Tour Beijing Journal
Field notes from Beijing and beyond: routes, photos, small cautions, and practical ideas for travelers who like to know the road before they go.
Dazhenyu Great Wall is located above Dazhenyu Village, about 80km north of center Beijing, hence the name Dazhenyu Great Wall. "Dazhenyu" literally me...
Like Juyongguan Great Wall (Juyongguan Pass Great Wall), Moshikou Pass (or Xiangshuihu Great Wall) is also an important pass or fort in the Ming Dynas...
"Yanhecheng" literally means "a riverside city". It used to be a fortress built in 1578 during the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644), as part of the Great Wall...
Yangsheng Ravine, or Health Preserving Ravine, or officially translated as Health Care Canyon, is located within Xiangshuihu Scenic Area in Huairou Di...
Freshed up from yesterday's great wall hiking, at 8:30am we start from our lodging hotel in city center of Qinhuangdao for our first target today - Li...
"Zhuzishan" literally means "Awl shaped mountains". This section of Great Wall is perched on the mountain in a shape of awl, round and big at the base...
Xuliukou section of the Great Wall is just linked to the west section of Liujiakou Great Wall. We don't have enough time to hike from Liujiakou Great...
This section of the Wall is located about 250km northeast of Beijing. It is under the administration of Dacuizhuang Town of Qian'an County in Tangshan...
After visting Baiyangyu Great Wall, we head to Panjiakou Great Wall, about 100km to the northeast of Baiyangyu Great Wall. We first take a 50km drive...
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