Spring of Badaling Great Wall
Due to the temperature difference above sea level, spring in Badaling is generally late, usually in April and May.
Whenever the earth is in spring, the mountains are sunny and green-eyed, and there are peach blossoms, apricot blossoms, camellias and all kinds of unknown wild flowers everywhere, surrounded by ancient city walls and dotted with green gullies and mountains. At that time, the Great Wall was like walking through a sea of flowers, like a carpet in Zhang Huali, full of ecstasy everywhere.
Autumn of Badaling Great Wall
In the autumn season, the sky is high and the clouds are light, and the autumn wind is cool, which is also the best time to visit the Badaling Great Wall.
In Badaling, autumn scenery, from the middle and late September, the maple leaves all over the mountains will gradually become bright red, and the layers of forests will be completely dyed, which is very spectacular. Bright red maple leaves are everywhere, and the red leaves are burning like fire, which is a rich golden autumn scene.
Introduction of scenic spots
Badaling Great Wall is located at the north exit of Du Jun Guangou Ancient Road, Yanqing District, Beijing. It is an important part of the Great Wall in Wan Li, a great defense project in ancient China and a pass of the Great Wall in Ming Dynasty. Badaling Great Wall is an important outpost of Juyongguan, which is known as "the danger of Juyongguan lies in Badaling, not in it".
Badaling section of the Great Wall in Ming Dynasty is called "Guanyu Natural Graben", which is one of the eight scenic spots in Juyongguan in Ming Dynasty. Badaling Great Wall was the first section of the Great Wall opened to tourists in Ming Dynasty. Badaling Scenic Area is dominated by Badaling Great Wall, with modern tourist service facilities with complete functions such as Badaling Hotel and China Great Wall Museum inscribed by President Jiang Zemin.
Badaling Scenic Area is a demonstration site of national civilized scenic spots, which is famous for its magnificent landscape, perfect facilities and profound cultural and historical connotations. It is a world-famous tourist attraction.
202 1 June 21day, a large-scale theme light show was staged in Badaling Great Wall to celebrate the centenary of the founding of China * * * Production Party.
On the morning of February 3, 2022, the torch of Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic Games and Winter Paralympics was passed on the Badaling Great Wall in Yanqing.
Building structure
Badaling Great Wall is a trapezoid with narrow east and wide west, which was built in the eighteenth year of Hongzhi in Ming Dynasty.
Badaling Great Wall is a typical example of the grandeur and precipitousness of Wan Li Great Wall. As a barrier to Beijing, the mountains overlap and the situation is dangerous. The majestic city wall spirals from north to south, extending in the mountains with no end in sight. The Great Wall, which spreads to both sides according to the mountain, stands on a dangerous cliff. The word "natural danger" written by the ancients on the cliff accurately summarizes the military importance of Badaling. (1505), it was renovated in the Wanli period of Jiajing. There is an inscription "Juyongwai Town" in the east of Guancheng and the east of Ximen, which was engraved in the 18th year of Jiajing (1539). The inscription of "North Gate Lock Key" in Ximen was engraved in the 10th year of Wanli (1582). Both doors are of masonry structure, and the platform is on the voucher hole. There are passages in the north and south of the platform, connecting the Guancheng wall, and cribs are built around the platform. Before and after the construction of * * * 13 16 pier.
The origin of the name
The name Badaling was first seen in Liu Ying's long poem "Arriving at Badaling in the Evening, Climbing to the Top" and "Leaving Badaling" in the Jin Dynasty. In the Yuan Dynasty, it was called "Beikou", opposite to Nankou. Nankou is located in Changping County, the northern suburb of Beijing. From the south exit to the north exit, there is a 40-mile-long canyon in the middle. The Great Wall of Wan Li has a famous pass-Juyongguan, so this canyon is called "Guangou". Badaling stands at the highest point at the northern end of Guangou.
There are several sources for the name Badaling:
1, named after the homonym of "Eight Ridges". Because of the mountainous terrain in this area, it is said that the Great Wall built here will turn eight corners and cross eight mountains. It was very difficult to build this section of the Great Wall at that time, and the construction period was delayed again and again. Eight executives died for this. Finally, through the enlightenment of the gods, the "eight methods of repairing the city" was adopted.
That is, "the tiger leads the sheep to carry the saddle, the swallow leads the way, the turtle carries the stone rabbit, and the magpie bridges the ice to lay the crib", so that the building materials can be transported to the mountain. So people called this section of the Great Wall "Badaling Great Wall", and later this place name was homophonic as "Badaling".
2. Named after the homophonic Badaling. According to legend, an emperor named "Badali" came here in the Yuan Dynasty. He was very happy to see the steep mountains and covered with green hills, so he named it Badaling, which was later misrepresented as Badaling. However, looking up the records of emperors in past dynasties, Chronicles of Chinese Emperors and other historical materials, we can't find that there was an emperor named "Ba Da Li" in the Yuan Dynasty, but a man named Ai Yu Ba Li Li Ba Da, who was the fourth emperor in the Yuan Dynasty. It is said that he was born in Yanqing County where Badaling is located.
