The Great Wall Cultural Tourism Belt: Through 2,000 years, stretching between mountains and seas
——Experience the five major tourism belts in Hebei (2)
The sea of clouds landscape of the Jinshanling Great Wall in Luanping County taken on June 8. (Hebei Daily information film) by Zhou Wanping
The four seasons are beautiful, and autumn is the most beautiful.
September 17, Mid-Autumn Festival. Wang Qianrun, a tourist from Beijing, climbed the Qingshanguan Great Wall in Qianxi County, Tangshan City, and overlooked it from afar. Inside and outside the Great Wall, the mountains are full of colors and fields. The ancient walls gleaming in the sunlight and against the autumn landscape, they seem to tell an ancient and timeless story.
When it comes to the Great Wall, Hebei must not be absent. Many people say that the Great Wall left the most beautiful section to Hebei.
In Hebei, the Great Wall extends from the Warring States Period, Qin, Han, Northern Wei Dynasty, Northern Qi Dynasty to the Ming Dynasty, spans Yanshan Mountain and Taihang Mountain, connects Beijing, Tianjin, Liao, Mongolia and Jin, with an existing length of 2498.54 kilometers, which is the most complete and representative section of the Great Wall of China.
The old dragon head holding hands with the sea, the Dajing Gate looking north to the grassland, and the Jinshanling Mountain...... The Great Wall Cultural Tourism Belt strings these magnificent landscapes together into a scenic line, waiting for you to check in.
Along the Great Wall across the mountains and across the sea, this is a journey of sightseeing -
In Qinhuangdao Shanhaiguan, the Great Wall connects the high mountains, Xiongguan and the sea, forming a natural barrier, and has been the place of "throat and key" since ancient times.
Here, you can cross the mountains and seas, enjoy the sea and sea scenery of the mountains and seas and the winding and entrenched scenery of the Great Wall, experience the vicissitudes of history of Guancheng for more than 600 years, climb the first peak of the Great Wall, drive the picturesque Great Wall Scenic Road, all the way to the famous mountains and scenic spots of the Yanshan Mountains, feel the majesty of the Great Wall of Jizhen, and experience the landscape feast of the essence of the Great Wall.
The sea of clouds landscape of the Jinshanling Great Wall in Luanping County taken on June 8. Photo by Hebei Daily correspondent Zhou Wanping
Here, you can also walk into the landmark building of the Great Wall National Cultural Park, the Shanhaiguan China Great Wall Museum, and experience the Great Wall culture and spirit through the exchange with cultural relics.
On the third floor of the museum, a giant glass window with a width of 24 meters and a height of 9 meters is like a camera frame, which perfectly integrates the Great Wall of Jiaoshan behind the museum, together with 1 beacon tower and 2 enemy platforms.
The most important cultural relics of the Great Wall Museum should be the Great Wall itself, although the builders could not move it into the museum, but through the framing frame to skillfully "lead" it in, so that the museum has a "treasure of the town".
Walking along the Great Wall and listening to the wind, this is a journey of enjoyment -
The Great Wall of China, the golden mountain is unique. The Jinshanling Great Wall is one of the most essential sections of the Great Wall, which gathers all the architectural forms of the Ming Great Wall, and is the most ideal place to appreciate and study the architectural structure of the Ming Great Wall. As a "photographer's paradise", it enjoys the reputation of the "natural studio" of the Great Wall of China.
Passes, enemy towers, beacons...... a tight defense system; Borrowing walls, splitting gables, and mountain danger walls...... The mountain is in place, and the construction is ingenious. After several centuries of restoration and improvement, the original appearance of the Great Wall has been basically preserved here, and the magnificence is wonderful.
Compared with the majestic and dangerous Great Wall in the traditional impression, the Jinshanling Great Wall focuses on "exquisiteness". The gentle undulations of the mountains allow you to take in the twists and turns of the Great Wall, and the various strange and precious buildings make this place even more "attractive".
Come to Jinshanling, climb the Great Wall once, and watch the sunrise once. The pure blue sky, the gentle breeze, and the Great Wall wrapped in emerald green are like a winding dragon galloping. This situation is breathtaking.
The sea of clouds landscape of the Jinshanling Great Wall in Luanping County taken on June 8. Photo by Hebei Daily correspondent Zhou Wanping
Moving along the Great Wall to the outside of the fortress, this is a journey to find the fort -
Dajing Gate, Shanhaiguan, Jiayu Pass, Juyong Pass, and called the four major Xiongguan of the Great Wall, and Dajing Gate is the only one of them that is not named after "Guan". Dajingmen is also the starting point of Zhangku Avenue, the "Ancient Tea Horse Road" in the northern grassland, which has witnessed the prosperity of the tea and horse markets and the rise and fall of Zhangku Avenue.
If it is said that the Dajing Gate is the façade of Zhangjiakou, then the "great rivers and mountains" above the lintel is its identity. Above the two wooden iron gates of Dajing Gate, there is a huge plaque with the words "Great Rivers and Mountains" written on it. It was written in 1927 by Gao Weiyue, then the governor of Chahar, and has now become a symbol of Zhangjiakou.
The Dajingmen Great Wall culture is an important part of Zhangjiakou's history and culture, and it is a valuable cultural heritage carrying the indomitable spirit of the Chinese nation. Many important historical moments in the city of Zhangjiakou are also closely related to Dajingmen.
On February 3, 2022, the torch of the Beijing Winter Olympics was passed in Zhangjiakou, and the "Dajingmen Ruins" was one of them. With the help of the Beijing Winter Olympics, the tourism popularity of Dajingmen continues to rise.
Through more than 2,000 years, this is the time span of the Great Wall in Hebei; 2498.54 kilometers, which is the spatial length of the Great Wall in Hebei. But the Great Wall in Hebei is more than that.
As a key construction area of the Great Wall National Cultural Park, Hebei Province has determined the spatial layout of "two belts, four sections and multiple points" along Taihang Mountain and Yanshan, and clarified three core exhibition parks, 42 centralized exhibition belts and 258 characteristic exhibition points in Shanhaiguan, Jinshanling and Dajingmen, so as to create an important carrier for the sustainable inheritance of Chinese culture.
The city is full of smoke and moon, and the mulberry farmers are all over the land to watch the music. Today, this prosperous scene is a vivid interpretation of the symbolic meaning of the Great Wall of loving peace and guarding the homeland. (Hebei Daily reporter Li Wei)
Source: Hebei Daily client