{"id":10184,"date":"2012-10-30T23:31:50","date_gmt":"2012-10-30T15:31:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/?p=10184"},"modified":"2021-06-28T23:24:38","modified_gmt":"2021-06-28T15:24:38","slug":"huangsongyu-reservoir","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/beijing-travel\/huangsongyu-reservoir","title":{"rendered":"Huangsongyu Reservoir"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Plan your Beijing excursion<\/span><\/a>? Huangsongyu Reservoir could be your\u00a0peaceful escape from your bustle and hussle of city life. It lies at the foot of Huangsongyu Great Wall in Huangsongyu Village in Pinggu District<\/span><\/a>, about 100km in the northeast of Beijing city proper.
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The construction of Huangsongyu Reservoir was completed in June, 1971. It has a tank capacity of 1040 cubic square meters with flow control area of 49 square kilometers. it is built with a main dam, a flood spillway, 3 electric generators. The principal dam is as high as 48 meters with its dam top of 185 meters. The power station has a capacity of 439 kilowatt.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Today Huangsongyu Reservoir has also become a leisure place for middle class urban residents who come here to rewind themselves on weekends, fishing, camping and homestay at Huangsongyu Village or Diaowo Village. The best season to visit the reservoir falls between June and September.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Huangsongyu Valley was once an important Great Wall pass connected to Huangsongyu Great Wall. The building of the Huangsongyu Reservoir has cut the Huangsong Great Wall into ywo parts – west section and east section. The east section of Huangsongyu Great Wall leads to Jiangunguan Great Wall<\/span><\/a> and Huangyaguan Great Wall<\/span><\/a>. These two sections of the wall are wild, broken overgown and original.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

How to take a public bus to Huangsongyu Reservoir? Just take the public bus 918 at Dongzhimen Transport Hub<\/span><\/a> to the downtown of Pinggu District. After arriving at the bus terminal of Pinggu, change for Bus 25 passing by Huangsongyu Reservoir. <\/span>For self-drive holiday makers, first drive along Jingping Expressway, then follow the sign pointing to Huangsongyu Village and Huangsongyu Reservoir.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Now we are driving along the newly finished expressway branching off the Jingping Expressway and approaching the Huangsongyu Reservoir Dam.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

A zigzag mountain road runs along the east side of Huangsongyu Reservoir.  <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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A zigzag mountain road runs along the east side of Huangsongyu Reservoir.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

The Huangsongyu Great Wall is still visible on the west of the reservoir.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Huangsongyu Great Wall is still visible on the west of the reservoir.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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The dam was constructed on the south of the reservoir<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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The eastern part of the reservior has an amazing backdrop of Stone Forest Gorge.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

The major Attractions in Pinggu, Beijing<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

1) Flying Dragon Valley<\/a>
2) Bolitai Great Wall<\/a>
3) Jinhai Lake<\/a>
4) Pinggu Glass Sightseeing Platform<\/a>
5) Jingdong Karst Cave<\/a>
6) Huangsongyu Reservior<\/a>
7) Diaowo Village<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hassle-Free Private Tour to Visit the Glass Sightseeing Platform<\/strong>
If you don\u2019t want go the daunting do-it-yourself-route and prefer an organized hassle-free private tour to visit the glass sightseeing platform, no worry and we have the following options:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Beijing Family Visit Springtime Day Tour<\/a>
Beijing Family Visit Summer Day Tour<\/a>
Beijing Family Visit Autumn Day Tour<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Further Readings<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Top 10 Attractions in Beijing<\/a>
How to Visit Forbidden City<\/a>
How to Visit Temple of Heaven<\/a>
How to Visit Summer Palace<\/a>
How to Visit Ming Tombs<\/a>
How to Visit the Great Wall of China<\/a>
How to Visit Tiananmen Square<\/a>
How to Visit Hutongs<\/a>
How to Visit Olympic Sites<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Top 10 Markets in Beijing<\/a>
Top 10 Shopping Malls in Beijing<\/a>
Beijing Shopping<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wangfujing Night Snack Street<\/a>
Qianmen Commercial Street<\/a>
Beijing Huguosi Street<\/a>
Any questions,  just drop a line.<\/strong> Any questions, just drop a line.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Plan your Beijing excursion? Huangsongyu Reservoir could be your\u00a0peaceful escape from your bustle and hussle of city life. It lies at the foot of Huangsongyu Great Wall in Huangsongyu Village in Pinggu District, about 100km in the northeast of Beijing city proper. The construction of Huangsongyu Reservoir was completed in June, 1971. It has a…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":38,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[694,1853,19],"tags":[2031,2030,2032],"class_list":["post-10184","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-beijing-excursions","category-self-service-tours","category-beijing-travel","tag-how-to-visit-huangsongyu-reservoir","tag-huangsongyu-shuiku","tag-pinggu-huangsingsongyu-reservoir"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10184"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/38"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10184"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10184\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25559,"href":"https:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10184\/revisions\/25559"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10184"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10184"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10184"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}