3. Named after the homonym of "Tatar". It is said that in the Ming dynasty, Badaling area once became the frontier position to defend the Manchu army. Because the Han people in the Ming Dynasty called the Manchus in the northeast "Tatars", some people thought Badaling was a homonym for "guarding the Tatar Ridge".
4. It was named after the homophonic sound of "Badaoling". Legend has it that at the end of the Ming Dynasty, Li Zicheng led the rebel army to this place, but it was blocked from the Great Wall, and Li Zicheng was worried. At this time, the Malay newspaper said that there were still eight dangers ahead. Li Zicheng sighed: "The Badaoling here is really difficult to cross. It seems that the storm is not good! " So he ordered the rebel army to divert its course, which was later called "Badaoling".
There is no exact written record of the above four statements, which is difficult to verify.
5. In fact, the most credible statement should be the explanation in the Hakka dialect of Chang 'an in Ming Dynasty: "Since then, the road extends in all directions, hence the name Badaling, the highest in Guanshan". Badaling is the outer entrance of Juyongguan, reaching Yanqing, Chicheng and Mongolia in the north, Zhangjiakou, Huailai, Xuanhua and Datong in the west, Yongning and Hayes in the east and Changping and Beijing in the south, extending in all directions, so it is an important traffic artery and defensive outpost in ancient times, and is known as the "first pass in northern Beijing".
historic site
Badaling has been an important military strategic place since ancient times. During the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, the Great Wall was built here to prevent the invasion of northern nationalities. Up to now, there are still remnants of city walls and piers, and their trend is roughly the same as that of the Ming Great Wall. Badaling is a mountain depression, where the mountains are mountainous. "Chang 'an Nighttalk" in Ming Dynasty said: "The road branches from here and extends in all directions, hence the name Badaling, which is the highest in Guanshan." It can be seen that Badaling's geographical position and strategic position.
After more than 80 years of construction, Badaling Great Wall has become a strict defense system, which is connected with the city, facing the piers and fortresses, guarding the city and warning it with fire.
Historically, Badaling Great Wall was the gateway to guard Juyong Pass. From the Badaling Great Wall to today's Nankou, there is a 40-mile-long canyon in the middle. The related city "Juyongguan" was built in the canyon, so this canyon was named "Guangou". Badaling Great Wall really seized the pass, and Badaling stood at the highest point at the northern end of Guangou. The two peaks here are sandwiched in the middle, open and commanding, and the situation is extremely dangerous. The ancients said that "looking at Juyongguan from Badaling is like building a collar to see a well" and "the danger of Juyong country is not in Guancheng, but in Badaling". It can be seen that Juyongguan was just a city at that time, and the real Great Wall was built in Badaling. Badaling Pass's special terrain has become a battleground for military strategists in past dynasties. Therefore, it is of great strategic significance to build the Great Wall here.
Badaling is the witness of many important events in history.
After the first emperor Qin Shihuang came to Jieshi from the east, he took Datong from Badaling and drove back to Xianyang. Xiao Huanghou's visit to China, his entry into China, Yuan Di's twice-yearly trip to Beijing, Ming Di's Northern Expedition, Li Zicheng's capture of Beijing, and the Qing Emperor's personal expedition to Badaling are all places that must be visited. In modern history, Cixi fled to the west and shed tears at Badaling, where Zhan Tianyou presided over the construction of the first railway independently built by China-Zhangjing Railway. Dr. Sun Yat-sen boarded the Badaling Great Wall, leaving many historical allusions and precious historical memories, which is a famous historical site.
Badaling Great Wall is the earliest section of the Great Wall in Wan Li that is open to tourists. Badaling received more than 300 million Chinese and foreign tourists1.300 million person-times, and 372 foreign heads of state including Nixon, Reagan, Thatcher, Gorbachev, Elizabeth, Heath and many people from all over the world boarded Badaling for sightseeing.
tourist handbook
Scenic spot service
Accessible facilities and services
Ramps, blind roads, barrier-free parking spaces, low-level ticket outlets, barrier-free toilet seats, low-level telephones and wheelchair services.
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The parking lot of Badaling Great Wall Scenic Area can accommodate 1500 cars. If the number of parked vehicles is close to this number, the vehicles will be diverted to the parking lot outside the nearby wildlife park and 2 or 3 kilometers west of Chadao Village. For the convenience of tourists, a car ferry will be set up in the scenic spot after the diversion, and tourists will be drawn to the entrance of the Great Wall for free.
Business?Hours?
Summer: 6: 30- 19: 00.
Winter: 7: 00-18: 00.
ticket price
45 yuan/person in peak season (April 1 to June1).
Low season (1October 1 1 to March 3 of the following year1) 40 yuan/person.