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JianKou Great Wall |
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JianKou Great Wall |
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JianKou Great Wall is located in HuaiRou County, 73 km north of Beijing. It connects with MuTianYu Great Wall 10 km to the east and with HuangHua Great Wall to the west.
JianKou Great Wall was built starting in 1368 during the Ming dynasty. JianKou Great Wall is truly wild and awesomely beautiful - but also dangerous, so be careful.
JianKou Great Wall is constructed of large white hill rocks which makes it very noticeable from a distance. The major section of JianKou Great Wall is built along a mountain ridge with steep cliffs on each side, and due to the lack of repairs, JianKou is now one of the most dangerous sections of the entire Great Wall.
There are several scenic sites that visitors should see at JianKou Great Wall. One is the enemy observation tower known as 'The Eagle Flies Facing Upward'. This observation tower is built on the highest peak at JianKou. Therefore, when an eagle flies there, it can only do so by flying upwards to reach the tower.
The 'Sky Stairs' is another famous scenic spot at JianKou Great Wall. At this location, the steps of the wall go practically straight up, and they are so narrow that it is barely possible to obtain a foothold.
Other scenic spots at JianKou Great Wall include the 'Beijing Knot' (the meeting point for 3 different converging sections of the Great Wall), the 'Nine-Eye Tower' (a watchtower with 9 eye-like holes), the 'ZhengBei Tower' (a good place to watch the sunrise and sunset), and the Cloud Stairs (a section of the JianKou Great Wall which rises like a staircase into the clouds).
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