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📍 Badaling Great Wall
As it is called “not a good man without the Great Wall”, the Great Wall of China is a symbol of the labor and wisdom of the Chinese nation. In ancient times, China built the Great Wall with a total length of 21,196 kilometers from the Spring and Autumn Warring States period to resist the invasions of other tribes. It is the largest building since human civilization. The Great Wall, which has a history of more than 2,000 years, was built on a large scale during the Ming dynasty. The three Great Walls of Beijing are divided into Badaling, Mutianyu, and Simatai. Each has its own characteristics and different levels of climbing difficulty. This time, we have reached the Badaling Great Wall.
Badaling Great Wall was the only Great Wall with cable car service for the time being. After a 723 meter ropeway, you can reach Haohan Slope on the 8th floor of the Great Wall in less than a few minutes. The price of the ropeway is split between a ¥140 round-trip ticket and a ¥100 one-way ticket. In just a few minutes, you can see the beautiful scenery of the Great Wall and the open mountains.
As soon as I reached Kita-Hakkan, I was shocked by the scenery in front of me. The twirling Great Wall shuttles between the mountains and hills, without getting bogged down. It is not good to say that the Great Wall is not good; when many visitors come here, they can't miss Haohanpo on the North 8th floor. However, as the steepest road in the Great Wall, in addition to having to walk slowly while supporting the railings on the side, umbrellas also make it more difficult for passers-by to move forward. Due to the large number of passers-by, it was difficult for us to move forward, so we went halfway.
Having chosen not to climb Han Slope, we headed in a different direction. The weather was hot, so I was able to take a break in the groove between the Great Wall, enjoy the team's breeze, and enjoy the mountain scenery and the ropeway that is gliding.
It's so hard to get to the Great Wall. Of course, I want to take a group photo with this majestic landscape to show that I've become a good man! Find a time with relatively few people. From an angle where you can see the endless sources of the Great Wall in the distance, the composition of the whole picture is better. Additionally, visitors who purchase a round-trip ropeway ticket can get a free photo of the Great Wall. Just ask the staff to take a photo before you leave, then go down and print it.
After getting off the ropeway, you can walk a few minutes to the China Great Wall Museum to learn about the history and origin of the Great Wall. The entire museum has nine exhibition halls, showing the structure of the Great Wall, its construction in the past, and the major battles of each dynasty in the Great Wall. In addition to this, the exhibition hall also shows pictures of many national leaders climbing the Badaling Great Wall. You can see the majesty of the Great Wall and its worldwide popularity. Although the process of climbing the Great Wall was exhausting, it only gave us a deeper understanding of Chinese history, which was very worthwhile.
