| Badaling Great Wall |
Badaling Great Wall, the most representative part, was enlisted in the World Cultural Heritage Directory by UNESCO in1997. July 7, 2007 has once again witnessed the worldwide reputation that the Great Wall gained: it was listed among the New Seven Wonders
of the World.
Badaling Great Wall is situated in Yanqing County, over 70 kilometres (43 miles) north of Beijing. his section with an average altitude of over 1,000 meters (3,282 feet) is the outpost of the Juyongguan Pass. The Great Wall originally functioned as a fortification. As early as the Qin Dynasty (221BC-206BC), Qinshihuang, the first emperor of Qin Dynasty unified the whole nation and began to build the Great Wall to protect China's borders from the intrusion of the northern nomadic tribes. Most parts of the preserved Badaling Great Wall were built and reinforced during the Ming Dynasty to defend the capital against the intrusion of these Mongolian people. 
Badaling Great Wall
The structure of the wall consists of huge bar-stones and bricks. The inside of the wall has been formed by tampering earth and small stones, which makes the wall very firm and strong. Internally, the wall is about six meters (20 feet) wide, which would allow horses to gallop five abreast. A number of small holes have been drilled on the wall to allow archers to shoot arrows. There is a barrel-drain and a moat both inside and outside the wall. The beacon tower on the Great Wall were an important part of the whole fortification of ancient China. t was used to send warning signals. Since the Ming Dynasty, the amount of smoke and gunfire released conveyed specific military information about the enemy. One release of smoke with one shot of gunfire signified 100 enemies; two smoke releases with two shots of gunfire meant 500 enemies; three smoke releases with three shots of gunfire indicated more than 1,000 enemies. Once one signal platform fired a beacon, the others would follow likewise so as to alert the command as to the strength of the enemy.
Left : A bit shorter than to the right. Quite steep at first, then levels out. Return the same way. Right : Takes you to the highest point. From there, continue to the second half which is both much quieter and even more interesting. Badaling, its meaning is "a mountain rangeleading to all places". Badaling is a meeting place of many major transport routes, including the road to the Mongolian plateau.The walls on Badaling are the finest built inthe Ming dynasty. Built entirely of large flagstones and grey bricks, they are more than seven metres high, with an average width of more than six metres. The walkway on top is five metres wide, allowing the passage of a row of ten men or five horses.There is a battle tower roughly every 100 metres. Instead of comprising one single line of defence as in other sections, the walls here are built in a complex network. Looking around from a high vantage point, one sees a multitude of walls meandering in all directions, an impressive sight.
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Badaling Great Wall was the earliest part of the great Wall opened to tourists. It has drawn tens of millions of tourists both from home and abroad. More than 370 foreign leaders and celebrities have visited there. Related Tour:
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You can go either left or right after passing the entrance.