Wild Great Wall

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Wild Great Wall

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Have you been to all the 8 sections of great in Beijing? Have you visited wild great at Badaling Section, Huanghua Great Wall, Xiang Shui Great Wall. Have you talked with Luo Zhewen, the scholar who spend 29 years on the great wall study and who is in charge of the forbidden city restoration.

Wild Great Wall

Can you please tell me which section of the wall (we will be staying in Beijing) is the most beautiful to visit, including the landscape, and being able to see it snaking its way amongst the land, I%26#39;m not worried about the tourists, I just want to go to the best spot where I will be totally amazed by all. Also, which is the easiest part to walk, may of course be different to the most awe-inspiring. Thanks for your help. We are looking forward to our brief trip.

Cheers,

Cas

The wild great wall normally refers to Huang Hua Cheng Great Wall, which has been closed by Beijing municipal government in 2006 for a period of time and now is open once more after its restoration. Xiang Shui Lake section is only 10 KM away from Huang Huan Cheng. For your amazement I recommend Simatai.

The following are lists of difference betweenSimatai section and Mutianyu section:

1. The Simatai

A. The Wall itself

Standing at the parking lot, you see the wall crawing on the rooster-crest-like mountain range. It is breathe taking view. After you go through the entrance, you soon come to a bridge on a stream, where you need to decide to take cable car or walk. Then there is zigzag walking way leading to the wall. On the road you see stream, the mandarin duck lake (a reservoir), a slide on the lake, and the suspension bridge that connect Jinshanling and Simatai at the foot of the mountain. When you come to the starting point (pretty high already), you already see the landscape of Jinshanling. When you start climbing, a local villager will begin to offer her/his help in exchange of selling some postcard or books. They are locals and normally will ask permission before they offer their service, though you have your guide. The beginning part seems very difficult. When you come to the 8th tower, you can see most of the landscape there, esp. Jinshuanling Great Wall. If you take cable car down, 8th tower is the place. After 10th, you begin see the cliff on both sides of the wall. There are 2 guards standing at the 13th tower to stop tourists to go further. 99% of the bricks, granite base is original.

B. Landscape

The wall was built on a rock mountain. There are no so many vegetations here. But air at Simatai is clean and fresh. There are no foggy days. The sky there is always crystal clear. The height of the mountain enables you to have the most exciting view of landscape. You can really see far away.

C. Surrounding area

The road leading to Simatai is also the road to Cheng De Summer resort, a summer resort for Qing (1644-1911) emperor. Before your arrival at Simatai, you drive by Mi Yun reservoir, the biggest one in Beijing. You see huge fish at the fishing season. It is also the most important drinking water resource. There are many orchards in this area.

D. People at Simatai

They are less modernized, more friend, farmer like people. They will not play the one dollar one T-shirt trick on you. They sell home made dry fruit and pumpkin in autumn. If you live in the local family, they generally will treat as friend rather than customers. Their life is very much different from that of Beijing.

2. Mutianyu

A. The Wall itself

The wall was built in less steep mountain with well preserved original appearance.

There are one Nippon made cable car (orange) on your left hand and an open cable car and a toboggan on your right hand. If you choose to walk up the steps are 950. Unlike Badaling, it is much less crowded and it has amore beautiful surroundings, quiet and serene.

B. Landscape

The mountain here is not real high. Sometimes it is little bit foggy here. But this section is call garden of Beijing. You see lots of chestnut tree one the mountain with many squirrels jump along the brink of the wall. You can not see so far away partly because it is not the highest point, partly because the occasional fog.

C. Surrounding

There are a Hong Luo temple and a Yan Xi Lake nearby. This area is famous for its fish and fruit. Beijingners come from downtown to have their fish banquet here.

D. People

They more modernized and get used to deal with oversea tourist. They are very nice towards Chinese while they treat you as business partners.

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You see all the videos of the walls in Beijing. Video is more vivid than words.

robertbeijing,

Thanks for the very detailed explanation of the two sites to visit the wall. We are scheduled in June for Badaling and the Ming tomb, but sounds like I should change the site.

Is Simatai able to be visited in one day from Beijing? We will have a driver with a car. If not, would Mutianyu be the next best choice?

You can do it within one day. If you have a driver with a car, it would take two and half or less to go to Simatai. The distance is 78 miles (131km) from Forbidden City to Simatai (by google). Put following link into the top box your see the google map.

Both Simatai and Mutianyu are doable as a daytrip from Beijing.

As for Mutianyu, if you are visiting wall with your parents and your young child. Mutianyu is better choice.

As for Badaling, it is not as bad as you imagined. But for oversea tourists, it is last choice. Not because the view is bad, but because the crowd there. I understand that westerners have a definition of their own space unless they stay with their family members. But at Badaling it is difficult to keep your own space in June (peak season). I go to Badaling with oversea friends, they simply refuse to climb the wall simply because of the crowd.

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