522, the Ming Dynasty's national strength changed from prosperity to decline, and the northern Mongolian Tatar, Duoyan and other tribes were in decline

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