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Zhangjiakou 张家口Zhāngjiākǒu
Olympic ski slopes, a Great Wall gate and grasslands on the Mongolian plateau
About Zhangjiakou
Zhangjiakou, once known to Europeans as Kalgan, grew around a Ming fort at a Great Wall gate where caravans set out for Mongolia and Russia with tea; Dajingmen and Zhangjiakou Fort (Zhangjiakoubu) survive. Chongli, in the hills to the north-east, staged skiing and snowboarding events at the 2022 Winter Olympics, including at Genting Snow Park. Beyond the wall the Bashang grassland holds the earthen remains of Yuan Zhongdu, a Yuan-dynasty capital begun in 1307; to the south, Yuxian keeps its walled old town.
What to eat in Zhangjiakou
- Youmian oat-flour noodles (莜面)
Listed sites in Zhangjiakou
56 listed sites are in Zhangjiakou. These are the 25 rated 5A or 4A; see all 56 in the Hebei list.
- Anjiagou Ecological Tourism Area 安家沟生态旅游区 4A scenic area · on the map
A scenic valley on the northern edge of Zhangjiakou, a gully about 4.6 km long with a dozen side gullies, run as an ecological tourism area for day visitors from the city. - Chicheng Hot Spring Resort 赤城温泉度假村 4A scenic area · on the map
A hot-spring valley west of Chicheng town, where mineral springs rise on the south bank of the Tangquan River and now supply hotels and sanatoria. - Cuiyunshan Forest Scenic Area 翠云山森林风景区 4A scenic area · on the map
A forested mountain area at Chongli with peaks above 2,000 m, developed as a mountain resort around the Galaxy ski area. - Dajingmen 大境门 4A scenic area · National heritage site
A gate in the Great Wall on the northern edge of Zhangjiakou, built in 1644, through which the road to Mongolia once passed; the trade market that grew up outside it made Zhangjiakou a major caravan town. - Daqingshan Mountain Resort, Shangyi 大青山国际旅游度假区 4A scenic area · on the map
A mountain tourist resort in Shangyi County beside the Grassland Sky Road, a scenic highway that passes through the Daqingshan forest hills. - Fulong Four Seasons Town 富龙四季小镇 4A scenic area · on the map
A resort town on the edge of Chongli's main town, built around the Fulong ski area, with a shopping street of 19 European-style buildings, a large indoor children's play centre and hotels. - Genting Snow Park 云顶滑雪公园 4A scenic area · on the map
The ski park of the Genting Secret Garden resort in Taizicheng village, Chongli, which hosted the Olympic freestyle skiing and snowboarding events of the 2022 Winter Games (apart from big air, held in Beijing) and the Paralympic snowboarding. - Guanting Reservoir National Wetland Park 官厅水库国家湿地公园 4A scenic area
A very large wetland park on the shores of Guanting Reservoir, a 1950s reservoir on the Yongding River that straddles the Hebei–Beijing border. - Huangdi City Ruins (Zhuolu Old City) 黄帝城遗址 4A scenic area · on the map
The remains of a rammed-earth walled town at Sanbao village, Fanshan town, which local tradition calls Huangdi City after the legendary Yellow Emperor. - Huanglong Mountain Resort 黄龙山庄 4A scenic area · on the map
A wooded mountain resort and scenic area in the Yan Mountains north-west of Huailai town, with streams and springs, forest walks and a cool summer climate. - Jiming Mountain 鸡鸣山 4A scenic area
An isolated peak of about 1,100 m on the east side of Xiahuayuan, nicknamed the 'flying peak' because it stands alone above the Yang River valley, within a scenic area of about 17.5 sq km. - Kulun Nur Resort 库伦淖尔 4A scenic area · on the map
A lake and holiday resort on the Bashang grassland just north of Guyuan town. - Luanhe Shenyun Scenic Area 滦河神韵 4A scenic area · on the map
A wetland and grassland viewing area on Zhuanfo Hill beside the Shandian River in northern Guyuan County, where the river winds in loops across the open grassland, with boardwalks and pavilions up the hill. - Nihewan Archaeological Park 泥河湾遗址 4A scenic area · National heritage site
A basin in the Sanggan River valley where more than 80 early-human sites have been found, among them some of the oldest known traces of people in East Asia, with stone tools more than 1.5 million years old. - Sanggan River Grand Canyon and Feibu Gorge 桑干河大峡谷·飞瀑峡 4A scenic area · on the map
A gorge scenic area on the Sanggan River in the far south-west of Xuanhua District, whose main sight, the Feibu ('flying waterfall') Gorge, is a narrow stretch of canyon about 5 km long with many small waterfalls and spray. - Shacheng Liquor Culture Expo Park 沙城酒文化博览园 4A scenic area · on the map
A visitor area at the Shacheng Laojiao baijiu distillery in Shacheng town, rated a national 4A scenic area in December 2025. - Thaiwoo Ski Town 太舞四季小镇 4A scenic area · on the map
A ski resort town at Chongli built in the style of a European alpine village, 2 km from Taizicheng, where the Zhangjiakou events of the 2022 Winter Olympics were held. - Tianbao Nasutu Grassland Resort 天保那苏图 4A scenic area · on the map
A grassland holiday resort on the western edge of Zhangbei, laid out around a lake and a large flower meadow, with a Mongol-Yuan themed area and a hot-spring and water-play zone. - Wanlong Ski Resort 万龙滑雪场 4A scenic area · on the map
One of the large ski resorts in Chongli, the Olympic ski district of Zhangjiakou, with more than 30 runs, some of them certified by the International Ski Federation (FIS), a long gentle beginners' run and night skiing. - Xiaowutai Huichuan Scenic Area 小五台辉川景区 4A scenic area · on the map
A mountain-valley scenic area on the southern side of the Xiaowutai range, at Huichuan village in Yuxian's Baishu township, on Hebei's list of 4A scenic areas. - Xiaowutai Jinhe Scenic Area 小五台金河景区 4A scenic area · National heritage site
A forested river valley below the Xiaowutai peaks, whose East Terrace, at 2,882 m, is the highest point in Hebei. - Yuan Zhongdu (Middle Capital of the Yuan) 元中都遗址 4A scenic area · National heritage site
The earthen remains of Yuan Zhongdu, the 'Middle Capital' that Emperor Wuzong began building on the grassland north of Zhangbei in 1307; work was halted in 1311 and the palace was burned in 1358 during the Red Turban uprising. - Yuzhou Museum 蔚州博物馆 4A scenic area
Yuxian's county museum, ranked a national second-grade museum, which moved in 2016 from Shijia Temple into a purpose-built building of about 13,000 sq m. - Yuzhou Old Town and City Wall 蔚州古城 4A scenic area · National heritage site · on the map
The walled old town of Yuxian, first walled in 580 and rebuilt under the Ming in 1377, with a chessboard of streets and courtyard houses inside a wall circuit of 3.8 km. - Zhongdu Grassland Resort 中都原始草原度假村 4A scenic area · on the map
A grassland holiday resort on the Bashang plateau north of Zhangbei, built around a camp of Mongolian-style yurts that includes a very large domed yurt used as a restaurant and venue.
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