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Simatai Great Wall
Known for its dangerous, steep, and astonishing position, the 19 kilometers long Simatai Great Wall has 35 watchtowers. It is recognized as the best preserved portion of Ming Great Wall. >> View details
Location: Beijing
Badaling Great Wall
This section of Great Wall is the best preserved and earliest to be open for sightseeing. As an outpost of the Juyong Pass, Badaling Great Wall with latitude of 1, 015 meters, had long been a strategic location for military purpose. >> View details
Location: Beijing
Mutianyu Great Wall
This 2,250 meters long portion of the Great Wall has 22 watch towers, with the highest having an altitude of about 540 meters.s one of the best-preserved parts of the Great Wall, Mutianyu used to serve as the northern barrier defending the capital and the imperial tombs. >>View details
Location; Beijing
Overhanging Great Wall
The Overhanging Wall, the extension of the walls at the Jiyuguan Pass towards the north, was an integral part of the ancient defense system at the Jiayuguan Pass. The wall here was built on the ridge with the gradient of 45 degrees. It is high in the air and it looks as if it fell down from the top of the hill. >>View details
Location: Jiayuguan in Gansu Province
Jiayuguan Pass
Jiayuguan, the best preserved of all Great Wall passes, is in the west of Jayuguan City, Gansu Province. It was known in ancient times as the first pass of Hexi and a key passageway of the Silk Road. >>View details
Great Wall Sections by regions :
- Great Wall in Beijing: Jinshanling, Juyonguguan, Jiankou, Huanghuacheng, Gubeikou, Baimaguan Fort, water Pass.
- Great Wall in Gansu: Yumenguan Pass, Yangguan Pass
- Great Wall in Hebei: Zijingguan Pass, Jiaoshan Great Wall, Laolongtou/Old Dragon Head Great Wall
- Great Wall in Tianjin: Huangyeguan/Yellow Cliff Great Wall
Great Wall Sections by Regions :
- Great Wall in Liaoning: Hushan/Tiger Mountain Great Wall; Jiumenkou Great Wall
- Great Wall in Shanxi: Zhenbeitai Fortree
- Great Wall in Shaanxi: Yanmenguan Pass, Niangziguan Pass, Pianguan Pass
