A foggy but quite unique introduction to The Great Wall of China at its point nearest Beijing. Badaling is the place President Nixon visited on his historic visit and the most popular Great Wall tourist destination of Beijing City after the Palace Museum or Forbidden City.
Built in a mountainpass giving access to the North China plain the Badaling Great Wall section gives the visitor a fairly good example of the what the Great Wall was built for and how challenging its defensive works were.
Enjoy our introduction of this restored wall section. More Great Wall of China reports are due soon !
Dwell around the 40 square kilometer Ming Dynasty necropolis some 50
kilometers outside the city of Beijing proper, a complex designed and
built in the 15Th century Daoist-Confucianist style and home to the
burial tombs of 13 of the total of 16 Ming Dynasty Emperors. Take the Introductionary Tour and follow up with a Full Walk through Chang Ling Mausoleum, the oldest Tomb lying Central in the Ming Tombs Valley, China's Valley of the Kings. Chang Ling is the burial site of Zhu Di, Emperor Yongle of the Ming Dynasty, one of the greatest Emperors that ever lived in China. Find out more about China's rich history, The Ming Dynasty and much more.
A wintery and snowy introduction to the magnificient Summer Palace museum at the North-Western outskirts of Beijing City.
A photographic tour with novice level Historic explanation of this important Cultural Relic that was home to the Imperial Throne of the later Ching Dynasty (after the Burning of The Old Palace in 1890) and the place from where the most hated and notorious woman in China's history , Empress-Dowager Hsu Tsi ,wielded her Powers.
An extended virtual tour of The Summer Palace Museum , deepening the visitors knowledge of the Summer Palace site and China's history.
New highlights of the Summer Palace including digital photography and sound.
Visit the WenChang Tower and Wenchang Imperial Art Gallery (Museum). New photo's of traditional Ming style decorations and paintings , learn more about Chinese Imperial History and the decline
of China's last Dynasty ,
the Manchu Ching.
Online Bibliography
Online Bibliography
Includes Sound Bonus
Online Bibliography
Online Bibliography
Includes Sound Bonus
Tour Bus Information
Beijing Municipality Area Maps
All maps of Beijing Municipality (City Province), Area's and Excursions outside Beijing City.
A map of the Northern Half of Beijing Municipality
( Beijing is an autonomous City Province ) including the Summer Palace, Jundu Mountains and The Badaling Great Wall of China, Mutianyu Great Wall of China and more details. Same Map of the Northern Half of Beijing Municipality,
Shisan Ling 13 Ming Ming Dynasty Tombs at the foot of the Jundu Mountains and The Badaling Great Wall of China, nearby at the Juyung Pass 20 kilometers away.
Just 4 hours travel from Beijing, the Imperial Summer Mountain Retreat at Chengde. The whole small City is occupied by the fleeing the Heat Mountain Villa and its surrounding Gardens and Temples, last remnants from the Last Blossomings of Imperial (Qing) Dynastic China. Don't miss out on this Jewel of a Destination!
Discover Beijing with the grandiose and interesting film "Bodacious Beijing". Great intro to the City and Sites !
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Hebei Province Map 2 - Geographic Map
A Geographic Map overview of North-East China's Hebei Province entire, delineating Hebei Provincial Borders, Beijing City Province, Tianjin City Province and parts of neighboring Shanxi-, LiaoNing- and Shandong Provinces and Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region. Map includes Great Wall of China Locations in Hebei Province, Main Cities and Towns (shown by size), Hebei Province Monuments, Main Mountains (with Height), major highways, railroads, waterways, and Airports (National & International) and links to furher information on Cities, Monuments and main transportation hubs of the wider Region.
