{"id":16772,"date":"2022-01-03T11:30:00","date_gmt":"2022-01-03T03:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/?p=16772"},"modified":"2022-01-04T00:38:16","modified_gmt":"2022-01-03T16:38:16","slug":"datong-great-wall-at-zhenchuankou","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/shanxi-travel\/datong-travel\/datong-great-wall-at-zhenchuankou","title":{"rendered":"Datong Great Wall at Zhenchuankou (Tips, Photos & Map)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The rammed earth Great Wall at Zhenchuan \uff08\u9547\u5ddd\u53e3\u957f\u57ce\uff09is an important section of <\/a><\/strong>Datong Great Wall <\/a>built in Ming Dynasty (1368-1644). \u00a0Zhenchuankou literally means “Control Mountain Pass” and the wall that was built to guide the pass linking Datong and Inner Mongolia. In Ming Dynasty, the Mongol nomads often raided Datong through the pass at Zhenchuankou.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Datong Great Wall at Zhengchuankou and Zhengchuan Fortress<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Zhenchuankou Great Wall was made of earth, tamped earth wall, still very firm despite of the rain and wind in the past 500 years. The earth wall at Zhenchuankou is over 5 metes high, dotted with guide-towers and beacon-towers at a short interval.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Wall at Zhenchuankou extends to Hongcibu Fortress and Deshengbu Fortress<\/a> in the west direction and to Zhenbianbu Fortress <\/a>in the east direction. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

2.5 km south of Zhenchuankou Great Wall is the ancient Zhenchuanbu Fortress<\/strong> (\u9547\u5ddd\u5821) <\/strong>where the soldiers stationed for defending the Wall and the border.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

An ancient village for the same name of Zhenchuankou Village<\/strong> ( \u9547\u5ddd \u6751) i<\/strong>s perched near the Wall. \u00a0It is a laid-back \u00a0scrubby village with many young people having left for the cities to make a better living. \u00a0Many houses are either abandoned or dilapidated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Zhenchuankou Great Wall,  some give way to the roads,  ruined  and overgrown.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Zhenchuankou Great Wall<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Guide-Towers and Beacon-Towers are dotted at short intervals atop or near the Wall.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Guide-Towers and Beacon-Towers<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Hike on the overgrown Wall snaking on the flat plain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Hike on the overgrown Wall snaking on the flat plain.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

The earth Wall is sandwiched by the fields on the both sides.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The earth Wall is sandwiched by the fields on the both sides.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

More dilapidated guide towers  and beacon towers<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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More dilapidated guide towers and beacon towers<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Some sections are still firm and relatively well kept despite of the 500 years’ rain and wind.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Some sections are still firm<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Local villagers are harvesting corns in the corn fields.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Local villagers are harvesting corns in the corn fields.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Keep on hiking to Zhuanchuankou Village<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Keep on hiking to Zhuanchuankou Village<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

The scrubby and timeless Zhenchuankou Village<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The scrubby and timeless Zhenchuankou Village<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Senior villagers are seen chatting and sunshine bathing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Senior villagers are seen chatting and sunshine bathing.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

The door frame at one of the houses by the only one street village<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The door frame at one of the houses by the only one street village<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Tip:  Hassle-free Datong Guided Tours<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Datong Tour<\/a>
Datong Great Wall Tour<\/a>
Datong Car Rental with Driver<\/a>
Beijing Datong Tour<\/a>
Xian Datong Tour<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pingyao Tour<\/a>
Taiyuan Tour<\/a>
Shanxi Tour<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Further Readings<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Datong Great Wall (Tips, Photos & Map)<\/a>
Datong Great Wall at Deshengbu Fortress<\/a>
Datong Great Wall at Zhenchuankou<\/a>
Datong Great Wall at Zhenbianbu Fortress<\/a>
Datong Great Wall at Shoukoubu Fortress<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Best Time to Visit Datong<\/a>
Top 10 Attractions in Datong<\/a>
How to visit Datong in one Day<\/a>
Where to stay in Datong<\/a>
How to Get to Datong from Beijing<\/a>
Datong Xian High Speed Train<\/a>
Tourist Traps & Scams in Datong<\/a>
Datong Taxi<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Datong Yungang Grottoes<\/a>
Hanging Monastery in Datong<\/a>
Yingxian Wooden Tower<\/a>
Datong Ancient City Wall<\/a>
Nine-dragon Wall in Datong<\/a>
Datong Huayan Temple<\/a>
Shanhua Temple in Datong<\/a>
Datong Drum Tower<\/a>
Mt. Hengshan in Datong<\/a>
Mount Wutai (Tips, Photos & Map)<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Any questions, just drop a line.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The rammed earth Great Wall at Zhenchuan \uff08\u9547\u5ddd\u53e3\u957f\u57ce\uff09is an important section of Datong Great Wall built in Ming Dynasty (1368-1644). \u00a0Zhenchuankou literally means “Control Mountain Pass” and the wall that was built to guide the pass linking Datong and Inner Mongolia. In Ming Dynasty, the Mongol nomads often raided Datong through the pass at Zhenchuankou….<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":38,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[78],"tags":[3672,2751],"class_list":["post-16772","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-datong-travel","tag-datong-zhenchuankou-great-wall","tag-zhenchuankou-great-wall"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16772"}],"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=16772"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16772\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":30237,"href":"https:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16772\/revisions\/30237"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16772"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16772"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16772"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}