A visit to one part of the Great Wall of China
During my time working in Beijing, I went to see and walked on the Great Wall many times, and was fortunate to travel to many different parts including Badaling, Huanghua, Laolongtou, Mutianyu, Xing Long Xia, Jinshanling (which this post relates to), Jiayu Pass and Simatai. Some of these are more commercial than others and some are parts of the wall that are not in the original state.
The initial section of Jinshanling has been restored to original condition, but the condition of the wall deteriorates towards its natural state as it approaches Simatai. I took two different visitors to this part of the wall and both could not believe how amazing it was, firstly to only have about twenty other people on the wall (including one young Chinese girl in very high heels) and loved seeing the un-restored part of the wall.
Refurbished:
Original state:
This particular part of the Great Wall is located on the Jinshanling Mountains in Chengde, Hebei Province which is about 130 kilometres northeast of Beijing. This section of the wall is connected with the Simatai section to the east and the Mutianyu section to the west.
This part of the Wall was constructed during the Ming Dynasty and has a total length of 10.5 kilometres and is 700 metres above sea level.
I really loved this part of the wall. It was fun to take the cable car to the top of the mountain and then walk along the wall (some parts a bit scary as the wall did not have any sides), but to reach the un-restored part and know that it was built so many (many) years ago was amazing.
Little Miss Traveller said:
Looks really interesting especially the cable car.
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Alex said:
Looks awesome, can’t wait to come visit China one day soon
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sileas said:
Cool, I’ve heard so many bad stories about overcrowded parts of the wall but your photos look great! Definitely want to visit that place one day!
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LaVagabonde said:
Fantastic photos! I’m really looking forward to visiting the Great Wall. I’m probably going to visit the Mutianyu section, but this part looks incredible, too.
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Amy said:
Wow, you visited many different parts of the Great Wall! I envy you, Sue. We got to see just the Badaling of GW in Beijin.
These are fantastic photos with great clarity. Thank you so much for sharing with us, Sue!
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SueT唐 梦 琇 said:
Yes the cable car was interesting; a bit scary but saved me walking up the hill.
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SueT唐 梦 琇 said:
Thank you. It is an amazing structure.
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SueT唐 梦 琇 said:
Thank you. I was lucky to not get a huge crowd but it’s always good to not go to Badaling which is the very commercial and crowded part of the Wall. This part is a little way out but definitely worth it.
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SueT唐 梦 琇 said:
Thank you for the lovely compliment. Yes Mutianyu is great too. I will be doing a post on that later both in winter and Autumn. Just make sure you don’t go to Badaling. So busy!!!
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SueT唐 梦 琇 said:
Thank you Amy. How really lovely are you to take the time to send such a nice comment. Badaling is so busy. So many Chinese and other tourists. But lovely you got to see the Wall. That’s what it’s all about really.
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TheCrazyBagLady said:
Beautiful
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SueT唐 梦 琇 said:
Thank you very much CrazyBagLady. Much appreciated X.
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Sophie - cookingtrips said:
Sue, you make me nostalgic! And I agree with most of the people who commented on your post, your pictures look great!
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SueT唐 梦 琇 said:
Thanks so much Sophie.
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hitandrun1964 said:
Beautiful and amazing.
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SueT唐 梦 琇 said:
Thank you very much.
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