Jinshanling Great Wall
The Jinshanling Great Wall, 130 kilometers (81 miles) northwest Beijing, happens to be the boundary of Beijing and Hebei Province. It was given the name for its perching on the Jinshan Mountain, a branch of Mt Yanshan. The wall, 10.5 kilometers (6.5 miles) long, presents the original appearance with little renovation. This section is especially favored by the overseas tourists.
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Jinshanling was a strategic vital passage in the past dynasties. In order to defend the capital Beijing, a wall was built in 1368 immediately after the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644) was founded. From 1567 to 1572, massive reconstruction was carried out under the direction of Qi Jiguang, a brilliant militarist. It brought forth the complete fortification, strengthened with more passes, watchtowers, beacon towers and other attachments.
Besides battlements, parapets, and shooting holes, the wall is featured with obstacle walls and bricks with characters on them. Obstacle walls on the coping, about 2.5 meters (8.2 feet) high, were built in rows on the slope leading to the watchtowers. In case that the attackers reached the top of the wall, the defenders still could repel the attack from behind these walls. Near the Huding Tower, bricks were marked with Chinese characters, recording the time the brick were made and the troop that built that exact section.
Sixty-seven watchtowers form a unique scene of the Jinshanling Great Wall. These towers are all ten meters (32.8 feet) high and mainly two-storied. The inner structures are different, either square, rectangular or round. Both the number of shooting holes and the arches of the towers varies. For getting up and down in the tower, some towers have stairways while others only have vertical holes in the roof. For the latter, rope ladders were needed. These watchtowers were used as anti-enemy towers, storerooms, or bedrooms.
The Jingsanling Great Wall is connected with the Simatai Great Wall in the east. When finishing the Jingsanling section, visitors may buy a ticket for the Simatai section to continue their hike.
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Fees:
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Entrance Charge:
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CNY 50 (Apr. 1 to Oct.31)
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CNY 40 (Nov.1 to Mar.31)
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Cable Car:
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CNY 50 (round-trip)
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CNY 30 (one-way trip)
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Opening Hours:
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07:00-17:00
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Transportation:
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Bus Route:
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No. 980 from Dongzhimenwai to Miyun Bus Station (东直门外-密云汽车站), and then take a small bus to the Jinshanling Great Wall.
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| Take Long-distance to Chengde bus from Liuliqiao Long-distance Bus Station, and get off at Jinshanling Intersection, and take a taxi to Jinshanling Great Wall. | |||
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Comments and Questions
how frequent is the small bus to/from Miyun Bus station to Jinshaling Great wall? and what is the costs?
Reply5/15/2011 10:27:00 AMgwen, Malaysia
May :5/16/2011 3:47:00 AM
hi Gwen,not sure about the mini bus from Miyun to Jinshanling Great Wall. but i know there are tourist buses from Dongzhimen Bus station to Jinshanling Great Wall.
the bus departs at 07:30 every weekends and holidays of China between April 3rd and November 1st.
the fare is CNY 100, including the round trip bus tickets, entrance ticket, cable car ticket and the sight-seeing cart in the scenic spot.
We are spending the night in Jinshanling in sleeping bags on April 20, 2011. We are the only ones booked for that night. We would like to tour Baddling the following morning. Is there a public bus or any transportation that runs from Jinshanling to Baddling? What is the cost?
Reply4/8/2011 8:54:00 PMW, China
Henry :4/8/2011 9:22:00 PM
No direct bus from Jinshanling to Badaling. You have to take a bus to Miyun County, and then take a long-distance bus to Yanqing to take bus no. 919 to badaling. Or you can go back to Dongzhimen of Beijing first from Jinshanling, then take bus no. 44 to deshengmen to take bus no. 919 to badaling.