
How to get to Jiankou Great Wall from Beijing-Four options
How to get to Jiankou Great Wall from Beijing?Located at Badaohe Village, 28km from Huairou District and 70km from Beijing, Jiankou Great Wall is 1141m high with unique construction style, making it dangerous and marvelous. Jiankou is translated as “Arrow Nock” in English, since the shape of the mountains is like an arrow with the collapsed ridge opening as its arrow nock. It is the most dangerous and steep section of all Ming Dynasty Great Walls. In recent years, it has become a popular photographic hotspot and hiking destination. Originally Jiankou Great Wall was built in Tang Dynasty and was restored by Qi Jiguang and his soldiers in Ming Dynasty. Jiankou Great Wall is a good example of wild great wall, as the weather is serious without any manual intervention. The scenery of ox horn edge, south gate, east tower, arrow nock, sky stairs, eagle flies facing upwards, Beijing knot and Nine-eye tower shows the curious, wonderful, special and dangerous characteristics of Jiankou Great Wall. The landscape of Jiankou Great Wall is more changeable than that of Simatai Great Wall, higher and steeper than that of Mutaiyu Great Wall. The wall is constructed with dolomite. On April 16th, 2019, Beijing […]