The Great Wall (Beijing Province, China)
N 40° 17.222 E 116° 03.671
50T E 420198 N 4460038
The Great Wall of China, one of the greatest wonders of the world, is "must-to-see" historic and architectonic phenomenon for every tourist visiting China...
Waymark Code: WM7621
Location: China
Date Posted: 09/07/2009
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The Great Wall of China, one of the greatest wonders of the world, was enlisted in the World Heritage by UNESCO in 1987. Just like a gigantic dragon, the Great Wall winds up and down across deserts, grasslands, mountains and plateaus, stretching approximately 8 850 km from east to west of China. With a history of more than 2000 years, some of the sections are now in ruins or even entirely disappeared. However, it is still one of the most appealing attractions all around the world owing to its architectural grandeur and historical significance.
The given coordinates will show to you one of the well known parts of the Great Wall - JuYongGuan. It is the nearest section of the Great Wall to Beijing - a little nearer than Badaling that it connects to; both these sections of Great Wall protect the same natural pass through the mountains through which now passes the Badaling Expressway and a railway line. JuYongGuan rises steeply each side of a fortrified gate.
JuYongGuan Great Wall is a pass ('guan' means 'mountain pass') through the mountains located in an 18 km long valley named GuanGou which is in ChangPing County, more than 50 km from Beijing City. JuYongGuan is one of the three greatest passes of the Great Wall of China. The other two are JiaYuGuan Pass and ShanHaiGuan Pass.