Beijing Attractions
The Great Wall of China © SmokingPermitted
Great Wall of China
Several sections of the Great Wall of China, a man-made
phenomenon that has become a symbol of Chinese civilisation, can be
viewed in the Beijing area. In Yanqing county in northwest Beijing
is the 600-year-old Badaling Fortification, representative of the
Ming dynasty sections of the Great Wall. Other sections can be seen
at Jinshanling, Mutianyu and Simatai. The Great Wall, 4,000 miles
(6,350km) long, was built in stages from the 7th century BC
onwards, snaking its way across the mountains and valleys of five
provinces in northern China as a mammoth defence bulwark.
