Juyongguan Great Wall

JuyongGuan Great Wall is a pass (‘guan’ means ‘mountain pass’) through the mountains located in an 18 km long valley named GuanGou which is in ChangPing County, about 60 kilometers (37 miles) from Beijing City. Enlisted in the World Heritage Directory in 1987, JuYongGuan Great Wall is a national cultural protection unit.JuYongGuan Pass is one of the three greatest passes of the Great Wall of China. The other two are JiaYuGuan Pass and ShanHaiGuan Pass.

Juyongguan Tower

Juyongguan Tower

Juyongguan Great Wall

Juyongguan Great Wall

In the middle of Juyongguan Pass lies a high platform called ‘Cloud Platform’, which is made of white marble. In the Yuan Dynasty, three stone towers were built on the platform.

The pass is roughly circular with a perimeter of about 4,142 meters (about 4,530 yards). It consists of two passes, one in the south, one in the north, respectively called ‘Nan Kou’ and ‘Badaling’.

Juyongguan Tower

Juyongguan Tower

Juyongguan Great Wall

Juyongguan Great Wall

Juyongguan Great Wall is a wonderful place for Great Wall hiking when travel in Beijing.


Beijing Great Wall List

Badaling Great Wall Mutianyu Great Wall
Juyongguan Great Wall Simatai Great Wall
Jinshanling Great Wall Gubeikou Great Wall
Huanghuacheng Great Wall
Jiankou Great Wall
Shuiguan Great Wall