A One-Day Travel Guide to Jinshanling Great Wall

Jinshanling Great Wall is a site with a very well-preserved main structure. It is definitely the best example of the Great Wall, and it attracts a large number of tourists from China and abroad every day to visit and travel, experiencing the grandeur and magnificence of the Great Wall. Below is a detailed travel guide to Jinshanling Great Wall for one day.

1. Specific coordinates

Jinshanling Great Wall Scenic Area, Luanping County, Chengde, Hebei Province.

2. Transportation information

There is a tourist shuttle bus from Beijing Dongzhimen to Jinshanling Great Wall Scenic Area. It departs from Dongzhimen at 7:40 am every day and returns at 4:00 pm. The one-way fare is 50 yuan. For self-driving tours, take the Jingcheng Expressway – Jinshanling Great Wall exit (Jinshanling Service Area off the highway), 5 kilometers to the scenic area.

3. Ticketing information

Peak season (March 16 – November 15) 65 yuan; Off-season (November 16 – March 15 of the following year) 55 yuan; One-way cable car 40 yuan, round trip 80 yuan.

4. Surrounding attractions

Chengde is rich in tourism resources, and there are many other tourist attractions worth visiting. The world’s largest imperial garden – the Summer Resort, the world’s largest group of imperial temples – the Outer Eight Temples, the Qing Dynasty royal hunting park – Saihanba National Forest Park, the closest natural grassland to Beijing – Ningjingbei First Grassland, etc.

5. Simple travelogue

“If you have not been to the Great Wall, you are not a true hero!” For Chinese people, the Great Wall seems to be a place that everyone must visit at least once in their life. Not only because of its magnificent scenery, but also because of the highly concentrated national spirit. When it comes to the Great Wall, we always think of Badaling in Beijing first. In fact, the most beautiful part of the Great Wall is in – Jinshanling.

Jinshanling Great Wall is located in Luanping County, Chengde, Hebei Province, 130 kilometers away from downtown Beijing. It was built under the direction of Qi Jiguang, a patriotic general of the Ming Dynasty. Jinshanling Great Wall has always been considered the essence of the Great Wall, and it is known as “the most beautiful section of the Great Wall, Jinshanling stands out.”

Many friends may say: Is it really so beautiful here? I’ve never heard of it! Compared to Badaling, Simatai and other Great Wall sections within Beijing, Jinshanling is really not famous. Even many locals in Beijing don’t know about it.

But I want to tell you that you may see it every day, even though you haven’t heard of the name Jinshanling Great Wall! The magnificent and majestic Great Wall landscape at the beginning of China Central Television’s “News Network” is from Jinshanling Great Wall.

Jinshanling Great Wall is 10.5 kilometers long, extending from Gubeikou, a famous historical pass in the west, to Wangjinglou of Simatai Great Wall in the east.

The view from this section of the Great Wall is very broad. Whether you are on a high ground or a low ground, you can see the winding trend of the Great Wall very clearly. Plus, the watchtowers are dense here. There are 67 watchtowers along the way, each with a unique style, built with exquisite craftsmanship. They are magnificent and spectacular.

Standing on Jinshanling, you can see a magnificent and magnificent landscape. It is precisely for this reason that Jinshanling Great Wall has become a paradise for photographers.

Many hikers and photographers call it “Wild Great Wall” because Jinshanling is a developing tourist destination. There are many “ruins and broken walls” in the scenic area, showing us the grandeur of the Great Wall, but also the vicissitudes of the Great Wall.

Because of its high appearance, Jinshanling Great Wall is not picky about the season. It has its own beauty in all four seasons.

Many photographers love to take pictures at sunrise and sunset. The Great Wall under the light and shadow is even more majestic and magnificent. It is said that many award-winning photos were taken during this time period.

Because you can enter the scenic area twice within 24 hours, many tourists come in the afternoon to take pictures of the sunset, stay at a hotel near the scenic area for one night, and come in early the next morning to take pictures of the sunrise.

Another advantage of going to Jinshanling Great Wall is that there are very few people. The magnificent sight of people crowding Badaling must be fresh in many people’s memory. At Jinshanling, even on holidays, there are not many people, allowing you to quietly appreciate the beautiful scenery.

Data shows that Jinshanling Great Wall is very famous overseas. Before 2010, Jinshanling Great Wall was already a “net-red” attraction favored by foreigners. Once, more than 70% of tourists visiting Jinshanling Great Wall were foreigners.

Foreigners like to find places with few people and beautiful scenery, and they are not afraid of long distances. Therefore, Chinese people have all gone to Badaling in Beijing, and foreigners have come to Jinshanling in Hebei Province. It’s amazing that there are more foreigners than Chinese people at a scenic spot.

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