Brief information on Great Wall of China  

The Great Wall is also called the "Ten thousand Li Great Wall" in Chinese. It  stretches 6,700 kilometers from Jiayuguan in Gansu Province to Shanhaiguan in Hebei Province. The Great Wall crosses mountains, spans large plains and passes through vast deserts. This astonishing miracle of engineering took over 2,000 years to build. It is regarded as the most magnificent architectural achievement of the diligent and wise Chinese people.

Construction of the Great Wall began during the Warring States Period, as a means of defending Chinese territory. In 221 BC, Qinshihuang, the first emperor of Qin Dynasty crushed all rival states and founded the first centralized and unified dynasty in Chinese history. To consolidate the country and protect the territories and borders from invasion from the ethnic minority tribes, he had the walls joined and extended. The wall at that time began at Linyao in Gansu Province and ended in Liaoning Province, reaching a total length of over 5,000 kilometers.

There are a lot of different sections along the Great Wall, such as Badaling Great Wall, Mutianyu Great Wall, Jiayuguan Great Wall, Juyongyuan etc. The best-preserved and most imposing section of the Great Wall can be found at Badaling, and it attracts a throng of visitors from all over the world every day.

*You can download the bilingual note to show it to a taxi driver or someone else to find your way to Great Wall of China if you plan to visit Great Wall of China and have language problems.

Chinese Pinyin: Chang Cheng
Opening Times: 06:40 -18:30
How to Get to: Take bus No. 919 at Desheng Gate, No. 1 at Front Gate, No. 2 at Beijing Railway Station, Lateral No. 2 at the west gate of Beijing History Museum,  No. 3 at East Bridge, No. 4 at Xizhi Gate or Beijing Zoo