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New deal for commercial flights over the Great Wall
Sightseers can rise above the crowds and get a bird's eye view of the Badaling section by taking a spin with Capital Helicopter on a single-engine, six-seat AS350B3 Squirrel helicopter. Tours start at Badaling Airport and last about 15 minutes...
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Great Wall forests scorched in blaze
Police are investigating after a blaze close to the iconic Great Wall destroyed 33 hectares of forest and fruit plantations...
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Qinghai finds Great Wall remains
Archaeologists found in Qinghai Province new Great Wall relics, including the wall's body, beacon towers, so on in the recently-finished Great Wall Resource Examination...
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Great Wall, Hutong listed in the must-see places in the world
On March 8, Reuters listed 25 places in the world to see before they change forever, where the "Real" Great Wall of China and Beijing's Hutong Communities are on the list...
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Mutianyu Great Wall
Located at Huai-rou County, 73 km northeast of Beijing, Mutianyu Great Wall is one of the best preserved walls built in Ming Dynasty (1368-1644). This section of the Great Wall is connected with Juyongguan Pass in the west and Gubeikou Gateway in the east. Like other sections of the Great Wall nearby, it used to serve as the defensive barrier for the capital and imperial tombs.
First built in the mid-6th century during Southern and Northern Dynasty (420-589), Mutianyu Great Wall was put under heavy reconstruction in the Ming dynasty by the famous Ming General Xu Da. In 1404, a pass was built here. In 1569, another General Qi Ji-guang ordered to reinforce the walls, even until today most parts of it are well preserved.
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Built mainly with granite, the wall is 7-8 meters high and the top is 4-5 meters wide. Comparing with other sections of Great Wall, Mutianyu Great Wall possesses unique characteristics in its construction.
Watchtowers and over-towering pass densely scatter along this section of Great Wall - exactly, 22 watchtowers in the 22500-meter-long wall. Another interesting feature is a moat near the wall designed to ward off the enemy's war horses.
Both the outer and inner parapets are crenellated with merlons, so that shots could be fired at the enemy on both sides - a feature very rare on other parts of the Great Wall.
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Standing on the terrace called Zheng Guan Tai, 3 significant watchtowers, one big in the center and two smaller on both sides, are there creating a rarely seen structure among all sections of the Great Wall: these three watchtowers are connected each other inside with a main gate at the east side.
Besides, this section of Great Wall is surrounded by woodland and streams. The forest-coverage rate is over 95 percent, a lot greener than any other sections of the Great Wall.
Today, a cable car is in operation for the convenience of visitors. Another fun for children is the wheeled toboggan ride down from the wall on a winding metal track.
The official site of Mutianyu Great Wall: http://www.mutianyugreatwall.com/
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