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.
Plan your Fujian Tour? Listed as UNESCO’s World Heritage Sites, both natural and cultural, Mount Wuyi (Wuyishan or Wuyi Mountains) is one of your choi...
Changyucheng Village is named after one of the famous military city circling an important pass of the Great Wall called "Changyucheng", which literall...
On the morning of Feb 13, 2011, after successfully crossing the Changyuchgeng Village and hiking the mountain up to the Changycheng Great Wall, we dro...
Our hike from Huanghuazhen Village to Donggong Village takes approx. 2 hours. Huang Hua Zhen Village ( Huanghua Town ) is under the jurisdiction of Ji...
Yunmengshan Great Wall is such named because it is located to the east of Mt. Yunmeng ( Yunmengshan Mountain ). Yunmengshan literally means "a mountai...
Shijingshan District is one of the six urban districts under the administration of Beijing. As an international traveler first time visiting Beijing,...
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...
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