A Brife of Introduce Simatai Great Wall

Do not let anything stop you traveling. You know, travel can broaden one’s horizon and enrich people’s life. With a high fame all over the world, Simatai Great Wall owes magnificent scenery and attracts millions of tourists every year.

 

Brief Introduction

 

Located in the north of Miyun County, Beijing, Simatai Great Wall gives the access to Gubeikou, a strategic pass in the eastern part of the Great Wall. Simatai Great Wall is 5.4 km long with 35 beacon towers. This section of the Great Wall incorporated the different characteristics of each section of the Great Wall.
Today, Simatai Great Wall still keeps the originally features of the Ming Great Wall. And it is well known for its steepness, ingenuity and unique. No matter the famous specialist of Great Wall, Professor Luo Zhewen, said: "The Great Wall is the best of the Chinese buildings, and Simatai is the best section of the Great Wall." Its fantastic scenery you will never forget after you travel in Beijing.

History and Description

 

Built from 550-577 during the Northern Qi Dynasty and rebuilt in the Ming Dynasty. Simatai Great Wall was redone in the Hongwu years by General Qi Jiguang.
The eastern side of the Simatai Great Wall is steep and treacherous, so, many towers were built for better safety and security.
Goats were loaded down with bricks and herded up the mountain so that the Simatai section of the Great Wall could be completed. Simatai Great Wall is very important for the location of the Gubeiko pass in the eastern part.

Significant Towers

 

The Tower 15 is the most beautiful tower of all towers on Simatai Great Wall. Sky Bridge is the narrow trail that connects Tower 15 to the Watching Beijing Tower. On clear nights, tourists can see the lights of Beijing from this highest summit.
The bricks in the wall stand as a live history, they are stamped with date they were made and the code numbers of the armies that made them in the years of the Ming Dynasty.

What to do

 

 

Simatai Great Wall is divided into two parts by Simatai Reservoir, over which a chain bridge runs through east to west.
Another popular way is hiking. If you are a hiking lover, you can try the adventure Simatai Great Wall that is the best place for hiking. If you do not want to climb up Simatai Great Wall, cable car facility is available. Once you get to the top, you are rewarded with grand scenery and you can take some pictures there.

So come with us, let’s go to visit Simatai Great Wall together when you travel in Beijing.

Enjoy a Good Holiday Badaling Great Wal in Spring

Beijing as the top favorite city for tourist to travel, there has a lot of famous destinations such as, Great Wall. Located not far from Beijing, there has many section of Great Wall that famous among local peoples and even foreign tourists. Great Wall or also called Wanli Changcheng that means 10.000 kilometres Wall in English was listed become one of world seven wonders. For explore all the parts of Great Wall, one day will not enough. Even the people said, Great Wall has become one site on the earth that can be seen from the Moon. So, can you imagine how huge the Wall it is? 

If you come to China then it is not complete if you are not going visit Great Wall. Behind this magnificent Great Wall and fabulous architecture, Great Wall has such a long history that you should know. Badaling Great Wall is the closest section of Great Wall from Beijing and has become the most crowded section, favorite among locals. Badaling has also become the first section that opened to the public. At past, it was used as the important military defensive structure from the enemy and transmit military message to the emperor. Once, they got the message, the whole country will ready to war.

Now, tourist at Badaling Great Wall can enjoy the ancient architecture that will impress you. The beauty of the Wall reflected in the greatness, powerful and the layout where located around the mountain. If you come to the Wall and looking far away, you will see the shape looks like a big dragon stretched along the mountains.

Beside of that, visitors can take cable car to the top and see stunning view around. Moreover, there tourists can have a chance rent some royal or emperor costumes and another Chinese traditional costume for take some photos with the stairs of Great Wall’s background behind. Not only can you rent some costumes, but also buy some traditional Chinese souvenirs include, key chains, authentic Chinese hat, the miniature photos of Great Wall, and another souvenir that you can bring home.
The Great Wall has also become the pride of the Chinese people, the essence of the old country, which have diverse architectures. May be we all cannot imagine, at past how the people can built this huge Wall. How that huge stone blocks move up to the mountain? Since at that time there were not enough modern devices to move those blocks up, right? That’s how wonderful Great Wall, one of many destinations that you should not miss when you come to China, Beijing.

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