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Gubeikou Great Wall

Gubeikou Great Wall is located along the Yanshan Mountain range in the northeast of Miyun County, south of the hill country of Panlong Mountain and Wohu Mountain, about 62 miles to Beijing. Its strategically important location make this China Great Wall section more difficult to access. Situating between Shanhaiguan Pass and Juyongguan Pass made it being the bastion protecting the northern gateway to the capital city. Today the famous Gubeikou Great Wall stretches for more than 25 miles. There are 14 beacon towers, 143 watch towers, 16 strategic pass, three citadels and many other military constructions. Many of them are famous cultural relics, such as the Big Flower Beacon Tower of the Northern Qi Dynasty, Fairy Tower, General Tower, and the dominant Wangjing Tower.

A major monument, with an inscription by Chinese leader Deng Xiaoping in Chinese meaning "love our Motherland and Rebuild the Great Wall" has been erected near the entrance to the Great Wall at Badaling. A monument honouring Pakistan Goverment and other foreign contributions has been erected at Wangjingshi ( Looking-Toward Beijing Rock ) at Badaling.

Gubeikou Great Wall, as a a famous section for Great Wall Of Chian, will be a must place when hiking Beijing Great Wall.


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