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Huanghuacheng Lakeside Great Wall 黄花城水长城Huánghuāchéng Shuǐ Chángchéng
4A scenic area · National heritage site · Beijing, Beijing
- Time needed
- Half a day
- Days to budget
- Half a day
- City
- Beijing
- Region
- Beijing
- Type
- Heritage
- Listed as
- 4A scenic area, National heritage site
About Huanghuacheng Lakeside Great Wall
A section of the Ming Great Wall at Xishuiyu in Jiuduhe town, where the wall runs down the hillsides into a reservoir so that parts of it lie under water, hence the name 'Lakeside' or 'Water' Great Wall. The walls guarded the Huanghuacheng garrison and its pass, built in the Yongle, Zhengde and Jiajing reigns; it is usually quieter than Mutianyu or Badaling, and a steep climb leads to watchtowers with views over the lake.
How to get to Huanghuacheng Lakeside Great Wall
At Xishuiyu village in Jiuduhe town, Huairou District, about 60 km north of central Beijing, roughly 1.5 hours by road; Mutianyu is about 23 km to the east.
Nearby
- Ming Tombs 明十三陵 10 km
Stone guardians on the Sacred Way and an emperor's underground palace to walk through - Great Wall at Mutianyu 慕田峪长城 20 km
Restored Ming watchtowers riding a wooded ridge, with a toboggan run back down - Badaling Great Wall 八达岭长城 30 km
Ming ramparts climbing both ways from a fortified pass, a short fast train from Beijing - Longqing Gorge 龙庆峡 30 km
Boat rides between sheer cliffs in summer, a festival of lit ice sculptures in winter - Old Summer Palace 圆明园 40 km
Broken marble arches of Qing European-style palaces beside lakes of summer lotus
Also within 20 km: Yinshan Pagoda Forest 银山塔林 (10 km).
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